Kansai boat fishing · trips & catches

Fishing school

First time on a boat: booking to the dayHow to call and book, what to ask, what to bring, the day's flow, on-board etiquette.

The common methods on Kansai boats, by area, with rig and step diagrams.

Line sizes and sinker weights: follow the boat's instructions.

Osaka Bay · Akashi · Awaji

Wakayama (Kada · Chūki · Nanki)

キハダ: fukase (chum drift)えびす渡船・闘龍丸・義丸 and more
Live bait (nomase)闘龍丸・千代丸・久美丸 and more
Otoshikomi千代丸・貴丸・海凰・丸十丸
Tairabaオーシャンフィールド・太郎
Ika-metalオーシャンフィールド・義丸・貴丸・海凰
Jigging西漁丸・千代丸・オーシャンフィールド
Light tenya (night trips)貴丸・海凰
No diagram; ask the boat
Dropper rig (mid-deep · mixed bag)大川丸

Sea of Japan (Maizuru · Tango · Wakasa)

Diagrams

キハダ – fukase (chum drift)

Ika-metal, omorig, ウキスッテ

Big-game nomase / oyogase / live bait

Jigging (yellowtail and other pelagics)

Otoshikomi (bait-catching drop) – pelagics and ヒラメ

Night アオリイカ (egi / tip-run)

Tenbin fukase (Sea of Japan マダイ and pelagics)

マダイ – tairaba (madai jig)

Amaraba (アマダイ)

タチウオ – tenya (weighted hook)

Dōtsuki (dropper rig) – ガシラ and other rockfish, クログチ

Oni-アジ (dōtsuki / sabiki)

マダイ – hitotsu-tenya (light tenya)

タチウオ – tenbin (boom arm) bait rig

Uncommon on Kansai boats