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Yamaguchi

✅ Fishing allowed 9 months per year. Prefectural license required.

Xiphias gladius

Preparing for winter. Swordfish begins moving to deeper waters.

Thunnus albacares

Migration continues, tunas move to cooler waters.

Katsuwonus pelamis

Blue tunas start preparing for winter, their feeding activity decreases.

Coryphaena hippurus

This is a quiet period for mahi-mahi, their activity decreases.

Cyprinus carpio

Preparing for winter. Carp begin to reduce activity and move to deeper waters.

Cyprinus carpio haematopterus

Preparing for winter. The carp starts reducing activity and moves to deeper waters.

Lutjanus argentimaculatus

Preparing for winter. Yellow snapper begins returning to deeper waters.