About Us THE FISHING GUY Aloha everyone, I grew up on the island of O’ahu in Kaimuki. Like so many of my friends and relatives, I started fishing with my Dad and Mom. My parents came to O’ahu from Makawao, on the island of Maui. My Dad's dad lived his life in Kalaupapa, on the island of Moloka'i.

In my earliest years of tagging along with our fishing family, we often went to Wailupe, which was one of my father's favorite places to fish with his friends and uncles. This shoreline in the 1950s, as you can imagine, was completely different from what you see now. I remember lots of muddy water created by the fresh water stream as it met the ocean. I remember burlap bags filled with opi lolo, that great tasting shrimp that used to be pretty easy to catch.

As a kid, I did my fair share of catching o'ama, aholehole and papio in Waikiki, too. The Natatorium was a destination for a lot of kids like me who had a red scoop net and a bamboo pole. If that area didn't work, I would head down to Ala Moana Beach Park.

At one time, my grand aunt, Rebecca Chang, owned the fishpond in Kahuluu that is across the street from the Hygienic Store. My family spent as much time there as we could. Samoan Crabs were abundant. The makahas were filled with mullet and balloon fish. Eventually Aunty Becky sold and bought a home down the street from Honey's in Kaneohe town.

My family spent every weekend we could in Kaneohe Bay. Dad would pick us up from school with the station wagon already packed and we would head to the country for a couple of days. Lots of papio caught spincasting. Lots of oio caught dunking. Lots of omaka, sardines, and awa awa caught bottom fishing. Lots of mullet, weke, and white crabs caught torching with Coleman lanterns. Eventually, Dad bought a place in Kaneohe and we made the move.

I grew up watching the Let’s Go Fishing show with everyone else in the family. This program only served to add fuel to the fire for anyone who enjoyed fishing as much as I did.

THE TV GUY

So many things happen to me by chance than design. In the 1970s, a good friend, Wes Zane, got me involved with the Hawaii Five O television show production. That led to acting roles in many more television, theatrical, and commercial productions over the next 30 years. It entertains me when I search the Internet Movie Data Base for my name and find even my most obscure roles listed.

In the 1990s, with what spare time I had, I hosted a local program called the Hawaii Remodeling Show. By the end of the 1990s I was hosting the Let's Go Fishing Show on KHON-TV. A few years later I came up with the idea for the Hawaii Goes Fishing Show, which I produced for local cable programming. And now, I’ve come full circle. Like it was when I was a kid, my family is back to watching the Let's Go Fishing Show on Sunday afternoons broadcasted on KHON-TV.

THE COOKING GUY

My appreciation for the culinary community in Hawaii goes way back. I spent almost 30 years putting in 6 work nights a week in some of Honolulu's most popular fine dining restaurants.

I nearly set a customer on fire with a Brochette Flambé at the Surf Room in the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. At the Yacht Harbor Towers Restaurant, I tasted my first Scampi ala Blue Fox. When I worked at Champeaux's at the Top of the Ilikai, I witnessed Vital DeMonti prepare Crepes Suzette for seven guests in one pan! For three years I was privileged to work for Chef Wally Takara at the Cavalier Restaurant. From 1976 to 2001, I prepared Caesar Salads, Spinach Salads, carved Chateaubriands and Rack of Lambs, and flambéed who-knows-how-many desserts like Bananas Foster, Cherries Jubilee, Chocolate Flambé, and Strawberries Flambé at Hy’s Steak House. Eventually I had the chance to contribute all I had learned towards a beautiful restaurant concept, which existed shortly as The Bistro At Century Center.

Being able to spend time with the culinary artisans of Hawaii is a big deal to me. With their presence on the show, they not only exhibit their talents, they also put on display their generous natures by sharing their knowledge and personalities with those of us who tune in.