Hawaii Nearshore Fishing

A community of fishers sharing knowledge and Aloha

  • Home
  • Store
    • Shop
    • Cart
    • Checkout
    • My account
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Returns / Exchanges
  • How To
  • Haru’s Tips
  • Recommend
  • Holoholo
  • Recipes
  • About
    • Contact
You are here: Home / Archives for why is spring slow for fishing in hawaii

Shore and Nearshore fishing is slow in the Spring. This may be why.

May 8, 2025 By Scott Leave a Comment

Juvenile moano and moana kali caught in the Spring

Traditionally, shore fishing is best in the Summer and Fall when the bait fish are close to shore and attracting predators. Those predators feed away from the shallows during the other times of the year, so they aren’t seen as often.

But fishing in the deep reef is also slow from Spring to early Summer. Here’s what I have been noticing in past years.

There are less concentrations of fish on the fish finder and underwater camera, and the fish seen and caught are smaller.

Fish spawn in the Winter and Spring and there’s lot of smaller sized fish on the reef. They are quicker than the larger individuals of their species and may be getting to the food first. There’s less plankton available due to the shorter periods of sunlight so the larger fish move deeper so they have a better chance at larger food.

Lower water temp and amount of sunlight may be the triggers that tell the fish to spawn. So it seems like Spring is the period that Nature uses to allow juvenile fish to mature safely, with less chance of being eaten.

What does this mean for our fishing prospects? Either wait ’til Summer or fish where the larger fish are still found.

Tungsten Jigs

Most Recent Posts

  • Shore and Nearshore fishing is slow in the Spring. This may be why. May 8, 2025
  • Bolo headed on the kayak but got an assist for this shore caught big oio! April 18, 2025
  • Best way to eat moana / moano and not be bothered by the bones April 9, 2025
  • Tried a new spot for a new goatfish and struck out. But found juvie opakapaka, weke nono and moana kali and the underwater camera revealed why they were there. March 28, 2025

Categories of posts

Archives

Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2025 www.hawaiinearshorefishing.com