The plan was to have the visiting fishermen, Justin and Pete,  feel the raw power of an oio racing across the flats.  Unfortunately the oio had other plans.

There were a number of waders, dunkers and bait casters targeting the oio, and some of them got their intended quarry but we just got a few random reef fish.

Highlights were an omilu on Justin’s first cast, and  a Hawaiian knifefish for me, which is some kind of small nabeta.  Justin had another story of the one that got away; this time I wasn’t around to witness because I was off fishing unproductive water.

We fished a new area of the flats and I wasn’t able to find the productive channels the oio frequent.

Lesson learned: Fish the flats on a rising tide before the inside section heats up from the morning sun.  Once that happens, fish the deeper channels closer to the break.