Conventional Tackle June 7, 2006
SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME WEIGHT LOCATION DATE ANGLER
Amberjack, greater Seriola dumerili 142 lb
Islamorada Feb. 3, 1979 W. A. Colbert, Jr.
Barracuda, great Sphyraena barracuda 67 lb
Islamorada Jan. 29, 1949 Harold K. Goodstone
Bass, black sea Centropristis striata 5 lb 1 oz
Panama City July 21, 1956 Mrs. R.H. Martin
Bass, striped (saltwater) Morone saxatilis 43 lb
9 oz Indian River Jan. 3, 2004 Carl R. Jackson
Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix 22 lb 2 oz Jensen
Beach Mar. 19, 1973 Liz Yates
Bonefish Albula spp. 15 lb 12 oz Key Biscayne
Feb. 27, 1977 Ken Pittman
Bonito, Atlantic Sarda sarda Vacant
Catfish, gafftopsail Bagre marinus 8 lb 14 oz
Titusville Sept. 21, 1996 Larry C. Jones
Catfish, hardhead Arius felis 3 lb 5 oz Sebastian
Apr. 18, 1993 Amanda A. Steed
Cobia Rachycentron canadum 130 lb 1 oz Destin
Mar. 21, 1997 Peter McCollester
Croaker, Atlantic Micropogonias undulatus 4 lb 15
oz St. Lucie Dec. 15, 2002 Anthony de Foster
Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus 77 lb 12 oz Ft.
Pierce Apr. 27, 1985 Bill Foster
Drum, black Pogonias cromis 96 lb Fernandina
Beach April 12, 2001 James E. Cartwright
Drum, red Sciaenops ocellatus 52 lb 5 oz Cocoa
Feb. 24, 1996 George E. Hogan, Jr.
Flounder Bothidae or Pleuronectidae 20 lb 9 oz
Nassau County Dec. 23, 1983 Larenza W. Mungin
Grouper, black Mycteroperca bonaci 113 lb 6 oz
Dry Tortugas Jan. 27, 1990 Donald W. Bone
Grouper, gag Mycteroperca microlepis 80 lb 6 oz
Destin Oct. 14, 1993 Bill Smith
Grouper, goliath Epinephelus itajara 680 lb
Fernandina Beach May 20, 1961 Lynn Joyner
Grouper, Nassau Epinephelus striatus 3 lb 4 oz
Key Largo Nov. 16, 1984 Brian Edward Calhoun
Grouper, red Epinephelus morio 42 lb 4 oz St.
Augustine Inlet Mar. 9, 1997 Del Wiseman, Jr.
Grouper, Warsaw Epinephelus nigritus 436 lb 12 oz
Destin Dec. 22, 1985 Steve Haeusler
Grouper, yellowfin Mycteroperca venenosa 34 lb 6
oz Key Largo Dec. 7, 1988 Roy Hogrebe
Grunts, margates, Haemulon, spp. 15 lb 8 oz Key
West May 6, 2001 Carman Nichols
sailors choice, white margate
Hind, speckled Epinephelus drummondhayi 52 lb 8
oz Destin Oct. 21, 1994 Russell George Perry
Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus 19 lb 8 oz Daytona
Beach Apr. 28, 1962 Robert E. Batson
Jack, bar Caranx ruber 7 lb 12 oz Miami Dec. 18,
1999 Martin Arostegui
Jack, crevalle Caranx hippos 57 lb Jupiter May
18, 1993 Gerald John Washburn
Jack, horse-eye Caranx latus 25 lb 12 oz Palm
Beach Oct. 31, 1997 David Leavitt
Ladyfish Elops saurus 6 lb 4 oz Cocoa Beach Aug.
2, 2005 Lorie Elliot
Mackerel, cero Scomberomorus regalis 17 lb 2 oz
Islamorada Apr. 5, 1986 G. Michael Mills
Mackerel, king Scomberomorus cavalla 90 lb Key
West Feb. 16, 1976 Norton I. Thomton
Mackerel, Spanish Scomberomorus maculatus 12 lb
Ft. Pierce Nov. 17, 1984 John F. Colligan
Marlin, blue Makaira nigricans 1046 Panama City
July 14, 2001 Conrad E. Hawkins
Marlin, white Tetrapturus albidus 161 lb Miami
Beach Mar. 20, 1938 L. F. Hooper
Permit Trachinotus falcatus 56 lb 2 oz Ft.
Lauderdale June 30, 1997 Thomas Sebestyen
Pompano, African Alectis ciliaris 50 lb 8 oz
Daytona Beach Apr. 21, 1990 Tom Sargent
Pompano, Florida Trachinotus carolinus 8 lb 4 oz
Port St. Joe Oct. 16, 1999 Barry Huston
Runner, blue Caranx crysos 8 lb 5 oz Pensacola
June 16, 1995 Kevin Siverly
Runner, rainbow Elagatis bipinnulata 23 lb
Boynton Beach Sept. 28, 2003 Alan Richbell
Sailfish, Atlantic Istiophorus platypterus 116 lb
10 oz Boca Raton Mar. 5, 1996 John Hessler
Scamp Mycteroperca phenax 28 lb 6 oz Mayport
April 3, 2002 Braden Douglas Pursell
Seatrout, spotted Cynoscion nebulosus 17 lb 7 oz
Ft. Pierce May 11, 1995 Craig F. Carson
Shark, blacktip Carcharhinus limbatus 152 lb
Sebastian Oct. 29, 1987 Darlene Rees
Shark, bull Carcharhinus leucas 517 lb Panama
City Beach October, 1981 Gregory K. Burnett
Shark, dusky Carcharhinus obscurus 764 lb
Longboat Key May 28, 1982 Warren Girle
Shark, hammerhead Sphyrna spp. 991 lb Sarasota
May 30, 1982 Allen Ogle
Shark, lemon Negaprion brevirostris 397 lb
Dunedin Apr. 29, 1977 Richard M. Guccione
Shark, mako Isurus spp. 911 lb 12 oz Palm Beach
Apr. 9, 1962 Audrey Cohen
Shark, spinner Carcharhinus brevipinna 190 lb
Flagler Beach Apr. 3, 1986 Mrs. Gladys Prior
Shark, thresher Alopias spp. 544 lb 8 oz Destin
Sept. 15, 1984 James Weil
Shark, tiger Galeocerdo cuvier 1,065 lb Pensacola
June 20, 1981 Richard Baggs
Shark, white Carcharodon carcharias 686 lb Key
West Apr. 30, 1988 Richard P. DeAngelis
Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus 15 lb 2 oz
Homosassa Jan. 29, 1981 Eugene Lechler
Snapper, cubera Lutjanus cyanopterus 116 lb
Clearwater July 26, 1979 Billy Graham
Snapper, gray Lutjanus griseus 17 lb Port
Canaveral June 14, 1992 Steve Maddox
Snapper, lane Lutjanus synagris 6 lb 6 oz
Pensacola Apr. 18, 1991 Ken Jones
Snapper, mutton Lutjanus analis 30 lb 4 oz Dry
Tortugas Nov. 29, 1998 Richard Casey
Snapper, red Lutjanus campechanus 46 lb 8 oz
Destin Oct. 1, 1985 Lane Nichols III
Snapper, yellowtail Ocyurus chrysurus 8 lb 9 oz
Ft. Myers Sept. 13, 1996 Capt. William M. Howard
Snook Centropomus undecimalis 44 lb 3 oz Ft.
Myers Apr. 25, 1984 Robert De Cosmo
Spearfish, longbill Tetrapturus pfluegeri 61 lb 8
oz Islamorada Apr. 29, 1981 Ted Damiano
Spot Leiostomus xanthurus Vacant
Swordfish Xiphias gladius 612 lb 12 oz Key Largo
May 7, 1978 Stephen Stanford
Tarpon Megalops atlanticus 243 lb Key West Feb.
17, 1975 Gus Bell
Triggerfish, Gray Balistes capriscus 12 lb 7 oz
Pensacola July 15, 2001 Kenneth Morris
Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis 40 lb 13 oz Ft.
Pierce Mar. 4, 1998 Thomas D. Lewis
Tuna, bigeye Thunnus obesus 167 lb Miami Beach
Jan. 18, 1957 Jerry Mills
Tuna, blackfin Thunnus atlanticus 45 lb 8 oz Key
West May 4, 1996 Sam J. Burnett
Tuna, bluefin Thunnus thynnus Vacant
Tuna, skipjack Euthynnus pelamis 33 lb 8 oz
Islamorada July 21, 1998 Frank Digiovanni
Tuna, yellowfin Thunnus albacares 240 lb Key West
Dec. 5, 2002 Michael Delph
Tunny, little Euthynnus alletteratus 27 lb Key
Largo April 20, 1976 William E. Allison
Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri 139 lb Marathon May
18, 1960 George Von Hoffman
Weakfish Cynoscion regalis 10 lb Port Canaveral
Dec. 30, 1987 George R. Mizell, Jr.
Amberjack, greater Seriola dumerili 103 lb 12 oz
Key West Jan. 28, 1977 Dr. Wm. J. Munro
Barracuda, great Sphyraena barracuda 37 lb 12 oz
Key West Dec. 19, 1978 Joe Machiorlatti
Bass, black sea Centropristis striata Vacant
Bass, striped (saltwater) Morone saxatilis 1 lb 9
oz Milton Sept. 8, 2003 Steven P. Peake
Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix 18 lb Miami Beach
Apr. 2, 1983 Steve Melvin
Bonefish Albula spp. 15 lb 8 oz Key Biscayne Feb.
27, 1997 Joe Pantorno
Bonito, Atlantic Sarda sarda Vacant
Catfish, gafftopsail Bagre marinus 7 lb 8 oz Port
Canaveral Dec. 26, 1989 Dave Chermanski
Catfish, hardhead Arius felis 2 lb 8 oz Placida
May 11, 1996 Louis Herrero
Cobia Rachycentron canadum 83 lb 4 oz Key West
Jan. 2, 1986 Jim Anson
Croaker, Atlantic Micropogonias undulatus Vacant
Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus 51 lb 8 oz
Islamorada March 25, 2001 Nicholas Stanczyk
Drum, black Pogonias cromis 50 lb 4 oz Merritt
Island July 12, 1986 Mark R. Marconi
Drum, red Sciaenops ocellatus 43 lb Banana River
May 7, 1995 Greg Braunstein, MD
Flounder Bothidae or Pleuronectidae 6 lb
15 oz Sebastian Inlet May 4, 2005 Dave Chermanski
Grouper, black Mycteroperca bonaci Vacant
Grouper, gag Mycteroperca microlepis 20 lb 15 oz
Ft. Pierce Nov. 30, 2005 Dave Chermanski
Grouper, goliath Epinephelus itajara 356 lb
Islamorada Mar. 15, 1967 Bart Foth
Grouper, Nassau Epinephelus striatus Vacant
Grouper, red Epinephelus morio 23 lb 8 oz
Sebastian May 5, 2005 Dave Chermanski
Grouper, Warsaw Epinephelus nigritus Vacant
Grouper, yellowfin Mycteroperca venenosa Vacant
Grunts, margates, Haemulon, spp. Vacant
sailors choice
Hind, speckled Epinephelus drummondhayi Vacant
Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus Vacant
Jack, bar Caranx ruber Vacant
Jack, crevalle Caranx hippos 37 lb 8 oz Dry
Tortugas Feb. 11, 1994 Carlos B. Solis
Jack, horse-eye Caranx latus 14 lb 8 oz Key West
Sept. 7, 1986 Joseph M. Stehr III
Ladyfish Elops saurus 5 lb 4 oz Port St. John
Oct. 3, 1994 H.P. Woodham
Mackerel, cero Scomberomorus regalis 9 lb Key
West Dec. 11, 1991 George L. Foti
Mackerel, king Scomberomorus cavalla 55 lb Key
West Mar. 20, 1995 Ben Bergeron
Mackerel, Spanish Scomberomorus maculatus 6 lb 13
oz Tarpon Springs Nov. 7, 1995 Capt. James P. Wisner
Marlin, blue Makaira nigricans Vacant
Marlin, white Tetrapturus albidus 68 lb Ft.
Pierce Dec. 23, 1972 Dave Chermanski
Permit Trachinotus falcatus 41 lb 8 oz Key West
Mar. 13, 1986 Del Brown
Pompano, African Alectis ciliaris 33 lb 8 oz Palm
Beach Dec. 21, 1968 Gil Drake, Jr.
Pompano, Florida Trachinotus carolinus 6 lb 8 oz
Cocoa Beach Jan. 14, 1978 Dave Chermanski
Runner, blue Caranx crysos 3 lb 14 oz Fowey Rock
July 1, 1987 Capt. Dan Kipnis
Runner, rainbow Elagatis bipinnulata 8 lb 10 oz
Key West Jan. 18, 1980 John M. Ahearn
Sailfish, Atlantic Istiophorus platypterus 55 lb
8 oz Palm Beach Feb. 4, 1980 (Mr.) Pat Ford
Scamp Mycteroperca phenax 12 lb 12 oz Ft. Pierce
Nov. 30, 2005 Dave Chermanski
Seatrout, spotted Cynoscion nebulosus 12 lb 7 oz
Stuart Mar. 5, 1984 Sidney Freifeld
Shark, blacktip Carcharhinus limbatus 122 lb Key
West March 13, 2003 Martin Arostegui
Shark, bull Carcharhinus leucas 389 lb 4 oz Key
West Mar. 29, 1980 Pete Peacock
Shark, dusky Carcharhinus obscurus Vacant
Shark, hammerhead Sphyrna spp. 154 lb Key West
Mar. 7, 1993 Rick Gunion
Shark, lemon Negaprion brevirostris 288 lb 8 oz
Key West Mar. 15, 1978 Pete Peacock
Shark, mako Isurus spp. Vacant
Shark, spinner Carcharhinus brevipinna Vacant
Shark, thresher Alopias spp. Vacant
Shark, tiger Galeocerdo cuvieri 220 lb Key West
Jan. 25, 1995 Gary Spence
Shark, white Carcharodon carcharias Vacant
Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus 7 lb 4 oz
Jacksonville Nov. 4, 1998 David W. McLaren
Snapper, cubera Lutjanus cyanopterus Vacant
Snapper, gray Lutjanus griseus 10 lb 12 oz Key
West June 8, 1998 Jerome N. Matthews
Snapper, lane Lutjanus synagris Vacant
Snapper, mutton Lutjanus analis 17 lb Key West
May 31, 1990 Del Brown
Snapper, red Lutjanus campechanus 11 lb Sebastian
May 5, 2005 Dave Chermanski
Snapper, yellowtail Ocyurus chryurus 3 lb 8 oz
Dry Tortugas Mar. 15, 1993 Weston Fowler
Snook Centropomus undecimalis 30 lb 4 oz
Chokoloskee Apr. 23, 1993 Rex Garrett
Spearfish, longbill Tetrapturus pfluegeri Vacant
Spot Leiostomus xanthurus Vacant
Swordfish Xiphias gladius Vacant
Tarpon Megalops atlanticus 202 lb 8 oz
Chassahowitza May 11, 2001 James J. Holland
Triggerfish, gray Balistes capriscus Vacant
Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis 21 lb 2 oz Port
Canaveral Apr. 17, 1988 Dave Chermanski
Tuna, bigeye Thunnus obesus Vacant
Tuna, blackfin Thunnus atlanticus 34 lb 3 oz
Islamorada Dec. 17, 1977 Rip Cunningham
Tuna, bluefin Thunnus thynnus Vacant
Tuna, skipjack Euthynnus pelamis Vacant
Tuna, yellowfin Thunnus albacares Vacant
Tunny, little Euthynnus alletteratus 19 lb Dry
Tortugas Apr. 12, 1995 Philip Caputo
Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri 28 lb 12 oz Key West
Apr. 15, 1982 Jim Anson
Weakfish Cynoscion regalis Vacant
