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Rearview Mirror: Local anglers once fished in the Ala Wai

COURTESY VINCENT NISHINA
                                Clifford, left, and Vincent Nishina used to fish on the Ala Wai Canal when they were younger. At right, soft bread would be used as bait for mullet.
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COURTESY VINCENT NISHINA

Clifford, left, and Vincent Nishina used to fish on the Ala Wai Canal when they were younger. At right, soft bread would be used as bait for mullet.

COURTESY VINCENT NISHINA
                                Above, soft bread would be used as bait for mullet.
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COURTESY VINCENT NISHINA

Above, soft bread would be used as bait for mullet.

COURTESY CLIFFORD NISHINA / CIRCA 1920
                                Soon after the Ala Wai Canal opened in 1928, fishermen began casting lines in its waters. Many constructed wooden “horses” from which to sit and fish.
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COURTESY CLIFFORD NISHINA / CIRCA 1920

Soon after the Ala Wai Canal opened in 1928, fishermen began casting lines in its waters. Many constructed wooden “horses” from which to sit and fish.

COURTESY VINCENT NISHINA
                                Clifford, left, and Vincent Nishina used to fish on the Ala Wai Canal when they were younger. At right, soft bread would be used as bait for mullet.
COURTESY VINCENT NISHINA
                                Above, soft bread would be used as bait for mullet.
COURTESY CLIFFORD NISHINA / CIRCA 1920
                                Soon after the Ala Wai Canal opened in 1928, fishermen began casting lines in its waters. Many constructed wooden “horses” from which to sit and fish.