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Record Ocean Sportfish

ANGLING

DIVING

Angling Records (hook and line)
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Sports-Diving Records
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Angling Record Verification Form
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Diving Record Verification Form
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Procedures for Submission of Angling Record
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Procedures for Submission of Diving Record
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Record Catch
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Bill Ernst landed this huge 93-pound, 4-ounce white seabass while free diving in Malibu and established a new California record in 2007.

Kim Larson displays a new State record with this 21-pound, 5-ounce Pacific bonito.

Joseph Tobin proudly sports his 30-pound, 11-ounce, record-size albacore that he speared during a free dive in the outer Monterey Bay.

Record Catch

Roger (left) and Robert (right) Borrell holding the state's new record for California halibut.
Record Catch

Daniel Schumacher speared this 24-pound, 0-ounce dolphinfish while free diving over an offshore sea mount in southern California. This official catch resulted in a new state record.


Twelve-year-old Conor Gorey established a first-time State saltwater angling record with this 14-pound, 8-ounce bronzespotted rockfish.

This work is supported in part by Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act funds. For more information or to register a trophy catch, contact:

California Department of Fish and Game
Brian Owens, (562) 342-7177

For Inland Fish Records, go to www.dfg.ca.gov/fish/Fishing.