The Prestigious annual Pole Spear Award Charlie Sturgill.
History of Winners
From Skip Hellen's Website
www.underwaterhunters.com
CHARLIE STURGILL POLE SPEAR MEET
1966-NOW
Year Name (Meet/Dive) Location Pt’s
1966 Roy Katin Dana Pt. S. Laguna
1967 Roy Katin 2 Salt Creek S. Laguna 34.15
1968 Al Schneppershoff II Corral Beach N. Laguna 108.00
1969 Terry Maas Salt Creek
1970 Bob Donnell Aliso Creek S. Laguna 88.25
1971 Skip Hellen Aliso Creek 90.50
(New Era) CDFG law change (Max #20 fish Bag Limit/#5 fish per species)
1972 Roy Katin 3 Dana Pt. 49.00
1973 Bob Donnell 2 Wind & Sea La Jolla
1974 Terry Maas 2 San Clemente Beach N. 55.938
1975 Terry Maas 3 Corral Beach 82.375
1976 Bob Donnell 3 Corral Beach 47.90
1977 Terry Maas 4 Bass Rock Ventura 74.938
1978 Gary Thompson Leo Carrillo South 80.376
1979 Gary Thompson 2 Corral Beach 60.375
1980 Gary Thompson 3 Leo Carrillo North 73.875
1981 Gary Thompson 4 Doheny Beach 53.00
1982 Terry Maas 5 Cabrillo Beach San Pedro 57.688
1983 Brian Donnell Cabrillo Beach 60.813
1984 John Ernst Cabrillo Beach 65.625
1985 John Ernst 2 Cabrillo Beach 46.50
1986 Paul Major Salt Creek 64.75
1987 Bob Brennan Cabrillo Beach
1988 John Ernst 3 Scramble Meet 71.00
1989 Gary Thompson 5 Scramble 85.00
1990 Gary Thompson 6 Scramble
(Limit #3 fish per species change)
1991 Gary Thompson 7 Scramble
1992 Gary Thompson 8 Salt Creek
1993 Gary Thompson 9 Scramble 59.250
1994 Gary Thompson 10 Scramble 58.375
1995 Paul Major 2 Scramble 54.375
1996 Paul Major 3 Scramble 29.00
1997 Skip Hellen 2 Scramble 80.00
1998 Skip Hellen 3 Scramble 63.10
1999 Skip Hellen 4 Scramble 86.70
2000 Ryan Deuel Scramble 94.00
2001 Ryan Deuel 2 Scramble 88.00
2002 Ryan Deuel 3 Scramble 104.00
2003 Ryan Deuel 4 Scramble 74.96
(Sheephead out of season for 2003 meet)
2004 Ryan Deuel 5 Scramble 104.88
2005 Ryan Deuel 6 Scramble 72.00
(Limit #1 Sheephead and #3 ocean purch total change)
INTERESTING MEET TRIVIA
(#39) MEET WINNERS
MOST WINS:
Gary Thompson #10
Multiple Winners:
Gary Thompson #10 (1978-81/89-94)
Ryan Deuel #6 (2000/01/02/03/04/05)
Terry Maas #5 (1969/74/75/77/82)
Skip Hellen #4 (1971/97/98/99)
Roy Katin #3 (1966/67/72)
Bob Donnell #3 (1970/73/76)
John Ernst #3 (1984/85/88)
Paul Major #3 (1986/95/96)
Consecutive wins:
Gary Thompson #6 (1989-94) #4 (1978-81)
Ryan Deuel #6 (2000-05)
Skip Hellen #3 (1997-99)
Roy Katin #2 (1966-67)
Terry Maas #2 (1974-75)
John Ernst #2 (1984-85)
Paul Major #2 (1995-96)
Winning point total breakdown:
Highest winning scores:
Old Era (no bag limit):
Albert Schneppershoff II 108.00 (1968)
New Era (20 fish Max. bag limit / 3 Fish per species):
Ryan Deuel 104.88 (2004)
Over 100 #4:
Albert Schneppershoff II 108 (1968)
Ryan Deuel 104.88 (2004) 104 (2002)
Richard Balta 103.22 (2004) 2nd place
90-100 #2:
Skip Hellen 90.5 (1971)
Ryan Deuel 94 (2000)
80-90 #7:
Bob Donnell 88.25 (1970)
Terry Maas 82.375 (1975)
Gary Thompson 80.376 (1978) 85 (1989)
Skip Hellen #2 80 (1997) 86.7 (1999)
Ryan Deuel 88 (2001)
70-80 #5:
60-70 #5:
50-60 #6:
40-50 #2:
30-40 #1:
20-30 #1: Paul Major 29 (1996)
Average winning score of #32 scores: 70.23 points
Winning scores over 60 points: #23
Winning scores under 60 points: #10
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Erik Bañados
Huntington Beach, CA
fathomier@socal.rr.com
www.fathomiers.net
