To determine if yesterday was a fluke, I fished an area adjacent to yesterday’s hot spot a little after the tide began to rise. The wind and surf were down and the water was cold and clear. I didn’t see much reef fish activity at the break and nothing wanted to eat my JDM sub-surface lure.
Maybe the predators prefer more white wash to ambush their prey? I didn’t wait for the tide and surge to come up because it was already chest-high in some spots. A small metal jig (micro jig) might’ve done well in the depths on the moana I saw but I didn’t have any and made my way back to shore.
I fished a few shoreline spots that had yielded small whites and kaku in the past but didn’t get any takers there too. I think the tide was too low for the predators to be that close to shore. I didn’t see any bait fish either. Maybe the early Spring season hasn’t started after all.
Interesting result. My scientific wild-ass guess would be temperature. According to Intellicast, midday temps today were a full 4 degrees colder than the same time yesterday. But who knows… that’s why they call it fishing 🙂
You know, the water didn’t feel significantly colder than the day before. The water was very still though, and low inside. A higher tide may have helped.
Yeah, for me, stillness and low (shallow/skinny) water is never a good combination. What few fish there are inside are gonna be extra sensitive to noise. Rarely have good luck under those conditions.