Fishing Log #000 Enoshima

A popular fishing destinaton for the family is Enoshima Island in Kangawa. There are several ways to get there, using the old-fashioned Enoden line from either Kamakura or Fujisawa- but I highly recomment the suspended monorail out of Ofuna station. From the back of Ofuna station the monorail zooms out along the hills of West Kamaura and settles along the beach of Shonan. It's almost like flying because the monorail is a supended rail, hanging you from the top.
There are several places to buy bait or fishing gear along the main road. Be sure to buy everything before crossing the bridge onto the island because once there all the prices for eveything are jacked up threefold.
The first place we fished was along the beach as the tide rolled in. The area is a hot spot for sandsoles when the conditions are right. We fished for a few hours without much luck and no one else was catching anything. We moved inland to the north shore of the island. (On weekends and holidays there is a boat service that ferries you for 300 yen around the north point to the opposite side of the island for the prime fishing spots. We walked through the middle of the island, through a temple and waded out way past tourist spots thick with weekend warriors to the top. At the top of the island is a botanical garder, aquarium, and several seafood eateries

As you can probably tell by the lack of fish photos in this log we got skunked. Only a few tiny nibbles and a few small minnowy fish. My friend was very happy to catch anything bigger than the bait(not too hard to do) and we had a really good time walking around the island and checking out the temples and shrines.