Tokyo Bay Evening Bite: Sea Bass and Bream Moving on the Tide

This is Artificial Lure with your Tokyo Bay fishing report. We’re sitting on a **waxing moon** and a solid moving tide today. The Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for **partly cloudy skies over Tokyo Bay, light south to southeast wind around 4–7 m/s, and temps in the mid‑20s Celsius** through the afternoon and evening. Sunrise was around **4:25 a.m.** and sunset is close to **7:00 p.m.**, giving a long, bright window but with the best bites packed into the low‑light periods. Tide tables from the Tokyo Wan area show a decent **afternoon ebb running into evening**, which has been lining up nicely with the dusk bite. When that current starts pushing over structure, the predators have been turning on hard. Local reports from Tokyo Bay charter captains and Tokyo Bay jigging groups say **sea bass (suzuki)** action has picked back up after a slower spell, with boats averaging **10–30 fish per trip**, mostly **40–60 cm**, and the occasional **70 cm class** fish mixed in. Anglers tossing small metals and soft plastics around the river mouths are also finding **sabiki‑sized horse mackerel (aji)** and **sardine (iwashi)** in decent numbers. Near the **Ukishima and Honmoku** side of the bay, Tokyo Bay boat guides are reporting **chinu and kurodai (black sea bream)** showing up along rock walls and tetrapods, with some **30–40 cm** fish taken on crustacean‑style baits and small jigs. Off **Futtsu** and the mid‑bay reefs, local slow‑pitch jigging crews have been getting a mix of **small tachiuo (cutlassfish)** and **rockfish** on lighter metal jigs, especially once the sun drops and the tide starts running. For **lures**, here’s what’s been working best: - For **Tokyo Bay sea bass**: Use **9–12 cm minnows** in natural bait colors, **vibration baits**, and **7–20 g metal jigs**. Work them around **bridge pilings, lighted piers, and river mouths** on the **falling tide at dusk**. Slow to medium retrieve with a few pauses has been key when the water’s clear. - For **aji and smaller baitfish**: Go with **1–2 g jig heads** and **tiny 1.5–2 inch soft plastics**, or a **sabiki rig** tipped with a bit of shrimp. Drop them near **harbor lights and channel edges** once it gets dark and the plankton draws bait in. - For **black sea bream**: Finesse rigs with **small creature baits**, **crab‑imitating soft plastics**, or **light Texas rigs** pitched tight to structure are paying off. Let it sink and just creep it along the bottom. If you prefer **bait**, locals are still relying on: - **Shrimp and krill (ama‑ebi, okizuke krill)** for bream and mixed bottom fish. - **Cut sardine or mackerel** and **live bait if you can get it** for sea bass around current breaks. - **Worms (isome)** on small hooks for aji and other small fry by the piers. A couple of **hot spots** to keep on your radar: - **Tokyo Gate Bridge area**: The bridge legs and nearby shipping channel edges have produced steady **sea bass** on metal jigs and minnows during the evening ebb. Work the down‑current side where bait stacks up. - **Yokohama Bay side – Honmoku and Daikoku Piers**: Good mix of **sea bass, aji, and black sea bream**. Fish the light lines after dark, especially where the current brushes along the wall, with light jigs or sabiki for numbers and heavier minnows for the bigger bass. If you’re shore fishing, time your session so you’re on location about **one hour before sunset through the first part of night tide movement**. Boat anglers should line up drifts along the current edges rather than dead center in the flow; that’s where the bait and the better fish have been stacking lately. That’s it from Artificial Lure, keeping it local on Tokyo Bay. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more reports and tips. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn