Doug Yamamoto
Doug Yamamoto
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Interviewed by Camille Antinori and Robert Bermudez at Berkeley Yacht Club, July 31, 2024
Doug Yamamoto grew up fishing off the pier with his dad and brother, then later with friends and family, including two daughters. He introduced his daughters to the outdoors with pier fishing and later kayaking and windsurfing in the waters nearby. As a second generation Californian, he talks about how his grandparents were incarcerated at internment camps during the entire period of World War 2 and how that affects the family today. He emphasizes importance of access and affordability to places where you can just hang out, the diversity of crowds that would visit the pier, and providing outdoor spaces for younger generations.
Image credit: Louis Benainous
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Topics (in order):
Topics (in order):
Born in Modesto, grew up in Oakland
On the pier, you could walk way out to middle of the Bay
Father taught him and his brother to fish
Fishing was an excuse to get out.
Getting "spooled"
Missing the pier
Father's family from Turlock and mother's was from LA. Incarceration during the war. The past is not really the past.
Introducing his daughters to the waterfront: Cal Adventures
Access and affordability: importance of place. Comes 200 days a year
Wide spectrum of visitors
The Seal
Biggest catch? favorite catch? You don't have to catch fish to enjoy fishing.
Half of fishing is just dreaming about it.
Parting thoughts: Just rebuild the pier!
Full interview transcript
Full interview transcript
Doug Yamamoto transcript (PDF)
Citation (APA style):
Yamamoto, D., Antinori, C, & Bermudez, R. Exploring Intergenerational and Community Connections to the Outdoors. (2024). (2024). Doug Yamamoto interview conducted by Camille Antinori and Robert Bermudez, July 31, 2024. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Berkeley Fishing Memories Oral History Project: https://www.cmantinori.net/berkeley-fishing-memories-oral-history-project/interview-with-doug-yamamoto.
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