The Pacific Coast Spearfishing Championships were held on Saturday, September 26th at Spooner’s Cove at Montana Del Oro State Park and this year they were hosted by GLACD.  It was the first time they have been held at this location since the 1970’s.  Montana Del Oro is located about 6 miles south of Morro Bay and when the fog lifted on meet day, you could see the majestic Morro Bay Rock fully exposed.

The PCC’s attract a hard core spearfishermen and this year it was no different.  Many past PCC individual champions were in attendance such as Rene Rojas, Dennis Haussler, Mike Pender, Brock Kennedy and Dan Silveira.  The camaraderie was great as usual!  Burgers at Sylvestors in Los Osos was fun after meet day!

The morning started out foggy and a long period swell dropped visibility considerably from the previous days.  The sheephead and reds headed to deeper water.  But the divers in the meet found fish, many of which were donated to needy families.

GLACD put together some outstanding looking award plaques with a bronze USOA medallion at their centerpiece.

For the third year in a row, Dan Silveira won the individual high aggregate and this year with a score of 106 points.  Dan’s catch also included the largest fish of the day, a 16 plus pound lingcod.  This is the third year in a row Dan has won high individual aggregate and that is a first in the long history of this event.  While attendance is not what it used to be,  Dan has won the event with scores averaging greater than 100 points which is a level that have been infrequently reached over the years, even when fish were more plentiful.   Most years, the top PCC scores are around 80 points and that is when the sheephead limit was generally 4 per diver.  This year, only one sheephead was allowed by GLACD compared to the daily State limit of 5.

Dan’s team which included Dave Edlund and Kale Pastel took high aggregate team honors with 225 total points.  This was Kales first ever spearfishing tournament!  Second place team honors went to Dennis Haussler, Rene Rojas and Paul Young with approximately 165 points.

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