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 |
