We’ve had a few weeks of wind and rain which lowered the nearshore water temps. As expected for this time of year, the bait fish aren’t in, and the predators don’t have much reason to make their way in to the skinny, cold water. White papio/ulua are being caught at night/early morning, since they feed on other things besides bait fish, and some omilu have been caught in the deeper water reachable from shore by the really dedicated guys. If you need to feel a tug, even if it’s from a kaku, you might want to fish in the late afternoon after the sun has warmed the water up and is just beginning to set.

The blustery wind seems to have put the offshore fish down a bit, with the kayak guys reporting catches of opelu and not many pelagics. The shallow bottom fish like uku and weke ula have been grudgingly biting. We’re hoping that when the wind settles down, the food chain adjusts to the temperature change and starts feeding with vigor on all the nutrients recently stirred up.