Amaraba (アマダイ)

Where and when in Kansai

Sea of Japan. Autumn–winter. Runs as "アマラバ便" trips.

Sea of Japan (Maizuru · Tango · Wakasa)「Amaraba (アマダイ)」

Tackle (the boat's instructions come first)
Tairaba rod / small conventional reel / PE #0.8–1 / fluorocarbon leader #3–4 / tairaba 80–150 g + soft plastic (smallish hooks)

1. The whole rig

Amaraba (tilefish tairaba): a tairaba with a soft plastic on the hook. Ask the boat about weight.

2. Adding the soft plastic

Nose-hook a slim soft plastic.

3. Drop

Find the bottom.

4. Work near the bottom

Reel up 3–5 m off the bottom, drop back, repeat.

5. Bite and hook-set

Strike when you feel the bite.

6. Landing

Net it.

アマダイ in the fish guide (boats, season, eating) →

Other methods

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)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