Pete and I went back to the spot that was unexpectedly good one day after the full moon. We found out that two days after the full moon wasn’t so good.
Pete caught a couple 6 inch omilus on his blue sardine Waxwing Baby, and I got a few kaku hits and misses on the same lure. This time I used a 25lb fluorocarbon leader that got nicked by one of the kaku but not cut. That saved me $15. Once again, Pete didn’t get any kaku hits and I didn’t get any omilu hits that I know of. The fish didn’t hit with much vigor, which is what normally happens when the moon is big and the predators can feed at night or be chased around by even larger predators.
We did see a school of baby mullet porpoising out of the water for at least 50 yds. So some predators made a passing appearance.
The only theory I can come up with RE: the WWs is that the black/chrome most closely resembles a finger mullet, which is presumably a major prey item for the estuary/flats-cruising kaku but less so for the omilu that usually patrol the other reefs.
That sounds like a very valid theory Jason. What’s interesting is that I didn’t land any omilu on the blue sardine yesterday but I did get the teeth marks of a kaku on it. There where a couple of bumps and misses that may have been omilu though, since I had fished away from the shoreline also.
Was still very fun to throw the Waxwing and not deal with the gear required for bait fishing and kayak fishing.
My theory is that Scott is da kakuku masta! bwahaha
Better than the nunu masta, or hinalea masta i suppose. lol
Thanks for backing me up Jason!
Any action is good action, especially when the tide/moon phase is not ideal … 🙂