Kris and I whipped a new spot on the East side of Oahu which faced directly East. Kris was throwing a curly tail grub on a 9ft spinning rod with a pretty heavy egg sinker and masterfully punched through the 15mph on-shore wind. My 1/2 oz Waxwing, in contrast, got caught up in the wind and I eventually had a backlash so bad I had to remove some of my red PowerPro.
Kris started with this malu (sidespot goatfish), and caught numerous omilus and even a 1.5lb yellow spot papio. When I was able to cast my Waxwing out it just didn’t swim right with the tail wind and waves blowing it back to shore. Either that or the fish didn’t want to chase something larger than a 1 inch grub.
Smaller lures swimming deeper often get more bites than larger subsurface lures when the conditions are bumpy on the surface.
[…] for some exercise. The Waxwing System performed well in the trade winds, much better than it did casting into the wind from shore. Sitting at water level, the lure tracked well and I got a bump before I made it out to the […]