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Japanese Jack Mackerel | Ma Aji

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Aji or Ma Aji [jp]  / Japanese Jack Mackerel
Trachurus japonicus

Most common game fish found widely in Japan.

Characteristics

Aji is predatory fish feeding on variety of preys from small bay anchovy to planktons. They cruise in school and the best location & time to anticipate them is night time where street light brightens up the surface to attract aji’s diet to the range where fly can be effectively presented