The last El Nino phenomena spanned 2014 to 2017 and the inshore oama and papio bite was phenomenal. Predators were hitting lures close to shore and the nearshore kayak and boat fishing was great also. Then the weather pattern shifted to the La Nina cycle and fishing took a dump. 2018 through 2022 was slow all over although there was a good late season oama push. I’ve been feeling like a crazy conspiracist, tying the El Nino to better fishing, so we’ll see if I was even close to being right.
Stay tuned for on the water reports from the contributing writers, and reviews of lures to use nearshore.
And the risk of a hurricane hitting us is no joke. Be prepared before the Late Summer / Fall hurricane season.
Hi Scott. Over here on Maui,I diver told me he saw big omilus in groups of 5 way outside. Baby oaamas also way outside. He thinks mid June oaamas coming in. My other friend says otherwise,end of June he’s thinking. Anyway let you know when the first patch comes in.
Thanks Craig! Normally some oama begin to trickle in by end of June and by first week of August they begin to be catchable. We’ll see if this year is a “normal” year.