Let’s Go - It’s Oama Season
Aug 01, 2020
3 minutes
by Jeff Konn
Each summer Hawai‘i’s beaches and shorelines brace themselves for the annual “run” of the baby weke, or, as they are affectionately known in Hawai‘i, ‘oama. Measuring a mere a 4 to 5 inches long, these fingerling weke invade the inner shoreline by the thousands, each of them hoping to uncover little morsels to eat.
But be forewarned, ‘oama are not easily caught. It takes a while to
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