State Records: California

California

Here are all the known fishing records for the State of California
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Species  Weight Location Angler County Date
Albacore Tuna 90 lbs 
0 oz		 Santa Cruz Don Giberson   10/21/1997
American Shad 7 lbs 
5 oz		 Feather River  Craig Stillwell Butte 5/9/1985
Arctic Grayling 1 lbs 
12 oz		 Lobdell Lake  Don Acton Jr. Mono 8/27/1974
Bigeye Tuna 240 lbs 
0 oz		 Butterfly Bank Steve Hutchinson   8/1/1997
Black Crappie 4 lbs 
1 oz		 New Hogan Lake  Wilma L. Honey Calaveras 3/29/1975
Black Rockfish 9 lbs 
2 oz		 S. F. Light Station Trent Wilcox   9/3/1988
Blue Catfish 101 lbs 0 oz San Vicente Reservoir  Roger A. Rohrbouck San Diego 3/12/2000
Blue Marlin 692 lbs 
0 oz		 Balboa A. Hamann   8/13/1931
Blue Rockfish 3 lbs 
14 oz		 San Carpoforo Terry Lamb Jr.   10/14/1993
Bluefin Tuna 243 lbs 
11 oz		 277 Spot Karl E. Schmidbauer   9/8/1990
Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 
8 oz		 Lower Otay Reservoir  Davis Buckhanan   7/10/1991
Bocaccio Rockfish 17 lbs 
8 oz		 Point St Georges Reef Sam Strait   10/25/1987
Brook Trout 9 lbs 
12 oz		 Silver Lake  Texas Haynes Mono 9/9/1932
Brown Trout 26 lbs 
8 oz		 Upper Twin Lake  Danny Stearman Mono 4/30/1987
Bull Trout 9 lbs 
11 oz		 McCloud Lake  James S. McCloud Siskiyou 5/1/1968
Bullhead 4 lbs 
8 oz		 Trinity Lakes  Gary Dittenbir   10/7/1993
Canary Rockfish 6 lbs 
15 oz		 Usal Beach Kevin Kerns   9/30/2001
Carp 52 lbs 
0 oz		 Nacimiento Lake  Lee Bryant San Luis Obispo 4/1/1968
Channel Catfish 52 lbs 
10 oz		 Santa Ana River Lakes  Lee Porter Orange 7/12/1993
Chinook (King) Salmon 88 lbs 
0 oz		 Sacramento River  O.H. Lindberg Tehama 11/21/1979
Coho Salmon 22 lbs 
0 oz		 Paper Mill Creek  Milton T. Hain Marin 1/3/1959
Copper Rockfish 8 lbs 3 oz Pigeon Point Kenny Aab   8/18/1985
Cutthroat Trout 31 lbs 
8 oz		 Lake Tahoe  William Pomin El Dorado 1911
Flathead Catfish 60 lbs 
0 oz		 Colorado River  Virgil Grimes   3/7/1992
Golden Trout 9 lbs 
8 oz		 Virginia Lake  O.A. Benefield Fresno 8/18/1952
Green Sunfish 1 lbs 
12 oz		 private pond near Bella Vista unknown Shasta 6/3/1978
Kokanee Salmon 4 lbs 
13 oz		 Lake Tahoe  Dick Bournique El Dorado 8/1/1973
Lake Trout 37 lbs 
3 oz		 Lake Tahoe  Robert G. Aronsen El Dorado 6/21/1974
Largemouth Bass 21 lbs 
12 oz		 Lake Castaic  Michael Arujo Los Angeles 3/5/1991
Lingcod 56 lbs 
0 oz		 Crescent City Carey Mitchell   7/12/1992
Mountain Whitefish 2 lbs 
7 oz		 Truckee River  John Roberts Placer 8/21/1999
Olive Rockfish 5 lbs 
14 oz		 St. Augustine Reef Haady Forbes   11/21/1991
Orangemouth Corvina 37 lbs 
0 oz		 Salton Sea  Dick Van Dam Riverside 7/15/1988
Pumpkinseed Sunfish 1 lbs 
0 oz		 Mt. Meadows Reservoir  Dave Smith Lassen 8/4/1996
Rainbow Trout 27 lbs 
4 oz		 Smith River  Robert Halley Del Norte 12/22/1976
Redear Sunfish 5 lbs 
3 oz		 Folsom So. Canal  Anthony White Sacramento 6/27/1994
Sacramento Perch 3 lbs 
10 oz		 Crowley Lake  Jack Johnson Mono 5/22/1979
Sargo 4 lbs 
1 oz		 Salton Sea  Mike Leonte Riverside 1972
Skipjack Tuna 26 lbs 
0 oz		 San Diego William Hall   9/28/1970
Smallmouth Bass 9 lbs 
1 oz		 Clair Engle Lake  Tim Brady Trinity 3/20/1976
Spotted Bass 10 lbs 
4 oz		 Pine Flat Reservoir  Brian Shishido Fresno 5/3/2001
Starry Flounder 11 lbs 
4 oz		 San Simeon Steve Doshier   8/29/1993
Striped Bass 67 lbs 
8 oz		 ONeill Forebay  Hank Ferguson Merced 5/7/1992
Striped Marlin 339 lbs 
0 oz		 Catalina Island Gary Jasper   7/4/1985
Sturgeon 468 lbs 
0 oz		 San Pablo Bay  Joey Pallotta   7/9/1983
Tilapia 3 lbs 
8 oz		 Palo Verde Canal  Carol A. Bellamy Riverside 11/27/2000
Vermilion Rockfish 14 lbs 
9 oz		 Morro Bay Bobby Cruce   7/31/1996
Warmouth 0 lbs 12 oz American River  Lester W. Falloon Sacramento 7/21/1982
White Bass 5 lbs 
5 oz		 Ferguson Lake  Milton Mize   5/8/1972
White Catfish 22 lbs 
0 oz		 William Land Park Pond  James Robinson Sacramento 3/21/1994
White Crappie 4 lbs 
8 oz		 Clear Lake  Carol Carlton Lake 4/26/1971
Yellowfin Tuna 239 lbs 
0 oz		 Catalina Island Ronald B. Howarth   11/4/1984
Yellowtail Rockfish 5 lbs 
8 oz		 Alder Ck. Alberto Cortez Monterey 9/4/1991