Home › Fishing guides › Where to fish › Bigfin reef squid (aori-ika)Where to catch Bigfin reef squid (aori-ika) in Japan: ports and boats Season : Autumn (numbers) and spring (big ones)
In the last 60 days, 45 fishing boats at 39 ports in 14 prefectures reported 180 catches (2026-11-06).
📘 Fishing guide for this fish (Japanese)
Ports near Tokyo 長井港 (Kanagawa, about 50 km from Tokyo) 18 reports ・ Map 長井新宿港 (Kanagawa, about 50 km from Tokyo) 17 reports ・ Map 金谷港 (Chiba, about 60 km from Tokyo) 16 reports ・ Map 宇佐美港 (Shizuoka, about 100 km from Tokyo) 14 reports ・ Map 長井荒崎漁港 (Kanagawa, about 50 km from Tokyo) 12 reports ・ Map 熱海港 (Shizuoka, about 90 km from Tokyo) 7 reports ・ Map 葉山鐙摺港 (Kanagawa, about 50 km from Tokyo) 6 reports ・ Map 網代港 (Shizuoka, about 90 km from Tokyo) 6 reports ・ Map Ports near Osaka 神野浦漁港 (Fukui, about 90 km from Osaka) 9 reports ・ Map 戸津井漁港 (Wakayama, about 90 km from Osaka) 6 reports ・ Map 小浜新港 (Fukui, about 90 km from Osaka) 5 reports ・ Map 印南港 (Wakayama, about 100 km from Osaka) 3 reports ・ Map 間人港 (Kyoto, about 120 km from Osaka) 3 reports ・ Map 立石港 (Kagawa, about 130 km from Osaka) 2 reports ・ Map 錦港 (Mie, about 100 km from Osaka) 2 reports ・ Map 垂水漁港 (Hyogo, about 40 km from Osaka) 2 reports ・ Map Ports near Nagoya 豊浜港 (Aichi, about 50 km from Nagoya) 3 reports ・ Map 焼津港 (Shizuoka, about 140 km from Nagoya) 2 reports ・ Map 船越漁港 (Mie, about 100 km from Nagoya) 2 reports ・ Map 石鏡漁港 (Mie, about 80 km from Nagoya) 1 report ・ Map Ports near Niigata 直江津港 (Niigata, about 110 km from Niigata) 3 reports ・ Map 岩船港 (Niigata, about 40 km from Niigata) 2 reports ・ Map Ports near Hiroshima 境港 (Tottori, about 140 km from Hiroshima) 3 reports ・ Map Other areas 黒部漁港 (Toyama, about 180 km from Niigata) 1 report ・ Map To book, see How to book a fishing boat ; for words used on board, see the phrasebook .
Counts are catch reports (one boat, one day, one post). Always check departures, prices and booking on each operator's official website. This site does not take bookings.