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Season

What you can catch in September

Fish in season in September and how to catch them, with the ones at their peak first.

At their peak in September

Dusky Rabbitfish

アイゴ / Siganus fuscescens

Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ May–November
Barred Knifejaw

イシダイ / Oplegnathus fasciatus

Surf casting ・ May–November
Japanese Anchovy

カタクチイワシ / Engraulis japonicus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ April–November
Greater Amberjack

カンパチ / Seriola dumerili

Nomase (live bait) fishing ・ June–November
Yellowfin Seabream

キチヌ / Acanthopagrus latus

Float fishing ・ April–December
Grey-spotted Puffer

クサフグ / Takifugu alboplumbeus

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ April–November
Blackhead Seabream

クロダイ / Acanthopagrus schlegelii

Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–December
Japanese Striped Eel Catfish

ゴンズイ / Plotosus japonicus

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ May–November
Japanese Sardinella

サッパ / Sardinella zunasi

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ May–October
Japanese Whiting

シロギス / Sillago japonica

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ May–November
Japanese Seabass

スズキ / Lateolabrax japonicus

Float fishing ・ January–December
Bullet & frigate tuna (souda-gatsuo)

ソウダガツオ / Auxis rochei / Auxis thazard

Jigging (metal jig) ・ July–November
Japanese cutlassfish

タチウオ / Trichiurus japonicus

Float fishing ・ June–December
Japanese Amberjack

ブリ / Seriola quinqueradiata

Jigging (metal jig) ・ June–December
Sea Mullet

ボラ / Mugil cephalus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ January–December
Japanese Horse Mackerel

マアジ / Trachurus japonicus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ April–December
Japanese pilchard

マイワシ / Sardinops melanostictus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ April–November
Pacific Chub Mackerel

マサバ / Scomber japonicus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ May–November
Common Octopus (East Asian)

マダコ / Octopus sinensis

Eging (squid jigging with egi) ・ May–November
Yellowfin Goby

マハゼ / Acanthogobius flavimanus

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ June–December

Also biting in September