“Amazing Fishing in Japan.Winter 2026”: Taking on giant cherry salmon & king salmon, giant trout, and giant Spanish mackerel!
This documentary depicts the struggle between giant fish that appear unpredictably and toy with anglers, and the anglers who continue to chase after them, dreaming of seeing them.
◆Challenging giant cherry salmon and king salmon off the coast of Rausu, Hokkaido! Off the coast of Rausu, at the eastern tip of the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido. One of the world’s leading fishing grounds where the Oyashio and Kuroshio currents meet, fish that migrate through the North Pacific gather here. In winter, cherry salmon, popular with the people of Hokkaido, come to the area.
However, amongst the schools, precious king salmon (Chinook salmon) make an appearance. The program pursues this once-in-a-lifetime moment, turning its camera towards the sea off the coast of Rausu. Angler: Makoto Ono
◆Chasing giant Spanish mackerel in the Genkai Sea off Kyushu! In the Genkai Sea off the northern coast of Kyushu, nurtured by the rich nutrients brought by the Tsushima Current, a particularly large migratory fish appears for a limited time in winter.
It is the giant Spanish mackerel. With its sharp teeth and overwhelming speed, the sawara, which only shows itself for a short time, has long been known for its delicious taste, but as a target for lure fishing, it has also fascinated many anglers as a “fish that is not easily caught.” Kamiyashiki, one of the anglers who established the sawara casting game, takes on a giant sawara in the Genkai Sea off Kyushu. Angler: Takashi Kamiyashiki
◆Taking on a giant trout in the Sai River in Nagano! The Sai River flows through the Matsumoto Basin in Nagano. This river, a tributary of the Shinano River, the longest river in Japan, is known as one of the best trout rivers in the country, nurtured by the snowmelt from the Northern Alps and abundant spring water. However, the fish of the Sai River are by no means easy.
The giant trout, which have grown up under high pressure as anglers gather from all over the country, will not miss even the slightest unnaturalness in the fly, the shadow of the line, or any strangeness in the water displacement. Challenging the giant trout of the Sai River is not simply about catching fish. It’s an attempt to decipher everything about the river—water level, current speed, angle of light, signs of bait—and get to the bottom of “why this fish is here right now.” Angler: Hiroshi Shoda BS Fuji: https://www.bsfuji.tv
