Mau Reservoir Fishing near Kalāheo, Hawaii

• Overview

  Mau Reservoir is a Kauai County water, in Hawaii. Salt water lies 2.9 miles off. It covers about 3 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Kauai County list. Kalāheo is the closest place, 0.4 miles off. The nearest city of size is Honolulu, 116 miles away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Mau Reservoir

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Public wildlife records from this area list flathead grey mullet, blackchin tilapia and mozambique tilapia. Reporting is uneven, so absence from the list means little. Fish Mau Reservoir to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 66°F in February and 74°F in August. The season is continuous, with heat as the only real check. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. At Mau Reservoir the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Parking is mapped about half a mile from the bank. There are toilets mapped about half a mile away. Barramundi and estuary fish want hard-bodied lures and soft plastics worked around snags and drains. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. 'Elima Reservoir, 0.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Mau Reservoir if anything is unclear.