The night before had clear skies and a bright, full moon. The next day had very light kona winds but big surf except for the South Shore so Frank and I returned to our regular spot. We planned a late start because the tide was gonna bottom out at about 10am and sure enough nothing bit until the tide began to move.

Fish could be coaxed to take our frozen opelu chunks but because they had fed the night before, they grabbed between the two hooks and stripped the baits. Thankfully the sharks were smaller than normal and chewed through the leader quickly instead of getting hooked in the corner of their mouth and dragging me around.

It was so slow that our highlight catches were a whopper nabeta Frank caught on his bottom fish rig baited with opelu chunks, and an 11 inch omilu that hit my damashi tipped with opelu skin. I’ve never caught so many omilu in the deep before and released it so it could swim close to shore and give my shore fishing buddies some action. 🙂

Was a great day to paddle around, but the full moon and calm water surface had the fish taking naps. Dark skies the night before and some chop on the water seem to be the best conditions for kayak fishing.