Where the hell did whatshisname go?

During the years I was fishing a lot on the open party boats around LA, I would see a lot of the same guys over and over - which means of course that they saw me too...maybe. But anyway, here it is 40 years later - and sometimes I wonder just where in the hell did some of these guys go. I don't remember all the names - but once in a while, I think of one. Ted....Ted Shono. I would see him fishing on the City of Redondo all the time. From when Roy Peters was running the boat - to Rick and Jacky running the boat - with Derry on deck and Doris in the galley. Sometimes data just dribbles out. Ted was a few years younger than me, but close. Going on a boat out of Redondo was just so convenient. Didn't matter if anything was biting or not - there would always be a crowd on the City. From the early days when the boats used to sit a mile or so off the horseshoe pier fishing small Bluefin Tuna - to yellowtail and white seabass around Palos Verdes - Hagerdy's, Dominator.......what memories. If I had to think about it, I probably fished out of Redondo more than I fished out of Pierpoint. Pierpoint was when I was too young to drive - and could only get there if my dad took me. Redondo was a different story. From the time I had a Schwinn Stingray to a Honda CB350 motorcycle and a permit at 15 and 1/2, I was going to Redondo Pier. And it was cheap. I don't remember exactly - but I think it was $10 or so to go on the 1/2 day. And the three (3) barges. Anyway, I was on my way home from LA and stopping by the Japanese market to shop....and in the fresh fruit and veggie section was an older guy stocking. Kind of looked familiar......I reached out and said 'Your name isn't Ted is it?....Ted S####? He said yes. I was wearing my Royal Star jacket - so he said I probably knew him from fishing, because he fishes a lot. I asked him if he remembered going into Yo's tackle shop and fishing on the City 30 or 40 years ago. He says, yup...that was me. He used to fish with all the good fishermen of the day. I asked him if he remembered a guy named Kohei? He says, yeah....I remember him. He was a pretty good fisherman. Damn....made my day.