Taking a closer look

With a transition from NL to PLO I feel almost like I’m starting over again. I was doing well at the PLO table, holding my own, making a little cash, but nothing spectacular. Then I started getting slaughtered by draws and boats on the river. Initially, I thought I was getting sucked out on by calling stations, which may be partly the case; yet on closer inspection of the hands, I now see the warning signs of such draws and, believing that nobody in their right mind would call continuing pot-sized bets (Hell, I've done it myself, so who am I to criticize?), I just plain missed them. I’m not going to go into detail right now because I want to try something first. I suspect I need to be more aggressive preflop, meaning forgo the trapping strategy that I have been using to gently enter this arena.

OK. An update:

I went back to PLO this early evening, bought in for $5. And then this: (Note that I did not raise preflop.)

PokerStars Game #22194724160:  Omaha Pot Limit ($0.01/$0.02)
Table 'Skiff III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: bastinptc ($14.76 in chips)

See? I was doing quite well!

Seat 3: AerialSharon ($3.34 in chips)
Seat 4: Nikkisyxxx ($5.15 in chips)
Seat 6: QuadsofAces ($9.10 in chips)
bastinptc: posts small blind $0.01
AerialSharon: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bastinptc [Jc Ac 9c Js]
Nikkisyxxx: calls $0.02
max-dna-max leaves the table
QuadsofAces: raises $0.04 to $0.06
Nikkisyxxx said, "whats wrong quads ..."
bastinptc: calls $0.05
AerialSharon: folds
Nikkisyxxx: calls $0.04
*** FLOP *** [Jd 5h 6s]
bastinptc: bets $0.20
Nikkisyxxx: folds
QuadsofAces: raises $0.60 to $0.80
bastinptc: raises $1.80 to $2.60
QuadsofAces: calls $1.80
*** TURN *** [Jd 5h 6s] [Ah]
bastinptc: bets $3.12
QuadsofAces: calls $3.12
*** RIVER *** [Jd 5h 6s Ah] [4s]
bastinptc: bets $8.22
QuadsofAces: calls $3.32 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($4.90) returned to bastinptc
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bastinptc: shows [Jc Ac 9c Js] (three of a kind, Jacks)
QuadsofAces: shows [2h 8h 7s 4d] (a straight, Four to
Eight)
QuadsofAces collected $17.43 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.28 | Rake $0.85
Board [Jd 5h 6s Ah 4s]
Seat 1: bastinptc (small blind) showed [Jc Ac 9c Js]
and lost with three of a kind,
Jacks
Seat 3: AerialSharon (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Nikkisyxxx folded on the Flop
Seat 6: QuadsofAces (button) showed [2h 8h 7s 4d]
and won ($17.43) with a straight,
Four to Eight

This guy was playing a high variance game, bluffing
with air on the river, etc. He had already given me
about $5.