Steve and Pam Thompson (RIP) from the Tracer. And the best overnight deckhand on the West Coast at the time.....Richard!
Names from the Past Early 80's Who do you remember?
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Vince Otani - Deckhand Shogun
Si Fuki (sp) - Deckhand Shogun
Norm Kagawa - Captain Shogun
Brett McGee - Deckhand Pronto
Brian Walker - Captain Freedom
Nick Cates - Captain New Lo An
Charles Fields - Deckhand Q105
Si Fuki (sp) - Deckhand Shogun
Norm Kagawa - Captain Shogun
Brett McGee - Deckhand Pronto
Brian Walker - Captain Freedom
Nick Cates - Captain New Lo An
Charles Fields - Deckhand Q105
It must be one of your "remembering days" huh, Richard? Grab a cold corona why don't ya......Its a messed up world!
Did you charter the Pronto back in the day, the first year Alan bought it with Mike Diamond?
Is the real deal. Super humble his name should be way bigger. If I could hand pick my next trip. I would choose Jeff driving. Beach style and goes to show the internet. I thought he was more jock style which is fine. Really enjoy his vibe and taught me some tricks
Last year
Hawkeye. Stoked I got a few trips in with him driving and you fishing. Drove over then pioneered Collonet. Those 3 day winter specials sure were fun
He found my avatar. And put the 5th gaff in what was once the new shogun boat record. On the giant greenie
He has aged a lot in the past 6 years. I have pictures with my son fishing on the Indy and he was running it. You see the above pic and compare it with the one with my Son and Jeff and you probably wouldn't even knew it was Jeff. I've known Jeff since the days he Worked on the City of Redondo in the late 70's/ early 80's. He is one hell of a fisherman and a Great Guy.
I did charter the boat but all starting around 1986. Epic trips with Alan and Brett! I acutally worked with alan in 1988.
My FIL had charters every other Fri in the summer/fall from the late 70’s to around the time you were there. There was a guy named Mel from the Longfin that helped with the Fri charters for awhile. I think Mark was on the deck around that time in the late 80’s
Pineapple: as in Ray Montara? A little short guy?
Ray (Pineapple) was with Steve Giffin on the Holiday for a long time.
Bill Poole, made friends with his son Randy in the early 80's and met Bill a couple years later , he was a quite a guy... one of the true sportfishing legends.
I fished with Bill and Randy on the Cape Polaris. It was the boat's 1st run and we hit Guadalupe. Pre-YFT era. Heck, it was before the BFT were being caught at the south end in Tuna Alley. I fished it again a year or two later on a 10 day. Damn chubasco made a run to Alijos impossible.
I fished with Bill and Randy on the Cape Polaris. It was the boat's 1st run and we hit Guadalupe. Pre-YFT era. Heck, it was before the BFT were being caught at the south end in Tuna Alley. I fished it again a year or two later on a 10 day. Damn chubasco made a run to Alijos impossible.
I remember the Longfin group. Good bunch of guys. Mark did work on the boat along with John Barrett in that time frame.
Pineapple as in Dave D.? He still runs the DD from time to time. Can’t think of anyone else named Dave still around.Yes he was. That was the 70's though. IF...I recall accurately.
Mike Gaskins from the AA and DD way back when, he used to work on it when Fred Huber was still a deckhand on it.
That's before the 80's, He owned 22nd street Landing in the in the 70's. Paulas and Neil were (owner/Operators) running the Sharpshooter in San Pedro and Redondo in the 80's.
Actually it was from 1955 ...I remember because I just got my DL and was able to drive to 22nd St
Oscar Olson, he ran the Mariner and later the Windsong. He was a great guy and a lot of fun to fish with.