Saltwater Fishing Records
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SALT WATER RECORDS
Updated: September 14, 2004
| FISH |
RECORD |
ANGLER |
LOCATION |
DATE |
| CHIMAERAS (family Chimaeridae) |
spotted ratfish |
Hydrolagus colliei |
3.9 lbs |
William J. Denning |
Hein Bank |
July 19, 1996 |
| CODFISHES (family Gadidae) |
Pacific cod |
Gadus macrocephalus |
19.63 lbs |
Ralph Bay |
Ediz Hook |
March 6, 1984 |
| Pacific tomcod |
Microgadus proximus |
no state record |
| walleye pollock |
Theragra chalcogramma |
no state record |
| FLOUNDERS, Lefteye (family Bothidae) |
Pacific sanddab |
Citharichthys sordidus |
0.81 lbs |
Richard Bethke |
Lawson Reef, Island County |
June 22, 2003 |
| FLOUNDERS, Righteye (family Pleuronectidae) |
arrowtooth flounder |
Atheresthes stomias |
no state record |
| English sole |
Parophrys vetulus |
no state record |
| Pacific halibut |
Hippoglossus stenolepsis |
288.0 lbs |
Vic Stevens |
Swiftsure Bank |
September 9, 1989 |
| petrale sole |
Eopsetta jordani |
7.57 lbs |
John Stone |
Jefferson Head |
June 11, 1980 |
| rock sole |
Lepidopsetta bilineata |
4.19 lbs |
Alan Schram |
Hein Bank |
July 9, 1989 |
| sand sole |
Psettichthys melanostictus |
no state record |
| starry flounder |
Platichtys stellatus |
8.57 lbs |
Danny Patterson |
West of Sekiu Point, Clallam Co. |
July 6, 1997 |
| GREENLINGS (family Hexagrammidae) |
kelp greenling |
Hexagrammos decagrammus |
4.42 lbs |
Danita Rixen |
Sucia Island, San Juan Co. |
September 19, 1999 |
| kelp greenling (spear gun) |
Hexagrammos decagrammus |
3.88 lbs |
Jim Briggs |
Agate Pass |
June 5, 1983 |
| lingcod |
Ophiodon elongatus |
61.00 lbs |
Tom Nelson |
San Juan Islands |
July 30, 1986 |
| HAKES (family Merlucciidae) |
Pacific hake |
Merluccius productus |
no state record |
| JACKS (family Carangidae) |
jackmackerel |
Trachurus symmetricus |
4361 lbs |
Edgar T. Scoles |
Sekiu |
July 30, 2004 NEW!! |
| ROCKFISH (family Scorpaenidae) |
black rockfish |
Sebastes melanops |
10.25 lbs |
Joseph Eberling |
Tacoma Narrows |
May 20, 1980 |
| blue rockfish |
Sebastes mystinus |
3.91 lbs |
Erik M. Herbig |
Westport |
June 22, 1996 |
| bocaccio |
Sebastes paucispinis |
23.63 lbs |
Carson Kendall |
Swiftsure Bank |
August 8, 1987 |
| brown rockfish |
Sebastes auriculatus |
no state record |
| canary rockfish |
Sebastes pinniger |
10.57 lbs |
Ben Phillips |
Neah Bay |
August 30, 1986 |
| China rockfish |
Sebastes nebulosus |
4.19 lbs |
Steven Ripley |
Duncan Rock |
July 11, 1989 |
| copper rockfish |
Sebastes caurinus |
10.00 lbs |
David Northington |
Point Roberts Reef |
August 6, 1989 |
| greenstripe rockfish |
Sebastes elongatus |
1.63 lbs |
David Wedeking |
Possession Bar |
January 19, 1985 |
| quillback rockfish |
Sebastes maliger |
7.19 lbs |
Bror Hultgren |
Middle Bank |
October 29, 1987 |
| tiger rockfish |
Sebastes nigrocinctus |
7.50 lbs |
James Wenban |
Middle Bank |
November 30, 1989 |
| vermilion rockfish |
Sebastes miniatus |
7.07 lbs |
Gordon Thomsom |
Makah Bay |
July 25, 2000 |
| vermilion rockfish (spear gun) |
Sebastes miniatus |
13.50 lbs |
Lester Dorris, Jr. |
Neah Bay |
August 22, 1998 |
| yelloweye rockfish |
Sebastes ruberrimus |
27.75 lbs |
Jan Tavis |
Dallas Bank |
April 15, 1989 |
| yellowtail rockfish |
Sebastes flavidus |
7.38 lbs |
Ken Culver |
Westport |
September 15, 1992 |
| SABLEFISHES (family Anoplopomatidae) |
sablefish |
Anoplopoma fimbria |
30.00 lbs |
Jeff Rudolph |
Westport |
June 28, 1994 |
| SALMON (family Salmonidae) |
chinook salmon |
Oncorhychus tshawytscha |
70.50 lbs |
Chet Gausta |
Sekiu |
September 6, 1964 |
| chum salmon |
Oncorhynchus keta |
25.26 lbs |
Fred Dockendorf |
Pacific Ocean, Grays Harbor Co. |
August 7, 2001 |
| coho salmon |
Oncorhynchus kisutch |
25.34 lbs |
Martin Cooper |
Sekiu |
September 28, 2001 |
| pink salmon |
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha |
11.56 lbs |
Jeff Bergman |
Possession Point |
August 25, 2001 |
| sockeye salmon |
Oncorhynchus nerka |
9.37 lbs |
John Stebly |
Sekiu |
August 14, 2004 NEW!! |
| SCULPINS (family Cottidae) |
cabezon |
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus |
23.00 lbs |
Wesley S. Hunter |
Dungeness Spit |
August 4, 1990 |
| cabezon (spear gun) |
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus |
25.20 lbs |
Tony L. Rossberg |
Hale Passage (near Fox Island) |
May 22, 1997 |
| great sculpin |
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus |
4.60 lbs |
Mark Reynolds |
Port Angeles Harbor |
July 29, 1999 |
| Pacific staghorn sculpin |
Leptocottus armatus |
0.26 lbs |
John E. Moore |
Padilla Bay, Skagit Co. |
November 6, 2000 |
| red Irish lord |
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus |
3.19 lbs |
Ryan Dicks |
Mid-Channel Bank |
July 5, 1985 |
| SHARKS (family Carcharhinidae) |
blue shark |
Prionace glauca |
no state record |
| SHARKS (family Hexanchidae) |
sixgill shark |
Hexanchus griseus |
220.0 lbs |
Jim Haines |
Gedney Island |
January 30, 1991 |
| SHARKS (family Squalidae) |
spiny dogfish |
Squalus acanthias |
20.25 lbs |
Roger Petersen |
Middle Bank, Island Co. |
May 22, 1998 |
| SKATES (family Rajidae) |
big skate |
Raja binoculata |
130.0 lbs |
Dan Cartwright |
Double Bluff |
May 18, 1986 |
| SURFPERCH (family Embiotocidae) |
pile surfperch |
Damalichthys vacca |
3.57 lbs |
Steve Urban |
Quartermaster Harbor |
March 14, 1981 |
| redtail surfperch |
Amphistichus rhodoterus |
4.05 lbs |
Chris Maynard |
Kalaloch |
August 4, 1996 |
| striped surfperch (seaperch) |
Embiotoca lateralis |
2.07 lbs |
Chris Urban |
Quartermaster Harbor |
June 2, 1980 |
| TUNA (family Scombridae) |
Albacore tuna |
Thunnus alalunga |
52.00 lbs |
Kurt Strickland |
Pacific Ocean, Grays Harbor Co. |
October 1, 1997 |
| WOLFFISHES (family Anarhichadidae) |
wolf-eel |
Anarrhichthys ocellatus |
no state record |
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