Hawaii Kayak Fishing: Trolling Live Opelu for Wahoo
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 Published On Jan 2, 2022

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Fishing the day before the New Moon, we got lucky with a decent ono (wahoo) while live baiting with opelu. I always thought they bit around the full moon, so shows that you should always run a wire rig because you never know!

Kayak: 2015 Hobie Revolution 13

Fish Bag: Canyon TKC-1

Fish Finder: Garmin Striker 4

Main and backup rods: Ugly stik tiger elite jigging 6'6 MH

Bait rod: Tsunami Trophy Slow Pitch 6'0 MH

Reels: Penn Spinfisher VI 8500, Shimano Spheros SW 10000, Shimano Spheros SW Inshore 4000

Line and terminal tackle: 65 lb spiderwire, 40lb PowerPro, 40lb Berkeley Vanish Fluorocarbon, J-Line 30 lb flurocarbon leader, 35 lb Knot2Kinky Titanium wire leader, Gamakatsu 5/0 live bait hooks, VMC inline 2/0 hooks

home made sabiki rig for bait: 12lb Ande monofilament (main), 10lb Flurocarbon (branches), size 8 gold limerick hooks, Mar-Mellow Lures 1.5" glow strips, Tylah Lures 1.5" glow strips, HiPerformance Lures "fish sticks", 4 oz bank sinker

Camera: Gopro Hero 8 Black

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