I second the opelu and akule question. Sometimes I will find a school, and even then it’s no guarantee to catch them. I definitely put in the hours too. 0500-1200 with zero bait and then going home is a regular occurrence.
For opelu the schools are almost always suspended somewhere in the water column, not on top and sometimes on the bottom. Look for schools around 150ft deep. Once you mark the school you have to immediately drop your damashi to the correct depth. If you lose the school slowly retrace your drift with the damashi at the depth the the school was at. Opelu tend to bite right at sunrise and in relation to the major minor bite times. Akule I usually catch when there is no moon visible, the more light there is the less likely they will bite. 30-60ft is where I have found them recently. I prefer to slow troll my damashi near the bottom without jigging. The conditions are never the same and so it is difficult to find one method that works all of the time for opelu or akule. You have to spend hours upon hours to find what works for you. Sometimes that is jigging, drifting, or trolling your damashi.
Thanks man, this is all really helpful. I’ve been way too shallow at sunrise, getting distracted on my way out by all the things marking on the reef that are mostly triggers and goatfish. Getting bait is so much easier back at home on the gulf of Mexico. The depth is much more gradual, and bait is everywhere. You can spot and chase schools with nothing but a good pair of sunglasses. Anyways, I’ll be at Pokai Bay tomorrow at first light. Hope to see you out there someday.
There are major and minor bite times based on the lunar cycle as well as tides and their relation to sunset and sunrise. If you type in major and minor bite times for your area, it will give the information. In this case It happened to be the major bite time. I tend to do better on minor bite times.
I second the opelu and akule question. Sometimes I will find a school, and even then it’s no guarantee to catch them. I definitely put in the hours too. 0500-1200 with zero bait and then going home is a regular occurrence.
For opelu the schools are almost always suspended somewhere in the water column, not on top and sometimes on the bottom. Look for schools around 150ft deep. Once you mark the school you have to immediately drop your damashi to the correct depth. If you lose the school slowly retrace your drift with the damashi at the depth the the school was at. Opelu tend to bite right at sunrise and in relation to the major minor bite times.
Akule I usually catch when there is no moon visible, the more light there is the less likely they will bite. 30-60ft is where I have found them recently. I prefer to slow troll my damashi near the bottom without jigging.
The conditions are never the same and so it is difficult to find one method that works all of the time for opelu or akule. You have to spend hours upon hours to find what works for you. Sometimes that is jigging, drifting, or trolling your damashi.
Thanks man, this is all really helpful. I’ve been way too shallow at sunrise, getting distracted on my way out by all the things marking on the reef that are mostly triggers and goatfish.
Getting bait is so much easier back at home on the gulf of Mexico. The depth is much more gradual, and bait is everywhere. You can spot and chase schools with nothing but a good pair of sunglasses. Anyways, I’ll be at Pokai Bay tomorrow at first light. Hope to see you out there someday.
Cool.
Did you make or buy the live bait tube ?
I made it out of a 2ft long 4" diameter piece of schedule 40 PVC. I bought the stuff at the home depot
That thing looks nice must not have too bad of a drag in the water. Imma have to make one too. Thanks great vid! Nice catch
@@FlyingFish_TV Do you put something inside the tube to make it float?
@@jeppehansen7592 Nothing is added, the ABS pipe has small air pockets which allow it to float. If you drill too many holes it will sink.
great channel- I enjoy all your videos. Question? You always refer to the "major bite time" is this MBT based on tide or sunrise?
There are major and minor bite times based on the lunar cycle as well as tides and their relation to sunset and sunrise. If you type in major and minor bite times for your area, it will give the information. In this case It happened to be the major bite time. I tend to do better on minor bite times.
WHAt ugly stick tiger's are u using model length
Ugly stik tiger lite jigging spinning rod 6’6” medium heavy rod.