I had been asking my friend and Christian brother, Wayne, to share a little about his quick after-work fishing trips in town. Humbly he complied.

Wayne:

According to Wikipedia,
Urban fishing is a type of recreational fishing that takes place in urban areas such as inner cities.

In Honolulu, the main body of water that has public access is the Ala Wai canal.
    
I’ve been fishing the Ala Wai for about 20 plus years. I started fishing there after work or when waiting for my daughter while she took violin lessons close by. Prior to fishing the Ala Wai, I used to fish along the Eastside shoreline using a bubble float setup which is common in Hawaii to use for  “Whipping”.

I had found a magazine at a bookstore in Kahala mall called Shallow Water Fishing. Also known as inshore fishing. The articles in this magazine featured fishing mostly in places like Florida and Texas.

I started reading these articles and started incorporating what they used for lures and adapted them to my fishing style. I started using jigheads with different types of plastics.
Paddle tails, straight tails, curly tails, shrimp etc.

I started using braid as my main line with a fluorocarbon leader
My current set up is a spinning reel 2500 size.
7 feet med power extra fast spinning rod.
10 lb braid with 15 lb fluorocarbon leader.
I usually tie a 1/8 oz jighead and use different types of plastic baits.
I’ve been using this setup for a while now.

I like this set up because it’s fast and easy to set up and get to fishing the Ala Wai.
Especially if you don’t have much time.
I like to go after work.

Sometimes I don’t catch anything, but I get to watch the sun go down, meet interesting people and also I am intrigued by the different birds that inhabit the Ala Wai.

Till next time…….
Happy fishing and God bless,

Wayne