200 +.....Dwayne Dinucci*, John Pepper*
150 +..... Phillip Johnson*, Dave Buller*,Jeff Centoni*
100 +.....Erik Owen*, Les Wendel*,Tony Vau, John Ramsey
80-99......Jack Likins
50-79......Tom Kidder, Mike Johnson*, Steve Buller, Ted Wheeler, Johnathan Centoni*, Eric Stockwell*
40-49 ......Eric Anderson, Ken Bailey
30-39.......Chris Glenn, Richard Lewis, Crazy Ron, Matt Lum
20-29.......Don Powers, Gary Rose, Reed Gatton, Bill Rigby, Martin Hoben*, Brandi Easter, Howard Bloom
10-19...... Derek Bond, Mark Center, Mark Winscher, Obie Anderson, Ken Salva, Paul Weston, Randy Jones*
*11 inch abalone included in overall count
(written tips on 10 inch abalone diving now has its own link)
Dwayne Dinucci holding his huge 11 7/8" abalone. note: Dwayne has a recorded fourteen 11" abalone.
Pictured left to right...D. Dinucci, Dave Buller, Julian Lee, Jack Likins. Four tens in the group. Likins a limit of tens (large 10 3/8) (Buller a 10 1/2)...all from Sonoma Co. 9/28/08...
Eric Anderson displaying a 10.625 taken in Mendo Co. 9/28/08...
Tino Bernazzani, Brandon Whalers, and Josh Gregory displaying their 10" plus abalone taken in Mendocino Co....(The Three 10'ers)
A great dive for Roger Rude. His 10.475 beauty was taken in Sonoma Co. 9/23/08.....(exact location unknown)
Phil Johnson and Clint Scott standing beside the Ab-Session...Phil strikes again in Mendo County. (10 1/4' and 10 1/8") WOW!
Jeff Centoni displaying another limit of tens recently taken in ? county....10 3/4" 10 1/8" 10 1/16".....move over Phelps!
Dwayne Dinnuci with a 10 1/2" taken 9/13/08 at the same undisclosed location....
Carol Laire 9 1/2", Mark Winscher 10 1/4" and Johnathan Centoni 10 9/16" all taken 9/13/08 at the same undisclosed location...
A good 10 inch day...L-R...Derek Stavenger, Erik Owen, Brandi Easter, Gary Ballou, and Simon Rycroft. Picture by Steve Owen and Crew.....(Mendocino County....
Phil Johnson and Don Powers of the Ft. Bragg area do it again..Two more limits of 10"ers during the August calm...These guys are good!
Reed Gatton and Carl Anderson displaying their latest trophies taken 6/30/08. Reed is holding his 10 3/4" and 10 1/2" monsters, Carl his 10 1/2" monster....
Dwayne Dinucci does it again...Another limit of trophies...11 5/16", 10 3/4", and 10 3/8"......Amazing!
Greg Ballou with his first 10"er...taken 8/17/08 in Mendo County...This guy gets big fish too....
Phillip Johnson and Chris Glenn displaying their limit of 10's taken 6/20/08 in Mendo County. Phillip (10 9/16..10 3/8..10 1/16) Chris (10 1/4..10..10 1/2)
Patrick Freeling with 10" ab and nice ling...Taken in Mendocino County 5/07/08...
Don Powers with a beautiful limit of 10's taken 5/29/08....
Reed Gatton with a beautiful limit of 10's taken 6/2/08...
Eric Stockwell holding his latest 10" trophy. His 10 count keeps rising.
Brandi Easter holding a 12.5 lb abalone (10.5") taken in 2006. A record breaker
Dwayne Dinucci 6/20/08 10 1/4" Sonoma County..(another successful dive)
Phillip Johnson holding his 11.2205 trophy abalone taken in Mendocino County. This abalone was recorded in the CFG record book.
Eric Anderson displaying his 10 5/8" x 9 3/16" (10 lb) trophy.
Eric Stockwell (AAAAbking..2 trophies)
John Pepper holding the largest abalone (length) ever recorded 12 5/16".
Sam Merryman a true Humboldt County diving pioneer displaying his 11.1" abalone taken in the 70's. Estimated weight of 13+ lbs. Sam has been diving for abalone for 75 years.
Jeff Boaks (Oregon 11.5")
Roger Rude with his latest 10" trophy.
Dwayne Dinucci's latest limit of 10's (April 2008)
The best named boat ever (Ab-session) Six 10"s displayed...Phillip Johnson (boat-owner) Tom Kidder (State Park Maint. Chief) Eric Bloom (Warden)
Derek Bond displaying his 10.9" trophy from Humboltd County. A very successful day for Derek, a limit of 10's....
Al Jay's newest trophy, it measured 10 1/4" ...
Erik Owen and Dave Buller with 11" abalone.
Johnathan Centoni with an 11" abalone.
Jack Likins, Johnathan and Jeff Centoni,
Dwayne Dinucci (500 plus 10" abalone
between these 4 divers.
Jeff Centoni with 11 1/2" ab.
Dwayne Dinucci and Jeff Centoni with two limits of 10"s.
Eric Anderson's formula 2A x (10+) = 21I
Ken Bailey and Richard Lewis displaying two
10" plus trophies.
Gary Rose with a 10.5" TSR ab.
Randy Jones with his 11 7/16" 14.5 lbs trophy.
Matt Lum with his 10 15/16" x 9.5" trophy.
Jack Likins...almost 11"er; actually 10 5/8"...
Brandi's limit of 10 inchers.
Buzz Owen "abalone guru" holding a huge ab that is not a red abalone...It is a 10 1/64" green abalone (Haliotis fulgens)...This abalone is believed to be the largest green abalone ever taken.
Henry Thornhill (Davis, CA) displaying one of his 10" plus trophies.
Howard Bloom with a 10er.......
Jack "shark attack" Rochette and Mark Barville with 3 nice 10ers....
Dave Akers displaying his 10 1/2 " trophy. Abalone taken in Mendocino County 5/10/08...
Louie Ozenne's "first ten"....A beauty too...
Ken Salva of Gualala holding a nice 10 5/16" trophy ab taken in Mendo Co...
TIPS FROM THE TOP NOW HAS ITS OWN LINK....
