Flats and skinny water
Oio (Hawaiian bonefish)
Albula glossodonta, A. virgata
Bigger and spookier than its Atlantic cousin, on flats with volcanoes behind you.
What they like
- 0.3–2 musual depth (they tolerate 0.15–6 m)
- 23–29 °Cwater temperature they feed in
- clear waterwater clarity
- shallow flats, sloping edges, the shorelinebottom they hunt, in order
- the incoming (rising) tidetide
- daylightlight
Sand and coral-rubble flats on the rising tide, Oahu and Molokai especially.
Season by region
Peak months, shaded. Outside them the species may still be around, just less reliably.
Bait and technique
Methods: fly, spinning / casting, bait.
Bait and lures: Shrimp and crab flies, small jigs, strip bait on a dunking rig.
Technique: Wade quietly, look for nervous water and tails, cast ahead and strip slowly.
Rules
Hawaii: Hawaii: 9 in minimum, often released. Verify with DAR.
Seasons, sizes and bag limits change every year and differ by zone. Check the current regulations before you keep anything.
Preferences are expert estimates from the fisheries literature and angling practice, not measurements at your spot. The likelihoods on the maps are a planning aid, not a catch prediction.