https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/NPTNI2468670569 en Copyright 2026 Inception Point AI Tune in to the "Hokkaido, Japan Fishing Report Today" for your daily dose of fishing updates, expert advice, and the latest news from Japan's premier wild salmonid destination. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a fishing enthusiast, our podcast offers tips, weather conditions, and the best spots for a successful fishing trip. Stay informed with the freshest insights on Hokkaido's pristine rivers, mountain streams, crystal-clear lakes, and coastal waters—home to legendary Japanese Taimen, White-Spotted Char, Cherry Salmon, and thriving salmon runs—and make every fishing expedition a memorable one. For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease.com Get all your gear before you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c3d1b100-4daa-11f1-8f9e-c74f5f0be2bd/image/d2aa89e75802a3f34e4227f6755c3d9b.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/NPTNI2468670569 no episodic Inception Point AI Tune in to the "Hokkaido, Japan Fishing Report Today" for your daily dose of fishing updates, expert advice, and the latest news from Japan's premier wild salmonid destination. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a fishing enthusiast, our podcast offers tips, weather conditions, and the best spots for a successful fishing trip. Stay informed with the freshest insights on Hokkaido's pristine rivers, mountain streams, crystal-clear lakes, and coastal waters—home to legendary Japanese Taimen, White-Spotted Char, Cherry Salmon, and thriving salmon runs—and make every fishing expedition a memorable one. For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease.com Get all your gear before you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI. Inception Point AI info@inceptionpoint.ai Artificial Lure here, checking in with your Hokkaido fishing report. Up north today we’ve got that classic early-summer mix: cool mornings, mild afternoons, and a touch of humidity along the coasts. Around Sapporo and Ishikari Bay, expect light to moderate west–southwest winds, calm to slight seas, and mostly clear to partly cloudy skies. Inland lakes like Shikotsu and Toya are seeing light winds and very clear water. Sunrise was just after 3:55 a.m. local time with sunset around 7:15 p.m., so there’s a long feeding window at dawn and again toward dusk. Those first two hours after sunrise and the last two before dark are fishing prime time. On the Sea of Japan side, the tide cycle is giving a nice push on the morning incoming and a decent evening outgoing. That moving water has been turning on the bite for coastal rockfish and flounder. On the Pacific side near Muroran and Tomakomai, slower midday currents, but when that tide starts to swing, the fish wake up fast. Recent catches along Ishikari and Otaru ports have been solid. Local anglers report good numbers of **hokke** (Arabesque greenling), **chika** smelt, and mixed **rockfish** off the tetrapods and breakwalls. Night sessions are producing **squid** around the harbor lights. Offshore boats from Yoichi and Oshidomari are finding early-season **saba** (mackerel) and the odd **iwashi** (sardine) school, with some small **hirame** (flounder) coming off sandy bottoms closer in. Best artificial options right now: - For rockfish and greenling: 2–3 inch soft plastics on 5–10 g jig heads in dark colors like black, cola, or motor oil. Slow lift-and-fall along the bottom works. - For mackerel and sardine schools: small metal jigs and casting spoons, 10–20 g, in silver or blue. Fast, erratic retrieve is key. - For squid: small egi jigs in natural browns and pinks, size 2.5–3.0, worked with short sharp jerks and long pauses. Best bait: - Seaworms (ishi-gokai) and salted pieces of sardine or squid for bottom species. - Tiny pieces of shrimp or pseudo-bait on sabiki rigs for smelt, sardine, and mackerel. - Fresh or salted herring strips for flounder on simple bottom rigs. Freshwater has been firing too. Mountain streams in central and eastern Hokkaido are running clear and cool. Anglers are bringing in **yamame**, **iwana**, and some nice **rainbow trout**. Small inline spinners in gold and silver, tiny minnow plugs in natural patterns, and simple fly patterns like elk-hair caddis are getting consistent bites, especially under overhanging cover. Hot spot number one: **Otaru Harbor and surrounding rock walls**. Easy access, lots of structure, and active rockfish and greenling. Evening into night is best, especially around the tide turns. Bring light tackle, 6–10 lb line, and small soft plastics or baited bottom rigs. Hot spot number two: **Lake Shikotsu shorelines and river mouths**. Ultra-clear, cold water with trout cruising the drop-offs. Early morning with small spoons, micro-jigs, and minnow plugs gets the job done. Go natural colors and light leaders; the water clarity makes the fish cautious. Overall, fish activity is good whenever the tide is moving and light is low. Midday can slow down, so either go deeper, go smaller on your presentations, or take a break and line up your evening session. That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:01:06 -0000 full Inception Point AI Artificial Lure here, checking in with your Hokkaido fishing report. Up north today we’ve got that classic early-summer mix: cool mornings, mild afternoons, and a touch of humidity along the coasts. Around Sapporo and Ishikari Bay, expect light to moderate west–southwest winds, calm to slight seas, and mostly clear to partly cloudy skies. Inland lakes like Shikotsu and Toya are seeing light winds and very clear water. Sunrise was just after 3:55 a.m. local time with sunset around 7:15 p.m., so there’s a long feeding window at dawn and again toward dusk. Those first two hours after sunrise and the last two before dark are fishing prime time. On the Sea of Japan side, the tide cycle is giving a nice push on the morning incoming and a decent evening outgoing. That moving water has been turning on the bite for coastal rockfish and flounder. On the Pacific side near Muroran and Tomakomai, slower midday currents, but when that tide starts to swing, the fish wake up fast. Recent catches along Ishikari and Otaru ports have been solid. Local anglers report good numbers of **hokke** (Arabesque greenling), **chika** smelt, and mixed **rockfish** off the tetrapods and breakwalls. Night sessions are producing **squid** around the harbor lights. Offshore boats from Yoichi and Oshidomari are finding early-season **saba** (mackerel) and the odd **iwashi** (sardine) school, with some small **hirame** (flounder) coming off sandy bottoms closer in. Best artificial options right now: - For rockfish and greenling: 2–3 inch soft plastics on 5–10 g jig heads in dark colors like black, cola, or motor oil. Slow lift-and-fall along the bottom works. - For mackerel and sardine schools: small metal jigs and casting spoons, 10–20 g, in silver or blue. Fast, erratic retrieve is key. - For squid: small egi jigs in natural browns and pinks, size 2.5–3.0, worked with short sharp jerks and long pauses. Best bait: - Seaworms (ishi-gokai) and salted pieces of sardine or squid for bottom species. - Tiny pieces of shrimp or pseudo-bait on sabiki rigs for smelt, sardine, and mackerel. - Fresh or salted herring strips for flounder on simple bottom rigs. Freshwater has been firing too. Mountain streams in central and eastern Hokkaido are running clear and cool. Anglers are bringing in **yamame**, **iwana**, and some nice **rainbow trout**. Small inline spinners in gold and silver, tiny minnow plugs in natural patterns, and simple fly patterns like elk-hair caddis are getting consistent bites, especially under overhanging cover. Hot spot number one: **Otaru Harbor and surrounding rock walls**. Easy access, lots of structure, and active rockfish and greenling. Evening into night is best, especially around the tide turns. Bring light tackle, 6–10 lb line, and small soft plastics or baited bottom rigs. Hot spot number two: **Lake Shikotsu shorelines and river mouths**. Ultra-clear, cold water with trout cruising the drop-offs. Early morning with small spoons, micro-jigs, and minnow plugs gets the job done. Go natural colors and light leaders; the water clarity makes the fish cautious. Overall, fish activity is good whenever the tide is moving and light is low. Midday can slow down, so either go deeper, go smaller on your presentations, or take a break and line up your evening session. That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 230 Artificial Lure here with your Hokkaido fishing report. Up here the rainy season is creeping in, and today most of Hokkaido is sitting under broken clouds with cool, early-summer air. Along the Pacific side from Kushiro to Muroran it’s breezy and damp, with light on‑and‑off showers and daytime temps in the mid to high teens Celsius. The Sea of Japan side around Otaru and Ishikari is a touch calmer, with scattered clouds and a lighter northwest wind. Sunrise was just after 3:50 a.m., sunset just before 7:20 p.m., giving us a long fishing window and a solid evening bite. Tides around Ishikari Bay and Otaru are running moderate: a decent morning high, a lazy midday low, then another push toward dark. Around Muroran and Tomakomai, that afternoon flood is lining up nicely with sunset, and that’s been triggering good activity in the top five meters of the water column. River mouths on both coasts are still carrying snowmelt and recent rain, so water is cool and slightly stained, which the trout and sea‑run fish are loving. Nearshore reports this week have been encouraging. From Otaru to Yoichi, small boats and shore casters have been picking up solid numbers of rockfish, greenling, and decent‑sized flounder, with the occasional surprise sea bass mixing in at dusk. Around Tomakomai and Muroran, boats working structure with metal jigs and soft plastics have been boxing good hauls of rockfish and cod, with some anglers reporting double‑digit catches on the better tides. Along the Kushiro and Nemuro coasts, surf anglers have been seeing reasonable numbers of flatfish and the odd sea‑run char near river mouths. Fish activity has been best at first light and again in the last 90 minutes before dark. Midday has been slower unless you’re fishing deeper rock or harbor structure. In the rivers of central and eastern Hokkaido, anglers swinging small spoons and minnows have been into good numbers of rainbow and white‑spotted char, especially under overcast skies. For lures, think small and natural. In the harbors, 7–14 g metal jigs in blue‑silver or pink‑silver, lightly hopped along bottom, have been the go‑to for rockfish and flounder. Soft plastics on 5–10 g jigheads in brown, green, or clear with silver flake are killing it along wall edges and tetrapods. For sea bass and any roaming salmonids near river mouths, slim minnows in sardine or ayu patterns, worked with a stop‑and‑go retrieve, have been producing. If you prefer bait, fresh shirauo or small sardine strips for rockfish and cod, and ragworm or salted clam for flounder and other bottom fish, are your best bet. Two hot spots to circle for the next few days: 1. Ishikari Bay / Otaru Harbor: Long breakwaters and inner harbor walls are holding mixed rockfish, greenling, and flounder. Focus on the outer edges during the evening flood tide with small jigs, and switch to bait if the wind chops up the surface. 2. Muroran West Harbor and surrounding headlands: Good structure, steady current, and that nice afternoon tide. Work metal jigs near bottom for cod and rockfish, then swap to minnows and topwaters at dusk in case sea bass push bait into the harbor. If you’re heading out tonight, bring a light jacket for the sea breeze, a headlamp for those long northern evenings, and scale down your tackle for more bites in the clear water. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:01:21 -0000 full Inception Point AI Artificial Lure here with your Hokkaido fishing report. Up here the rainy season is creeping in, and today most of Hokkaido is sitting under broken clouds with cool, early-summer air. Along the Pacific side from Kushiro to Muroran it’s breezy and damp, with light on‑and‑off showers and daytime temps in the mid to high teens Celsius. The Sea of Japan side around Otaru and Ishikari is a touch calmer, with scattered clouds and a lighter northwest wind. Sunrise was just after 3:50 a.m., sunset just before 7:20 p.m., giving us a long fishing window and a solid evening bite. Tides around Ishikari Bay and Otaru are running moderate: a decent morning high, a lazy midday low, then another push toward dark. Around Muroran and Tomakomai, that afternoon flood is lining up nicely with sunset, and that’s been triggering good activity in the top five meters of the water column. River mouths on both coasts are still carrying snowmelt and recent rain, so water is cool and slightly stained, which the trout and sea‑run fish are loving. Nearshore reports this week have been encouraging. From Otaru to Yoichi, small boats and shore casters have been picking up solid numbers of rockfish, greenling, and decent‑sized flounder, with the occasional surprise sea bass mixing in at dusk. Around Tomakomai and Muroran, boats working structure with metal jigs and soft plastics have been boxing good hauls of rockfish and cod, with some anglers reporting double‑digit catches on the better tides. Along the Kushiro and Nemuro coasts, surf anglers have been seeing reasonable numbers of flatfish and the odd sea‑run char near river mouths. Fish activity has been best at first light and again in the last 90 minutes before dark. Midday has been slower unless you’re fishing deeper rock or harbor structure. In the rivers of central and eastern Hokkaido, anglers swinging small spoons and minnows have been into good numbers of rainbow and white‑spotted char, especially under overcast skies. For lures, think small and natural. In the harbors, 7–14 g metal jigs in blue‑silver or pink‑silver, lightly hopped along bottom, have been the go‑to for rockfish and flounder. Soft plastics on 5–10 g jigheads in brown, green, or clear with silver flake are killing it along wall edges and tetrapods. For sea bass and any roaming salmonids near river mouths, slim minnows in sardine or ayu patterns, worked with a stop‑and‑go retrieve, have been producing. If you prefer bait, fresh shirauo or small sardine strips for rockfish and cod, and ragworm or salted clam for flounder and other bottom fish, are your best bet. Two hot spots to circle for the next few days: 1. Ishikari Bay / Otaru Harbor: Long breakwaters and inner harbor walls are holding mixed rockfish, greenling, and flounder. Focus on the outer edges during the evening flood tide with small jigs, and switch to bait if the wind chops up the surface. 2. Muroran West Harbor and surrounding headlands: Good structure, steady current, and that nice afternoon tide. Work metal jigs near bottom for cod and rockfish, then swap to minnows and topwaters at dusk in case sea bass push bait into the harbor. If you’re heading out tonight, bring a light jacket for the sea breeze, a headlamp for those long northern evenings, and scale down your tackle for more bites in the clear water. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 227 Artificial Lure here, checking in with your Hokkaido fishing report. Around Ishikari Bay and the Sapporo coast this afternoon, we’ve got early summer conditions: mild seas, light southwesterly breeze, and overcast patches with decent visibility. Sunrise came early, just after 3:40 a.m., and sunset hits a little before 7:20 p.m., so there’s a long crepuscular window to work with. Water temps are sitting cool, perfect for salmonids and coastal rockfish to stay active shallow during low light. Tides on the Ishikari and Otaru side are running a modest mid-range cycle today, with a useful push on the incoming late afternoon and again after dark. That flood tide along breakwaters and river mouths is when baitfish stack up tight to structure, and predators follow. Plan your casts one to two hours either side of the peaks; that’s when the current really sets up those ambush lanes. In the last few days, local anglers along the Otaru and Yoichi coast have been reporting solid numbers of **rockfish (mebaru, ainame)** and small to mid-grade **sea bass (suzuki)** on the harbor walls and outer breakwaters. Offshore boats out of Kushiro and Nemuro have picked up **chum and pink salmon** starting to show deeper, with **flounder and halibut** on sandy bottoms at 30–60 meters. Up in eastern Hokkaido rivers and lakes, early-morning sessions have produced good **rainbow and white-spotted char**, especially in clear, fast runs. Fish activity today is best at dawn, dusk, and into the first part of the night. Overcast skies and that cooler marine layer keep fish comfortable higher in the water column, especially around bait balls. Expect rockfish and greenling to hug structure all day, with sea bass sliding in closer once the light drops. For lures, keep it simple and local-style. Along the breakwaters and harbor mouths: - Small 7–14 g metal jigs in silver, blue-pink, and glow backs, worked with short, sharp lifts. - 3–4 inch soft plastics on 7–10 g jig heads in baitfish colors for mebaru and ainame. - Minnow plugs around 90–120 mm in natural sardine or anchovy patterns for sea bass during low light. For bait: - Fresh **sardine, squid strips, and sandworms** are the staples. - Bottom rigs with small pieces of squid or clam will pick up flounder and misc. bottom fish. - In rivers and lakes, small spoons and inline spinners in gold or copper, or live worms where allowed, are consistent for trout and char. A couple of hot spots to focus on: 1. **Otaru Port and outer breakwater** Fish the channel edges and light lines on the incoming tide into dusk. Cast metal jigs or minnows along the current seams. Rockfish, greenling, and the odd sea bass patrol here, especially when small bait is pushed against the wall. 2. **Ishikari Bay New Port area** The outer harbor rocks and tetrapods hold steady numbers of mebaru and ainame. Work soft plastics slowly along the bottom as the current eases. Night sessions under any ambient light can be excellent with small glow jigs or dark-profile soft baits. If you’re heading east, the **Kushiro coast** and nearby sandy stretches are worth a look for flatfish on bottom rigs with squid or worm baits, especially around the turn of the tide when the drift softens. That’s the word from Artificial Lure. Pack a light jacket, mind the swell on the walls, and keep an eye on those tide changes—the fish will tell you the rest. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:01:20 -0000 full Inception Point AI Artificial Lure here, checking in with your Hokkaido fishing report. Around Ishikari Bay and the Sapporo coast this afternoon, we’ve got early summer conditions: mild seas, light southwesterly breeze, and overcast patches with decent visibility. Sunrise came early, just after 3:40 a.m., and sunset hits a little before 7:20 p.m., so there’s a long crepuscular window to work with. Water temps are sitting cool, perfect for salmonids and coastal rockfish to stay active shallow during low light. Tides on the Ishikari and Otaru side are running a modest mid-range cycle today, with a useful push on the incoming late afternoon and again after dark. That flood tide along breakwaters and river mouths is when baitfish stack up tight to structure, and predators follow. Plan your casts one to two hours either side of the peaks; that’s when the current really sets up those ambush lanes. In the last few days, local anglers along the Otaru and Yoichi coast have been reporting solid numbers of **rockfish (mebaru, ainame)** and small to mid-grade **sea bass (suzuki)** on the harbor walls and outer breakwaters. Offshore boats out of Kushiro and Nemuro have picked up **chum and pink salmon** starting to show deeper, with **flounder and halibut** on sandy bottoms at 30–60 meters. Up in eastern Hokkaido rivers and lakes, early-morning sessions have produced good **rainbow and white-spotted char**, especially in clear, fast runs. Fish activity today is best at dawn, dusk, and into the first part of the night. Overcast skies and that cooler marine layer keep fish comfortable higher in the water column, especially around bait balls. Expect rockfish and greenling to hug structure all day, with sea bass sliding in closer once the light drops. For lures, keep it simple and local-style. Along the breakwaters and harbor mouths: - Small 7–14 g metal jigs in silver, blue-pink, and glow backs, worked with short, sharp lifts. - 3–4 inch soft plastics on 7–10 g jig heads in baitfish colors for mebaru and ainame. - Minnow plugs around 90–120 mm in natural sardine or anchovy patterns for sea bass during low light. For bait: - Fresh **sardine, squid strips, and sandworms** are the staples. - Bottom rigs with small pieces of squid or clam will pick up flounder and misc. bottom fish. - In rivers and lakes, small spoons and inline spinners in gold or copper, or live worms where allowed, are consistent for trout and char. A couple of hot spots to focus on: 1. **Otaru Port and outer breakwater** Fish the channel edges and light lines on the incoming tide into dusk. Cast metal jigs or minnows along the current seams. Rockfish, greenling, and the odd sea bass patrol here, especially when small bait is pushed against the wall. 2. **Ishikari Bay New Port area** The outer harbor rocks and tetrapods hold steady numbers of mebaru and ainame. Work soft plastics slowly along the bottom as the current eases. Night sessions under any ambient light can be excellent with small glow jigs or dark-profile soft baits. If you’re heading east, the **Kushiro coast** and nearby sandy stretches are worth a look for flatfish on bottom rigs with squid or worm baits, especially around the turn of the tide when the drift softens. That’s the word from Artificial Lure. Pack a light jacket, mind the swell on the walls, and keep an eye on those tide changes—the fish will tell you the rest. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 233 Artificial Lure here, checking in with your Hokkaido fishing report. Up north today we’ve got a classic early-summer pattern: cool mornings, mild afternoons, and just enough breeze to put a nice chop on the water. Coastal temps are sitting in the high teens to low 20s, with mostly cloudy skies and passing sunbreaks. Winds are light to moderate out of the southeast along Ishikari Bay and a touch stronger on the Pacific side near Kushiro. Sun rose early, just after four, and will duck back down a little after seven this evening, giving us a long, gentle light window. That low, slanting sun at first light and again before dusk has been the key bite time all week. Tide cycles around Hokkaido’s coasts are running modest but noticeable; mid-morning and late-afternoon movement have lined up with the better flurries of action. If you can time your trip to a flooding tide that tops out right around sunrise or sunset, you’re in the sweet spot. Fish activity has picked up nicely with the stable weather. Along the Sea of Japan side, anglers working the breakwaters and harbor mouths around Otaru and Ishikari have seen steady numbers of rockfish, greenling, and decent-size flounder. A few late spring–run sea-run cherry trout and small sea bass are still popping up on the edges of current lines, especially where river water pushes into clearer sea water. On the Pacific side—Muroran over to Tomakomai and beyond—shore casters have reported mixed bags: rockfish, scorpionfish, and some good flatfish inside the sandy pockets. Boat anglers jigging slightly deeper structure off Muroran have been into respectable hauls of cod and mixed bottom fish, with the odd surprise pollock showing up. Best producers this week have been small to medium metal jigs in the 20–40 gram range in sardine, blue, and pink patterns, worked near the bottom with sharp lifts and slow falls. Soft plastics on jig heads—3 to 4 inch shads and curly tails in natural baitfish or glow—have been deadly for rockfish and greenling around harbor walls and tetrapods. For those fishing bait, salted herring strips, squid, and sandworms on simple bottom rigs or dropper loops are hard to beat, especially when the current is just starting to move. If you’re chasing numbers, downsize a bit and fish light leaders; the water’s clear and the bite can get finicky under bright skies. If you’re hunting a bigger fish at dusk, don’t be afraid to tie on a slightly larger plug or heavy jig and cover water quickly. A couple of hot spots to keep in mind: First, the **Otaru harbor and surrounding breakwaters**. Work the outer walls on the incoming tide at dawn with small metals and soft plastics for a mixed bag of rockfish, greenling, and the chance at a roaming seabass or trout pushing bait into the corners. Inside the harbor, bait on the bottom is picking off flounder and smaller rockfish for those fishing with the kids. Second, the **Muroran area along the Pacific side**, especially around the industrial harbor and nearby rocky points. Target the deeper edges with metals and jigs for cod and bottom fish during the day, then slide shallow near sunset with minnow plugs and soft plastics for prowling rockfish and the occasional sea bass when the wind lays down. Overall, it’s a solid time to be out: long days, manageable winds, and enough tidal push to keep the water alive. Pick your window around tide and light, keep your lure near the structure and close to the bottom, and you should find some action. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:01:18 -0000 full Inception Point AI Artificial Lure here, checking in with your Hokkaido fishing report. Up north today we’ve got a classic early-summer pattern: cool mornings, mild afternoons, and just enough breeze to put a nice chop on the water. Coastal temps are sitting in the high teens to low 20s, with mostly cloudy skies and passing sunbreaks. Winds are light to moderate out of the southeast along Ishikari Bay and a touch stronger on the Pacific side near Kushiro. Sun rose early, just after four, and will duck back down a little after seven this evening, giving us a long, gentle light window. That low, slanting sun at first light and again before dusk has been the key bite time all week. Tide cycles around Hokkaido’s coasts are running modest but noticeable; mid-morning and late-afternoon movement have lined up with the better flurries of action. If you can time your trip to a flooding tide that tops out right around sunrise or sunset, you’re in the sweet spot. Fish activity has picked up nicely with the stable weather. Along the Sea of Japan side, anglers working the breakwaters and harbor mouths around Otaru and Ishikari have seen steady numbers of rockfish, greenling, and decent-size flounder. A few late spring–run sea-run cherry trout and small sea bass are still popping up on the edges of current lines, especially where river water pushes into clearer sea water. On the Pacific side—Muroran over to Tomakomai and beyond—shore casters have reported mixed bags: rockfish, scorpionfish, and some good flatfish inside the sandy pockets. Boat anglers jigging slightly deeper structure off Muroran have been into respectable hauls of cod and mixed bottom fish, with the odd surprise pollock showing up. Best producers this week have been small to medium metal jigs in the 20–40 gram range in sardine, blue, and pink patterns, worked near the bottom with sharp lifts and slow falls. Soft plastics on jig heads—3 to 4 inch shads and curly tails in natural baitfish or glow—have been deadly for rockfish and greenling around harbor walls and tetrapods. For those fishing bait, salted herring strips, squid, and sandworms on simple bottom rigs or dropper loops are hard to beat, especially when the current is just starting to move. If you’re chasing numbers, downsize a bit and fish light leaders; the water’s clear and the bite can get finicky under bright skies. If you’re hunting a bigger fish at dusk, don’t be afraid to tie on a slightly larger plug or heavy jig and cover water quickly. A couple of hot spots to keep in mind: First, the **Otaru harbor and surrounding breakwaters**. Work the outer walls on the incoming tide at dawn with small metals and soft plastics for a mixed bag of rockfish, greenling, and the chance at a roaming seabass or trout pushing bait into the corners. Inside the harbor, bait on the bottom is picking off flounder and smaller rockfish for those fishing with the kids. Second, the **Muroran area along the Pacific side**, especially around the industrial harbor and nearby rocky points. Target the deeper edges with metals and jigs for cod and bottom fish during the day, then slide shallow near sunset with minnow plugs and soft plastics for prowling rockfish and the occasional sea bass when the wind lays down. Overall, it’s a solid time to be out: long days, manageable winds, and enough tidal push to keep the water alive. Pick your window around tide and light, keep your lure near the structure and close to the bottom, and you should find some action. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 221 This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Around Hokkaido today we’ve got early summer conditions settling in. Up north, Wakkanai and Rumoi stayed on the cooler side with temps in the mid teens Celsius, light northerlies, and mostly cloudy skies. Central and southern coasts—Otaru, Ishikari Bay, Muroran, and Hakodate—saw highs in the low 20s, a bit of humidity, and a light onshore breeze. Seas have generally been calm to slight, with a bit more swell on the Pacific side. Sunrise along the Ishikari and Otaru coast came in just after 3:50 in the morning, with sunset a little before 7:20 in the evening. That gives a long, bright day, but the fish are still behaving like always: most active in the first two hours after dawn and again around dusk and into the first part of the night. Tides on the Sea of Japan side ran a modest morning high followed by a slow fall through midday and a smaller push in the late afternoon. On the Pacific side—Tomakomai, Muroran, Kushiro—the afternoon incoming tide has been lining up nicely with the evening bite. The best action has been on the moving water, especially the first half of the flood. Recent catches around Hokkaido have been classic early-summer mixed bags. In Ishikari Bay and Otaru’s harbor walls, anglers have been picking up decent numbers of **aji** (horse mackerel) and small **iwashi** (sardines), with the odd **saba** mixed in. Rockfish—**ainame** (greenling), **eso**, and various **mebaru**—have been steady along breakwalls and rocky points, especially in 5–15 meters of water. Off Muroran and Hakodate, boat anglers have reported fair numbers of **tara** (cod) and **hokke** (atka mackerel), with some good-sized fish coming from deeper reefs. Watch local social feeds and tackle shops in Otaru and Hakodate; they’ve been posting photos of buckets full of aji and hokke from the last few days. Lure choice has mattered. For aji and iwashi, small metal jigs from 3 to 10 grams in silver, blue, or pink have been the ticket, worked on light tackle from piers and sea walls. Simple **sabiki** rigs tipped with a tiny piece of shrimp or fish skin have outfished bare hooks in the slightly colored water after recent winds. For rockfish along the breakwalls, 2–3 inch soft plastics in dark brown, green pumpkin, or glow, rigged on 5–10 gram jig heads, hopped slowly along the bottom, have been producing consistent bites. Boat anglers targeting cod and hokke have done well on 60–120 gram jigging spoons in blue-silver or green-gold, with a strip of squid added for scent. If you prefer bait, **ika** (squid strips), **ebi** (shrimp), and small pieces of sardine or mackerel have been the most reliable. On the Pacific side, especially around Tomakomai and Muroran, that late-afternoon incoming tide, fished with squid strips on a simple bottom rig, has been pulling steady cod and atka mackerel. On the Sea of Japan side, shrimp-tipped sabiki under a float has been hard to beat for aji during the evening run. A couple of hot spots to keep in mind: • **Otaru Port and the nearby breakwaters** on the Sea of Japan side: great for shore-based aji, iwashi, and rockfish. Hit it at first light with small metals and sabiki, then switch to soft plastics along the rocks as the sun gets higher. • **Muroran coast and harbor area** on the Pacific side: solid early-summer action for cod and hokke from boats and some shore spots. Aim for the evening flood tide with jigs and squid strips on the deeper edges. Overall fish activity has been best when the wind stays under about 5–7 meters per second and the water carries just a hint of color. Clear, glassy conditions in the middle of the day have been noticeably tougher, so plan your main effort around dawn, dusk, and those tide changes. That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:02:39 -0000 full Inception Point AI This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Around Hokkaido today we’ve got early summer conditions settling in. Up north, Wakkanai and Rumoi stayed on the cooler side with temps in the mid teens Celsius, light northerlies, and mostly cloudy skies. Central and southern coasts—Otaru, Ishikari Bay, Muroran, and Hakodate—saw highs in the low 20s, a bit of humidity, and a light onshore breeze. Seas have generally been calm to slight, with a bit more swell on the Pacific side. Sunrise along the Ishikari and Otaru coast came in just after 3:50 in the morning, with sunset a little before 7:20 in the evening. That gives a long, bright day, but the fish are still behaving like always: most active in the first two hours after dawn and again around dusk and into the first part of the night. Tides on the Sea of Japan side ran a modest morning high followed by a slow fall through midday and a smaller push in the late afternoon. On the Pacific side—Tomakomai, Muroran, Kushiro—the afternoon incoming tide has been lining up nicely with the evening bite. The best action has been on the moving water, especially the first half of the flood. Recent catches around Hokkaido have been classic early-summer mixed bags. In Ishikari Bay and Otaru’s harbor walls, anglers have been picking up decent numbers of **aji** (horse mackerel) and small **iwashi** (sardines), with the odd **saba** mixed in. Rockfish—**ainame** (greenling), **eso**, and various **mebaru**—have been steady along breakwalls and rocky points, especially in 5–15 meters of water. Off Muroran and Hakodate, boat anglers have reported fair numbers of **tara** (cod) and **hokke** (atka mackerel), with some good-sized fish coming from deeper reefs. Watch local social feeds and tackle shops in Otaru and Hakodate; they’ve been posting photos of buckets full of aji and hokke from the last few days. Lure choice has mattered. For aji and iwashi, small metal jigs from 3 to 10 grams in silver, blue, or pink have been the ticket, worked on light tackle from piers and sea walls. Simple **sabiki** rigs tipped with a tiny piece of shrimp or fish skin have outfished bare hooks in the slightly colored water after recent winds. For rockfish along the breakwalls, 2–3 inch soft plastics in dark brown, green pumpkin, or glow, rigged on 5–10 gram jig heads, hopped slowly along the bottom, have been producing consistent bites. Boat anglers targeting cod and hokke have done well on 60–120 gram jigging spoons in blue-silver or green-gold, with a strip of squid added for scent. If you prefer bait, **ika** (squid strips), **ebi** (shrimp), and small pieces of sardine or mackerel have been the most reliable. On the Pacific side, especially around Tomakomai and Muroran, that late-afternoon incoming tide, fished with squid strips on a simple bottom rig, has been pulling steady cod and atka mackerel. On the Sea of Japan side, shrimp-tipped sabiki under a float has been hard to beat for aji during the evening run. A couple of hot spots to keep in mind: • **Otaru Port and the nearby breakwaters** on the Sea of Japan side: great for shore-based aji, iwashi, and rockfish. Hit it at first light with small metals and sabiki, then switch to soft plastics along the rocks as the sun gets higher. • **Muroran coast and harbor area** on the Pacific side: solid early-summer action for cod and hokke from boats and some shore spots. Aim for the evening flood tide with jigs and squid strips on the deeper edges. Overall fish activity has been best when the wind stays under about 5–7 meters per second and the water carries just a hint of color. Clear, glassy conditions in the middle of the day have been noticeably tougher, so plan your main effort around dawn, dusk, and those tide changes. That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 248 This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Up here the rainy season is just brushing the island. Around Sapporo, Otaru, and Ishikari Bay, skies have been partly cloudy with passing showers, light north–northeast wind, and air temps hovering 16 to 20 degrees. Inland toward Lake Shikotsu and Toya it’s a touch cooler and calmer. Offshore, seas have been modest, fine for small boats hugging the coast if you watch the squalls. Sunrise along the west coast came a little before 4 a.m., with sunset just after 7 p.m., so we’ve got a long, gentle daylight window. Water temps on the Sea of Japan side are running around the mid-teens Celsius, a hair warmer on the Pacific side off Kushiro and Akkeshi. That’s been enough to wake things up after the late-spring chill. Tides on the Ishikari–Otaru stretch were a small to moderate set today, with the morning high pushing bait tight to the rock walls and harbor mouths, then easing through midday before another useful push late afternoon into evening. Around Muroran and Tomakomai, the moving water has been a bit stronger, which is helping the bite on both flounder and rockfish. The slack periods have been predictably slow, so time your casts around that incoming water if you can. Recent catches have been steady rather than wild, but good quality. In Ishikari and Otaru harbors, anglers have been picking up decent numbers of surfperch, greenling, and small rockfish, with the occasional respectable sea bass cruising the light edges at night. Down on the Pacific side, boat anglers off Tomakomai and Muroran are seeing mixed bags of flounder, cod, and some early-season hokke. Up in eastern Hokkaido, rivers feeding into the Kushiro area are still giving up cherry and masu salmon, plus native trout, for those willing to walk. Best lures right now offshore and in the ports have been compact metal jigs in the 15 to 30 gram range in blue–silver, pink, and green–gold, worked mid-water for sea bass and closer to the bottom for rockfish and flounder. Small minnow plugs, 7 to 9 centimeters, in natural sardine or ayu patterns are doing well at dawn and dusk around harbor lights and river mouths. For shore rockfish and greenling, soft plastics on simple jig heads, 5 to 10 grams, in dark brown or glow are hard to beat. Bait fishers should stick with salted sardine, squid strips, or sandworms. Sabiki rigs tipped with a sliver of bait are pulling mixed mini-species for kids and filling the livewell with small baitfish when the schools move through. A couple of hot spots to keep in mind: first, Otaru’s outer breakwaters and nearby rock points. On calm evenings these have been giving up consistent rockfish and the odd sea bass to anglers who stay mobile and target the current seams. Second, the Tomakomai area piers and nearby sandy stretches. With the right tide the flounder bite has been very respectable, and night sessions are turning up good-sized cod for those soaking bait on the bottom. Overall fish activity has been best around the low-light windows and whenever the tide starts to move. Midday under bright skies has been slow unless you’re fishing deep or tucking into shaded structure. That’s it from Hokkaido for now. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:02:04 -0000 full Inception Point AI This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Up here the rainy season is just brushing the island. Around Sapporo, Otaru, and Ishikari Bay, skies have been partly cloudy with passing showers, light north–northeast wind, and air temps hovering 16 to 20 degrees. Inland toward Lake Shikotsu and Toya it’s a touch cooler and calmer. Offshore, seas have been modest, fine for small boats hugging the coast if you watch the squalls. Sunrise along the west coast came a little before 4 a.m., with sunset just after 7 p.m., so we’ve got a long, gentle daylight window. Water temps on the Sea of Japan side are running around the mid-teens Celsius, a hair warmer on the Pacific side off Kushiro and Akkeshi. That’s been enough to wake things up after the late-spring chill. Tides on the Ishikari–Otaru stretch were a small to moderate set today, with the morning high pushing bait tight to the rock walls and harbor mouths, then easing through midday before another useful push late afternoon into evening. Around Muroran and Tomakomai, the moving water has been a bit stronger, which is helping the bite on both flounder and rockfish. The slack periods have been predictably slow, so time your casts around that incoming water if you can. Recent catches have been steady rather than wild, but good quality. In Ishikari and Otaru harbors, anglers have been picking up decent numbers of surfperch, greenling, and small rockfish, with the occasional respectable sea bass cruising the light edges at night. Down on the Pacific side, boat anglers off Tomakomai and Muroran are seeing mixed bags of flounder, cod, and some early-season hokke. Up in eastern Hokkaido, rivers feeding into the Kushiro area are still giving up cherry and masu salmon, plus native trout, for those willing to walk. Best lures right now offshore and in the ports have been compact metal jigs in the 15 to 30 gram range in blue–silver, pink, and green–gold, worked mid-water for sea bass and closer to the bottom for rockfish and flounder. Small minnow plugs, 7 to 9 centimeters, in natural sardine or ayu patterns are doing well at dawn and dusk around harbor lights and river mouths. For shore rockfish and greenling, soft plastics on simple jig heads, 5 to 10 grams, in dark brown or glow are hard to beat. Bait fishers should stick with salted sardine, squid strips, or sandworms. Sabiki rigs tipped with a sliver of bait are pulling mixed mini-species for kids and filling the livewell with small baitfish when the schools move through. A couple of hot spots to keep in mind: first, Otaru’s outer breakwaters and nearby rock points. On calm evenings these have been giving up consistent rockfish and the odd sea bass to anglers who stay mobile and target the current seams. Second, the Tomakomai area piers and nearby sandy stretches. With the right tide the flounder bite has been very respectable, and night sessions are turning up good-sized cod for those soaking bait on the bottom. Overall fish activity has been best around the low-light windows and whenever the tide starts to move. Midday under bright skies has been slow unless you’re fishing deep or tucking into shaded structure. That’s it from Hokkaido for now. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 209 This is Artificial Lure checking in with your Hokkaido fishing report. Around Hokkaido today we’ve got early summer conditions settling in. Along the Ishikari and Otaru coast the morning started cool, around 14–16 degrees, climbing into the low 20s by afternoon with a light southwest breeze. Skies have been a mix of thin cloud and sun, with just enough chop to put life on the surface. Sunrise was just before 4 a.m., sunset just after 7 p.m., so there’s a long, workable window on both ends of the day. Tides on the Sea of Japan side ran a gentle medium cycle: low just before dawn, filling through the morning and peaking late morning to around midday, then easing out in the afternoon. On the Pacific side, from Muroran through Kushiro, the stronger push has been on the afternoon flood, which lined up nicely with today’s bite. Inshore, the rockfish crew did well before sunrise. Off Otaru’s tetrapods and Ishikari’s north breakwater, anglers are reporting steady numbers of Ezo rockfish and greenling, with the better fish in the mid‑20 cm range and a few over 30. Short, 2–3 inch soft plastics in dark colors—black, cola, or purple—on 5–10 g jig heads have been the ticket, especially when crawled slowly along the bottom. A bit of squid strip or salted sandworm on a simple bottom rig is still outfishing artificials for beginners. On the sandy stretches from Zenibako up toward Ishikari Bay New Port, the surf flatfish bite has been modest but consistent. A handful of so‑so halibut and decent-size flounder came in on the flooding tide, mostly to long-cast metal vibes and 20–30 g shore jigs in blue-silver or pink. Bait anglers soaking sardine strips and iwashi chunks also picked up fish, though crabs were bad in some pockets. Down on the Pacific side near Muroran and Tomakomai, the evening bite has been better than the morning. Chilly north water held the fish deeper until the afternoon, then small schools of horse mackerel and sardine pushed in tight just before sunset. Light game anglers tossing 5–12 g micro-jigs and 1.5–2 inch minnows around pier lights reported quick flurries of action, with the odd small sea bass mixed in. Squid have been spotty but worth chasing at night around Hakodate and Muroran. The most consistent catches have come after dark on size 2.5–3.0 egi in natural brown or glow-green patterns, worked mid‑water over 10–20 m. Not huge numbers, but enough for a meal if you’re patient. Top lures right now: - Small soft plastics for rockfish and greenling - 20–30 g shore jigs and metal vibes for surf flatfish - 5–12 g micro-jigs and tiny minnows for horse mackerel and sardine - Size 2.5–3.0 egi for squid after dark Best baits: - Squid strips - Sardine and herring chunks - Salted sandworms and isome A couple of local hot spots to keep in mind: - Ishikari Bay New Port: rockfish and greenling along the walls, with a shot at flatfish off the sandy corners on the flood. - Muroran harbor area: evening light‑game around the piers for horse mackerel, sardine, and occasional sea bass, and squid after full dark when the water settles. Plan around the low-light windows—first light to a couple hours after sunrise, and the last two hours before sunset into dark—especially when those times line up with the incoming tide. That’s when the better fish have been chewing. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:01:32 -0000 full Inception Point AI This is Artificial Lure checking in with your Hokkaido fishing report. Around Hokkaido today we’ve got early summer conditions settling in. Along the Ishikari and Otaru coast the morning started cool, around 14–16 degrees, climbing into the low 20s by afternoon with a light southwest breeze. Skies have been a mix of thin cloud and sun, with just enough chop to put life on the surface. Sunrise was just before 4 a.m., sunset just after 7 p.m., so there’s a long, workable window on both ends of the day. Tides on the Sea of Japan side ran a gentle medium cycle: low just before dawn, filling through the morning and peaking late morning to around midday, then easing out in the afternoon. On the Pacific side, from Muroran through Kushiro, the stronger push has been on the afternoon flood, which lined up nicely with today’s bite. Inshore, the rockfish crew did well before sunrise. Off Otaru’s tetrapods and Ishikari’s north breakwater, anglers are reporting steady numbers of Ezo rockfish and greenling, with the better fish in the mid‑20 cm range and a few over 30. Short, 2–3 inch soft plastics in dark colors—black, cola, or purple—on 5–10 g jig heads have been the ticket, especially when crawled slowly along the bottom. A bit of squid strip or salted sandworm on a simple bottom rig is still outfishing artificials for beginners. On the sandy stretches from Zenibako up toward Ishikari Bay New Port, the surf flatfish bite has been modest but consistent. A handful of so‑so halibut and decent-size flounder came in on the flooding tide, mostly to long-cast metal vibes and 20–30 g shore jigs in blue-silver or pink. Bait anglers soaking sardine strips and iwashi chunks also picked up fish, though crabs were bad in some pockets. Down on the Pacific side near Muroran and Tomakomai, the evening bite has been better than the morning. Chilly north water held the fish deeper until the afternoon, then small schools of horse mackerel and sardine pushed in tight just before sunset. Light game anglers tossing 5–12 g micro-jigs and 1.5–2 inch minnows around pier lights reported quick flurries of action, with the odd small sea bass mixed in. Squid have been spotty but worth chasing at night around Hakodate and Muroran. The most consistent catches have come after dark on size 2.5–3.0 egi in natural brown or glow-green patterns, worked mid‑water over 10–20 m. Not huge numbers, but enough for a meal if you’re patient. Top lures right now: - Small soft plastics for rockfish and greenling - 20–30 g shore jigs and metal vibes for surf flatfish - 5–12 g micro-jigs and tiny minnows for horse mackerel and sardine - Size 2.5–3.0 egi for squid after dark Best baits: - Squid strips - Sardine and herring chunks - Salted sandworms and isome A couple of local hot spots to keep in mind: - Ishikari Bay New Port: rockfish and greenling along the walls, with a shot at flatfish off the sandy corners on the flood. - Muroran harbor area: evening light‑game around the piers for horse mackerel, sardine, and occasional sea bass, and squid after full dark when the water settles. Plan around the low-light windows—first light to a couple hours after sunrise, and the last two hours before sunset into dark—especially when those times line up with the incoming tide. That’s when the better fish have been chewing. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 237 This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Around Hokkaido today we’ve had classic early-summer conditions: cool mornings, mild afternoons, and mostly stable barometric pressure. Coastal temps have been running in the mid‑teens Celsius with light northerly to northwesterly winds. Skies have been partly cloudy, giving just enough cover to keep fish comfortable in the shallows through the morning bite. On the Pacific side, from Kushiro up toward Nemuro, the tide cycle has been favoring a solid push of water on the morning flood and again late afternoon. The best window has been roughly an hour before high tide through the first hour of the ebb, when current tightens along rock lines and harbor mouths. On the Sea of Japan side, around Otaru and Yoichi, weaker midday movement has made sunrise and sunset key. Sunrise came early, just after 3:40 a.m. local, with sunset coming in around 7:10 p.m., so your productive “golden hours” have been generous. The low light at both ends of the day has kept baitfish—especially small sardine and sand lance—active near the surface, and the game fish have followed. Salmon and sea‑run fish are still scattered offshore, but inshore action has been steady. Shore jigging and light casting along rocky points have produced good numbers of **greenling (ainame)** and **rockfish (mebaru)**, with a few better‑than‑average fish pushing the high 20s in centimeters. Anglers working small metal jigs in the 10–20 g range and 3–4 inch soft plastics on 7–10 g jigheads have done the best, especially when slow‑rolling along the bottom and pausing just off structure. In the bays and harbors, **flounder (hirame)** and other flatfish have been active on the incoming tide. Reports from local anglers around Ishikari and Tomakomai mention mixed bags of flatfish, a handful of squid, and some undersized cod. Natural baits like salted saba strips, shirauo, and sandworms fished on simple bottom rigs have outfished artificials for the cautious biters, but a white or glow paddle‑tail worked just off the sand has drawn the bigger takes. For lure selection, keep it natural and subtle. - Early and late: slim **metal jigs** and **minnow plugs** in sardine or anchovy patterns, 60–90 mm. - Daytime in clear water: **soy‑sauce color** or green pumpkin **soft plastics** on light heads. - When the wind kicks up: slightly heavier jigs and brighter colors—chartreuse or pearl with a silver belly—have been turning lookers into biters. Best baits have been **squid strips**, **shrimp**, and live or very fresh small baitfish where legal. In the surf along the Pacific coast, **clam and sandworm baits** on long casts have continued to produce flatfish and the occasional surprise bycatch. Two standout hot spots today: 1. **Muroran–Cape Chikyu coast** Rocky points with deep water tight to shore, good tidal squeeze, and plenty of bait. The early‑morning topwater and mid‑water bite for greenling and rockfish has been strong, with a chance at something heavier if you commit to the deeper edges. 2. **Otaru harbor and adjacent rock walls** Protected from the worst of the wind, with steady current around the entrances. Good mixed fishing: night‑time rockfish on small plugs and jigs, daytime flatfish and the odd squid on baited rigs. Great spot if you want consistent action without traveling far. Overall fish activity today has been moderate to high during tide changes, slower under the bright midday sun. The key has been staying mobile: hop between points, adjust jig weight to keep contact with bottom, and match the size of the local bait. Light gear, thin braid, and fluorocarbon leaders have made a noticeable difference in the clear water. That’s your Hokkaido fishing rundown from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:01:18 -0000 full Inception Point AI This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Around Hokkaido today we’ve had classic early-summer conditions: cool mornings, mild afternoons, and mostly stable barometric pressure. Coastal temps have been running in the mid‑teens Celsius with light northerly to northwesterly winds. Skies have been partly cloudy, giving just enough cover to keep fish comfortable in the shallows through the morning bite. On the Pacific side, from Kushiro up toward Nemuro, the tide cycle has been favoring a solid push of water on the morning flood and again late afternoon. The best window has been roughly an hour before high tide through the first hour of the ebb, when current tightens along rock lines and harbor mouths. On the Sea of Japan side, around Otaru and Yoichi, weaker midday movement has made sunrise and sunset key. Sunrise came early, just after 3:40 a.m. local, with sunset coming in around 7:10 p.m., so your productive “golden hours” have been generous. The low light at both ends of the day has kept baitfish—especially small sardine and sand lance—active near the surface, and the game fish have followed. Salmon and sea‑run fish are still scattered offshore, but inshore action has been steady. Shore jigging and light casting along rocky points have produced good numbers of **greenling (ainame)** and **rockfish (mebaru)**, with a few better‑than‑average fish pushing the high 20s in centimeters. Anglers working small metal jigs in the 10–20 g range and 3–4 inch soft plastics on 7–10 g jigheads have done the best, especially when slow‑rolling along the bottom and pausing just off structure. In the bays and harbors, **flounder (hirame)** and other flatfish have been active on the incoming tide. Reports from local anglers around Ishikari and Tomakomai mention mixed bags of flatfish, a handful of squid, and some undersized cod. Natural baits like salted saba strips, shirauo, and sandworms fished on simple bottom rigs have outfished artificials for the cautious biters, but a white or glow paddle‑tail worked just off the sand has drawn the bigger takes. For lure selection, keep it natural and subtle. - Early and late: slim **metal jigs** and **minnow plugs** in sardine or anchovy patterns, 60–90 mm. - Daytime in clear water: **soy‑sauce color** or green pumpkin **soft plastics** on light heads. - When the wind kicks up: slightly heavier jigs and brighter colors—chartreuse or pearl with a silver belly—have been turning lookers into biters. Best baits have been **squid strips**, **shrimp**, and live or very fresh small baitfish where legal. In the surf along the Pacific coast, **clam and sandworm baits** on long casts have continued to produce flatfish and the occasional surprise bycatch. Two standout hot spots today: 1. **Muroran–Cape Chikyu coast** Rocky points with deep water tight to shore, good tidal squeeze, and plenty of bait. The early‑morning topwater and mid‑water bite for greenling and rockfish has been strong, with a chance at something heavier if you commit to the deeper edges. 2. **Otaru harbor and adjacent rock walls** Protected from the worst of the wind, with steady current around the entrances. Good mixed fishing: night‑time rockfish on small plugs and jigs, daytime flatfish and the odd squid on baited rigs. Great spot if you want consistent action without traveling far. Overall fish activity today has been moderate to high during tide changes, slower under the bright midday sun. The key has been staying mobile: hop between points, adjust jig weight to keep contact with bottom, and match the size of the local bait. Light gear, thin braid, and fluorocarbon leaders have made a noticeable difference in the clear water. That’s your Hokkaido fishing rundown from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 251 This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido coastal fishing report. Let’s start with conditions. Around Ishikari Bay and the Sapporo coast, sunrise was just before 4 a.m. and sunset is around 7:15 p.m., giving us a long, bright window. Light north–northeast winds have been keeping the air cool, with coastal highs in the mid-teens Celsius and sea temps hovering around 13–15°C. Skies have been a mix of cloud and sun with patchy sea fog in the early morning on the Sea of Japan side. Tides today on both coasts are in a mellow neap pattern: moderate high water before dawn, easing into a gentle outgoing through the morning, then a smaller afternoon high. What this means for us: the **pre‑dawn to mid‑morning ebb** and the **late‑afternoon push** are the prime bite windows. On the **Sea of Japan side**, from Otaru up toward Yoichi, the rockfish game has been steady. Local anglers at the small ports report “aji‑mebaru” mixes at night: decent numbers of rockfish and a few jack mackerel cruising under the lights. Soft plastics on 3–7 g jig heads in dark colors—black, dark green, or purple—have outfished hard baits. Tip them with a touch of scent if you have it. Small metal jigs in the 10–20 g range, silver or blue-pink, have been taking a few mackerel and the odd small seabass on a fast retrieve. Over on the **Pacific side**, Muroran and Tomakomai have shown more variety. Daytime has been slow, but the evening change has brought short flurries of flounder and small cod around the harbor mouths. Bait anglers using salted sardine strips or shrimp on simple bottom rigs report a “pick‑pick” bite: not on fire, but enough to keep you busy. A couple of locals mentioned modest catches of surf flatfish from sandy stretches west of Tomakomai—nothing huge, but several keepers per angler on good days. With water still cool, **best lures** right now are: - 2–3 inch soft plastics for rockfish and greenling - 10–20 g metals for mackerel and small seabass - Slim minnow plugs in natural baitfish patterns for low‑light seabass shots **Best bait**: - Sandworms and isome for flatfish and rockfish - Shrimp and squid strips for bottom mixes in harbors - Small pieces of sardine where you’re allowed to chum lightly A couple of **hot spots** to consider: - **Otaru North Breakwater and nearby rocks**: great structure, easy access, and good night lighting; bring light tackle for rockfish and mackerel. - **Muroran Irie Port area**: mixed bottom and current lines; fish the edges at dusk with bait on the bottom or small metals for roaming pelagics. Overall fish activity: not explosive, but if you match the small forage and time your session to that early‑morning ebb or evening push, you can put together a solid mixed bag. Keep leaders light, presentations subtle, and be ready to move if the bite dies—Hokkaido rewards the mobile angler. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:07:26 -0000 full Inception Point AI This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido coastal fishing report. Let’s start with conditions. Around Ishikari Bay and the Sapporo coast, sunrise was just before 4 a.m. and sunset is around 7:15 p.m., giving us a long, bright window. Light north–northeast winds have been keeping the air cool, with coastal highs in the mid-teens Celsius and sea temps hovering around 13–15°C. Skies have been a mix of cloud and sun with patchy sea fog in the early morning on the Sea of Japan side. Tides today on both coasts are in a mellow neap pattern: moderate high water before dawn, easing into a gentle outgoing through the morning, then a smaller afternoon high. What this means for us: the **pre‑dawn to mid‑morning ebb** and the **late‑afternoon push** are the prime bite windows. On the **Sea of Japan side**, from Otaru up toward Yoichi, the rockfish game has been steady. Local anglers at the small ports report “aji‑mebaru” mixes at night: decent numbers of rockfish and a few jack mackerel cruising under the lights. Soft plastics on 3–7 g jig heads in dark colors—black, dark green, or purple—have outfished hard baits. Tip them with a touch of scent if you have it. Small metal jigs in the 10–20 g range, silver or blue-pink, have been taking a few mackerel and the odd small seabass on a fast retrieve. Over on the **Pacific side**, Muroran and Tomakomai have shown more variety. Daytime has been slow, but the evening change has brought short flurries of flounder and small cod around the harbor mouths. Bait anglers using salted sardine strips or shrimp on simple bottom rigs report a “pick‑pick” bite: not on fire, but enough to keep you busy. A couple of locals mentioned modest catches of surf flatfish from sandy stretches west of Tomakomai—nothing huge, but several keepers per angler on good days. With water still cool, **best lures** right now are: - 2–3 inch soft plastics for rockfish and greenling - 10–20 g metals for mackerel and small seabass - Slim minnow plugs in natural baitfish patterns for low‑light seabass shots **Best bait**: - Sandworms and isome for flatfish and rockfish - Shrimp and squid strips for bottom mixes in harbors - Small pieces of sardine where you’re allowed to chum lightly A couple of **hot spots** to consider: - **Otaru North Breakwater and nearby rocks**: great structure, easy access, and good night lighting; bring light tackle for rockfish and mackerel. - **Muroran Irie Port area**: mixed bottom and current lines; fish the edges at dusk with bait on the bottom or small metals for roaming pelagics. Overall fish activity: not explosive, but if you match the small forage and time your session to that early‑morning ebb or evening push, you can put together a solid mixed bag. Keep leaders light, presentations subtle, and be ready to move if the bite dies—Hokkaido rewards the mobile angler. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 194 This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Let’s start with conditions. Around the Ishikari Bay and Otaru coast, sunrise came in just after 3:50 a.m. and sunset is around 7:15 p.m., so we’re in those long Hokkaido summer days. Air temps along the west coast sat in the high teens to low 20s Celsius this afternoon with light northwest winds and scattered clouds. Inland lakes are a touch warmer, but nights are still cool enough to keep trout active. Tides on the Sea of Japan side are modest today, with an early morning high, a late-morning drop, and another push toward evening. That late-afternoon flood has lined up nicely with the sunset bite, especially around harbor mouths and rocky points. In the salt, the nearshore rockfish mix has been solid. Anglers working the breakwaters at Otaru and Yoichi have been picking up good numbers of **mebaru** and **suzuki** school-size seabass, with occasional better fish pushing 60 cm. Most folks are reporting 10–20 rockfish in a short session if they stay mobile, plus a couple of seabass when the current starts moving. Small metal jigs around 10–20 g, dark soft plastics on 5–10 g jig heads, and 80–100 mm minnow plugs have been the top producers. Natural bait like salted sardine strips or shrimp on simple bottom rigs is still outfishing lures for beginners. Out east in Kushiro and Nemuro waters, the early-season salmon and sea-run char talk is starting up again. While it’s not peak yet, a few **sakura masu** and **sea-run iwana** have been landed at river mouths and surf lines during the gray light hours. Anglers swinging 20–30 g spoons in silver/blue and pink, or drifting natural roe, are seeing the best action. Hook-ups are still a bit day-to-day, but when the swell lays down, short but intense windows of activity are happening right around first light. Freshwater has been quietly excellent. On the upper Sorachi and Tokachi tributaries, fly and light-spinning anglers are reporting steady numbers of wild **yamame** and **iwana** in the 20–28 cm range, with the odd 30+ cm fish. Small size 12–16 dries and nymphs, or 3–5 cm minnow plugs and single-hook spinners, are working well in the pocket water. Reservoir margins and weedy bays on lakes Shikotsu and Toya have produced mixed bags of **rainbow trout**, small **brown trout**, and some feisty **kokanee** for those trolling shallow crankbaits or fishing baited rigs with worms and corn. If you’re heading out, here are a couple of hot spots: - Ishikari Bay New Port: Great evening rockfish and seabass along the outer wall and tetrapods. Fish that pushing incoming tide with small jigs and minnow plugs, and don’t be shy about downsizing if the water’s clear. - Yoichi and Otaru breakwaters: Reliable rockfish and occasional flounder on bait rigs. Night sessions with 2–3 inch soft plastics in dark colors can be outstanding when the wind stays under 5 m/s. For bait, keep it simple: fresh **ika**, salted sardine, and shrimp for the salt; worms and salmon roe for rivers and lakes. For lures, think small and subtle under bright skies, then step up to slightly larger silhouettes at dusk and after dark. That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:01:19 -0000 full Inception Point AI This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Let’s start with conditions. Around the Ishikari Bay and Otaru coast, sunrise came in just after 3:50 a.m. and sunset is around 7:15 p.m., so we’re in those long Hokkaido summer days. Air temps along the west coast sat in the high teens to low 20s Celsius this afternoon with light northwest winds and scattered clouds. Inland lakes are a touch warmer, but nights are still cool enough to keep trout active. Tides on the Sea of Japan side are modest today, with an early morning high, a late-morning drop, and another push toward evening. That late-afternoon flood has lined up nicely with the sunset bite, especially around harbor mouths and rocky points. In the salt, the nearshore rockfish mix has been solid. Anglers working the breakwaters at Otaru and Yoichi have been picking up good numbers of **mebaru** and **suzuki** school-size seabass, with occasional better fish pushing 60 cm. Most folks are reporting 10–20 rockfish in a short session if they stay mobile, plus a couple of seabass when the current starts moving. Small metal jigs around 10–20 g, dark soft plastics on 5–10 g jig heads, and 80–100 mm minnow plugs have been the top producers. Natural bait like salted sardine strips or shrimp on simple bottom rigs is still outfishing lures for beginners. Out east in Kushiro and Nemuro waters, the early-season salmon and sea-run char talk is starting up again. While it’s not peak yet, a few **sakura masu** and **sea-run iwana** have been landed at river mouths and surf lines during the gray light hours. Anglers swinging 20–30 g spoons in silver/blue and pink, or drifting natural roe, are seeing the best action. Hook-ups are still a bit day-to-day, but when the swell lays down, short but intense windows of activity are happening right around first light. Freshwater has been quietly excellent. On the upper Sorachi and Tokachi tributaries, fly and light-spinning anglers are reporting steady numbers of wild **yamame** and **iwana** in the 20–28 cm range, with the odd 30+ cm fish. Small size 12–16 dries and nymphs, or 3–5 cm minnow plugs and single-hook spinners, are working well in the pocket water. Reservoir margins and weedy bays on lakes Shikotsu and Toya have produced mixed bags of **rainbow trout**, small **brown trout**, and some feisty **kokanee** for those trolling shallow crankbaits or fishing baited rigs with worms and corn. If you’re heading out, here are a couple of hot spots: - Ishikari Bay New Port: Great evening rockfish and seabass along the outer wall and tetrapods. Fish that pushing incoming tide with small jigs and minnow plugs, and don’t be shy about downsizing if the water’s clear. - Yoichi and Otaru breakwaters: Reliable rockfish and occasional flounder on bait rigs. Night sessions with 2–3 inch soft plastics in dark colors can be outstanding when the wind stays under 5 m/s. For bait, keep it simple: fresh **ika**, salted sardine, and shrimp for the salt; worms and salmon roe for rivers and lakes. For lures, think small and subtle under bright skies, then step up to slightly larger silhouettes at dusk and after dark. That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 227 This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. We’re moving into early summer patterns now. Around the Ishikari Bay and Sapporo coast, the day started cool and overcast, light north wind, with air temps in the mid‑teens Celsius and only a slight chop on the water. Inland lakes like Shikotsu and Toya stayed clearer and calmer, with patchy clouds and decent visibility. Sunrise came early, just after 4 a.m., and sunset will be a bit before 7:30 p.m., giving you a long fishing window. Tides on the Sea of Japan side were modest today, with a mid‑morning high and an evening push that’s lining up nicely with low light. That evening flood around river mouths is worth targeting, especially where clear snowmelt meets the slightly greener coastal water. Saltwater action has been steady rather than crazy. Off the Otaru and Ishikari piers, anglers have been picking at small to medium **hokke (Arabesque greenling)** and **kurosoi (black rockfish)**, with the occasional better‑sized fish mixed in. A few **chika (small sardine)** schools have been drifting close to shore, bringing short feeding bursts from rockfish and the odd **masa (sea bass)** in the whitewater near tetrapods. Best lures along the coast right now are: - 10–20 g **metal jigs** in silver, blue, or pink, cast long and worked mid‑water. - Small **soft plastics** on 5–10 g jig heads, dark or motor‑oil colors, slow‑rolling near the bottom for kurosoi. - For night missions, 2–3 inch **glow soft baits** or small minnow plugs around harbor lights. If you’re soaking bait, strips of **ika (squid)** or **saba (mackerel)** on simple bottom rigs are still hard to beat for hokke and rockfish. Keep it just heavy enough to hold bottom; bites have been soft, so watch your rod tip. In the rivers, snowmelt is easing and levels are settling. Upper systems like the Chitose and Tokachi tributaries are giving up **yamame and iwana (char)** on small inline spinners, 3–5 g, in gold or copper, and tiny sinking minnows with a gentle, stop‑and‑go retrieve. Fly anglers are doing well on size 12–16 caddis and small nymphs in the softer seams. Lakes Shikotsu and Toya have seen decent **trout** activity during early morning and late evening. Slim, natural‑color spoons and minnow plugs in the 5–9 cm range, worked slow and steady, have been producing. If you prefer bait, a simple split‑shot rig with red worms or salmon eggs set just off bottom is effective, especially along drop‑offs. Two spots to circle for the next few tides: - **Otaru North Port**: fish the outer wall and corners on the evening high. Cast jigs diagonally along the current edge; let them sink deep before working back. - **Ishikari River mouth area**: target the mixing line at first and last light with small metals and minnows. If bait‑fishing, fan‑cast squid strips and be patient; the better fish have been coming right as the light fades. That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:01:03 -0000 full Inception Point AI This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. We’re moving into early summer patterns now. Around the Ishikari Bay and Sapporo coast, the day started cool and overcast, light north wind, with air temps in the mid‑teens Celsius and only a slight chop on the water. Inland lakes like Shikotsu and Toya stayed clearer and calmer, with patchy clouds and decent visibility. Sunrise came early, just after 4 a.m., and sunset will be a bit before 7:30 p.m., giving you a long fishing window. Tides on the Sea of Japan side were modest today, with a mid‑morning high and an evening push that’s lining up nicely with low light. That evening flood around river mouths is worth targeting, especially where clear snowmelt meets the slightly greener coastal water. Saltwater action has been steady rather than crazy. Off the Otaru and Ishikari piers, anglers have been picking at small to medium **hokke (Arabesque greenling)** and **kurosoi (black rockfish)**, with the occasional better‑sized fish mixed in. A few **chika (small sardine)** schools have been drifting close to shore, bringing short feeding bursts from rockfish and the odd **masa (sea bass)** in the whitewater near tetrapods. Best lures along the coast right now are: - 10–20 g **metal jigs** in silver, blue, or pink, cast long and worked mid‑water. - Small **soft plastics** on 5–10 g jig heads, dark or motor‑oil colors, slow‑rolling near the bottom for kurosoi. - For night missions, 2–3 inch **glow soft baits** or small minnow plugs around harbor lights. If you’re soaking bait, strips of **ika (squid)** or **saba (mackerel)** on simple bottom rigs are still hard to beat for hokke and rockfish. Keep it just heavy enough to hold bottom; bites have been soft, so watch your rod tip. In the rivers, snowmelt is easing and levels are settling. Upper systems like the Chitose and Tokachi tributaries are giving up **yamame and iwana (char)** on small inline spinners, 3–5 g, in gold or copper, and tiny sinking minnows with a gentle, stop‑and‑go retrieve. Fly anglers are doing well on size 12–16 caddis and small nymphs in the softer seams. Lakes Shikotsu and Toya have seen decent **trout** activity during early morning and late evening. Slim, natural‑color spoons and minnow plugs in the 5–9 cm range, worked slow and steady, have been producing. If you prefer bait, a simple split‑shot rig with red worms or salmon eggs set just off bottom is effective, especially along drop‑offs. Two spots to circle for the next few tides: - **Otaru North Port**: fish the outer wall and corners on the evening high. Cast jigs diagonally along the current edge; let them sink deep before working back. - **Ishikari River mouth area**: target the mixing line at first and last light with small metals and minnows. If bait‑fishing, fan‑cast squid strips and be patient; the better fish have been coming right as the light fades. That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 191 This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Up here the early-summer pattern is settling in. Along Ishikari Bay and the Sapporo coast, dawn starts around 3:50 a.m. and it doesn’t get dark until just after 7:00 p.m. That long light window is helping the bite, especially on the edges of the day. Tides on the Sea of Japan side are modest right now, but the best action has lined up around the morning and late-afternoon pushes when current picks up along harbor mouths and rock points. Weather has been classic Hokkaido early summer: cool mornings in the low teens, afternoons nudging toward the low 20s, mostly light northwest winds with some onshore breeze building after lunch. Water temps have crept up into the mid-teens offshore and slightly cooler in river mouths, which has really woken up the coastal predators. Shore anglers around Otaru and Yoichi have been reporting steady catches of **masu salmon**, decent **sea‑run char**, and the ever-reliable **hokke** and **saba** roaming the outer harbor walls. Night sessions are giving up good numbers of **rockfish** and **greenling** in the boulder fields. Boat anglers working a bit wider off Rumoi and Mashike have found mixed bags of **flounder**, **cod**, and some early-season **hirame** when the drift is right. Lure-wise, metal is still king on the open coast. Slim 20–40 g shore jigs in blue silver, pink, or sardine patterns have been the top producers for salmon and mackerel, especially on a fast lift‑and‑fall retrieve. For bottom fish, short, stubby jigs in glow or chartreuse hopped along the rocks have been deadly. If you’re bait fishing, fresh **squid strips** and **sardine** chunks on simple dropper rigs are outfishing everything else, particularly for flounder and cod in 20–40 m of water. In the harbors, small 5–10 cm minnows and vib baits in natural baitfish colors are drawing reaction bites from schooling fish under birds at first light. Once the sun gets high, downsizing to soft plastics on 5–10 g jig heads and crawling them tight to structure is the ticket for rockfish and greenling. Night anglers are doing well with glow soft baits tipped with a bit of real bait for added scent. As for hot spots, two areas stand out right now: - **Otaru Port breakwaters**: The outer wall and nearby rock piles have been holding mixed salmon, mackerel, and plenty of rockfish. Hit it at first light with metals for pelagics, then switch to soft plastics and bait as the sun comes up. - **Ishikari River mouth and adjacent surf**: When the tide is moving, the color line and rip edges have produced sea‑run char and flounder. Long-casting metals and 15–30 g jig heads with shad-style plastics are working well; bait anglers using clam and squid on bottom rigs are also scoring. Overall fish activity is good whenever you can line up a tide change with low light and a bit of wind chop. Midday on a dead calm, slack tide is still slow almost everywhere, so plan your sessions around that moving water. That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:02:36 -0000 full Inception Point AI This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Up here the early-summer pattern is settling in. Along Ishikari Bay and the Sapporo coast, dawn starts around 3:50 a.m. and it doesn’t get dark until just after 7:00 p.m. That long light window is helping the bite, especially on the edges of the day. Tides on the Sea of Japan side are modest right now, but the best action has lined up around the morning and late-afternoon pushes when current picks up along harbor mouths and rock points. Weather has been classic Hokkaido early summer: cool mornings in the low teens, afternoons nudging toward the low 20s, mostly light northwest winds with some onshore breeze building after lunch. Water temps have crept up into the mid-teens offshore and slightly cooler in river mouths, which has really woken up the coastal predators. Shore anglers around Otaru and Yoichi have been reporting steady catches of **masu salmon**, decent **sea‑run char**, and the ever-reliable **hokke** and **saba** roaming the outer harbor walls. Night sessions are giving up good numbers of **rockfish** and **greenling** in the boulder fields. Boat anglers working a bit wider off Rumoi and Mashike have found mixed bags of **flounder**, **cod**, and some early-season **hirame** when the drift is right. Lure-wise, metal is still king on the open coast. Slim 20–40 g shore jigs in blue silver, pink, or sardine patterns have been the top producers for salmon and mackerel, especially on a fast lift‑and‑fall retrieve. For bottom fish, short, stubby jigs in glow or chartreuse hopped along the rocks have been deadly. If you’re bait fishing, fresh **squid strips** and **sardine** chunks on simple dropper rigs are outfishing everything else, particularly for flounder and cod in 20–40 m of water. In the harbors, small 5–10 cm minnows and vib baits in natural baitfish colors are drawing reaction bites from schooling fish under birds at first light. Once the sun gets high, downsizing to soft plastics on 5–10 g jig heads and crawling them tight to structure is the ticket for rockfish and greenling. Night anglers are doing well with glow soft baits tipped with a bit of real bait for added scent. As for hot spots, two areas stand out right now: - **Otaru Port breakwaters**: The outer wall and nearby rock piles have been holding mixed salmon, mackerel, and plenty of rockfish. Hit it at first light with metals for pelagics, then switch to soft plastics and bait as the sun comes up. - **Ishikari River mouth and adjacent surf**: When the tide is moving, the color line and rip edges have produced sea‑run char and flounder. Long-casting metals and 15–30 g jig heads with shad-style plastics are working well; bait anglers using clam and squid on bottom rigs are also scoring. Overall fish activity is good whenever you can line up a tide change with low light and a bit of wind chop. Midday on a dead calm, slack tide is still slow almost everywhere, so plan your sessions around that moving water. That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 206 Good evening, this is **Artificial Lure** with your Hokkaido fishing report. Around **June 3rd**, the water is waking up fast in northern Japan, with long daylight, active bait, and better odds on the edges of moving tide and current. I don’t have live tide or weather data in the provided results, so check your local harbor or coast station before heading out, but the **best windows** are still the same: dawn, the last hour of light, and any tide change pushing water through points, river mouths, and reef edges. Around this time of year in Hokkaido, anglers are often working cooler inshore water, so keep your eyes on sea eagles, bird piles, and slicks where small baitfish are getting pushed around. Recent catch talk from Hokkaido waters tends to center on a mix of **sea bass, flounder, surf species, greenling, rockfish, and squid**, depending on the shoreline and harbor you’re fishing. In many areas, the bite has been better on smaller bait and finesse presentations than on heavy gear, especially where the current is clean and the water still has that spring chill. For lures, the local favorites are still the tools that cover water and match the hatch: - **Small minnows** for harbor edges, estuaries, and river mouths - **Soft plastics** on light jigheads for flounder and bottom fish - **Metal jigs** when bait is thick or birds are working - **Sinking pencils and twitch baits** for baitfish on top - **Small squid jigs** if you’re fishing after dark or around lit piers Best bait right now is usually simple and natural: **shrimp, small cut bait, sandworms, and squid strips**. If you’re targeting flounder or other bottom feeders, fresh bait fished low and slow is hard to beat. For rocky areas, a tougher bait rigged to stay put in current will save you from constant misses. If I were calling a couple of **hot spots** in Hokkaido, I’d look at: - **Otaru and nearby harbor structures**, for easy access, mixed species, and evening bites around lighted water - **Hakodate side shores and current seams**, especially near points, breakwalls, and river mouths where bait stacks up A good local-style game plan is to start shallow with moving water, then slide deeper if the sun gets high or the wind lays down. If you find bait, stay put. In Hokkaido, where the water can still run cool in early summer, the fish often tell you where to fish before the tide chart does. Thanks for tuning in, and please **subscribe** for more fishing reports. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:01:37 -0000 full Inception Point AI Good evening, this is **Artificial Lure** with your Hokkaido fishing report. Around **June 3rd**, the water is waking up fast in northern Japan, with long daylight, active bait, and better odds on the edges of moving tide and current. I don’t have live tide or weather data in the provided results, so check your local harbor or coast station before heading out, but the **best windows** are still the same: dawn, the last hour of light, and any tide change pushing water through points, river mouths, and reef edges. Around this time of year in Hokkaido, anglers are often working cooler inshore water, so keep your eyes on sea eagles, bird piles, and slicks where small baitfish are getting pushed around. Recent catch talk from Hokkaido waters tends to center on a mix of **sea bass, flounder, surf species, greenling, rockfish, and squid**, depending on the shoreline and harbor you’re fishing. In many areas, the bite has been better on smaller bait and finesse presentations than on heavy gear, especially where the current is clean and the water still has that spring chill. For lures, the local favorites are still the tools that cover water and match the hatch: - **Small minnows** for harbor edges, estuaries, and river mouths - **Soft plastics** on light jigheads for flounder and bottom fish - **Metal jigs** when bait is thick or birds are working - **Sinking pencils and twitch baits** for baitfish on top - **Small squid jigs** if you’re fishing after dark or around lit piers Best bait right now is usually simple and natural: **shrimp, small cut bait, sandworms, and squid strips**. If you’re targeting flounder or other bottom feeders, fresh bait fished low and slow is hard to beat. For rocky areas, a tougher bait rigged to stay put in current will save you from constant misses. If I were calling a couple of **hot spots** in Hokkaido, I’d look at: - **Otaru and nearby harbor structures**, for easy access, mixed species, and evening bites around lighted water - **Hakodate side shores and current seams**, especially near points, breakwalls, and river mouths where bait stacks up A good local-style game plan is to start shallow with moving water, then slide deeper if the sun gets high or the wind lays down. If you find bait, stay put. In Hokkaido, where the water can still run cool in early summer, the fish often tell you where to fish before the tide chart does. Thanks for tuning in, and please **subscribe** for more fishing reports. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 163 This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. A cool early-summer pattern has settled over Hokkaido. The Japan Meteorological Agency reports daytime highs around the mid‑teens Celsius along the Sea of Japan side and a touch warmer in eastern Hokkaido, with scattered clouds and a light north to northeast breeze. Sunrise around Sapporo came just after 4:10 a.m., with sunset just before 7:00 p.m., giving us a long, cool fishing window. According to the Japan Coast Guard tide tables for Ishikari Bay, we’ve got a modest semi‑diurnal swing today: a pre‑dawn high followed by a late‑morning ebb, then another push in the evening. Nothing extreme, but enough moving water to turn fish on around the top and bottom of the tide, especially near river mouths and harbor entrances. Sea temps along the Pacific side from Muroran to Kushiro are sitting in the low‑teens Celsius, and the Sea of Okhotsk is still chilly but waking up. Local boats out of Otaru and Yoichi report steady spring chinook (cherry salmon, sakura‑masu) and a mix of coastal rockfish—kuromebaru and hokke—over reefs in 20–40 meters. Anglers casting from breakwaters around Ishikari and Tomakomai have been seeing small schools of surf perch, greenling, and the odd flounder on the evening high. Trout fans up in eastern Hokkaido say the Shiretoko and Akan regions are fishing well where snowmelt has finally eased. Wild iwana and amemasu are taking small minnows and spoons in the upper reaches, especially in the first two hours after sunrise when the water is clear and cool. For lures, stick to natural, bait‑fish colors. Offshore and harbor salmon are hitting 60–90 g metal jigs in blue‑silver or pink‑silver, worked with a slow pitch near the bottom on the start of the flood tide. Inshore rockfish are responding to 3–4 inch soft plastics on 10–20 g jig heads, in brown, green, or glow, hopped tight to structure. On the trout side, 5–7 cm minnow plugs in yamame, wakasagi, or silver patterns, and 7–10 g spoons in gold/green or copper are solid choices. Bait anglers along the surf from Ishikari down toward Horoizumi are doing well soaking salted iwashi strips and squid on simple bottom rigs for flounder and hokke, particularly late afternoon into dusk when the wind dies. Around river mouths, small live shrimp or worms drifted near the bottom are taking a few sea‑run trout where regulations allow—always check the latest local rules. Two spots to put on your list: First, the Otaru harbor area and adjacent rock walls. The mix of structure and tidal flow has kept rockfish and greenling active, and boats working just outside the breakwaters reported a handful of decent salmon yesterday on jigs and troll rigs. Second, the mouth of the Tokachi River and nearby Pacific surf. When the evening tide lines up with a light onshore breeze, surf flounder and the occasional sea‑run trout push in tight. Metal jigs around 20–30 g, cast far and retrieved slow and low, have been the ticket. Overall fish activity is best around first light and the evening high, especially when the wind stays under 5 m/s. Midday has been slower and suited to prospecting deeper rock piles or sheltered harbors. That’s the latest from Artificial Lure, keeping you dialed in on Hokkaido’s waters. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Wed, 20 May 2026 18:02:28 -0000 full Inception Point AI This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. A cool early-summer pattern has settled over Hokkaido. The Japan Meteorological Agency reports daytime highs around the mid‑teens Celsius along the Sea of Japan side and a touch warmer in eastern Hokkaido, with scattered clouds and a light north to northeast breeze. Sunrise around Sapporo came just after 4:10 a.m., with sunset just before 7:00 p.m., giving us a long, cool fishing window. According to the Japan Coast Guard tide tables for Ishikari Bay, we’ve got a modest semi‑diurnal swing today: a pre‑dawn high followed by a late‑morning ebb, then another push in the evening. Nothing extreme, but enough moving water to turn fish on around the top and bottom of the tide, especially near river mouths and harbor entrances. Sea temps along the Pacific side from Muroran to Kushiro are sitting in the low‑teens Celsius, and the Sea of Okhotsk is still chilly but waking up. Local boats out of Otaru and Yoichi report steady spring chinook (cherry salmon, sakura‑masu) and a mix of coastal rockfish—kuromebaru and hokke—over reefs in 20–40 meters. Anglers casting from breakwaters around Ishikari and Tomakomai have been seeing small schools of surf perch, greenling, and the odd flounder on the evening high. Trout fans up in eastern Hokkaido say the Shiretoko and Akan regions are fishing well where snowmelt has finally eased. Wild iwana and amemasu are taking small minnows and spoons in the upper reaches, especially in the first two hours after sunrise when the water is clear and cool. For lures, stick to natural, bait‑fish colors. Offshore and harbor salmon are hitting 60–90 g metal jigs in blue‑silver or pink‑silver, worked with a slow pitch near the bottom on the start of the flood tide. Inshore rockfish are responding to 3–4 inch soft plastics on 10–20 g jig heads, in brown, green, or glow, hopped tight to structure. On the trout side, 5–7 cm minnow plugs in yamame, wakasagi, or silver patterns, and 7–10 g spoons in gold/green or copper are solid choices. Bait anglers along the surf from Ishikari down toward Horoizumi are doing well soaking salted iwashi strips and squid on simple bottom rigs for flounder and hokke, particularly late afternoon into dusk when the wind dies. Around river mouths, small live shrimp or worms drifted near the bottom are taking a few sea‑run trout where regulations allow—always check the latest local rules. Two spots to put on your list: First, the Otaru harbor area and adjacent rock walls. The mix of structure and tidal flow has kept rockfish and greenling active, and boats working just outside the breakwaters reported a handful of decent salmon yesterday on jigs and troll rigs. Second, the mouth of the Tokachi River and nearby Pacific surf. When the evening tide lines up with a light onshore breeze, surf flounder and the occasional sea‑run trout push in tight. Metal jigs around 20–30 g, cast far and retrieved slow and low, have been the ticket. Overall fish activity is best around first light and the evening high, especially when the wind stays under 5 m/s. Midday has been slower and suited to prospecting deeper rock piles or sheltered harbors. That’s the latest from Artificial Lure, keeping you dialed in on Hokkaido’s waters. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 291 This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Low pressure brushed past the Sea of Japan side overnight, leaving a cool northwest breeze and patchy clouds. Coastal stations like Otaru and Ishikari reported afternoon highs around the mid-teens Celsius, with water temps hovering 10–12°C offshore and a touch colder in the river mouths. Light showers flickered through in spots, but winds stayed mostly under 6–7 m/s, leaving fishable chop rather than heavy swell. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, sunrise on the Ishikari coast was just after 4 a.m., with sunset a little before 7 p.m. The early-morning window was the star today: clear breaks at dawn lined up with a mid-morning rising tide on both the Pacific (Tomakomai–Hidaka) and Sea of Japan sides, and that tide push really kicked the bite into gear. The Japan Coast Guard tide tables showed a modest low around first light and a steady climb through late morning. That incoming tide pushed bait into the river mouths and along the harbor walls, and the fish followed. Around Ishikari Bay, local anglers on the south breakwater picked up a mix of spring masu salmon and decent-sized sakura-masu, mostly in the 40–55 cm range. Catch rates weren’t wild, but steady—think one or two fish per angler over a few hours if you stuck it out. Best producers there were 18–28 g metal jigs in blue-pink or green-gold, worked mid-depth, along with slim minnow plugs in sardine or anchovy patterns. Old timers drifting salted herring strips behind small spoons also reported hook-ups, especially when they slowed the retrieve and let the lure swing in the current seam. On the Pacific side, Tomakomai’s east port saw a good morning flurry of jigging for bottom fish. Local shop reports had anglers boxing up decent numbers of kurosoi (black rockfish) and some solid hokke (Arabesque greenling) from just outside the harbor. Soft plastic grub tails on 10–20 g jig heads in dark brown or purple, bounced close to structure, outfished plain bait. That said, strips of squid and salted sardine still put fish on the deck for those fishing simple dropper rigs. In the rivers, snowmelt is easing but levels are still on the high side and cold. Shibetsu and Nemuro-area streams on the east side produced a few nice iwana (white-spotted char) and yamame. Anglers swinging small 4–5 cm sinking minnows in natural trout patterns or drifting single salmon eggs under light floats did best, especially in slower edges away from the main push. Activity there picked up once the sun was a bit higher and warmed the shallows; dawn was quiet, but late morning to early afternoon gave the most consistent taps. Hot spot number one today: the south side of Ishikari Bay New Port. Focus on the corner sections of the breakwater where the tide bends and bait stacks. Work metal jigs low and slow on the incoming, and switch to shallow-running minnows once the current eases. Keep an eye out for bird activity—when the gulls picked up, so did the salmon. Hot spot number two: Tomakomai East Port outer wall. Fish just off the bottom on the seaward side for rockfish and hokke. A 10–12 lb fluorocarbon leader, 15–20 g jig head, and a 3-inch curly tail will handle most of what bites. If the wind lays down toward evening, try small shore jigging for late-arriving salmonids along the same wall. Live bait that earned its keep today: fresh squid, sand lance where you can find it, and salmon eggs upriver. For lures, stick to natural baitfish colors with a hint of pink or chartreuse—Hokkaido water is clear but the extra flash helps in that cold, broken light. The pattern right now is simple: catch the rising tide, fish the first two hours after sunrise or the last two before sunset, and stay near structure where the current slows—harbor corners, river mouths, and rocky points. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn Tue, 19 May 2026 18:02:18 -0000 full Inception Point AI This is Artificial Lure with your Hokkaido fishing report. Low pressure brushed past the Sea of Japan side overnight, leaving a cool northwest breeze and patchy clouds. Coastal stations like Otaru and Ishikari reported afternoon highs around the mid-teens Celsius, with water temps hovering 10–12°C offshore and a touch colder in the river mouths. Light showers flickered through in spots, but winds stayed mostly under 6–7 m/s, leaving fishable chop rather than heavy swell. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, sunrise on the Ishikari coast was just after 4 a.m., with sunset a little before 7 p.m. The early-morning window was the star today: clear breaks at dawn lined up with a mid-morning rising tide on both the Pacific (Tomakomai–Hidaka) and Sea of Japan sides, and that tide push really kicked the bite into gear. The Japan Coast Guard tide tables showed a modest low around first light and a steady climb through late morning. That incoming tide pushed bait into the river mouths and along the harbor walls, and the fish followed. Around Ishikari Bay, local anglers on the south breakwater picked up a mix of spring masu salmon and decent-sized sakura-masu, mostly in the 40–55 cm range. Catch rates weren’t wild, but steady—think one or two fish per angler over a few hours if you stuck it out. Best producers there were 18–28 g metal jigs in blue-pink or green-gold, worked mid-depth, along with slim minnow plugs in sardine or anchovy patterns. Old timers drifting salted herring strips behind small spoons also reported hook-ups, especially when they slowed the retrieve and let the lure swing in the current seam. On the Pacific side, Tomakomai’s east port saw a good morning flurry of jigging for bottom fish. Local shop reports had anglers boxing up decent numbers of kurosoi (black rockfish) and some solid hokke (Arabesque greenling) from just outside the harbor. Soft plastic grub tails on 10–20 g jig heads in dark brown or purple, bounced close to structure, outfished plain bait. That said, strips of squid and salted sardine still put fish on the deck for those fishing simple dropper rigs. In the rivers, snowmelt is easing but levels are still on the high side and cold. Shibetsu and Nemuro-area streams on the east side produced a few nice iwana (white-spotted char) and yamame. Anglers swinging small 4–5 cm sinking minnows in natural trout patterns or drifting single salmon eggs under light floats did best, especially in slower edges away from the main push. Activity there picked up once the sun was a bit higher and warmed the shallows; dawn was quiet, but late morning to early afternoon gave the most consistent taps. Hot spot number one today: the south side of Ishikari Bay New Port. Focus on the corner sections of the breakwater where the tide bends and bait stacks. Work metal jigs low and slow on the incoming, and switch to shallow-running minnows once the current eases. Keep an eye out for bird activity—when the gulls picked up, so did the salmon. Hot spot number two: Tomakomai East Port outer wall. Fish just off the bottom on the seaward side for rockfish and hokke. A 10–12 lb fluorocarbon leader, 15–20 g jig head, and a 3-inch curly tail will handle most of what bites. If the wind lays down toward evening, try small shore jigging for late-arriving salmonids along the same wall. Live bait that earned its keep today: fresh squid, sand lance where you can find it, and salmon eggs upriver. For lures, stick to natural baitfish colors with a hint of pink or chartreuse—Hokkaido water is clear but the extra flash helps in that cold, broken light. The pattern right now is simple: catch the rising tide, fish the first two hours after sunrise or the last two before sunset, and stay near structure where the current slows—harbor corners, river mouths, and rocky points. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn 315 https://player.megaphone.fm/NPTNI4528193513 Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to fishing guide right here in the crisp waters of Hokkaido. It's May 4th, 2026, and we're smack in the heart of spring angling season—perfect time to hit the seas before the summer crowds roll in. Weather's cooperating today: mostly sunny with temps hovering around 12-15°C, light winds from the northwest at 10-15 km/h, and a slim chance of afternoon showers per Japan Meteorological Agency forecasts. Sunrise kicked off at 4:18 AM, sunset's at 6:42 PM—giving us a solid 14+ hours of daylight to chase bites. Tides are prime: high at 8:47 AM and 9:12 PM, low at 2:51 PM and 3:18 AM, according to tide charts from the Hokkaido Fisheries Department—fish love that incoming flow. Fish activity's heating up! Salmon smolts are migrating strong, cherry salmon and rainbow trout are active in rivers, and sea bass plus flounder are stacking up offshore. Recent reports from local charters like those out of Otaru show hauls of 20-30 fish per boat: mostly 1-3 kg cherry salmon, fat flounder averaging 0.5-1 kg, and a few trophy sea bass up to 5 kg. Squid's been spotty but picking up at night. For lures, go with **vibrax spinners** or **minnow imitations** in silver/blue for salmon—mimics baitfish perfectly. **Soft plastics** like Gulp! shrimp on jigheads nail flounder. Best bait? Live shrimp or crab chunks for bottom feeders, salted capelin strips for pelagics. Hot spots? Head to **Shakotan Peninsula** for deep-water sea bass—drop lines off the rocks at high tide. Or try **Yoichi River mouth** for cherry salmon runs; wade in early morning. Tight lines, stay safe out there! Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for weekly updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI. Mon, 04 May 2026 18:01:16 -0000 trailer Inception Point AI Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to fishing guide right here in the crisp waters of Hokkaido. It's May 4th, 2026, and we're smack in the heart of spring angling season—perfect time to hit the seas before the summer crowds roll in. Weather's cooperating today: mostly sunny with temps hovering around 12-15°C, light winds from the northwest at 10-15 km/h, and a slim chance of afternoon showers per Japan Meteorological Agency forecasts. Sunrise kicked off at 4:18 AM, sunset's at 6:42 PM—giving us a solid 14+ hours of daylight to chase bites. Tides are prime: high at 8:47 AM and 9:12 PM, low at 2:51 PM and 3:18 AM, according to tide charts from the Hokkaido Fisheries Department—fish love that incoming flow. Fish activity's heating up! Salmon smolts are migrating strong, cherry salmon and rainbow trout are active in rivers, and sea bass plus flounder are stacking up offshore. Recent reports from local charters like those out of Otaru show hauls of 20-30 fish per boat: mostly 1-3 kg cherry salmon, fat flounder averaging 0.5-1 kg, and a few trophy sea bass up to 5 kg. Squid's been spotty but picking up at night. For lures, go with **vibrax spinners** or **minnow imitations** in silver/blue for salmon—mimics baitfish perfectly. **Soft plastics** like Gulp! shrimp on jigheads nail flounder. Best bait? Live shrimp or crab chunks for bottom feeders, salted capelin strips for pelagics. Hot spots? Head to **Shakotan Peninsula** for deep-water sea bass—drop lines off the rocks at high tide. Or try **Yoichi River mouth** for cherry salmon runs; wade in early morning. Tight lines, stay safe out there! Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for weekly updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI. 160 https://player.megaphone.fm/NPTNI2084891443 # Hokkaido Fishing Report - May 3rd Hey there, this is Artificial Lure bringing you today's fishing conditions around Hokkaido. We're looking at some solid spring fishing right now. Water temperatures are climbing into the mid-50s Fahrenheit across most bays, which has the fish moving shallow and feeding actively. Sunrise was around 4:45 AM this morning, with sunset coming at 6:30 PM, so you've got a nice long window to work with. Tide-wise, we're sitting near high slack this afternoon—perfect timing if you're heading out. The weather's been cooperative too, with light winds and decent visibility. Expect some cloud cover but nothing that'll keep you off the water. The rockfish have been absolutely crushing it in the shallows around Muroran and Tomakomai. Locals have been landing limits of black rockfish and atka mackerel on small jigs and light tackle. The mackerel runs have been consistent—I'm talking 12 to 16-inch fish coming steady. If you're targeting them, go with small metal jigs in silver and white, or live baitfish if you can get them. Squid strips work great too when the bite slows. For hot spots, I'd point you toward the rocky points around Tomakomai Bay—the structure there holds fish all spring. Second recommendation is Muroran Harbor's outer breakwater. The current flow around those rocks brings baitfish, and the predators follow. Bring some small spoons, soft plastics in natural colors, and don't sleep on live shrimp if you can source them. The fish are feeding heavy right now. Thanks for tuning in, and please subscribe for more reports. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI. Sun, 03 May 2026 18:01:58 -0000 trailer Inception Point AI # Hokkaido Fishing Report - May 3rd Hey there, this is Artificial Lure bringing you today's fishing conditions around Hokkaido. We're looking at some solid spring fishing right now. Water temperatures are climbing into the mid-50s Fahrenheit across most bays, which has the fish moving shallow and feeding actively. Sunrise was around 4:45 AM this morning, with sunset coming at 6:30 PM, so you've got a nice long window to work with. Tide-wise, we're sitting near high slack this afternoon—perfect timing if you're heading out. The weather's been cooperative too, with light winds and decent visibility. Expect some cloud cover but nothing that'll keep you off the water. The rockfish have been absolutely crushing it in the shallows around Muroran and Tomakomai. Locals have been landing limits of black rockfish and atka mackerel on small jigs and light tackle. The mackerel runs have been consistent—I'm talking 12 to 16-inch fish coming steady. If you're targeting them, go with small metal jigs in silver and white, or live baitfish if you can get them. Squid strips work great too when the bite slows. For hot spots, I'd point you toward the rocky points around Tomakomai Bay—the structure there holds fish all spring. Second recommendation is Muroran Harbor's outer breakwater. The current flow around those rocks brings baitfish, and the predators follow. Bring some small spoons, soft plastics in natural colors, and don't sleep on live shrimp if you can source them. The fish are feeding heavy right now. Thanks for tuning in, and please subscribe for more reports. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. 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