best day so far

After trolling oamas aimlessly for a month and a half, I noticed a pattern as to when and where I get most of my strikes. These conditions apply to dunking and whipping also.

• First third of the rising tide
• Cool, moving water; not still, sun warmed water
• In front of the surf break (I’m not going past the surf break)
• Bouldery terrain with a mix of sand and dark rocks
• Edge of channel and bouldery reef

And for those trolling oama:

• 4 to 6 foot fluorocarbon leader
• front hook through nostrils, rear hook past the ventral (anal) fin
• 30 to 75 feet away from you
• liveliest oama (but wounded or freshly dead still work if that’s all you have)

Please keep in mind I haven’t caught anything big this season but I am getting a lot of strikes when the above conditions come together.