Early season lychee and mango have been picked and eaten. Some old time fishermen believe that the seasonal triggers that cause those fruits to blossom and ripen are the same that trigger oama to come into the shallows. We sure could use early season oama because it has been really slow inshore and even nearshore on our kayaks.
I haven’t caught a decent fish since February, and favorable wind days have been scarce. But just recently, the bite seems to have picked up. The guys are beginning to get white papio and omilu just outside the reef on their watercraft, or from land at hard to access places, so maybe the bait fish have arrived.
Erik and Kekoa got these throwing Yuzuri Hydro Poppers off Erik’s tin boat. Multiple white ulua hit and cut off or shook off. With that many whites and omilu staging just off the reef edge, there must have been a source of bait nearby.
Maybe the bait was this? Early season papio tend to be larger than later season papio, so the early season fisher is rewarded with smaller crowds and bigger fish. Go get ‘um!!!
Ho dat lychee look sour!
Hi Kelly Boy,
Early season and waiting for it to fully ripen!
-scott
You might be waiting a long time … 🙂
Turns out the green lychee was pretty sweet, or so says my wife. I rarely eat lychee now.
It’s been slow for us as well, but we’ve seen signs that it’s picking up now, at least farther west 😉 I gotta dust off my stuff and get back out there soon
Hi Jason,
Good to hear that it’s picking up for you fly guys. I did a short shore outing yesterday and got bolo’d again!
But the winds are light the next two days so Kelly and I are gonna survey the deep tomorrow.
-scott
It’s coming around. If weather can stay stable for a few weeks without rain (a lot to ask for this spring) i think things will really start to return to normal..