I went back to a shallow, rocky area with a sandy pond to look for oama. A few weeks ago the oama weren’t in and I had some follows on my Waxwing Boy in the Chrome pattern, but no hookups. Today there were mid-sized mullet and micro aholehole in the protection of the rocky shoreline, and the kaku and small white papio were nailing the Waxwing just 15 feet from shore.
caught on the Waxwing Boy size
I missed a couple larger kaku and landed a kaku and 3 small whites. There were even some very small oama running back and forth in the pond
The bite shut down an hr before sundown, right before Kris arrived. Just before dark Kris hooked a small moi on the sandy beach. Such a drastic change from the slow action I experienced the last time I visited. The summer action is definitely heating up.
All the fish were released unharmed.
wait till the predators come inside the reef. you guys will be ready!
Hey Dean,
I meant to say the predators were just off the sand, past the rocks near shore that the bait fish were hiding in. I edited my post.
They’re within reach now. You better move up your trip! Is it normally this good with plugs?
-scott
Aloha Scott! Thank you for another great blogpost. Oama season firing up in Haleiwa! Caught around 30-40 today within like.. 6 hours lol. Too bad that guy keeps throwing net on them. Email me the next time you go oama fishing in Haleiwa! I like learn from the pros
Much aloha,
Pono (12)
Awesome to hear your fishing progress reports Pono, keep them coming! Maybe you could teach me how to catch oama and halalu out there!
-scott
Sweet:-) Those cudas can be very picky at times.
Mike,
With your plugging and jigging skill, you would clean up now. These cudas were the same ones that followed and snubbed the Waxwing a month ago. With more bait nearby they’re more committed to striking. We did catch them in murky water or low light, where they couldn’t see as well. The surface strikes have been really exciting.
-scott