My Pacfic Islands Fisheries Group (PIFG) boss, Clay, took me for some nearshore tagging training at a heavily fished town spot. The bait fish weren’t around in large numbers but we still managed to get strikes on lures and Clay caught an 11″ FL omilu and a 17″ FL kaku.
I was using the Waxwing Baby in black/chrome and again I missed all of my 3 kaku strikes. Later I noticed one of the hooks wasn’t sticky sharp, gonna have to make that laser sharp! Clay had more strikes on the JDM (Japan Domestic Market) top water lure and was able to land most of his. He even had the kaku repeatedly come back and hit the JDM lure after it slipped off the hook. There’s something about that lure that makes the fish want swallow it.
Clay’s omilu was the first I ever tagged. Hopefully I start landing fish so I can tag my own.
Where do I get JDM lures? Which one should I try?
Hey Mark,
We’re doing top secret testing of the JDM lures recommended by a high level source in Japan.
I’m only half kidding. That’s why I’ve photoshopped out the details of the lure. Once we’re done
we may provide lure recommendations through Lawai’a magazine or the new Tag It program.
thanks for your interest,
scott