NEW WEIGHT WORLD RECORD AB TAKEN !

NEW WEIGHT WORLD RECORD AB TAKEN !

Hey all over this last weekend a new world record was taken for weight for an abalone. It was taken by Phil Mcryenolds, it was from some hwere up north. It weighed 14lb and 9 oz and measured 10 15/16 here is a pic.

whoa.....thats a meaty slob of an ab.

you got fullsize pics?  those thumbnails don't do it justice

here you go.

wow, that is a real helmet!

any clue as to the age of that sucker?

Holy cow!!!!!!!!!

That thing is HUUUUGGGGEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing Matt!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

 if you want to se more trophy abalone take a look at my friends web site here is a link
http://sites.google.com/site/abaloneten/tendivers

Damn that is one big ab! Nice bucket, I need to add that too my bucket list..

if you want to se more trophy abalone take a look at my friends web site here is a link
http://sites.google.com/site/abaloneten/tendivers

Those are some big snails dude!!!

Saw our buddy BlackAbKing, Batt, Brandi, and your name there as well!!!!!!

 

Probably some more NCKA folks on that list, but I just don't know their real names!!

 

GO NCKA!

BELOW ARE THE NAMES AND COUNTS OF  50  ABALONE DIVERS THAT ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL  "TEN" INCH DIVERS  IN THE WORLD.

250+.....Dwayne Dinucci*

200-249.....Phillip Johnson*, John Pepper*

150-199..... Dave Buller*,Jeff Centoni*

100-149.....Erik Owen*, Les Wendel*,Tony Vau, John Ramsey, Jack Likins, Steve Lackey, Johnathan Centoni*

 50-99......Tom Kidder, Mike Johnson*, Steve Buller, Ted Wheeler, Eric Stockwell*, Eric Anderson, Chris Glenn, Don Powers

40-49 ......Reed Gatton, Ken Bailey, Matt Lum, Allan Spehar*

30-39....... Crazy Ron, Mike Bettencourt, Bill Rigby

20-29.......Carl Anderson, Earl Wight, Gary Rose,  Martin Hoben*, Kevin Horstman,  Brandi Easter, Howard Bloom, Richard Lewis, Randy Jones*, Russ Slaughter, Joel Hendricks, Dave Batt*

10-19......Eric Bloom, Matt Mattison*, Wayne Johnson, Phil McReynolds*,  Paul Young, Mike Tobin,  Duanne Shoemake, Derek Bond, Mark Center, Mark Winscher, Ken Salva, Paul Weston, Rod Bartholf

*11 inch abalone included in overall count

Sincerely,

Jim
 

hey dont forget the * means they have an 11 inch abalone !

hey dont forget the * means they have an 11 inch abalone !

11 inches.....craziness!!!! 

You guys are all frikkin' studs...and studettes Brandi!! 

Sincerely,

Jim

Holy moly, that is a true helmet!!! Big props to ab hunters/divers in general. Love what you do and hope that I'll learn to do what you all enjoy doing. Thanks for sharing!!