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09-19-2006, 03:01 PM
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Dave Hochman Wins the Rhode Island State Spearfishing Championship, the Massachusetts State Spearfishing Championship and is crowned The North Atlantic Champion for the fourth time.
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After taking one year off from serious competition Dave Hochman dominates the 2006 season. The competitions break down into 3 state sanctioned meets that as a whole determine the North Atlantic Champion based on percentages. The three states involved are Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island each holding a State spearfishing tournament. Each was held in Rhode Island waters. Massachusetts was held off the point of Newport as well as the New York sate meet. Rhode Island state spearfishing championship was held off Point Judith RI. The meets are not for the meek at heart.
Each meet is kayak based; the kayak is the only allowed means of transportation. Some of the spearfishing spots can be as far as 3 mile from the staging area. Competitors have to be very well organized to carry all of their required equipment on and in their kayak. Typical items are three to five spear guns, 2 masks, weight belt, gloves, stringers, fins, anchor, life vest, and fish at the end of the meet. The meets are free diving meets meaning all competitors can only spearfish while breath holding, NO TANKS ALLOWED.
Some of the diving spots are as deep as 85 feet and when held down south as deep 130 feet. The conditions vary, but as a general rule the meets are not canceled unless there is a hurricane. Wave’s heights can be as high as 10 to 12 feet and visibility at times can be horrendous. Each tournament is 5 hours long. Competitors can spearfish within the state recreational limits. In RI a recreational angler can take 2 stripers, 25 scup, 10 blue fish, 3 totaug, ands all other fish, such as southern fish that are found here in the east coast when the water is warm, must be 12 inches long.
The first meet of the year was the New York Open held on Sunday July 30 at King's Beach in Newport, RI. The conditions where calm. Dave Hochman broke a stringer in the middle of the meet losing 2 stripers. He was able to recover one of them putting the 5th place.
Meet number two was The Rhode Island Open held in Pt. Judith, R.I. on August 20th, 2006. The conditions where predicted to blow 15 to 20 knots and build to 20 to 25 knots with seas 5 to 7 feet. NOAA missed the forecast and after the first 2 hours of rough water with heavy seas the conditions settled to a nice 10kt wind with waves heights around 3 feet. Dave Hochman’s catch was so strong that it out him 20 pts ahead of everyone for the North Atlantic Championship. The top ten where as follows:
1.) Dave Hochman 73.06pts 100% 58.13%
2.) Rene Potvin 38.6pts 52.44% 86.17%
3.) Justin Allen 38.4pts 52.17% 39.36%
4.) Jay Moore 24.8pts 33.69% 40.27%
5.) Marco Resendes 23.6pts 32.06% 77.36%
6.) Lou Cerosim 22.6pts 30.70% 67.93%
7.) Andre Lopez 21.2pts 28.80% 31.36%
8.) John Warnock 17.6pts 23.91% 51.37%
9.) Jon Michael Degidio 7.6pts 10.32%
10.) Mike Degi 5.2pts 7.06%
Meet number three was The Massachusetts Open, held Sunday (8/27) at King's Beach in Newport, RI. The forecast was for rain and heavy wind. NOAA predicted 15 to 20kt winds in the morning building to 25 to 30kt winds in the late morning with seas building to 7 to 9 feet. Unfortunately the forecast was right on. Although it was white water throughout the area the underwater visibility remained fair. Already leading the North Atlantic Dave Hochman secured the North Atlantic title with a solid 10 point lead over second place. He also won the biggest fish trophy. The top ten places where as follows:
1) Dave Hochman 71.2
2) Rene Potvin 61.2
3) Justin Allen 57.0
4) John Warnock 45.8
5) Marco Resendes 40.0
6) Jay Moore 24.4
7) Anne Doherty 19.2
8) John Lata 19.0
9) Andrey Lopez 11.4
10) Lou Cersosim 10.2
This was Dave Hochman’s 4th time As the North Atlantic Champion. He has also won the United States National Spearfishing Competition one time and placed third another. He has placed in the top three as well as many first place wins at the state level over the last 8 years.
Congrats to Dave on his accomplishments!
Dave Hochman Wins the Rhode Island State Spearfishing Championship, the Massachusetts State Spearfishing Championship and is crowned The North Atlantic Champion for the fourth time.
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After taking one year off from serious competition Dave Hochman dominates the 2006 season. The competitions break down into 3 state sanctioned meets that as a whole determine the North Atlantic Champion based on percentages. The three states involved are Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island each holding a State spearfishing tournament. Each was held in Rhode Island waters. Massachusetts was held off the point of Newport as well as the New York sate meet. Rhode Island state spearfishing championship was held off Point Judith RI. The meets are not for the meek at heart.
Each meet is kayak based; the kayak is the only allowed means of transportation. Some of the spearfishing spots can be as far as 3 mile from the staging area. Competitors have to be very well organized to carry all of their required equipment on and in their kayak. Typical items are three to five spear guns, 2 masks, weight belt, gloves, stringers, fins, anchor, life vest, and fish at the end of the meet. The meets are free diving meets meaning all competitors can only spearfish while breath holding, NO TANKS ALLOWED.
Some of the diving spots are as deep as 85 feet and when held down south as deep 130 feet. The conditions vary, but as a general rule the meets are not canceled unless there is a hurricane. Wave’s heights can be as high as 10 to 12 feet and visibility at times can be horrendous. Each tournament is 5 hours long. Competitors can spearfish within the state recreational limits. In RI a recreational angler can take 2 stripers, 25 scup, 10 blue fish, 3 totaug, ands all other fish, such as southern fish that are found here in the east coast when the water is warm, must be 12 inches long.
The first meet of the year was the New York Open held on Sunday July 30 at King's Beach in Newport, RI. The conditions where calm. Dave Hochman broke a stringer in the middle of the meet losing 2 stripers. He was able to recover one of them putting the 5th place.
Meet number two was The Rhode Island Open held in Pt. Judith, R.I. on August 20th, 2006. The conditions where predicted to blow 15 to 20 knots and build to 20 to 25 knots with seas 5 to 7 feet. NOAA missed the forecast and after the first 2 hours of rough water with heavy seas the conditions settled to a nice 10kt wind with waves heights around 3 feet. Dave Hochman’s catch was so strong that it out him 20 pts ahead of everyone for the North Atlantic Championship. The top ten where as follows:
1.) Dave Hochman 73.06pts 100% 58.13%
2.) Rene Potvin 38.6pts 52.44% 86.17%
3.) Justin Allen 38.4pts 52.17% 39.36%
4.) Jay Moore 24.8pts 33.69% 40.27%
5.) Marco Resendes 23.6pts 32.06% 77.36%
6.) Lou Cerosim 22.6pts 30.70% 67.93%
7.) Andre Lopez 21.2pts 28.80% 31.36%
8.) John Warnock 17.6pts 23.91% 51.37%
9.) Jon Michael Degidio 7.6pts 10.32%
10.) Mike Degi 5.2pts 7.06%
Meet number three was The Massachusetts Open, held Sunday (8/27) at King's Beach in Newport, RI. The forecast was for rain and heavy wind. NOAA predicted 15 to 20kt winds in the morning building to 25 to 30kt winds in the late morning with seas building to 7 to 9 feet. Unfortunately the forecast was right on. Although it was white water throughout the area the underwater visibility remained fair. Already leading the North Atlantic Dave Hochman secured the North Atlantic title with a solid 10 point lead over second place. He also won the biggest fish trophy. The top ten places where as follows:
1) Dave Hochman 71.2
2) Rene Potvin 61.2
3) Justin Allen 57.0
4) John Warnock 45.8
5) Marco Resendes 40.0
6) Jay Moore 24.4
7) Anne Doherty 19.2
8) John Lata 19.0
9) Andrey Lopez 11.4
10) Lou Cersosim 10.2
This was Dave Hochman’s 4th time As the North Atlantic Champion. He has also won the United States National Spearfishing Competition one time and placed third another. He has placed in the top three as well as many first place wins at the state level over the last 8 years.
Congrats to Dave on his accomplishments!