Hi there! Welcome to "our" web site. If you are here then you know who I am. If you don't know me you probably wouldn't even be looking.
 

    This is an attempt to chronicle the boating and fishing activities of my family including my wife, Carolyn, sons Kenneth and Daniel, and daughter, Melody (who contributes moral support). In addition, I wish to point out that many other individuals have been active in this noteworthy endeavor. Thus, I would like to more or less dedicate this site to Dr. Al Figliozzi who got me started in Albacore fishing, Dr. Sanbo Sakaguchi and Mr. Bud Perkins who supported and fostered that activity, Bob and Jan Flamer who got us started in boating and introduced us to the wonders of billfishing, and to Geoff Halpern, a constant companion and teacher the past 33 years. And, of course, Harry Okuda who is always ready to go fishing.
 

    As for myself, I do not play golf, tennis, racquetball, cards or even croquet. The one compulsion of my younger days, basketball, ended rather abruptly one Sunday morning with a resounding Achilles tendon rupture and surgery. (yes, I made the shot). And now I have become addicted to the 3 "P's" - Pasta, Pizza, and Piscatorial Pleasures. The 1st two are all too obvious and the third - that's what this is all about.

  
In the preparation of this program it becomes obvious that a major benefit is a pictorial record of one's family, especially the children, growing up - not quite like movies, but another version of a slide show. However, a major problem with this show is having one's family (and the author's friends) watch this one grow - not so much up - but wider. One thing I know - no one will throw the term "maturing" in my direction.

"WARNING"

If you find the sight of a (at times 2, even 3) dead marlin distasteful or offensive then this presentation is not for you. However, history is history and we (everyone connected with this project) have nothing to be ashamed of. To the contrary, we are rather proud of our achievements. If you cannot accept the natural progression in the development of this sport then you probably are equally repulsed by the works of (no comparison is intended) Ernest Hemingway, S. Kip Farrington, Jr., Zane Gray, Charles Frederick Holder, and many, many others. History cannot be unwritten.