California State Fishing Records
| Species | Weight | Length (in) | Girth (in) | Location | County | Date |
| abalone, flat* | 6.875 | Stewarts Point | Sonoma | 6/20/1994 | ||
| abalone, green* | 8.25 | San Clemente Island | Los Angeles | 8/5/1986 | ||
| abalone, red** | 12.33 | Humboldt | Humboldt | 9/5/1993 | ||
| barracuda, California | 15 lbs 15 oz | San Onofre | San Diego | 8/24/1957 | ||
| barracuda, California | 14 lbs 7 oz | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 8/1/1957 | ||
| bass, barred sand | 13 lbs 3 oz | Huntington Flats | Orange | 8/29/1988 | ||
| bass, barred sand | 12 lbs 12 oz | Long Beach | Los Angeles | 8/9/2004 | ||
| bass, giant sea* | 563 lbs 8 oz | Anacapa Island | Ventura | 8/20/1968 | ||
| bass, giant sea* | 545 lbs 0 oz | Santa Cruz Island | Santa Barbara | 9/1/1968 | ||
| bass, kelp | 14 lbs 7 oz | San Clemente Island | Los Angeles | 7/30/1958 | ||
| bass, kelp | 12 lbs 6 oz | San Clemente | Orange | 10/30/2012 | ||
| bass, largemouth | 21 lbs 12 oz | Castaic Lake | Los Angeles | 3/5/1991 | ||
| bass, smallmouth | 9 lbs 13 oz | 24.75 | 18.5 | Pardee Reservoir | Amador | 7/3/2007 |
| bass, spotted sand | 6 lbs 12 oz | Newport Bay | Orange | 10/1/1994 | ||
| bass, spotted/Alabama | 11 lbs 4 oz | 24.5 | 20.75 | New Bullards Bar Reservoir | Yuba | 2/12/2017 |
| bass, striped | 67 lbs 8 oz | O'Neill Forebay | Merced | 5/7/1992 | ||
| bass, white | 5 lbs 5 oz | Ferguson Lake | Riverside | 5/8/1972 | ||
| bonito, Pacific | 21 lbs 5 oz | 181 Spot | San Diego | 10/19/2003 | ||
| bonito, Pacific | 10 lbs 4 oz | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 7/1/1967 | ||
| cabezon | 23 lbs 4 oz | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 4/20/1958 | ||
| cabezon | 18 lbs 6 oz | Pedotti Ranch | Sonoma | 5/1/1984 | ||
| catfish, blue | 113 lbs 5 oz | 57 | 39 | San Vicente Reservoir | San Diego | 7/24/2008 |
| catfish, bullhead, brown | 4 lbs 8 oz | Trinity Lake | Trinity | 10/7/1993 | ||
| catfish, channel | 53 lbs 8 oz | 46.5 | 36 | San Joaquin River | Stanislaus | 9/22/2008 |
| catfish, flathead | 72 lbs 14 oz | 53.5 | 36 | Colorado River | Riverside | 4/22/2003 |
| catfish, white | 22 lbs 0 oz | Land Park pond | Sacramento | 3/21/1994 | ||
| clam, Pismo | 6.75 | Coronado | San Diego | 6/13/2010 | ||
| clam, Pismo | 6.75 | Rincon | Ventura | 12/5/2014 | ||
| corbina, California | 7 lbs 1 oz | Newport Harbor | Orange | 5/30/2005 | ||
| corbina, California | 5 lbs 15 oz | Corona Del Mar | Orange | 7/1/1982 | ||
| crappie, black | 4 lbs 1 oz | New Hogan Lake | Calaveras | 3/29/1975 | ||
| crappie, white | 4 lbs 8 oz | Clear Lake | Lake | 4/26/1971 | ||
| croaker, corvina, | 37 lbs 0 oz | Salton Sea | Imperial | 7/15/1988 | ||
| croaker, sargo | 4 lbs 1 oz | Salton Sea | Imperial | 1/1/1972 | ||
| croaker, spotfin | 14 lbs 0 oz | Playa del Rey | Los Angeles | 9/24/1951 | ||
| croaker, spotfin | 8 lbs 12 oz | Corona Del Mar | Orange | 1/1/1968 | ||
| croaker, yellowfin | 3 lbs 14 oz | Santa Monica Beach | Los Angeles | 10/8/2000 | ||
| dolphinfish | 66 lbs 0 oz | 209 Spot | Orange | 9/9/1990 | ||
| dolphinfish | 28 lbs 0 oz | San Diego | 9/8/2018 | |||
| flounder, starry | 11 lbs 4 oz | San Simeon | San Luis Obispo | 8/29/1993 | ||
| flounder, starry | no record - minimum size requirement: 8 pounds | |||||
| grayling, Arctic | 1 lb 12 oz | Lobdell Lake | Mono | 8/27/1974 | ||
| greenling, kelp | 3 lbs 4 oz | Carmel | Monterey | 9/17/2014 | ||
| halibut, California | 67 lbs 4 oz | Santa Rosa Island | Santa Barbara | 7/1/2011 | ||
| halibut, California | 72 lbs 8 oz | Santa Cruz Island | Santa Barbara | 8/1/1982 | ||
| jacksmelt | 1 lb 8 oz | San Nicholas Island | Ventura | 6/12/1998 | ||
| lingcod | 56 lbs 0 oz | Crescent City | Del Norte | 7/12/1992 | ||
| lingcod | 37 lbs 0 oz | Mendocino | Mendocino | 8/2/2012 | ||
| lobster, spiny | 16 lbs 1 oz | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 2/1/1968 | ||
| mackerel, jack | 5 lbs 8 oz | Huntington Beach | Orange | 9/1/1988 | ||
| mackerel, Pacific (chub) | 2 lbs 8 oz | Horseshoe Kelp | Los Angeles | 11/5/1995 | ||
| mackerel, Pacific (chub) | ||||||
| marlin, blue | 692 lbs 0 oz | Balboa | Orange | 8/18/1931 | ||
| marlin, striped | 339 lbs 0 oz | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 7/4/1985 | ||
| minnow, carp | 52 lbs 0 oz | Lake Nacimiento | San Luis Obispo | 4/1/1968 | ||
| opah | 163 lbs 0 oz | Port San Luis | San Luis Obispo | 10/8/1998 | ||
| opaleye | 6 lbs 4 oz | Los Flores Creek | 5/13/1956 | |||
| opaleye | 13 lbs 7 oz | Laguna Beach | Orange | 10/18/1964 | ||
| perch, black | 2 lbs 9 oz | Pacific Grove | Monterey | 2/20/2011 | ||
| perch, pile | 2 lbs 4 oz | Monterey | Monterey | 7/31/2013 | ||
| perch, pile | 2 lbs 8 oz | Stillwater Cove | Monterey | 5/7/2011 | ||
| prickleback, monkeyface | 7 lbs 8 oz | 29 | Pescadero | San Mateo | 2/18/2019 | |
| prickleback, monkeyface | 7 lbs 5 oz | Carmel | Monterey | 9/7/2013 | ||
| ray, bat | 181 lbs 0 oz | Huntington Beach | Orange | 7/24/1978 | ||
| rockfish, black | 9 lbs 2 oz | S.F. Light Station | San Francisco | 9/3/1988 | ||
| rockfish, black | 8 lbs 3 oz | Shell Beach | Sonoma | 11/19/2008 | ||
| rockfish, blue | 3 lbs 14 oz | San Carpoforo Creek | San Luis Obispo | 10/14/1993 | ||
| rockfish, blue | 4 lbs 7 oz | 17.5 | Humboldt Bay | Humboldt | 8/30/2017 | |
| rockfish, bocaccio | 17 lbs 8 oz | Point St Georges Reef | Del Norte | 10/25/1987 | ||
| rockfish, bocaccio | 4 lbs 9 oz | 29 | Carmel | Monterey | 11/19/2017 | |
| rockfish, bronzespotted* | 14 lbs 8 oz | Cherry Bank | Los Angeles | 2/22/1997 | ||
| rockfish, brown | 6 lbs 15 oz | Colorado Reef | San Mateo | 9/29/2008 | ||
| rockfish, canary | 7 lbs 8 oz | Fort Bragg | Mendocino | 5/12/2019 | ||
| rockfish, china | 3 lbs 4 oz | Russian River | Sonoma | 7/24/1998 | ||
| rockfish, copper | 8 lbs 5 oz | Pigeon Point | Monterey | 8/18/1985 | ||
| rockfish, copper | 9 lbs 5 oz | Mendocino | Mendocino | 10/14/1972 | ||
| rockfish, cowcod* | 21 lbs 14 oz | Hidden Reef | Ventura | 8/10/1998 | ||
| rockfish, grass | 6 lbs 7 oz | Bean Hollow State Beach | San Mateo | 6/30/2012 | ||
| rockfish, grass | 6 lbs 7 oz | Big Sur | Monterey | 3/11/2018 | ||
| rockfish, greenspotted | 2 lbs 5 oz | Piedras Blancas | San Luis Obispo | 6/24/2005 | ||
| rockfish, olive | 7 lbs 4 oz | Morro Bay | San Luis Obispo | 10/12/2014 | ||
| rockfish, olive | 6 lbs 1 oz | Carmel | Monterey | 1/2/2012 | ||
| rockfish, treefish | 4 lbs 3 oz | Malibu | Los Angeles | 8/9/2003 | ||
| rockfish, vermilion | 14 lbs 9 oz | Morro Bay | San Luis Obispo | 7/31/1996 | ||
| rockfish, vermilion | 10 lbs 10 oz | Fort Ross | Sonoma | 5/5/2018 | ||
| rockfish, yelloweye* | 18 lbs 3 oz | Piedras Blancas | San Luis Obispo | 4/15/1994 | ||
| rockfish, yellowtail | 5 lbs 8 oz | Alder Creek | Monterey | 8/4/1991 | ||
| Sacramento pikeminnow | 13 lbs 13 oz | 31 | 19.5 | Pardee Reservoir | Amador | 2/14/2014 |
| salmon, Chinook | 88 lbs 0 oz | Sacramento River | Shasta | 11/21/1979 | ||
| salmon, Chinook (king) | 65 lbs 4 oz | Crescent City | Del Norte | 8/21/2002 | ||
| salmon, Chinook, Inland | 20 lbs 15 oz | 35.25 | 22.75 | Trinity Lake | Trinity | 7/16/2013 |
| salmon, coho | 22 lbs 0 oz | 38.5 | Paper Mill Creek | Marin | 1/3/1959 | |
| salmon, coho, Inland | 8 lbs 15 oz | 29.5 | 16.25 | Oroville Diversion Pool | Butte | 7/2/2015 |
| salmon, kokanee | 5 lbs 2 oz | 24.75 | 15.75 | Lake Tahoe | Placer | 7/20/2013 |
| salmon, pink | 8 lbs 11 oz | Sacramento River | Shasta | 9/22/2001 | ||
| sargo | 3 lbs 3 oz | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 12/28/2010 | ||
| scallop, rock | 11.125 | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 6/1/1972 | ||
| scorpionfish, California | 3 lbs 0 oz | Silver Strand Beach | San Diego | 12/26/1997 | ||
| seabass, white | 79 lbs 0 oz | Pajaro River Mouth | Santa Cruz | 10/14/2011 | ||
| seabass, white | 93 lbs 4 oz | Malibu | Los Angeles | 9/17/2007 | ||
| seaperch, rubberlip | 5 lbs 0 oz | Monterey Bay | Monterey | 6/18/2009 | ||
| seaperch, rubberlip | 4 lbs 10 oz | Carmel | Monterey | 1/2/2012 | ||
| seaperch, striped | 2 lbs 11 oz | King Salmon | Humboldt | 4/26/2019 | ||
| shad, American | 7 lbs 5 oz | West Branch of the Feather River | Butte | 5/9/1985 | ||
| shark, blue | 258 lbs 8 oz | Channel Islands | Santa Barbara | 8/29/2008 | ||
| shark, blue | 231 lbs 0 oz | Santa Cruz Island | Santa Barbara | 8/1/1974 | ||
| shark, leopard | 47 lbs 1 oz | Palos Verdes | Los Angeles | 7/18/2007 | ||
| shark, sevengill | 276 lbs 0 oz | Humboldt Bay | Humboldt | 10/17/1996 | ||
| shark, shortfin mako | 1,098 lbs 12 oz | Anacapa Island | Ventura | 7/24/2010 | ||
| shark, shortfin mako | 484 lbs 4 oz | San Diego | San Diego | 6/16/2017 | ||
| shark, soupfin (tope) | 38 lbs 4 oz | 62 | Torrey Pines | San Diego | 10/29/2017 | |
| shark, thresher | 575 lbs 0 oz | Carlsbad Canyon | San Diego | 5/26/2007 | ||
| sheephead, California | 30 lbs 8 oz | Newport Beach | Orange | 8/29/2009 | ||
| sheephead, California | 40 lbs 7 oz | San Miguel Island | Santa Barbara | 8/9/1992 | ||
| sole, fantail | 8 lbs 8 oz | San Clemente Island | Los Angeles | 6/6/2001 | ||
| squid, Humboldt | no record - minimum size requirement: 40 pounds | |||||
| sturgeon, white | 468 lbs 0 oz | San Pablo Bay | Contra Costa | 7/9/1983 | ||
| sunfish, (hybrid) | 1 lb. 4 oz. | 11 | 11.25 | Rancho Seco Lake | Sacramento | 8/16/2015 |
| sunfish, bluegill | 3 lbs 14 oz | 14.3 | 18.5 | Rancho Murieta Reservoir | Sacramento | 6/22/2008 |
| sunfish, pumpkinseed | 1 lb 0 oz | Mountain Meadows Reservoir | Lassen | 8/4/1998 | ||
| sunfish, redear | 5 lbs 13 oz | 17 | 19.5 | Lake Havasu | San Bernardino | 2/16/2014 |
| sunfish, Sacramento perch | 3 lbs 10 oz | Crowley Lake | Mono | 5/22/1979 | ||
| sunfish, warmouth | 0 lb 15 oz | 9 | 8.75 | Hensley Lake | Madera | 5/21/2004 |
| surfperch, barred | 4 lbs 2 oz | Morro Bay | San Luis Obispo | 11/8/1995 | ||
| surfperch, barred | 4 lbs 2 oz | Oxnard | Ventura | 3/30/1996 | ||
| surfperch, calico | 1 lb 15 oz | Garrapata Beach | Monterey | 1/13/2018 | ||
| surfperch, rainbow | no record - minimum size requirement: 1 pound | |||||
| surfperch, redtail | 3 lbs 7 oz | Kellogg Beach | Del Norte | 4/23/2012 | ||
| surfperch, walleye | no record - minimum size requirement: 1 pound | |||||
| swordfish | 452 lbs 8 oz | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 9/30/2003 | ||
| tilapia | 6 lbs 0 oz | 20 | 16 | Palo Verde Lagoon | Imperial | 4/5/2007 |
| trout, brook | 9 lbs 12 oz | Silver Lake | Mono | 9/9/1932 | ||
| trout, brown | 26 lbs 8 oz | Twin Lakes | Mono | 4/30/1987 | ||
| trout, bull | 9 lbs 11 oz | Lake McCloud | Shasta | 5/1/1968 | ||
| trout, cutthroat, wild | 31 lbs 8 oz | Lake Tahoe | Placer | 1/1/1911 | ||
| trout, golden | 9 lbs 8 oz | Virginia Lake | Fresno | 8/18/1952 | ||
| trout, lake | 37 lbs 6 oz | Lake Tahoe | Placer | 6/21/1974 | ||
| trout, rainbow | 27 lbs 0 oz | 37.5 | 26 | Lake Natoma | Sacramento | 10/2/2005 |
| trout, rainbow, domestic | 28 lbs 5 oz | 33.5 | 26.5 | Private lake | Butte | 1/3/2006 |
| trout, steelhead rainbow | 27 lbs 4 oz | Smith River | Del Norte | 12/22/1976 | ||
| tuna, albacore | 90 lbs 0 oz | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | 10/21/1997 | ||
| tuna, albacore | 30 lbs 11 oz | Outer Monterey Bay | Monterey | 10/14/1998 | ||
| tuna, bigeye | 240 lbs 0 oz | Butterfly Bank | San Diego | 8/1/1987 | ||
| tuna, bluefin | 245 lbs 0 oz | 43 Fathom Bank | San Diego | 8/14/2016 | ||
| tuna, bluefin | 269 lbs 11 oz | Mission Bay | San Diego | 6/22/2016 | ||
| tuna, skipjack | 26 lbs 0 oz | San Diego | San Diego | 8/28/1970 | ||
| tuna, yellowfin | 265 lbs 0 oz | Oceanside | San Diego | 9/26/2017 | ||
| tuna, yellowfin | 66 lbs 7 oz | 43 Fathom Bank | 8/27/2016 | |||
| whitefish, mountain | 3 lbs 1 oz | 20 | 10.75 | Lake Tahoe | Placer | 1/24/2004 |
| whitefish, ocean | 13 lbs 12 oz | Cortez Bank | San Diego | 4/23/1988 | ||
| whitefish, ocean | 13 lbs 12 oz | San Nicholas Island | Ventura | 7/3/2010 | ||
| yellowtail | 63 lbs 1 oz | Santa Barbara Island | Santa Barbara | 6/18/2000 | ||
| yellowtail | 65 lbs 0 oz | Cortez Bank | San Diego | 10/11/1988 |