IN MEMORIAM:

CAPT. PETER HOOGS

Peter Fowler Hoogs, 86, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, passed away peacefully on May 12, 2022, in Portland, Oregon, under hospice care, with his family by his side. Hoogs was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on March 31, 1936, and led an adventurous life, starting with an often-shared memory of playing outside his home as a young boy and seeing a Japanese Zero fly over him during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The plane was so low that he could clearly see the pilot’s face. Later, Hoogs joined the US Army Airborne Division, became a paratrooper, and was stationed in Augsburg, Germany. After the military, he landed a job with Kentron Hawaii missile recovery at the Pacific Missile Range at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It was there that he took up underwater photography.

As a young man, Hoogs worked as an airline steward and as a foreman at an oil refinery on Oahu, and helped in a relative’s concrete construction business. He also earned his pilot’s license.

In the mid-1960s, he moved to Kailua-Kona and was one of the first captains to charter tourists for big-game fishing. For more than 40 years, he took people from all over the world fishing in Kona’s calm waters on Pamela. The original boat was a 40-foot sampan-style boat with a distinctive profile. Hoogs caught two marlin over 1,000 pounds in his career—one blue and one black—and counted among his charters several high-profile Hollywood stars. Along with his wife, Willa, they enjoyed raising their three children in Kailua-Kona, and worked closely together in operating the Kona Charter Skipper’s Association. Farewell and following seas.

The Hoogs Family

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