So.Cal. 2006 SCRAMBLE MEET OPEN

The Los Angeles Fathomiers present the World Famous 38th annual Scramble Meet Open on Saturday August 12, 2006. This spearfishing meet is OPEN TO EVERYONE. FREEDIVING ONLY.
Prizes:

1st Place - New Custom 59" Laminated Teak Bluewater Gun with Stainless Steel Muzzle from Spear Diver (see sponsor link below), Name on Scramble Meet Perpetual Trophy, Scramble Meet Plaque
2nd Place - New Yazbeck 5mm Camoflauge Freedive Wetsuit, Scramble Meet Plaque
3rd Place - New Euro Railgun, Scramble Meet Plaque
4th Place - New pair of Picasso Black Team Fins, Scramble Meet Plaque
5th Place - New Custom Skip Hellen 125' floatline, Scramble Meet Plaque
(PLUS: Everyone can participate to win thousands of dollars in raffle prizes including a Custom-built Rick Bettua Aimrite 110cm Camouflage Aluminum Railgun!)
Rules:

All divers must pre register before Thursday August 10th. Send your application with $30 fee to the treasurer Mike Petrusko at 13911 Judah Ave. Hawthorne, CA 90250. Food, drinks, and a 2006 Scramble Meet T-shirt are included with the fee.
Divers must begin at dawn, diving is permitted anywhere in California ocean waters. Meet ends at 3:00 p.m. and all fish must be inside catch circle by 3:00 p.m. sharp. Fish must be person*ally presented by the diver - NO EXCEPTIONS.
Scoring is based on total aggregate weight of no more than three (3) fish per diver using muscle loaded speargun, Hawaiian sling, or pole spear. No Powerheads. ONLY ONE fish per species allowed. All fish must be taken In compliance with California Fish and Game regulations. Sharks, rays, eels, and mola molas are not permitted.
Special Limitations: Calico Bass and Sand Bass must be a minimum of 14 inches. Sheephead minimum size is 18 inches.
Fish may only be taken while freediving. Scuba, hooka, or any other kind of breathing aid is not allowed.
The Fathomiers Recorder may disqualify any participant that did not follow the rules. The Re*corder’s decision is final.
Competitors must possess a valid CA fishing license.
Location:

The weigh-in will be held in the small harbor town of San Pedro, CA 90732 near the Port of Los Angeles. The weigh-in and festivities take place on the cliffs of Paseo Del Mar at the cross street West Paseo Del Mar and Meyler Street


FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GO TO: http://www.fathomiers.net/scramblemeet/

Here is the T-shirt design for the 38th Annual 2006 Scramble Meet Open

Here is the Application for the 38th Annual Scramble Meet Open

So.Cal. 2006 SCRAMBLE MEET OPEN T-Shirts available

SCRAMBLE MEET Open T-Shirt can be purchased by contacting

Erik Banados - LA Fathomiers President fathomier@socal.rr.com

or you can pick it up in person at the next Fathomier meeting

Thursday August 10th
Round Table Pizza
4330 Redondo Beach Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90504
(310) 371-8009
7:00 pm
Intersection of Hawthorne Blvd and Artesia Blvd

T-shirts will be also sold at the day of the competiton August 12th.

If you are an individual participating in the competition your entry fee includes a T-shirt, you can pick it up the day of the event or during the next Fathomier meeting.

Mahalo

SCRAMBLE MEET PRIZES 1-5th Place Winners

Here are a parcial list of the Raffle Prizes, anyone that shows up at the weigh in can participate and WIN!!!! raffle is Open to anyone, all you have to do is show up.

More raffle Prizes

More Prizes including great gift certificates

TWELVE DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE SCRAMBLE MEET OPEN

T_SHIRTS ARE GOING FAST!!!!! PICK YOURS UP NEXT MEETING OR AT THE SCRAMBLE MEET!!!!

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE SCRAMBLE MEET WEBSITE
http://fathomiers.net/scramblemeet/

REMEMBER MEET STARTS AT DAWN on AUGUST 12th, 2006 don't get caught cheating and embarrassed yourself forever!!!

The reports are coming from everywhere from Dorados, Yellowtail, White Sea Bass, Halibut, and all other sort of fish being caught at your favorite
spots right off the beach as well as the local Islands.

Water Temperature ranging from the Low 70 F. to high 79 F. Water INCREDIBLE.
So far we being bless with good Visibility most of the days and thank God no too much red tide like previous years.

I believe this year we are going to have a FANTASTIC Scramble Meet, I
personally spoke to several divers from all over the California state that will be coming to compete right along us, experienced, season and well trained divers.

So guys get your equipment ready, get ready with your strategy, whatever you are going to be diving from the beach, from a kayak or from a boat.

REMENBER YOU CAN DIVE ANYWHERE IN CALIFORNIA WATERS!!!
YOU ARE ALLOW TO USE ANY Type of transportation device, SPEED BOAT, Kayak, helicopter, Hoovercraft!, etc

Remember to be watching your time and especially your traveling time getting back to the weigh in before 3:00 pm.

Our local fellow clubs the San Diego Freedivers, Neptunes, NorcalDivers and all sort of Individual have been advised and is going to be one of our biggest Scramble Meet events ever!!!

Some things to remember:

NO WASTING OF FISH, what ever fish you bring to the weigh in, make sure you have a cooler with ICE to take home, there is going to be a lot of spectators including the DFG, we don' t need any bad publicity to our sport, I am sure your family can appreciate some nice fish steaks and sashimi.
We will have a bigcooler that will take fish donations for a Charity.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU MEASURE YOUR FISH, MARK YOUR SPEARGUNS at 12', 14', 18', 22' 28' the most common sizes for the species that we will be targeting.

Have a plan for the Scramble, go where you know the fish are and where you may have the highest concentration of game fish. Scout if you can and most important BE SAFE.

We want to have a good time, please be a safe diver and don't push your
limits. IMPORTANT!!!!! I sure don't want to be calling your LOVE ONES to
give them the bad news.

MANDATORY FOR ANYONE COMPETING TO SIGN THE WAIVER. You will be DQ if you don't sign a waiver, is also a way for us keep accountability of divers in the water.

For the boats competing we plan to be on CHANNEL 71, to communicate with each other.

PLEASE do not embarrassed yourself and STAY AWAY from any MPA Marine Protected Areas, in our Local waters and in the outer Islands, don't get busted, DFG is enforcing the No Take Zone in the MPA's in Catalina, Santa Barbara, Anacapa, Santa Cruz and all Channel Islands, MPAS. They will take you to jail, impound your gear, boat and you will be in the front page news.

MORE RAFFLE PRICES ARE COMING IN GUYS!!!!!!!

Please pass the word around and get your application by August 10th, invite any spearo you know to come and join us in the festivities.

Plus you can get your Scramble meet T-shirts autograph by our own U.S Team National champions and past champions as well as the Captain of the US Spearfishing Team going to Portugal, Team members and past national Champions.


NEXT MEETING:

AUGUST 10th, 2006
ROUND TABLE PIZZA TORRANCE
4330 Redondo Beach Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90504
(310) 371-8009
7:00 pm
EVERYONE IS WELCOME

Some of the raffle Items to think about

Everyone can participate to win thousands of dollars in raffle prizes including the following:

(Grand Prize) - EVOLUTION COMBO (retail value of $550.00): A 100 cm EVOLUTION Speargun with the divers choice of muzzle (Hhead, Reef, or Reef -V) & Tahitian shaft along with a pair of Evolution/Waterways Fins. Diver's choice of size and stiffness (XD or XXD). Donated by Hammerhead Muzzles.
Custom-built Rick Bettua Aimrite 110cm Camouflage Aluminum Railgun
Custom Made Reef Gun (NEW DESIGN) donated by Gil; Custom Gun maker of Spear Diver
Silent Hunter Freediving Fins and Fin Keepers by Riffe International
Sporasub Aspic Euro Gun donated by Scubasworld.com
Blue Water Hunting Books donated by Terry Maas
Safety Belt donated by Hamilton Enterprises
Blue Water Float Line donated by Neptonics Systems
California Diving Books donated by Saint Brendan
Open Boat Pass donated by Peace Dive Boat
Sumora Gift Certificate donated by Sumora.com
Custom Blue Water Float Line By Skip Hellen donated by www.underwaterhunters.com
Okipa Double Bladder Competition Diving Board donated by Scubastore

and much more!!!!

38th Annual SCRAMBLE MEET OPEN 2006

HELLOOOOOOOOOO SPEAROS!!!!!!!

The LA FATHOMIERS SCRAMBLE MEET was a total success!!!

We had a total of 76 divers from all over the Southland, members from different clubs participating were the San Diego Freedivers, Neptunes, Norcaldivers, we had also individual divers from Santa Barbara, Ventura, LA,Orange County, Riverside, San Bernadino, HAWAII, Northern California, Bay Area come to join us to participate on the big event.

THe weather was perfectly sunny, perfect water temp conditions all the way from local water 64 F ranging all the way to 75 F out in the outer Islands and southern banks and in the Paddies. Visibility range from poor to excellent with over 80 foot at the outer Islands. There were some BIG FISH sightings 60 lb WSB and 45 lb YT, big schools of Bonita, Dorado and those big goats among many others.

Well here are the official results.

SCRAMBLE MEET COMPETITION STANDINGS

1st Place Richard Balta 91.24 lbs
2nd Place Eddie Ota 73.34 lbs
3rd Place Brandon Wahlers 52.06 lbs
4th Place Fil Labastida 40.04 lbs
5th Place Mark Navas 38.98 lbs
6th Place Brandi Easter 37.32 lbs
7th Place Erik Banados 36.76 lbs
8th Place Rene Rojas 33.24 lbs
9th Place Mori Masahiro 31.30 lbs
10th Place Paul Romanowski 31.10 lbs

LARGEST FISH

WSB Richard Balta 46.54 lbs
YT Brandon Walhers 35.32 lbs
Bonita Brandi Easter 10.44 lbs NEW IUSA Pending woman's world record
Sheepshead Eddie Ota 25.46 lbs


And yes I got beat by a girl.

7 out of the 10 winners were on CATAMARANS????


Congratulations to Richard Balta with the largest Sea Bass and Brandon Wahlers with his Steve Redding Yellow Tail, both automatically are now entered into the 2007 White Sea Bass Derby ($30.00 value).

WSB Richard Balta 46.54 lbs
YT Brandon Walhers 35.32 lbs

http://www.sdoceans.org/support/eNews.Derby.html

Thanks to Kevin Sakuda

Sponsored by Hammerhead Muzzles.

More Pics for your enjoyment

Some more Pictures of the line up.

Here some more of the event, all success. Great quality Game Fish. Big Fish Chowder or Chupino made by our own Chef, Mr. Petrusko.