SIGN UP HERE! The tournament honors the legacy of Kirk McNulty, a surfer, diver, brother, and son. Kirk was a world class waterman who was inspired by everything ocean. Although some of you may not have known Kirk we hope that you will participate as we are a small family of spearfishermen here on the West Coast.
A $29.20 entry is required prior to spearing a fish. Proceeds will be donated to the White Seabass Hatchery Program led by Hubbs-Seaworld to help improve the WSB population on our coast.
Please join us in the 5th Annual tournament to help the continued efforts of repopulating our oceans with White Seabass. Winners will be chosen by Top 3 Biggest Fish, First Fish Submitted, Most Fish Submitted and largest fish in San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara Counties. In order to help further the efforts of White Seabass Hatchery Program led by Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute we have made it mandatory that fish heads are turned in to qualify your catch for placement (Drop off locations below). If the fish head(s) have been tagged an additional prize will be given and determined by the fish that has traveled the furthest from its grow out location.
OceansGlobal highly recommends that divers have a freediving certification from Performance Freediving International (PFI), Freediving Instructors International (FII) or the equivalent. Safety courses and dive insurance provided by Divers Alert Network (DAN) is also recommended.
The Awards Party and raffle will be held May 12 at Tarsan in Redondo Beach, CA.
Initial 2018 Sponsors
Clothing & Accessories
Dark Seas, DIFF Eyewear, Salty Crew, HippyTree, Surf-fur, Roark Revival, Electric, Art Life, Quiksilver
Gear
Sea Sniper, Gannet Dive Co., Meric, Riffe, Omer, Neptonics, Celstron, Pelican Products, Divers Alert Network, Eolos
Services
TBD
Restaurants
Ortega 120, Fish 101, BearFlag Fish Co., El Pescador Fish Market, Brophy Bros., Sun Life Organics
Media
SpearingForum, Carbon Ink, FishTrack & Buoyweather
Trophies
Wilmington Iron Works
Click the links to view 2018 Leaderboard, 2017 Leaderboard, 2016 Leaderboard, 2015 Leaderboard, and 2014 winners and video and be sure to join our Facebook Page to keep up with current fish counts and tournament stats.
Prizes:
First to submit a White Seabass
This year, we have been fortunate to receive a cash donation which will create cash prizes for the biggest fish and match a $850 donation to Oceans Global to further the efforts of coastal white seabass grow-outs.
1st Place - Perpetual Trophy - rotates annually, personal trophy - $500 Cash plus TBD from the list above.
2nd Place - personal trophy - $250 Cash plus TBD from the list above.
3rd Place - personal trophy - $100 Cash plus TBD from the list above.
Additional prizes by Location:
Prizes for largest fish taken from; the border up to Del Mar, Solana Beach to Oceanside, Orange County, Los Angeles, Ventura/Santa Barbara.
San Diego
North County San Diego
Orange County
Los Angeles
Ventura/Santa Barbara
All head submissions are entered into a raffle to win a mounted sea bass jaw by Dead Water Jaw Mounts.
Rules:
You must be registered in the tournament prior to spearing your fish. No exceptions.
All WSB must be submitted between March 1, 2018 and April 30, 2018 and Fish heads must be labeled (Participants Name, OceansGlobal and location of where the fish was caught) and dropped at a certified location to qualify for placement.
Fish must be caught while freediving with spearguns and pole spears. No tanks, fishing poles, or chum can be used to capture fish.
Fish are required to be legal species and sizes according to the California Department of Wildlife and Mexico Oficina de Pesca.
Need Photo of Catch and Digital Scale readout (photo of fish/weight must be taken on land, not from boat. Image should carry a date stamp with the time and date the photo was taken. Please submit photos to Clark@OceansGlobal.org.
Drop-off locations:
Santa Barabara
Calif. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (805) 568-1221
Sea Landing (805) 963-3564
Ventura/Oxnard
Eric’s Tackle (805) 648-5665
Channel Islands Sportfishing Center (805) 985-8511
Marina Del Rey
Marina Del Rey Sportfishing (310) 822-3625
Torrance/Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach Boat Hoist (310) 374-3481
San Pedro/Long Beach
22nd Street Sportfishing (310) 832-8304
Long Beach Sportfishing (562) 432-8993
Pierpoint Landing (562) 983-9300
Santa Catalina Island
Avalon Fish Market (at the end of the pier) - (310) 510-0197
Two Harbors (harbor patrol office on the pier) - (310) 510-4253
Los Alamitos/Huntington Beach
Calif. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (562) 342-7111
Pacific Edge Bait & Tackle (714) 840-4262
Mako Matt’s Marine (714) 893-7743
Newport Beach/Irvine
Angler’s Center (949) 642-6662
Balboa Angling Club (949) 673-6216
Davey’s Locker (949) 673-1434
Newport Landing Sportfishing (949) 675-0550
Dana Point
Dana Wharf Sportfishing (949) 496-5794
Hogans Bait & Tackle (949) 493-3528
Jig Stop Tackle & Tours (949) 496-3555
Oceanside/Carlsbad/Solana Beach
Helgren’s Sportfishing (760) 722-2133
Leon Raymond Hubbard, Jr. Hatchery (760) 434-9501
Blue Water Tackle (858)350-8505
San Diego
James and Joseph Spearfishing Supplies (619) 295-3705
Dana Landing (Mission Bay) - (619) 226-2929
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (619) 226-3870
Calif. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (858) 467-4201
