22 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM {quickpunch} How did you first get interested in commercial fishing? One of my friends needed help and I needed some money. What’s your boat’s name? Bare Bones, because there was nothing on it when I got it, other than the motor. It’s a G35. Where do you dock your boat? My fishing boat is at Pillar Point Harbor. I also have a 40-foot motor yacht. I am a legal liveaboard. What’s your favorite seafood dish? Rock fish, salmon and crabs. A little butter, lemon, pepper—you can’t go wrong. What is the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten? Bluefin tuna, right as it’s cut off of the fish. Do you collect anything? Recently, a lot of seashells. What’s your personal motto? I say what I’m going to do, and then I do what I say I’m going to do. I try to be a man of my word. Which age would you choose to be again and why? Probably high school, when I was still innocent. Where did you grow up and what was great about it? Indianapolis, Indiana. We rode our bikes everywhere. Where is your favorite go-to spot on the Coastside? Pigeon Point Lighthouse. THE Q & A KERRY B. FAVIS What’s something people are always surprised to learn about you? Evidently, I don’t look 72. What’s the most perilous situation you’ve been in? Crabbing. It’s hard, dangerous work. Do you have any phobias? Not really. Just a healthy respect for Mother Nature. What is the biggest challenge you’re facing lately? Staying up on rules. The regulations change all the time and you have to keep up on them. How do you feel about ocean conservation work? It needs to go hand-in-hand with the fishing industry. You can’t have one and not the other. What advice do you have for the next generation of fisherfolk? You could have good years and bad years. You gotta plan for both. What was your first job? Dipping ice cream at Lindner’s in Indianapolis, a store that my mom managed Saturday nights. When the Little Leaguers would come in, we would have the shake and malt machines humming. If you had to choose a different line of work, what would it be? I have done a lot of jobs. This is as good as it gets. A Half Moon Bay fisherman talks conservation, crustaceans and being at home on the water.
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