Today’s fishing conditions were similar to yesterday’s: south winds, overcast skies, moderate surf, rising tide. I fished the same spot as yesterday to see how well lures would work. Kris waded out and dunked cut bait, and acted like a control for this little comparison.
I used a Shimano Waxwing, Sebile Magic Swimmer Soft and a gold Kastmaster. How do you think I did?
I didn’t get a single bite on the Waxwing and lost it. Ouch, it was a $15 lure. I was using a casting reel that I hadn’t adjusted properly for throwing light lures with a stiff rod. When I was picking out a backlash, the line wrapped around the reef and I couldn’t find my Waxwing in the 5 foot deep swirling water.
After adjusting the reel’s mechanical brakes to slow down the cast, I didn’t get any more backlashes but also didn’t get a single hit on the Magic Swimmer Soft or the gold Kastmaster. I could understand that the swimming plugs didn’t get hit but the gold Kasmaster usually causes reef fish to jump on it. Nope, not today.
The fishing was slow for Kris also but he did get a few strong hits and landed a feisty 3 lb oio.
On this low solunar activity day, cut bait beat lures. Yesterday had less solunar activity than today and almost all the live bait got bitten. The cut bait wasn’t touched yesterday but I only fished it for 10 mins or less.
Live bait > cut bait > lures
Click here to see how I did yesterday.
we’ll get ‘m on plugs in da summer
Hey Dean,
You think they’ll hit the plugs when they’re on the reef looking for bait fish? You’ve caught ’em that way before? I hope so, that would be exciting.
You might have to show me how.
-scott