The night before had clear skies and a bright, full moon. The next day had very light kona winds but big surf except for the South Shore so Frank and I returned to our regular spot. We planned a late start because the tide was gonna bottom out at about 10am and sure enough nothing bit until the tide began to move.
Fish could be coaxed to take our frozen opelu chunks but because they had fed the night before, they grabbed between the two hooks and stripped the baits. Thankfully the sharks were smaller than normal and chewed through the leader quickly instead of getting hooked in the corner of their mouth and dragging me around.
It was so slow that our highlight catches were a whopper nabeta Frank caught on his bottom fish rig baited with opelu chunks, and an 11 inch omilu that hit my damashi tipped with opelu skin. I’ve never caught so many omilu in the deep before and released it so it could swim close to shore and give my shore fishing buddies some action. 🙂
Was a great day to paddle around, but the full moon and calm water surface had the fish taking naps. Dark skies the night before and some chop on the water seem to be the best conditions for kayak fishing.
Bummer about the slow action, but thank you for your consideration of us shorefishermen????.
Sure, hope that omilu shows up soon!
Me too! I usually pick up one or two per trip as by catch, but haven’t caught one in months.
Big moon can be a mixed bag for oio, at least when fly fishing for them. Sometimes if you go real early, you might see a lot of fish still on the flat from the night before.
BTW what is that stuff around the fish in the photo? Looks like fruity pebbles LOL
Fruity Pebbles!! I hadn’t noticed those colorful geometric pieces until you mentioned it. It was very bright and glary that day and that is an unintended but cool visual affect introduced in the photo editing process!
Regarding still catching the big moon bite, I think if we fished at dusk we might catch some early eaters. Fishing mid-morning, the fish are digesting their midnight snack and waiting for the next night, it seems.
Interesting! Yeah, that’s the first thing i saw, fruity pebbles in the water lol.
Maybe cuz I eat oatmeal not Fruity Pebbles? It is a cool effect though!
Lol!
Just curious why I haven’t seen any posts for the last five months
Hi Dan,
Are you subscribing to the posts and haven’t seen a subscriber email for a long time? If so, maybe your Spam filter is filtering out that email.
We’ve been putting our posts on a regular basis to give you guys something interesting to read while shut in. A great post went out this morning!
thanks,
scott