Holoholo writer Kelly cheerfully reports that the fishing just past the reef has picked up recently. Despite the Covid-19 social distancing mandate he’s been able to legally bring home much appreciated kau kau for the ohana. Thanks for the update Kelly!
Kelly: In March and April, the papio bite was still pretty slow. I have been surfboard fishing near the breaks every couple of weeks at a variety of spots, mostly on the South and East shores on lighter wind mornings.
Usual catch has been a couple of 1-2 pound omilus with plenty of bait stealers which I am guessing are baby papio. South side has been having good size barracudas, about 3-4 pounds which I have been keeping for kau kau.
Here is a photo of the spicy kaku poke we made 🙂
There have been some random catches like moana, nunu and rois. The one noteworthy catch was a nice six and a half pound kagami on the east side which hit a frozen oama that had been getting freezer burnt from last summer.
Thanks for the report. I’ve been doing quite a bit of whipping on the East side – tons of baby papio around for sure. Thinking of picking up a stand up to troll from, so I’ve been checking out the used inventory on craigslist. Any suggestions/recommendations/things to avoid if my primary motivation is to fish from it? Thanks!
Get the biggest board you can handle and watch the waves 🙂
Sashimied the kagami? That spicy kaku poke looks good. Been off and on slow for us as well. Hopefully things improve as the weather heats up heading into June.
Yup, the kagami made sashimi and a few other dishes. Baitfish starting to come in so inshore is heating up!
Nice report. That Poke looks delicious! How bout the recipe?
recipe: https://tworedbowls.com/2013/06/17/spicy-ahi-poke/
Can use just about any fish that is good raw 🙂