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You are here: Home / Dunking / It’s official, the Summer fishing season has started!

It’s official, the Summer fishing season has started!

August 5, 2019 By Scott 3 Comments

It’s the first week of August and like clock work the oama are filling in around the island and omilu are coming into the shallows to grind ’em. Omilu are even being caught on frozen shrimp now, in places that weren’t biting a week ago.

White papio are schooling up to feed and spawn, and kaku are hanging around the sardine schools, falling for lures that resemble the baitfish.

Halalu have been in for a few weeks and are drawing bigger predators.

We suspect this isn’t gonna be a long season, so get out and get yours now!

Filed Under: Dunking, Fishing Report, Oama Tagged With: oama season, papio season

Comments

  1. Robert says

    August 6, 2019 at 8:46 am

    Great!! the suspense was killing me. Got to get in on some action! The mahimahi schools were in thick this past weekend too. I heard everyone and their dogs got a mahimahi. HAHAHA Cheers!

    Reply
    • Scott says

      August 6, 2019 at 8:50 am

      Cats getting papio, dogs getting mahi? We gotta get out and get our share Robert!

      Reply
  2. Craig says

    August 6, 2019 at 8:13 pm

    Hi Scott,north shore lots of papio being caught,lot of poles being set over the weekend. Oaamas all over the island now. 🙂

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