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ANGLING RECORDS (hook and line) SPECIES WEIGHT LOCATION DATE ANGLER Barracuda, California 15 lb 15 oz San Onofre Aug. 24, 1957 C. O. Taylor Bass, Giant Sea* 563 lb 8 oz Anacapa Island Aug. 20, 1968 James D. McAdams Jr. Bass, Barred Sand 13 lb 3 oz Huntington Flats Aug. 29, 1988 Robert Halal Bass, Kelp 14 lb 7 oz San Clemente Island Jul. 30, 1958 C. O. Taylor Bass, Spotted Sand 6 lb 12 oz Newport Bay Oct. 1, 1994 Matt Bergherm Bonito, Pacific 22 lb 3 oz Malibu Cove Jul. 30, 1978 Gino Piccolo Cabezon 23 lb 4 oz Los Angeles Apr. 20, 1958 Bruce Kuhn Corbina, California 6 lb 9 oz Dana Point Harbor May. 23, 1997 Scott Mathews Croaker, Spotfin 14 lb 0 oz Playa del Rey Sep. 24, 1951 Charles Dusart Croaker, Yellowfin 3 lb 14 oz Santa Monica Beach Oct. 8, 2000 Fred Oakley Dolphinfish 66 lb 0 oz 209 Spot Sep. 9, 1990 Kim Larson Flounder, Starry 11 lb 4 oz San Simeon Aug. 29, 1993 Steve Doshier Greenling, Kelp 2 lb 9 oz San Simeon Jul. 23, 1993 Ray Hardy Halibut, California 58 lb 9 oz Santa Rosa Island Jun. 26, 1999 Roger W. Borrell Jacksmelt 1 lb 8 oz San Nicholas Island May. 12, 1998 William J. Rogers Lingcod 56 lb 0 oz Crescent City Jul. 12, 1992 Carey Mitchell Mackerel, Jack 5 lb 8 oz Huntington Beach Sep. 1, 1988 Joe Bairian Mackerel, Pacific (Chub) 2 lb 8 oz Los Angeles Nov. 5, 1995 Bob Tanji Marlin, Blue 692 lb 0 oz Balboa Aug. 18, 1931 A. Hamann Marlin, Striped 339 lb 0 oz Catalina Island Jul. 4, 1985 Gary Jasper Opah 163 lb 0 oz Port San Luis Oct. 8, 1998 Tom Foran Opaleye 6 lb 4 oz Los Flores Creek May. 13, 1956 Leonard Itkoff Perch, Pile OPEN Prickleback,Monkeyface 4 lb 12 oz Marin County Jun. 16, 2002 Larry Gates Ray, Bat 181 lb 0 oz Huntington Beach Jul. 24, 1978 Bradley Dew Rockfish, Black 9 lb 2 oz S. F. Light Station Sep. 3, 1988 Trent Wilcox Rockfish, Blue 3 lb 14 oz San Carpoforo Oct. 14, 1993 Terry Lamb Jr. Rockfish, Bocaccio 17 lb 8 oz Point St Georges Reef Oct. 25, 1987 Sam Strait Rockfish, Bronzespotted 14 lb 8 oz Cherry Bank Feb. 22, 1997 Conor Gorey Rockfish, Brown 5 lb 15 oz Farallon Islands Feb. 28, 2002 Mike Librero Rockfish, Canary 6 lb 15 oz Usal Beach Sep. 30, 2001 Kevin Kerns Rockfish, China 3 lb 4 oz Russian River Jul. 24, 1998 Joe Newman Rockfish, Copper 8 lb 3 oz Pigeon Point Aug. 18, 1985 Kenny Aab Rockfish, Cowcod* 21 lb 14 oz Hidden Reef Aug. 10, 1998 Carlos A. Herrera Rockfish, Grass 5 lb 1 oz Ragged Point Sep. 10, 1995 Ken Roberts Rockfish, Olive
5 lb 14 oz St. Augustine Reef
Nov. 21, 1991
Haady Forbes Rockfish, Vermilion 14 lb 9 oz Morro Bay Jul. 31, 1996 Bobby Cruce Rockfish, Yelloweye 18 lb 3 oz Piedras Blancas Apr. 15, 1994 John Cossey Rockfish, Yellowtail 5 lb 8 oz Alder Ck., Monterey Co. Aug. 4, 1991 Alberto Cortez Salmon, Chinook (King) 65 lb. 4 oz. Crescent City Aug. 21, 2002 Franklin T. Cox Scorpionfish, Calif. (Sculpin) 3 lb 0 oz Silver Strand Beach Dec. 26, 1997 Nathan Weatherson Seabass, White 78 lb 0 oz Monterey Bay Apr. 4, 2002 David L. Sternberg Seaperch, Black OPEN Seaperch, Rubberlip 4 lb 4 oz Monterey Dunes Jun. 24, 1995 Joe Manalac Seaperch, Striped OPEN Seaperch, Barred 4 lb 2 oz Morro Bay Nov. 8 1995 Artie J. Ferguson Seaperch, Barred 4 lb 2 oz Oxnard Mar. 30, 1996 Fred Oakley Seaperch, Redtail OPEN Shark, Blue 25 lb 14 oz Cherry Bank Nov. 27, 1999 Richard Q. Bean Shark, Leopard 40 lb 10 oz Oceanside May. 13, 1994 Fred Oakley Shark, Mako (Bonito) 986 lb 0 oz Santa Barbara Is. Sep. 5, 1999 Tom Brooks Jr. Shark, Sevengill 276 lb 0 oz Humboldt Bay Oct. 17, 1996 Cliff Brewer Shark, Thresher 527 lb 0 oz San Diego Oct. 4, 1980 Kenneth Schilling Sheephead, California 28 lb 14 oz Paradise Cove Dec. 6, 1978 Tibor Molnar Jr. Sole, Fantail 8 lb 8 oz San Clemente Island Jun. 6, 2001 Allan Sheridan Swordfish, Broadbill 337 lb 12 oz San Clemente Island Jul. 6, 1958 Keith Grover Tuna, Albacore 90 lb 0 oz Santa Cruz Oct. 21, 1997 Don Giberson Tuna, Bigeye 240 lb 0 oz Butterfly Bank Aug. 1, 1987 Steve Hutchinson Tuna, Bluefin 243 lb 11 oz 277 Spot Sept. 8, 1990 Karl E. Schmidbauer Tuna, Skipjack 26 lb 0 oz San Diego Aug. 28, 1970 William Hall Tuna, Yellowfin 239 lb 0 oz Catalina Island Nov. 4, 1984 Ronald B. Howarth Whitefish, Ocean 13 lb 12 oz Cortes Bank Apr. 23, 1988 Bob Schwenk Yellowtail 63 lb 1 oz Santa Barbara Is. Jun. 18, 2000 Kwang Nam Lee *State law presently prohibits the take of giant (black) sea bass and cowcod off California, Section 28.10 and 28.55 (b), Title 14, California Administrative code.
Angling records courtesy of the California Department of Fish and Game
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