Great loss - Vito Busalacchi - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

steveooo · 12-26-2018, 03:42 PM

Oh man, this is rough news. Vito was a regular encounter on trips to La Jolla, always fun to chat with, a very fishy guys, and super helpful when I was just a newb. We should all be so lucky as to enjoy this sport as late into life as Vito did.

God Speed Brother.

kurt · 12-26-2018, 05:30 PM

A true gentleman, kind soul, and all around class act. I feel lucky to have known him, and he'll be missed. Rest in peace, Vito.

Holy Mackerel · 12-26-2018, 06:44 PM

RIP Vito, always a friendly voice on the water.

LEEZO · 12-26-2018, 07:38 PM

He lived a couple houses from my parents. He was always hosing down a salty kayak out in front of his home. Had the pleasure of chating with him a couple times. He was a legend and will be missed. RIP Vito

swinginFish · 12-26-2018, 10:37 PM

I started kayak fishing in LJ in 2001. On one of my earliest outings I start chatting to a guy on the water and, after sharing names, we realized we knew each other from school-related work more than a decade earlier in Escondido. Ever since then, Vito and I would re-encounter each other on the water in LJ and recount both fishing and work-related incidents (Vito had the more interesting stories). While there's likely a former Escondido truant or two who might still have harsh feelings for Vito, the bottom line is his loss leaves a vacuum that is impossible to fill. He was, in short, a wonderfully animated, well-meaning and invariably gracious guy who knew what was what on the water and elsewhere. Those of us known or recognized as the so-called "old guard" were quite lucky to count Vito as part of our posse, and vice versa. I fear the day's passed when "Yo Vito!" would ring across the water. Those were fine times, fine times. RIP paison, RIP!
Avery

Deamon · 12-26-2018, 11:50 PM

Vito! The friendliest, most gracious kayak man. He’d want them bass for his pasta meals. Always alone when I’d run into him, but we’d immediately fish together every time! RIP Vito.

Jim

katchfish · 12-27-2018, 11:25 AM

The Godfather of kayak fishing!

I'm honored to know him.

Good times, glad to spend time on the water with him.

R.I.P. Sir.

12-26-2018, 05:30 PM	#2
kurt Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: 2 inches above sea level Posts: 502	A true gentleman, kind soul, and all around class act. I feel lucky to have known him, and he'll be missed. Rest in peace, Vito. __________________ "All I got was a rock"

12-26-2018, 10:37 PM	#5
swinginFish Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 173	... Vito ... I started kayak fishing in LJ in 2001. On one of my earliest outings I start chatting to a guy on the water and, after sharing names, we realized we knew each other from school-related work more than a decade earlier in Escondido. Ever since then, Vito and I would re-encounter each other on the water in LJ and recount both fishing and work-related incidents (Vito had the more interesting stories). While there's likely a former Escondido truant or two who might still have harsh feelings for Vito, the bottom line is his loss leaves a vacuum that is impossible to fill. He was, in short, a wonderfully animated, well-meaning and invariably gracious guy who knew what was what on the water and elsewhere. Those of us known or recognized as the so-called "old guard" were quite lucky to count Vito as part of our posse, and vice versa. I fear the day's passed when "Yo Vito!" would ring across the water. Those were fine times, fine times. RIP paison, RIP! Avery

12-26-2018, 11:50 PM	#6
Deamon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,972	Vito! The friendliest, most gracious kayak man. He’d want them bass for his pasta meals. Always alone when I’d run into him, but we’d immediately fish together every time! RIP Vito. Jim __________________ Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"

12-27-2018, 11:25 AM	#7
katchfish Paddle for Mahi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Doing the happy paddle! Posts: 847	The Godfather of kayak fishing! I'm honored to know him. Good times, glad to spend time on the water with him. R.I.P. Sir. Last edited by katchfish; 12-27-2018 at 11:34 AM.

12-26-2018, 03:42 PM	#1
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Oh man, this is rough news. Vito was a regular encounter on trips to La Jolla, always fun to chat with, a very fishy guys, and super helpful when I was just a newb. We should all be so lucky as to enjoy this sport as late into life as Vito did. God Speed Brother.

12-26-2018, 06:44 PM	#3
Holy Mackerel Señor member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,627	RIP Vito, always a friendly voice on the water.

12-26-2018, 07:38 PM	#4
LEEZO Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Coronado Posts: 179	He lived a couple houses from my parents. He was always hosing down a salty kayak out in front of his home. Had the pleasure of chating with him a couple times. He was a legend and will be missed. RIP Vito