Charley’s Fishing Supply in Kakaako now has the smallest size Waxwing, called the “Baby”.
They have the 2.68″, 1/2oz lures in the Black/Chrome, Blue Sardine and Ghost Blue Shad colors. I’ve had success with all three colors in the shallows around bait schools and the Blue Sardine worked well at the surf break. I hadn’t tried the other two colors at the surf break yet.
I like throwing the Black/Chrome Baby from shore partly because it works so well and partly because the silver paint shows the teeth marks of the fish I miss. I just had a couple mins to cast on the way back from looking for oama yesterday and had two stops (lure felt like it hit a snag but nothing was snagged) and then a big kaku boiled on the Black/Chrome Baby before coming unhooked. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to hook it well.
When you get your Waxwings from Charley’s tell them you heard about them from this blog! They brought that small size in per Lawai’a magazine and my request. Great guys there…
Aloha Scott,
Do the Waxwing Babies require braided line too?
Mahalo,
Mark
Hey Mark,
Shimano recommends braided line and the lure has better action on braid because its softer, but I use fluorocarbon to provide abrasion and teeth resistance. Fluoro is also so stealthy that I’ve retrieved the Waxwing Baby and had 4 inch white papio follow it to the sand and then sniff it when I stopped retrieving.
thanks,
scott