Guys,
I read of this cancelation and can't help but think it's the result of the freedivers basically blowing the yakkers out of the water.
First off, in the last two derbys the freedivers gave back the winning prize money as a donation to Hubbs. Come on.... they are basically stocking the very fish were are going after.
Whats going on this year with the Spearos is a 3 day WSB tourney this weekend with a BBQ tribute to Jack Prodanovich at Hubbs Sea World on Monday.
This is a bragging rights ONLY Tourney. All entrance fees go to Hubbs ($30). There are about 150 people registered. ALL the major gun makers and dealers have stepped up and donated probably about $20 K+ in custom guns and other prizes for the raffle, again all money going to Hubbs.
http://www.whiteseabassopen.com/
About 200# of WSB has been donated by spearos for the BBQ and Gabe of Naked Cafe
http://www.thenakedcafe.com/ is gonna volunteer to cook it up in style.
The spearos have always had the attitude that they are a "Tribe".
Maybe if the yakkers got together once in a while over a few beers, there would not be so much in-fighting as witnessed by last years WCW.
Also, they really need those heads for grow out and survival rates. I heard a chip was found recently in a very large fish that wasn't released all that long ago. That fish obviously had to have had optimum growing conditions. That's the kind of info that is golden to them.
More and more fish are going to be having chips in them.