SUP fishing had been slow for Holoholo writer Kelly the last few months but suddenly turned on in a big way! Seems like the normally hard-to-catch omilu are biting with abandon now.
Kelly: Oama sighting reports have come in from all over Oahu, but I dunno where oama stay for sure. Wish I had some livies for bait. Please run your tubs again Scott!
I did find a small pile of the baby goats last week on the Eastside and got
about 15-20 but my kids ate them … haha. Found a few pretty decent looking oama and a couple sardines in the freezer from months ago so I decided to go SUP fishing on a small high tide dawn patrol.
LOTS of ACTION, but nothing especially noteworthy. Couple omilus, a few
roi, taape and a cuda. No big strikes but was fun to get in the water and
exercise. Always nice to bring home some kau kau too.
The VMC 4X treble hook used as the trailing hook on the frozen oama did the job again. ALL the fish were caught on the rear treble. I’ve never had it open up, even on big fish.
Editor’s Note: Kelly was using the VMC 4X Size #8 treble as his rear hook. That size is very small but still strong. The next two sizes up, suitable for replacing hooks on lures, or used as a larger trailing hook on bait, are being sold in the store.
Stomach content notes: roi and taape all had eggs. They must be spawning. Felt good to clean the reef of invasives. Papio had a belly full of cooked shrimp. Maybe someone threw their scampi appetizer in the water?
Right on! Good job on taking out those roi and taape, too. As for the shrimp in the omilu’s stomach, sounds like someone was running too large a hook, lol
I know some lists are available on the web but how about helping us mainlanders out with a species translation guide. Damn Haoles!
Either way still enjoy the content here in the PNW….
Hi Doug,
That’s a great idea, sorry we got lazy about providing translations. I’ll write up a Species Translation post soon. Why are you interested in Hawaii fish? Do you visit and fish in HI?
Thanks for reading,
Scott