California Spearfishing Records

Species Weight Location County Date Diver Details
barracuda, California 14 lbs 7 oz Catalina Island Los Angeles 8/1/1957 Pawlowicz, Duke Free
bass, barred sand 12 lbs 12 oz Long Beach Los Angeles 8/9/2004 Castro, Steven Free
bass, giant sea* 545 lbs 0 oz Santa Cruz Island Santa Barbara 9/1/1968 Stanbery, Bob Free
bass, kelp 12 lbs 6 oz San Clemente Orange 10/30/2012 Freeman, Dave Free
bonito, Pacific 10 lbs 4 oz Catalina Island Los Angeles 7/1/1967 Campbell, Sid Free
cabezon 18 lbs 6 oz Pedotti Ranch Sonoma 5/1/1984 Granholt, Ron Free
corbina, California 5 lbs 15 oz Corona Del Mar Orange 7/1/1982 Reeder, Willis Free
croaker, spotfin 8 lbs 12 oz Corona Del Mar Orange 1/1/1968 Wood, Omar Free
dolphinfish 28 lbs 0 oz   San Diego 9/8/2018 Kim, Joshua Free
halibut, California 72 lbs 8 oz Santa Cruz Island Santa Barbara 8/1/1982 Skwarlo, William Scuba
lingcod 37 lbs 0 oz Mendocino Mendocino 8/2/2012 Silveira, Dan Free
lobster, spiny 16 lbs 1 oz Catalina Island Los Angeles 2/1/1968 Watt, Jim Scuba
opaleye 13 lbs 7 oz Laguna Beach Orange 10/18/1964 Williams, David Free
perch, pile 2 lbs 8 oz Stillwater Cove Monterey 5/7/2011 Saxl, Christopher Free
prickleback, monkeyface 7 lbs 5 oz Carmel Monterey 9/7/2013 Russell, Jim Free
rockfish, black 8 lbs 3 oz Shell Beach Sonoma 11/19/2008 Cornett, Chris Free
rockfish, blue 4 lbs 7 oz Humboldt Bay Humboldt 8/30/2017 Venard, Woody Free
rockfish, bocaccio 4 lbs 9 oz Carmel Monterey 11/19/2017 Silveira, Daniel Free
rockfish, canary 3 lbs 4 oz Gualala Mendocino 8/12/2018 Titchenal, Matthew Free
rockfish, copper 9 lbs 5 oz Mendocino Mendocino 10/14/1972 Vinnedge, Dale Free
rockfish, grass 6 lbs 7 oz Big Sur Monterey 3/11/2018 Lewis, Jordan A. Free
rockfish, olive 6 lbs 1 oz Carmel Monterey 1/2/2012 Cupples, Christopher Free
rockfish, vermilion 10 lbs 10 oz Fort Ross Sonoma 5/5/2018 Bever, Aaron J. Free
seabass, white 93 lbs 4 oz Malibu Los Angeles 9/17/2007 Ernst, Bill Free
seaperch, rubberlip 4 lbs 10 oz Carmel Monterey 1/2/2012 Cupples, Christopher Free
shark, blue 231 lbs 0 oz Santa Cruz Island Santa Barbara 8/1/1974 Ballew, Robert L. Free
shark, shortfin mako 484 lbs 4 oz San Diego San Diego 6/16/2017 Fukushima, Yu Free
sheephead, California 40 lbs 7 oz San Miguel Island Santa Barbara 8/9/1992 Burton, Chip Scuba
tuna, albacore 30 lbs 11 oz Outer Monterey Bay Monterey 10/14/1998 Tobin, Joseph E. Free
tuna, bluefin 269 lbs 11 oz Mission Bay San Diego 6/22/2016 Scully, Kevin Free
tuna, yellowfin 66 lbs 7 oz 43 Fathom Bank   8/27/2016 Romanowski, Paul K. Free
yellowtail 65 lbs 0 oz Cortez Bank San Diego 10/11/1988 Murray, Tom Free