January through March 2022 had lighter wind than normal. Good for boat and kayak fishing, and keeping mango flowers on the tree. But the wind has been blowing fairly constant April – May – June, into July. Usually passing storm systems break up the trade winds but we’ve have very few of those during this period.
In the last 3.5 months, I’ve only kayak fished twice and basically bolo headed. Not good when I want to test my new St Croix Mojo boat rod and smaller tungsten jigs. The guys shore jigging at reef drop offs have been finding white papio close in, and the guys targeting oio with jig heads/grubs have been doing well also. The nehu and iao are in but meaningful schools of oama have not arrived yet.
August is 2 weeks away and is usually the best month inshore and offshore. Let’s hope some harmless storms peter out north of our islands, and give us a break from the wind.
friend told me oama is in north shore. hope all is well with you and family. be home next week for dads memorial. plan on fishing too!
Hey Dean,
I haven’t heard of any confirmed oama sightings but last year I think you found some yeah? Hope you get ’em again and turn ’em into papio!
Good hearing from you.
-scott
has it happened that oama just skip a year entirely
theyre way late no?
Hi Steve,
They have been really poor oama years in the past but there’s still chance. They normally show about now but maybe give it another week or so. Crossing my fingers.
-scott