Western Australia State record fish captures up to 31 July 2013, in common name order.

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1 AUSTRALIAN ANGLERS ASSOCIATION (WA Division) Inc ABN: PO Box 2200, Marmion WA 6020 Phone: Web Page: Western Australia State record fish captures up to 31 July 2013, in common name order. Records updated 16 July 2013 Snapper (Pink), Pagrus auratus. On July 2013, Eightbar Groper, Hyporthodus octofasciatus; Yelloweye redfish, Centroberyx australis and Hapuku, Polyprion oxygeneios Common Name Scientific Name Weight Angler Where caught Date Caught Amberjack Seriola dumerili kg John Dennis Abrolhos Island 13 August 1984 Angelfish, Yellowtail Chaetodontoplus personifer kg John Davies Dirk Hartog Island 12 August 1993 Angelshark Squatina australis kg Ashley Moon Ocean Reef 5 April 1987 Anglerfish, Tasselled Rhycherus filamentosus kg Manuel Papas Ocean Reef 8 September 1991 Barracouta Thyrsites atun kg Kevin Castlemain Bunker Bay 17 November 1974 Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda kg Bill Pretl Exmouth 8 September 1971 Barracuda, Slender Sphyraena jello kg Rom Niciejewski Onslow 14 June 1996 Barramundi Lates calcarifer kg Francine Middleton Wyndham 28 June 1970 Bass, Red Lutjanus bohar kg Stephen Berry Exmouth 25 September 1976 Bass Groper Polyprion americanus 46.0 kg Kasey Leong Rottnest (wide) 29 April 2009 Bass, Sand Psammoperca waigiensis kg Dennis Gilbert Jurien Bay 20 October 1973 Batfish, Hump-Headed Platax batavianus kg David Ledger Broome 9 August 1982 Beardie Lotella rhacinus kg John Laney Mullaloo Reef 7 June 1986 Bigeye, Duskyfin Heteropriacanthus cruentatus kg John Butler Steep Point 20 October 1982 Bigeye, Lunar-Tailed Priacanthus hamrur kg Roy Nesbitt Exmouth Gulf 15 July 1995 Blackfish, Western Rock Girella tephraeops kg Peter Otway Rottnest Island 26 August 1989 Bludger Carangoides gymnostethus kg Kevin Castlemain Steep Point 22 April 1977 Blue Devil, Western Paraplesiops meleagris kg Trevor Martin Windy Harbour 18 January 1987 Bonefish Albula neoguinaica kg Ray Turrel Exmouth 25 October 1977 Bonito, Leaping Cybiosarda elegans kg Richardson E. Stead Broadhurst Bight 6 January 1989 Bonito, Oriental Sarda orientalis kg Paul Willis Augusta 14 May 2000 Boxfish, Western Smooth Anoplocapros robustus kg John Morgan Bunbury 20 March 1985 Boxfish, White-Barred Anoplocapros lenticularis kg Frank Ando Mandurah 27 May 1972 Bream, Black Acanthopagrus butcheri kg Eric Tai Swan River 1 October 1998 Bream, Monocle Scolopsis monogramma kg Henry Boogaard Monte Bello Island 23 July 1997 Bream, Western Yellowfin Acanthopagrus latus kg Edward Hayman Shark Bay 22 May 1978 Buffalo Bream, Western Kyphosus cornelii kg Neil Chipper Marmion Reef Wide 21 September 1993 Bullseye, Common Pempheris multiradiata kg Nathan Hughes Cape Freycinet 11 April 1992 Bullseye, Rough Pempheris klunzingeri kg Patricia Hoath Ocean Reef 28 May 1991 Butterfish, Western Pentapodus vitta kg Ken Monteath Ocean Reef Wide 6 December 1981 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 1

2 Cale, Herring Odax cyanomelas kg Mathew Daubney Fish Creek 28 September 1986 Cale, Rainbow Odax acroptilus kg Janet Hughes Elephant Rock 12 November 1989 Cardinalfish, Red-Striped Apogon victoriae kg Daniel Bell Fishing boat harbour 19 September 1999 Cardinalfish, Ring-Tailed Apogon aureus kg John Butler Steep Point 21 October 1982 Carp, European Cyprinus carpio kg Andy Wallis Canning River 18 September 2005 Carpetshark, Cobbler Orectolobus tentaculatus kg Brian Rogers Cosy Corner 10 July 1982 Catfish, Estuary (Cobbler) Cnidoglanis macrocephalus kg Keith Bradshaw Mandurah 2 October 1981 Catfish, Giant Salmon Arius thalassinus kg Sid Moss Steep Point 22 May 1981 Catfish, White-Lipped Paraplotosus albilabris kg Keith Clarke Rottnest 23 July 1977 Catshark, Black-Spotted Aulohalaelurus labiosus kg Greame Colmer Mandurah 19 March 2000 Catshark, Spotted Asymbolus analis kg Philip Jennaway Mandurah 21 February 1981 Catshark, Varied Parascyllium variolatum kg Edwin Hay Cosy Corner 18 February 1968 Chinaman Fish Symphorus nematophorus kg Lyn Shields Thevenard Island 23 August 1981 Cobbler, Freshwater Tandanus bostocki kg Kazik Przybylski Bridgetown 8 July 1975 Cobia Rachycentron canadus kg Peter Goulding Monkey Mia 9 July 1985 Cod, Bearded Pseudophycis barbata kg Peter Otway Marmion 10 September 1988 Cod, Breaksea Epinephelides armatus kg Tony Topini Ocean Reef Wide 16 November 1986 Cod, Chinaman Epinephelus rivulatus kg John Dennis Abrolhos Islands 30 April 1980 Cod, Coral Cephalopholis miniata kg Richard Maciejak Quobba 21 March 1988 Cod, Frostback Epinephelus bilobatus kg Charles Hoath Shark Bay 23 June 1998 Cod, Greasy Epinephelus tauvina kg Jim Weir Steep Point 14 September 1980 Cod, Potato Epinephelus tukula kg Kim Johnson Steep Point 12 August 1977 Cod, Potato is a totally protected species. This category is closed and no further entries will be accepted. The record was caught before total protection was applied. Cod, Rankin Epinephelus multinotatus kg Leonard Thomas Elms Steep Point 25 November 1995 Cod, Tomato Cephalopholis sonnerati kg Larry McItosh Dirk Hartog Island 14 July 1997 Conger Eel, Little Gnathophis habenata kg Peter Curtis Moore River 12 June 1982 Conger Eel, Southern Conger verreauxi kg Geoffrey Crews Yallingup 4 July 1982 Cowfish Long-Horned Lactoria cornuta kg Jean Saw Exmouth 11 July 1985 Cowfish, Shaw's Aracana aurita kg Ron Jonker Busselton Jetty 26 February 1992 Dart, Black-Spotted Trachinotus bailloni kg Ron Jonker Wagoe 27 January 1996 Dart, Common Trachinotus botla kg George Kulek Quobba 13 August 1983 Dart, Snub-Nosed Trachinotus blochii kg Robert Bassett Carnarvon 23 March 1972 Dogfish, Piked Squalus megalops kg Cliff Osborne Lancelin 17 November 1991 Dolphinfish Common Coryphaena hippurus kg Ian Hustler Coral Bay 31 May 1979 Dory, John Zeus faber kg Stewart Carruthers Albany 13 May 1989 Dottyback, Lined Labracinus lineata kg John, Anthony Timp Port Gregory 29 March 1995 Drummer, Low-Finned Kyphosus vaigiensis kg Kerrin Herbert Jurien Bay 12 July 1993 Drummer, Silver Kyphosus sydneyanus kg Robert Crawford Jurien Bay 30 October 1965 Eel, Serpent Ophisurus serpens kg Dean Boult Swan River 18 November 1984 Eightbar Groper Hyporthodus octofasciatus kg Warren Eaton Windy Harbour 3 April 2013 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 2

3 Emperor, Blue-Spotted Lethrinus choeorhynchus kg George Kulek Steep Point Emperor, Grass, Blue-Lined Lethrinus laticaudis kg Michael O'Kane Shark Bay 26 June 1997 Emperor, Long-Nosed Lethrinus olivaceus kg David Morrison Exmouth 17 September 1996 Emperor, Red Lutjanus sebae kg Ronald Langdon Exmouth 8 August 1970 Emperor, Spangled Lethrinus nebulosus kg Shea Renshaw Cape Inscription Shark Bay 23 July 2001 Emperor, Spotcheek Lethrinus rubrioperculatus kg Adrian Boogaard Exmouth 24 July 1986 Emperor, Sweetlip Lethrinus miniatus kg Ken Bentley Geraldton 13 November 1980 Emperor, Threadfin Lethrinus genivittatus kg Ken Monteath Ocean Reef Wide 6 February 1982 Emperor, Variegated Lethrinus variegatus kg Ron Beck Exmouth 4 July 1982 Emperor, Yellow-Tailed Lethrinus atkinsoni kg Kevin Castlemain Steep Point 15 August 1976 Emperor, Red-Finned Lethrinus fraenatus kg Lance Watson Thevenard Island 17 April 1986 Flathead, Bar-Tailed Platycephalus endrachtensis kg Peter Degrout Swan River 24 December 1996 Flathead, Deepwater Platycephalus conatus kg Bernie Caruana Rottnest 1 September 1988 Flathead, Fringe-Eyed Papilloculiceps nematophthalmus kg Roy Nesbitt Exmouth 2 August 1986 Flathead, Large-Toothed Platycephalus chauliodous kg Paul Newsome Ocean Reef Wide 12 October 1997 Flathead, Long-Headed Leviprora inops kg John Dennis Woodmans Point 25 November 1978 Flathead, Long-Spined Platycephalus longispinis kg Peter Babarskas Ocean Reef 14 March 1998 Flathead, Marbled Platycephalus marmoratus kg Ken Benltey Rottnest 27 March 1982 Flathead, Rock Leviprora laevigatus kg John Dennis Cockburn Sound 15 June 1987 Flathead, Southern Blue-Spotted Platycephalus speculator kg Terrence Yearsley Floreat Drain 15 November 1992 Flathead, Tassel-Snouted Thysanophrys cirronasus kg Tom Fury Ocean Reef 8 June 1986 Flounder, Large-Toothed Pseudorhombus arsius kg John Emberson Ocean Reef wide 26 September 2001 Flounder, Small-Toothed Pseudorhombus jenynsii kg Frank McGarn Ocean Reef Wide 13 March 1986 Flounder, Twinspot Pseudorhombus diplospilus kg Richard Palmer Exmouth Gulf 17 August 1998 Flutemouth, Smooth Fistularia commersonii kg Kerrin Herbert Steep Point 31 August 1993 Foxfish, Western Bodianus frenchii kg Noel Bartlett Albany 1 December 1979 Frogfish, Banded Halophryne diemensis kg Gavin Breen Nickol Bay 13 May 1980 Frogfish, Pink-Headed Batrachomoeus rubricephalus kg Ron Bowers Rottnest 15 May 1983 Fusilier Sweep Caesioscorpis theagenes kg John Sluymers Steep Point 5 May 1983 Fusilier, Black-Tipped Pterocaesio digramma kg Sid Moss Steep Point 22 May 1981 Fusilier, Red-Bellied Caesio cuning kg Annette Boogaard Quobba 5 July 1984 Galaxias, Western Galaxias occidentalis kg Valerie Sayer Pemberton 18 May 1990 Garfish Long Finned Euleptorhamphus viridis kg Brian Mitchell Success Bank Fremantle 4 November 1996 Garfish, Quoy's Arrhamphus quoyi kg Peter Barbaskas Serrurier Island 11 July 1997 Garfish, Robust Hemiramphus robustus kg Neil Cobb Mindarie 16 April 2011 Garfish, Southern Sea Hyporhamphus melanochir kg Laurie Birchall Gilderton 4 February 1962 Goatfish, Blackspot Parupeneus spilurus kg Peter Devine Ocean Reef Wide 17 May 1987 Goatfish, Blue-Spotted Upeneichthys vlamingii kg Allan Merrett Burns Rock 4 October 1981 Goatfish, Gold-Saddled Parupeneus cyclostomus kg Henry Boogaard Exmouth 22 July 1986 Goatfish, Indian Parupeneus indicus kg Ian Adams Quobba 29 July 1987 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 3

4 Goatfish, Yellow-Striped Parupeneus chrysopleuron kg Patricia Hoath Ocean Reef Wide 4 November 1984 Gobbleguts Apogon rueppellii kg Terry Bell Geraldton 5 April 1995 Goby, Bridled Arenigobius bifrenatus kg Keith Sayer Blackwood River 13 February 1991 Grinner, Large-Scaled Saurida undosquamis kg Philip Brayne False Entrance 18 July 1997 Grinner, Painted Trachinocephalus myops kg Maurice W Brown Hillarys 18 December 1997 Groper, Baldchin Choerodon rubescens kg John Alexander Guest Rottnest Island 23 April 2006 Groper, Queensland Epinephelus lanceolatus kg Nigel Robertson Kalbarri 13 June 1990 Groper, Queensland is a totally protected species. This category is closed and no further entries will be accepted. The record was caught before total protection was applied. Groper, Western Blue Achoerodus gouldii kg Gavin Ellis Windy Harbour 27 April 1975 Grubfish, Spotted Parapercis ramsayi kg Georgina Grimmett Cockburn Wide 26 August 1989 Grubfish, Wavy Parapercis haackei kg Jodie Trewern Ocean Reef Wide 12 December 1981 Gurnard Perch Neosebastes pandus kg John Abbott Mandurah 13 May 1979 Gurnard Perch, Black-Spotted Neosebastes nigropunctatus kg Roy Nesbitt Ocean Reef 4 February 1982 Gurnard Perch, Gulf Neosebastes bougainvilli kg Ken Brooks Eagle Bay 3 May 1969 Gurnard, Red Chelidonichthys kumu kg Brian Brown Ocean Reef Wide 28 February 1991 Gurnard, Sharp-Beaked Pterygotrigla polyommata kg Alan Garner Rottnest 4 October 1981 Hairtail, Largehead Trichiurus lepturus kg Robyn Halls Bunbury 8 March 1981 Hapuku Polyprion oxygeneios 42.0 kg Trevor Collins Walpole 29 January 2013 Hardyhead, Ogilby's Atherinomorus ogilbyi kg John Dennis Cockburn Sound 10 April 1984 Harlequin Fish Othos dentex kg Kevin Williss Walpole 28 October 1995 Hawkfish Cirrhites pinnulatus kg Kevin Castlemain Exmouth 4 July 1982 Hawkfish, Freckled Paracirrhites forsteri kg John Sluymers Exmouth 8 September 1982 Herring, Australian Arripis georgianus kg Ronald Nuttall Injidup 9 June 1968 Herring, Freshwater Potamalosa richmondia kg David Bunting Swan River 17 November 1990 Herring, Giant Elops hawaiiensis kg Roy Nesbitt Tantabiddy Creek 27 May 1991 Herring, Perth Nematalosa vlaminghi kg David Bunting Swan River 17 November 1990 Javelin Fish Small Spotted Pomadasys hasta kg Lou Albano Monte Bello 3 October 1996 Jawfish, Darwin Opistognathus darwiniensis kg Roy Nesbitt Exmouth 22 June 1993 Jew, Black Protonibea diacanthus kg Vince McLernon Point Samson 17 December 1989 Jewfish, Deepsea Glaucosoma buergeri kg Peter Lalor Bernier Island Wide 1 June 2004 Jewfish, West Australian Glaucosoma hebraicum kg Keith Lidelow Walpole 17 January 1971 Jobfish, Green Aprion virescens kg Gerard Murphy Exmouth 18 May 2009 Jobfish, Lavender Pristipomoides sieboldii kg James Earle Rogers Lancelin Wide 17 November 1991 Kingfish, Black-Banded Seriolina nigrofasciata kg Murray Drayton Long Island 7 August 1991 Kingfish, Yellowtail Seriola lalandi 23.7 kg John Szczyglak Jurien Bay 25 April 2011 Knife Jaw Oplegnathus woodwardi kg Chris Andrews Bunbury 2 November 1986 Leatherjacket, Blue-Lined Meuschenia galii kg Jason Pember Fish Creek 7 October 1990 Leatherjacket, Blue-spotted Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus kg Chris Hoult Ocean Reef 7 January 2001 Leatherjacket, Chinaman Nelusetta ayraudi kg Tom French Rottnest Wide 29 October 1980 Leatherjacket, Fan-Bellied Monacanthus chinensis kg Michael Vincent Okane Hillarys 15 March 1998 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 4

5 Leatherjacket, Horseshoe Meuschenia hippocrepis kg Geoff Lefroy Walpole Wide 30 March 1986 Leatherjacket, Rough Scobinichthys granulatus kg Henry Boogaard Ocean Reef 4 January 1987 Leatherjacket, Six-Spined Meuschenia freycineti kg Carlo Bordi Ocean Reef Wide 17 April 1981 Leatherjacket, Spiny-Tailed Bigener brownii kg Stephen Small Little Island 30 March 1991 Leatherjacket, Toothbrush Penicipelta vittiger kg Les Brooker Little Island 7 June 1992 Leatherjacket, Unicorn Aluterus monoceros kg Peter Otway Alkimos Wreck 4 June 1989 Ling, Rock Genypterus tigerinus kg Brenton Carstairs 5 Fathom Bank 15 September 1984 Lizardfish, Netted Synodus sageneus kg Roy Nesbitt Exmouth 9 July 1985 Lizardfish, Variegated Synodus variegatus kg Michael Trew Monkey Mia 14 January 1975 Longtom, Barred Ablennes hians kg Alex Hawkins Quobba 4 June 1987 Longtom, Crocodilian Tylosurus crocodilus kg John Davies Quobba 3 June 1987 Longtom, Freshwater Strongylura krefftii kg Maureen Moritz Lake Kununurra 2 May 1987 Longtom, Slender Strongylura leiura kg John Dennis Woodmans Point 25 November 1983 Longtom, Stout Tylosurus gavialoides kg Kevin Castlemain Shark Bay 30 September 1975 Mackerel, Blue Scomber australasicus kg Ken Bentley Rottnest 18 April 1982 Mackerel, Broad-Barred Spanish Scomberomorus semifasciatus kg Jared Malton Kalbarri 19 June 2004 Mackerel, Frigate Auxis thazard kg A. Dickson Rosemary Island 18 September 1963 Mackerel, Narrow-Barred Spanish Scomberomorus commerson kg Roger Walton Quobba 18 May 1979 Mackerel, Queensland School Scomberomorus queenslandicus kg Brian Hanks Kalbarri 1 May 1967 Mackerel, Scaly Sardinella lemuru kg John Dennis Woodmans Point 13 October 1984 Mackerel, Shark Grammatorcynus bicarinatus kg Nick Hocking Rottnest area 5 May 2004 Mackerel, Spotted Australian Scomberomorus munroi kg Ronald Johnson Scarborough 10 February 1968 Mackerel-Scad, Russell's Decapterus russelli kg Ken Fay Rockingham 26 February 1981 Mackerel-Scad, Southern Decapterus muroadsi kg Kevin Adams Rottnest 18 May 1989 Mako, Shortfin Isurus oxyrinchus kg David Cope Two Rocks 12 August 1979 Mangrove Jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus kg Ken Bayliss Exmouth 23 September 1973 Maray (Round Herring) Etrumeus teres kg Carl Peter Babarskas Lancelin 28 September 1997 Marlin, Black Makaira indica kg Leigh Mulgrave Exmouth 23 September 1975 Marlin, Indo-Pacific Blue Makaira mazara kg Jack Clugson Exmouth 7 November 1985 Marlin, Striped Tetrapturus audax kg Garry Pearce Exmouth 23 October 1980 Milkfish Chanos chanos kg Peter Otway Karratha 26 October 1987 Monkeyfish, Inornate Opistognathus inornatus kg Ian Howcroft Exmouth 31 March 1989 Monocle Bream, Coral Scaevius milii kg Richard Siudak Exmouth 4 May 1980 Moonlighter Tilodon sexfasciatum kg Raymond Bradford Albany 13 March 1975 Moray, Black-Spotted Gymnothorax favagineus kg Brian Bradley Exmouth 4 September 1975 Moray, Green Gymnothorax prasinus kg Wayne Drew Bremer Bay 20 January 1985 Moray, Mottled Gymnothorax undulatus kg Darren Garraway Lucky Bay 5 December 1981 Moray, Stout Gymnothorax eurostus kg John Sluymers Quobba 10 October 1984 Morwong, Dusky Dactylophora nigricans kg Ray Ellul Mandurah 22 October 1982 Morwong, Red-Lipped Cheilodactylus rubrolabiatus kg Keith Clarke Rottnest Island 23 July 1977 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 5

6 Mullet, Green-Back Liza dussumieri kg Robert Schoenfisch Sams Creek 25 June 1984 Mullet, Blue-Tailed Valamugil seheli kg Robert Schoenfisch Point Samson 12 July 1989 Mullet, Diamond-Scaled Liza vaigiensis kg Robert Schoenfisch Exmouth 6 September 1984 Mullet, Sea Mugil cephalus kg Gary, Geoffrey Sutton Alexander Beach Esperance 7 April 2002 Mullet, Yelloweye Aldrichetta forsteri kg George Nicolandis Swan River 11 July 1986 Mulloway Argyrosomus hololepidotus kg Keith Jones Reef Beach 16 July 1977 Nightfish Bostockia porosa kg Jason Pember Blackwood River 28 April 1991 Numbfish (Electric Ray) Hypnos monopterygium kg Manuel Papas Cosy Corner 6 April 1985 Oarfish Regalecus glesne kg James Long Warnboro Sound 12 March 1982 Old Wife Enoplosus armatus kg Terry Simpson Lancelin 25 January 1989 Parrotfish, Blue-Barred Orange Scarus ghobban kg Robert Moss Steep Point 18 May 1982 Pearl Perch, Threadfin Glaucosoma magnificum kg Desmond Thomas Exmouth 9 September 1989 Pennant Fish Alectis ciliaris kg K. Morrel Exmouth 5 July 1980 Perch, Barber Caesioperca rasor kg Peter Olden Denmark 6 April 1991 Perch, Crescent Terapon jarbua kg Darryl Mills Exmouth 3 September 1982 Perch, Moses Lutjanus russelli kg Nathan Gillespie Dirk Hartog Island 4 July 1997 Perch, Redfin Perca fluviatilis kg Russell Lewis Porongorups 7 August 1966 Perch, Schlegel's Caprodon schlegelii kg Kim Taylor Rottnest Wide 6 October 1996 Pigfish, Blackspot Bodianus vulpinus kg Ron Drage Lancelin 15 March 1980 Pigfish, Goldspot Bodianus perditio kg Paul Hillary Monte Bello 2 June 1996 Pigfish, Saddleback Bodianus bilunulatus kg John Davies Exmouth 25 July 1994 Pike, Long-Finned Dinolestes lewini kg Ron Clegg Thomas river beach 20 April 2000 Pike-Eel, Large-Eyed Oxyconger leptognathus kg John Hall Rottnest Island Wide 20 April 1986 Pilchard Sardinops neopilchardus kg Christopher Grimmett Ocean Reef 2 August 1987 Pomfret, Black Parastromateus niger kg Robert Schoenfisch Broome 18 August 1984 Pomfret, Woodward's Schuettea woodwardi kg Peter Cowap Boronup 1 May 1982 Porcupinefish, Small-Spined Allomycterus pilatus kg Ronald Wilson Bellenger Beach 24 April 1989 Puller.West Australian Chromis westaustralis kg John Sluymers Steep Point 17 August 1987 Queenfish Scomberoides commersonianus kg Rob Schoenfich Broome Jetty 22 August 1984 Queenfish, Double-Spotted Scomberoides lysan kg Peter Jones Broome Jetty 23 May 1991 Rainbow Runner Elegatis bipinnulata kg Angus Horwood Mackerel Island 29 March 1987 Ray, Blue-Spotted Fantail Taeniura lymma kg Robert Schoenfisch Broome 26 August 1984 Ray, Coachwhip Himantura uarnak kg Robert Schoenfisch Broome Jetty 4 August 1986 Ray, Common Shovelnose Rhinobatos batillum kg James Allison Port Hedland 18 August 1980 Ray, Eagle Myliobatis australis kg J. King Preston Beach 9 January 1970 Ray, Fiddler Trygonorhina fasciata kg Manuel Papas Cosy Corner 20 October 1983 Ray, Shark Rhina ancylostomus kg Mervyn Britten Point Samson 21 November 1967 Ray, Southern Shovelnose Aptychotrema vincentiana kg Ken Bentley Ocean Reef 2 October 1982 Ray, Spotted Eagle Aetobatus narinari kg Robert Schoenfisch Broome 16 August 1984 Ray, White-Spotted Shovelnose Rhynchobatus djiddensis kg Greg Morgan Preston Beach 25 January 1985 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 6

7 Reef-Eel, Woodward's Gymnothorax woodwardi kg Adrian Boogaard Ocean Reef Wide 26 July 1987 Roach Gerres subfasciatus kg Jeffrey Jarvis Swan River 1 November 1987 Rockcod, Black-Spotted Epinephelus malabaricus kg Doug Clegg Rosily Island 9 August 1991 Rockcod, Black-Tipped Epinephelus fasciatus kg Arthur Paul Quobba 12 January 1985 Rockcod, Blue-Spotted Cephalopholis cyanostigma kg Ken Bentley Onslow 11 September 1982 Rockcod, Brown-Banded Cephalopholis boenak kg Roy Nesbitt Exmouth 12 August 1987 Rockcod, Estuary Epinephelus coioides kg Greg Horsman Port Gregory 21 November 1986 Rockcod, Flowery Epinephelus fuscoguttatus kg Barry Brambles Montebello Islands 28 August 1996 Rockcod, Gray-Banded Epinephelus septemfasciatus kg Fred Sebbes Rottnest Trench 11 September 1988 Rockcod, Long-Finned Epinephelus quoyanus kg Jim Weir Steep Point 14 September 1980 Rockcod, Radiant Epinephelus radiatus kg Pat Shinnick Lancelin 8 October 2005 Rockcod, Tomato Cephalopholis sonnerati kg Larry McIntosh Dirk Hartog Island 14 July 1997 Rockcod, White-Lined Anyperodon leucogrammicus kg Ian Stott Exmouth 31 July 1986 Rockcod, Yellow-Spotted Epinephelus areolatus kg Henry Boogaard Exmouth 24 July 1986 Sailfish, Indo - Pacific Istiophorus platypterus kg Max Paterson Exmouth 2 October 1975 Salmon, Western Australian Arripis truttaceus kg Brian Ferguson Bremer Bay 1 March 1997 Samson Fish Seriola hippos kg C. Crombie Windy Harbour 27 October 1974 Sawfish, Green Pristis zijsron kg Sonja Onderwater Point Maud 17 March 1982 Sawfish, all species are totally protected. This category is closed and no further entries will be accepted. The record was caught before total protection was applied. Scad, Finny Megalaspis cordyla kg Kevin Hatten Exmouth 11 May 1995 Scad, Yellowtail Atule mate kg Robert Schoenfisch Port Hedland 26 July 1984 Scalyfin, Mcculloch's Parma mccullochi kg Graeme Colmer Coventry Reef 4 June 2000 Scalyfin, Western Parma occidentalis kg Jack Shaw Ocean Reef Wide 1 November 1983 Scorpioncod, Western Red Scorpaena sumptuosa kg Davida Nesbitt Ocean Reef Wide 15 November 1981 Sea Carp, Western Aplodactylus westralis kg Steven Smith Windy Harbour 17 April 1995 Seabream, Large-Eyed Monotaxis grandoculis kg Alan Bell Exmouth 25 September 1988 Seabream, Robinson's Gymnocranius grandoculis kg Sylvia Pryer Ocean Reef Wide 29 March 1981 Seaperch, Black-Banded Hypoplectrodes nigrorubrum kg Manuel Papas Cosy Corner 26 May 1983 Seaperch, Blackspot Lutjanus fulviflamma kg Jason Kelly False Entrance 10 July 1990 Seaperch, Crimson Lutjanus erythropterus kg Richard White Rosiley Island 31 July 1991 Seaperch, Dark-Tailed Lutjanus lemniscatus kg Richard White Rosiley Lsland 31 July 1991 Seaperch, Five-Lined Lutjanus quinquelineatus kg Barry Drinkwater Bernier Island Wide 27 July 1995 Seaperch, Gold-Striped Lutjanus lutjanus kg John Sluymers Quobba 11 October 1984 Seaperch, One-Spot Lutjanus monostigma kg Janette Cheney Cape Cuvier 12 May 1970 Seaperch, Red-Lined Caesioperca species kg Carl Barbaskas Ocean Reef 17 August 1997 Seaperch, Saddle-Tailed Lutjanus malabaricus kg Doug Clegg Rosiley Island 9 August 1991 Seaperch, Spotty Hypoplectrodes wilsoni kg Adam Semenow Ocean Reef Wide 3 December 1989 Seaperch, Striped Lutjanus vitta kg Adrian J. Boogaard Dirk Hartog Island 12 August 1993 Seaperch, Stripey Lutjanus carponatus kg Ian Cook Dirk Hartog Island 15 July 1999 Seapike, Striped Sphyraena obtusata kg Mark Pavicic Jurien Bay 10 July 1993 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 7

8 Sergeant Baker Aulopus purpurissatus kg Bob Power Albany 4 May 1979 Sergeant Major Abudefduf vaigiensis kg George Kulek Steep Point 27 February 1982 Sergeant Major, Blackspot Abudefduf sordidus kg Wayne Sluymers Exmouth 3 September 1982 Sergeant Major, Narrow-Banded Abudefduf bengalensis kg John Sluymers Exmouth 3 September 1982 Sergeant, Scissortail Abudefduf sexfasciatus kg George Kulek Cape Cuvier 27 December 1982 Shark, Blacktip Carcharhinus limbatus kg Steven Evans Lucky Bay 27 January 1986 Shark, Blacktip Reef Carcharhinus melanopterus kg Robert Schoenfisch Exmouth 10 June 1984 Shark, Bull Carcharhinus leucas kg Cameron Butler Swan River Causeway 15 January 1988 Shark, Grey Nurse Carcharias taurus kg George Greaves Esperance 9 October 1977 Shark, Grey Nurse is a totally protected species. This category is closed and no further entries will be accepted. The record was caught before total protection was applied. Shark, Gummy Mustelus antarcticus kg Trevor Plan Turner Two Rocks Marina wide 10 January 1998 Shark, Lemon Negaprion acutidens kg Kim Johnson Steep Point 20 April 1977 Shark, Leopard Stegostoma fasciatum kg Dennis Gilbert Steep Point 12 April 1984 Shark, Long-Nosed Grey Carcharhinus brevipinna kg Trevor MacMahon Bluff Creek 27 June 1998 Shark, Port Jackson Heterodontus portusjacksoni kg Norrie Cross Garden Island 15 October 1960 Shark, Sandbar Carcharhinus plumbeus kg Stan Elanot Steep Point 20 March 1982 Shark, Scalloped Hammerhead Sphyrna lewini kg Sandro Cinquina Shark Bay 21 December 1983 Shark, School Galeorhinus galeus kg Roy Nesbitt Walpole 9 January 1982 Shark, Silky Carcharhinus falciformis kg Adam Zencich Rottnest Wide 13 April 1988 Shark, Smooth Hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena kg Angus Horwood Rottnest Trench 18 March 1984 Shark, Tawny Nebrius concolor kg William Podmore Exmouth 3 February 1981 Shark, Tiger Galeocerdo cuvieri kg Robert Schoenfisch Point Samson 18 August 1986 Shark, Whiskery Furgaleus macki kg Judith Parsons Rottnest Island Wide 23 August 1986 Silver Spot Threpterius maculosus kg Antonio D'alonzo Moses Rock 13 August 1978 Silverbelly, Southern Parequula melbournensis kg Terry Bell Ocean Reef 7 October 1991 Snapper Pagrus auratus kg Jesse Ghasseb Bunbury 18 May 2013 Snapper, Gold-Band Pristipomoides multidens kg Jan Sobon Exmouth 31 July 1988 Snapper, Long-Spined Argyrops spinifer kg Doug Clegg Rosily Island 15 August 1991 Snapper, Queen Nemadactylus valenciennes kg Bob Power Albany 1 September 1978 Snapper, Red Centroberyx gerrardi kg Wally Anderson Rockingham Wide 17 March 1995 Snapper, Ruby Etelis carbunculus kg Kerry Lukies Marmion Wide 19 May 2002 Snook Sphyraena novaehollandiae kg Clifford Summerfield Hamelin Bay 17 August 1986 Soldierfish Gymnapistes marmoratus kg John Dennis Mandurah 23 May 1986 Sole, Harrowed Strabozebrias cancellatus kg John Dennis Point John 22 March 1984 Sole, Lemon Tongue Paraplagusia unicolor kg Peter Wise Timms Thicket 12 April 1980 Sole, Southern Tongue Cynoglossus broadhursti kg Robert A'Court Preston Beach 22 February 1976 Spinefoot, Black Siganus fuscescens kg K.M. Matthews Hillarys Wide 27 January 1998 Spinefoot, Golden-Lined Siganus guttatus kg Robert Schoenfisch Sams Creek 24 June 1984 Squirrelfish, Crimson Myripristis murdjan kg Ron, Jonker Steep Point 22 November 1992 Squirrelfish, Pale Myripristis melanostictus kg Murray Drayton Mackerel Islands 21 June 1992 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 8

9 Squirrelfish, Red Sargocentron rubrum kg Ken Monteath Broome Jetty 15 July 1990 Stargazer, Fringed Ichthyscopus barbatus kg Martin Westaway Eagle Bay 17 April 1982 Stingaree, Striped Trygonoptera ovalis kg Stephen Small Wanneroo Wide 3 March 1991 Stingray, Smooth Dasyatis brevicaudata kg Nicky Kefalinos Busselton 19 April 1982 Stripey Microcanthus strigatus kg Terry Bell Cockburn Sound 27 October 1996 Suckerfish, Slender Echeneis naucrates kg Janet Allsworth Onslow 8 September 1988 Surgeonfish, Ring-Tailed Acanthurus grammoptilus kg Angelo Perna Steep Point 17 April 1982 Swallowtail Centroberyx lineatus kg Doug Gavranic Rottnest Island Wide 20 December 1992 Sweep, Banded Scorpis georgianus kg Rob Ingrum Mandurah 21 May 2000 Sweep, Footballer Neatypus obliquus kg Maurie Ramsay Ocean Reef 7 January 2000 Sweep, Sea Scorpis aequipinnis kg Doug Chamberlain Lancelin 2 March 1981 Sweetlips, Chubb's Plectorhinchus chubbi kg Joseph Jurjevich Wagoe 13 April 1976 Sweetlips, Gold-Spotted Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus kg Desmond Bull Rottnest 26 January 1988 Sweetlips, Many-Lined Plectorhinchus multivittatum kg John Prosser Cable Beach Broome 17 January 1989 Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides kg Robert Whitworth Exmouth 14 October 1974 Sweetlips, Painted Diagramma pictum kg Leon Harrison Ocean Reef Wide 16 April 2011 Sweetlips, Sombre Plectorhinchus schotaf kg John Clarke African Reef - Geraldton 2 April 1995 Tailor Pomatomus saltator kg Brian Smith Steep Point 4 November 1981 Tarwhine Rhabdosargus sarba kg Anton Van Reeken Denmark 17 January 2004 Threadfin Bream, Purple Pentapodus emeryii kg Ken Bentley Onslow 11 September 1982 Threadfin Bream, Rosy Nemipterus furcosus kg Adrian Boogaard Exmouth 25 July 1994 Threadfin Salmon, Giant Eleutheronema tetradactylum kg Ramon Francis 80 Mile Beach 26 April 1975 Threadfin Salmon, Striped Polydactylus plebius kg Rom Niciejewski Serrurier Island 10 July 1999 Tilefish, Australian Branchiostegus australiensis kg Ghahame Garrie Rottnest Wide 28 February 1999 Toadfish, Banded Torquigener pleurogramma kg Donna Murrie Swan River 15 December 1990 Toadfish, Narrow-Lined Arothron manilensis kg Roy Nesbitt Exmouth 26 June 1993 Toadfish, Orange-Spotted Torquigener vicinus kg Betty Ramsay Ocean Reef Wide 11 February 1995 Toadfish, Prickly Contusus brevicaudus kg Nathan Hughes Hamelin Bay 26 May 1991 Toadfish, Silver Lagocephalus sceleratus kg Peter Babarskas Lancelin 27 April 1996 Toadfish, Stars And Stripes Arothron hispidus kg Allan Jones Dirk Hartog Island 3 June 1985 Tommy Rough (Herring) Arripis georgianus kg Ronald Nuttall Injidup 9 June 1968 Trevally, Bigeye Caranx sexfasciatus kg Ross Warman Dirkhartog Island 28 July 1972 Trevally, Blue-Spotted Caranx bucculentus kg Eric Sullivan Kalbarri 30 April 1968 Trevally, Fringe-Finned Absalom radiatus kg Robert Schoenfisch Point Samson 9 September 1989 Trevally, Giant (Lowly) Caranx ignoblis kg Don Clemkey Exmouth 15 November 1980 Trevally, Golden Gnathanodon speciosus kg Andres Tuvik Steep Point 12 December 1980 Trevally, Gold-Spotted (Turrum) Carangoides fulvoguttatus kg Len Vertigan Coral Bay 13 March 1981 Trevally, Port Hedland Carangoides hedlandensis kg Robert Schoenfisch Point Samson 18 June 1984 Trevally, Sand Pseudocaranx wrighti kg Bruno Torquato Swan River 8 October 1994 Trevally, Silver (Skipjack) Pseudocaranx dentex kg Adam Eastman Dongara 25 October 2006 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 9

10 Trevally, Smooth-Tailed Selaroides leptolepis kg Robert Schoenfisch Point Samson 18 August 1986 Trevally, Thicklip Carangoides orthogrammus kg Walter Williams Muiron Islands 20 April 1981 Trevally, White Tongue Carangoides talamparoides kg Peter Babarskas Mackerel Islands 5 September 1999 Triggerfish, Black Sufflamen chrysopterus kg George Kulek Steep Point 23 April 1983 Triggerfish, Blue-Finned Balistoides viridescens kg Brenton Carstairs Garden Island 21 October 1984 Triggerfish, Brown Sufflamen fraenatus kg John Sluymers Steep Point 9 April 1981 Triggerfish, Starry Abalistes stellatus kg Colin Green Not known Triggerfish, White-Barred Rhinecanthus aculeatus kg Adrian Boogaard Exmouth 28 July 1986 Triggerfish, Yellowmargin Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus kg Peter Keys Monte Bello Islands 31 May 1995 Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis kg John Balestra Carnarvon 5 November 1983 Trout Coronation Variola louti kg Peter Simmonds Dirk Hartog Wide 12 June 1992 Trout, Bar-Cheeked Coral Plectropomus maculatus kg Jack Shaw Exmouth Wide 18 October 1987 Trout, Brown Salmo trutta kg Cliff Leggoe Warren River 5 September 1981 Trout, Coral Plectropomus leopardus kg Tony Surman Denham Shark Bay 20 June 2002 Trout, Rainbow Salmo mykiss kg Peter Fragomeni Pemberton 6 July 1996 Trumpeter, Sea Pelsartia humeralis kg Trevor Forrest Windy Harbour 28 January 1990 Trumpeter, Striped Pelates sexlineatus kg William Kerr Marmion Reef 17 January 1996 Trumpeter, Yellowtail Amniataba caudavittatus kg Graeme James Tomlinson Swan River - Bunbury Bridge 19 February 1994 Tubemouth Siphonognathus argyrophanes kg Graeme Munday Ocean Reef 7 November 1982 Tuna, Mackerel Euthynnus affinis kg Steven Evans Steep Point 27 December 1989 Tuna, Northern Bluefin Thunnus tonggol kg W Bartholomaeus Dampier 8 July 1976 Tuna, Southern Bluefin Thunnus maccoyii kg Allan Clarke Walpole 19 April 1987 Tuna, Striped (Skipjack) Katsuwonus pelamis kg Warren Cornelius Rottnest Trench 22 March 1981 Tuna, Yellowfin Thunnus albacares kg Bill Dewar Kalbarri 27 April 1978 Turret Fish Tetrosomus concatenatus kg Stephen Small Hillarys Wide 27 January 1991 Tusk, Australian Dannevigia tusca kg Ken Brooks Yallingup 17 January 1971 Tuskfish, Blackspot Choerodon schoenleinii kg Anthony Anderson Exmouth 16 April 1976 Tuskfish, Blue Choerodon cyanodus kg Charles Gonzalez Shark Bay 11 October 1981 Tuskfish, Maori Choerodon cauteroma kg Richard Siudak Exmouth 26 April 1979 Tuskfish, Purple Choerodon cephalotes kg Ken Bentley Delambre Island 2 November 1992 Velvetfish, Red Gnathanacanthus goetzeei kg Vincent Foster Ocean Reef Wide 3 September 1989 Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri kg John Edwards Onslow 7 August 1986 Weed Whiting, Blue Haletta semifasciata kg Leslie Brooker Little Island 11 August 1991 Weed Whiting, Long-Rayed Siphonognathus radiatus kg W Allerton Augusta 4 September 1979 Weedfish, Rosy Heteroclinus roseus kg Lynette Brooker Ocean Reef Wide 6 January 1989 Weedfish, Southern Crested Cristiceps australis kg J Read Jurien Bay 12 October 1970 Weedfish, Yellow-Crested Cristiceps aurantiacus kg R Haynes Margaret River 15 October 1978 Weever, Bar-Faced Parapercis nebulosa kg Roy Nesbitt Exmouth 20 July 1986 Whaler, Black Carcharhinus obscurus kg Geoff Murphy Rottnest TRench 13 April 1980 Whaler, Blue Prionace glauca kg Ernest Maher Rottnest Trench 6 June 1982 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 10

11 Whaler, Bronze Carcharhinus brachyurus kg Les Grant Esperance 7 January 1989 Whaler, Oceanic Whitetip Carcharhinus longimanus kg Neil Angwin Rottnest Trench 26 April 1999 Whiptail, False Pentapodus porosus kg Roy Nesbitt Exmouth 9 July 1985 White Pointer Carcharodon carcharius kg John Williams Albany 17 May 1970 White Pointer is a totally protected species. This category is closed and no further entries will be accepted. The record was caught before total protection was applied. Whiting, Bay Sillago ingenuua kg Georgina Grimmett Jurien Bay 9 March 1996 Whiting, King George Sillaginodes punctata kg Mick Cruickshank Two Rocks 30 May 1976 Whiting, Southern School Sillago bassensis kg Michael Vincent O'Kane Hillarys Wide 17 October 1993 Whiting, Stout Sillago robusta kg Tony Basile Scarborough Wide 24 May 1992 Whiting, Western School Sillago vittata kg Murray Drayton Swanbourne 16 January 1992 Whiting, Western Trumpeter Sillago burrus kg Ernest John Lewis Swan River 1 October 1999 Whiting, Yellow-Finned Sillago schomburgkii kg Mark Foster Lancelin 3 December 1978 Wirrah, Leopard Acanthistius pardalotus kg Don Schmidt Kalbarri 27 January 1974 Wirrah, Western Acanthistius serratus kg Robert Daubney Fish Creek 19 February 1987 Wirrah,Orange Lined Acanthistius paxtoni kg Ida Warham Denmark 21 April 1991 Wobbegong, Banded Orectolobus ornatus kg Colin Staggard White Hills 9 April 1982 Wobbegong, Tasselled Eucrossorhinus dasypogon kg Robert Schoenfisch Broome 19 August 1989 Wobbegong, Western Orectolobus species kg Ron Wilson Walpole 26 October 1986 Wrasse, Black-Spotted Austrolabrus maculatus kg Daniel Bell Esperance 20 April 2000 Wrasse, Brown-Spotted Notolabrus parilus kg Reginald Lewis Bremer Bay 28 February 1998 Wrasse, False Senator Pictilabrus viridis kg John Sluymers Cockburn Sound 11 September 1985 Wrasse, Green Moon Thalassoma lutescens kg John Sluymers Steep Point 5 May 1983 Wrasse, Maori Ophthalmolepis lineolatus kg Carl Babarskas Mandurah 17 November 1996 Wrasse, Moon Thalassoma lunare kg Russell Sluymers Port Gregory 24 January 1985 Wrasse, Red And Green Thalassoma purpureum kg Geoff Crews Rottnest 4 November 1983 Wrasse, Red-Banded Pseudolabrus biserialis kg Noel Clement Collins Windy Harbour Cliffs 18 March 1995 Wrasse, Ringed Slender Hologymnosus annulatus kg Ron Beck Exmouth 4 July 1982 Wrasse, Senator Pictilabrus laticlavius kg Janet Hughes Jurien Bay 29 December 1992 Wrasse, Seven-Banded Thalassoma septemfasciata kg Manuel Papas Steep Point 26 November 1987 Wrasse, Sharp-Nosed Cheilio inermis kg John Sluymers Coral Bay 6 September 1978 Wrasse, Tripletail Maori Cheilinus trilobatus kg Hugh McTavish Coral Bay 25 May 1983 Wrasse, Western King Coris auricularis kg Kelly Caporn Garden Island 29 January 1989 Wrasse, Yellow-Dotted Maori Cheilinus chlolorus kg Manuel Papas Steep Point 19 April 1983 Yelloweye redfish Centroberyx australis 0.91 kg Adrian Styles Rottnest Wide 15 June 2013 Yellowtail Trachurus novaezelandiae kg Helen Soloman Mandurah 21 February 1981 Zebra Fish Girella zebra kg Ronald Wilson Windy Harbour 31 August 1986 Australian Anglers Association (WA Div) Western Australia State Record fish captures up to 31 July2013. Check for updates Page 11