Roy Takatsuki, 57, went missing during the North Shore Hanapa’a Jackpot Fishing Tournament after leaving Haleiwa Harbor on Oahu on June 25, 2004. He checked in that morning and told tournament officials he planned to fish near a buoy several miles off Barbers Point. At one point he called a friend to say his outrigger had broken. He failed to check back in by the 6 p.m. deadline, which was out of character for the experienced angler and past president of the Contractors’ Association of Kauai.

An extensive search followed. The Coast Guard deployed a C-130 Hercules and a Dolphin helicopter, joined by the Honolulu Fire Department and about 20 fellow fishermen who scoured more than 140 miles of ocean, with some boats reaching as far as Kauai. Two recreational fishermen later found Takatsuki’s 18-foot Boston Whaler Beverley idling off Kauai’s North Shore with his cell phone on board; the phone was used to reach his friend Glen Kaneshiro. Investigators and friends theorized he may have fallen overboard, possibly while fighting a fish, but Takatsuki was never found.

He was described as an Asian male, 5 feet 2 inches tall, 215 pounds, with white hair. The fishing community held a prayer at the tournament banquet in his honor. If anyone saw Takatsuki, his boat Beverley, or the area off Barbers Point and Kauai on or after June 25, 2004, please share what was witnessed.