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You are here: Home / Fishing Report / Holoholo: Big oio and yellow spot papio caught in cold shallow water on a fly

Holoholo: Big oio and yellow spot papio caught in cold shallow water on a fly

December 23, 2018 By Scott 10 Comments

Jason has been a shore fisherman since he could walk in the water with his dad.  He started fly fishing for oio in 2016.  He has a unique vantage point to provide fish reports since he’s standing in the water for hours looking for fish.  Here’s a short recap of a recent successful outing.

Jason:
It was a chilly and windy December morning, but I had been jonesin’ to fish all weekend, so I decided to go. The tide was also up which meant spotting the few fish that were around would be difficult, and I would be mostly blind casting.

As expected, the day started out pretty slowly. At some point i missed something that felt like a small papio, but other than that, no bites and no fish sighted. After a few hours of blind casting like a mad man, suddenly, out of the blue, I felt a subtle take, followed by a sharp tug – I set the hook and it was on! It felt like a pretty nice fish, and I must’ve wrestled with it for a good 5-7 minutes before finally bringing it to hand. A friend was about 100 yards east of me, so I waded over and got him to snap a few photos before I released the oio.

I went back to the same spot, still basking in the glow of the oio catch and thinking the day was just about over when I suddenly felt another good take. This time it felt a bit different. It ran hard, but in shorter spurts, and when brought in close, I noticed it tended to sit passively in the current, hardly moving. “papio!”, I said aloud to myself. A short while later, I brought it in close enough to see color and sure enough, I saw the electric blue outline of a nice yellow-spot papio. I had caught two around the same size in this channel about a year ago, so it seems to be a hot spot for them. Not bad action for a chilly and windy December morning…

Filed Under: Fishing Report, Holoholo Tagged With: fly fishing for oio, island jack, yellow dot papio on fly, yellow spot papio on fly

Comments

  1. Justin Bruss says

    December 24, 2018 at 12:39 pm

    Wow! Wholly cow Jason!

    Good job.

    Reply
    • Jason T says

      December 25, 2018 at 8:01 am

      Thanks Justin

      Reply
  2. Matthew I. says

    December 24, 2018 at 11:53 pm

    Nice catch. Surprised to see there’s fish at that spot still!

    Reply
    • Jason T says

      December 25, 2018 at 8:00 am

      Thanks! Yeah, hardly get now ?

      Reply
  3. KellyBoy says

    December 25, 2018 at 1:49 pm

    CHEEEEE!!!!!!!

    Reply
    • Jason T says

      December 27, 2018 at 9:29 am

      HUUUUU!!!! ?

      Reply
  4. Thad Nakajima says

    December 27, 2018 at 4:27 pm

    Awesome catches Jason!

    Reply
    • Jason T says

      December 28, 2018 at 3:44 pm

      Thank! Even the sun shines on a dog’s ass some days ?

      Reply
  5. Christopher Yee says

    January 18, 2019 at 12:41 pm

    Nice catch! How do you retrieve a fly? Fast slow?

    Reply
    • Jason T says

      November 6, 2019 at 10:30 pm

      Sorry for the late reply, but for bonefish, we work the fly along the bottom. Bonefish are benthic feeders, so the bottom is usually where their eyes are!

      Reply

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