The tide was low and the wind was up so I wade fished a spot I normally board fish. I started with cut bait and when the small papios started biting on every cast I switched to a Makata strip. No bites on the strip so I switched back to bait. The action was much better than I had expected. Besides the countless 5 inch omilus, I caught a large mongoose fish and had some heavier fish unbutton. About an hr before sun down I hooked something that looked and felt like a small oio. When I brought it closer I was realized it was a 14 inch plus white weke.
giant oama
I had never caught a full grown white weke before, and it was weird to handle a fish that looked like an oama, just giant-sized. I wonder if the white weke and obake weke are always on the shallow reef or if it’s the season for them now. They’re fun to catch but I was really hoping for an oio that would smoke my reel.
weke of all sizes
Hopefully the adult weke plays nicely with the 5″ to 8″ oamas.
Summary: On the shallow, bouldery reef, cut bait trounced the strip lure once again.
Nice catch!
Hey Alan,
The state record for the yellowstripe weke is 1 lb 13 oz. I didn’t weigh the weke I caught, but I have him in quarantine and it seems like he could possibly be 2lbs. Then again, yours looked pretty big too. I’m guessing other folks catch big weke and don’t bother to weigh them since the person holding the yellowstripe weke record was 7 yrs old at the time.
I’ll tape measure him and take a better photo.
-scott
Hey that’s a nice one!