See the bite marks near the back of the tail?
While Kris and the boys dunked shrimp on the deeper part of the mud flat, I threw a new black and chrome Waxwing Baby around that I was hoping would look like a baby mullet. The tide was rising and the solunar activity was high, but there were overhead waves on the outer edge of the reef.
The papio bite for the boys was slow but they were able to catch 4 oio between 4lb and 6lbs. They usually catch more oio than that so it was a slow day in general for them.
I had some small papio follow my Waxwing and saw a larger omilu dart out behind a boulder and ambush the lure. It came off while I was fumbling to get my camera phone out. It looked to be around 10 inches. Not too impressive but the largest papio I’ve caught so far. I ended the day with a small white that stayed on for the photo.
Does this mean the solunar activity charts are bogus or did the large swell put the fish off the feed?
The 40 lb fluorocarbon leader I used to ward off kaku cutoffs didn’t seem to scare off the papio.
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