| abalone, flat* |  | Haliotis walallensis | | 6.875 | | Stewarts Point | Sonoma | 6/20/1994 | Centoni, Jeff | Ocean Diving | Free |
| abalone, green* | | Haliotis fulgens | | 8.25 | | San Clemente Island | Los Angeles | 8/5/1986 | Bird, Tom | Ocean Diving | Scuba |
| abalone, red** | | Haliotis rufescens | | 12.33 | | Humboldt | Humboldt | 9/5/1993 | Pepper, John | Ocean Diving | Free |
| barracuda, Pacific (California) | | Sphyraena argentea | 15 lbs 15 oz | | | San Onofre | San Diego | 8/24/1957 | Taylor, C. O. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| barracuda, Pacific (California) | | Sphyraena argentea | 14 lbs 7 oz | | | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 8/1/1957 | Pawlowicz, Duke | Ocean Diving | Free |
| bass, barred sand | | Paralabrax nebulifer | 13 lbs 3 oz | | | Huntington Flats | Orange | 8/29/1988 | Halal, Robert | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| bass, barred sand | | Paralabrax nebulifer | 12 lbs 12 oz | | | Long Beach | Los Angeles | 8/9/2004 | Castro, Steven | Ocean Diving | Free |
| bass, giant sea* | | Stereolepis gigas | 563 lbs 8 oz | | | Anacapa Island | Ventura | 8/20/1968 | McAdams, James D. Jr. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| bass, giant sea* | | Stereolepis gigas | 545 lbs 0 oz | | | Santa Cruz Island | Santa Barbara | 9/1/1968 | Stanbery, Bob | Ocean Diving | Free |
| bass, kelp | | Paralabrax clathratus | 14 lbs 7 oz | | | San Clemente Island | Los Angeles | 7/30/1958 | Taylor, C. O. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| bass, kelp | | Paralabrax clathratus | 12 lbs 6 oz | | | San Clemente | Orange | 10/30/2012 | Freeman, Dave | Ocean Diving | Free |
| bass, largemouth | | Micropterus salmoides | 21 lbs 12 oz | | | Castaic Lake at the main boat ramp | Los Angeles | 3/5/1991 | Arujo, Michael (Santa Monica) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| bass, smallmouth | | Micropterus dolomieu | 9 lbs 13 oz | 24.75 | 18.5 | Pardee Reservoir | Amador | 7/3/2007 | Hardin, Harold (Stockton) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| bass, spotted sand | | Paralabrax maculatofasciatus | 6 lbs 12 oz | | | Newport Bay | Orange | 10/1/1994 | Bergherm, Matt | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| bass, spotted/Alabama |  | Micropterus punctulatus/ Micropterus henshalli | 11 lbs 5 oz | 25 | 21 | New Bullards Bar Reservoir | Yuba | 2/20/2022 | Hilligoss, Nathaniel | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| bass, striped | | Morone saxatilis | 67 lbs 8 oz | | | O'Neill Forebay | Merced | 5/7/1992 | Ferguson, Hank (Soquel) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| bass, white | | Morone chrysops | 5 lbs 5 oz | | | Ferguson Lake | Riverside | 5/8/1972 | Mize, Milton (Chula Vista) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| bonito, Pacific | | Sarda chiliensis | 21 lbs 5 oz | | | 181 Spot | San Diego | 10/19/2003 | Larson, Kim | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| bonito, Pacific | | Sarda chiliensis | 10 lbs 4 oz | | | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 7/1/1967 | Campbell, Sid | Ocean Diving | Free |
| cabezon | | Scorpaenichthys marmoratus | 23 lbs 4 oz | | | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 4/20/1958 | Kuhn, Bruce | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| cabezon | | Scorpaenichthys marmoratus | 18 lbs 6 oz | | | Pedotti Ranch | Sonoma | 5/1/1984 | Granholt, Ron | Ocean Diving | Free |
| catfish, blue | | Ictalurus furcatus | 113 lbs 5 oz | 57 | 39 | San Vicente Reservoir | San Diego | 7/24/2008 | Oudomsouk, Steve (San Diego) | Freshwater Angling | Bait |
| catfish, bullhead, brown | | Ameiurus melas | 4 lbs 8 oz | | | Trinity Lake | Trinity | 10/7/1993 | Dittenbir, Gary (Lewiston) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| catfish, channel | | Ictalurus punctatus | 53 lbs 8 oz | 46.5 | 36 | San Joaquin River | Stanislaus | 9/22/2008 | Gilgert, Randall Jr. (Turlock) | Freshwater Angling | Bait |
| catfish, flathead | | Pylodictis olivaris | 72 lbs 14 oz | 53.5 | 36 | Colorado River | Riverside | 4/22/2003 | Potter, Billy Joe (Blythe) | Freshwater Angling | Bait |
| catfish, white | | Ameiurus catus | 22 lbs 0 oz | | | Land Park pond | Sacramento | 3/21/1994 | Robinson, James (Sacramento) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| clam, Pismo | | Tivela stultorum | | 6.75 | | Coronado | San Diego | 6/13/2010 | Crooke, Steve | Ocean Diving | Free |
| clam, Pismo | | Tivela stultorum | | 6.75 | | Rincon | Ventura | 12/5/2014 | Takayama, Roland | Ocean Diving | Free |
| corbina, California | | Menticirrhus undulatus | 7 lbs 1 oz | | | Newport Harbor | Orange | 5/30/2005 | Matthews, Scott | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| corbina, California | | Menticirrhus undulatus | 5 lbs 15 oz | | | Corona Del Mar | Orange | 7/1/1982 | Reeder, Willis | Ocean Diving | Free |
| crappie, black | | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | 4 lbs 5 oz | 17.75 | 17 | Clear Lake | Lake | 2/17/2021 | Burruss, David (Kelseyville) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| crappie, white | | Pomoxis annularis | 4 lbs 8 oz | | | Clear Lake | Lake | 4/26/1971 | Carlton, Carol (Lakeport) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| croaker, corvina, orangemouth | | Cynoscion xanthulus | 37 lbs 0 oz | | | Salton Sea | Imperial | 7/15/1988 | Dam, Dick Van (Chino) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| croaker, spotfin | | Roncador stearnsii | 14 lbs 0 oz | | | Playa del Rey | Los Angeles | 9/24/1951 | Dusart, Charles | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| croaker, spotfin | | Roncador stearnsii | 8 lbs 12 oz | | | Corona Del Mar | Orange | 1/1/1968 | Wood, Omar | Ocean Diving | Free |
| croaker, yellowfin | | Umbrina roncador | 3 lbs 14 oz | | | Santa Monica Beach | Los Angeles | 10/8/2000 | Oakley, Fred | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| dolphinfish | | Coryphaena hippurus | 66 lbs 0 oz | | | 209 Spot | Orange | 9/9/1990 | Larson, Kim | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| dolphinfish | | Coryphaena hippurus | 28 lbs 0 oz | | | | San Diego | 9/8/2018 | Kim, Joshua | Ocean Diving | Free |
| flounder, starry | | Platichthys stellatus | 11 lbs 4 oz | | | San Simeon | San Luis Obispo | 8/29/1993 | Doshier, Steve | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| flounder, starry | | Platichthys stellatus | no record - minimum size requirement: 8 pounds | | | | | | | Ocean Diving | Lure |
| grayling, Arctic | | Thymallus arcticus | 1 lb 12 oz | | | Lobdell Lake | Mono | 8/27/1974 | Acton, Don (Bishop) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| greenling, kelp | | Hexagrammos decagrammus | 3 lbs 4 oz | | | Carmel | Monterey | 9/17/2014 | Franco, Matthew | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| halibut, California | | Paralichthys californicus | 67 lbs 4 oz | | | Santa Rosa Island | Santa Barbara | 7/1/2011 | Rivera, Francisco J. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| halibut, California | | Paralichthys californicus | 72 lbs 8 oz | | | Santa Cruz Island | Santa Barbara | 8/1/1982 | Skwarlo, William | Ocean Diving | Scuba |
| jacksmelt | | Atherinopsis californiensis | 1 lb 8 oz | | | San Nicholas Island | Ventura | 6/12/1998 | William J. Rogers | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| lingcod | | Ophiodon elongatus | 56 lbs 0 oz | | | Crescent City | Del Norte | 7/12/1992 | Mitchell, Carey | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| lingcod | | Ophiodon elongatus | 37 lbs 0 oz | | | Mendocino | Mendocino | 8/2/2012 | Silveira, Dan | Ocean Diving | Free |
| lobster, California spiny |
| Panulirus interruptus | 16 lbs 1 oz | | | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 2/1/1968 | Watt, Jim | Ocean Diving | Scuba |
| mackerel, jack |
| Trachurus symmetricus | 5 lbs 8 oz | | | Huntington Beach | Orange | 9/1/1988 | Bairian, Joe | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| mackerel, Pacific (chub) |
| Scomber japonicus | 2 lbs 8 oz | | | Horseshoe Kelp | Los Angeles | 11/5/1995 | Tanji, Bob | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| mackerel, Pacific (chub) |
| Scomber japonicus | 2 lbs 8 oz | | | Mission Beach | San Diego | 11/11/2005 | Hilgert, Thomas | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| marlin, blue |
| Makaira nigricans | 692 lbs 0 oz | | | Balboa | Orange | 8/18/1931 | Hamann, A. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| marlin, striped |
| Kajikia audax | 339 lbs 0 oz | | | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 7/4/1985 | Jasper, Gary | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| minnow, carp | | Cyprinus carpio | 52 lbs 0 oz | | | Lake Nacimiento | San Luis Obispo | 4/1/1968 | Lee, Bryant (Fresno) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| opah |
| Lampris spp. | 163 lbs 0 oz | | | Port San Luis | San Luis Obispo | 10/8/1998 | Foran, Tom | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| opaleye |
| Girella nigricans | 6 lbs 4 oz | | | Los Flores Creek | | 5/13/1956 | Itkoff, Leonard | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| opaleye |
| Girella nigricans | 13 lbs 7 oz | | | Laguna Beach | Orange | 10/18/1964 | Williams, David | Ocean Diving | Free |
| perch, black |
| Embiotoca jacksoni | 2 lbs 9 oz | | | Pacific Grove | Monterey | 2/20/2011 | Mitchell, Zachary | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| perch, black |  | Embiotoca jacksoni | 2 lbs 10 oz | 15.25 | | Big Sur | Monterey | 1/18/2020 | Piedimonte, Joseph | Ocean Diving | Free |
| perch, pile |
| Phanerodon vacca | 2 lbs 7 oz | | | Morro Bay | San Luis Obispo | 2/8/2020 | Young, Amy | Ocean Angling | Bait |
| perch, pile |
| Phanerodon vacca | 2 lbs 8 oz | | | Stillwater Cove | Monterey | 5/7/2011 | Saxl, Christopher | Ocean Diving | Free |
| prickleback, monkeyface |
| Cebidichthys violaceus | 7 lbs 8 oz | 29 | | Pescadero | San Mateo | 2/18/2019 | Hsia-Coron, Aaron | Ocean Angling | Bait |
| prickleback, monkeyface |
| Cebidichthys violaceus | 7 lbs 5 oz | | | Carmel | Monterey | 9/7/2013 | Russell, Jim | Ocean Diving | Free |
| ray, bat |
| Myliobatis californica | 181 lbs 0 oz | | | Huntington Beach | Orange | 7/24/1978 | Dew, Bradley | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, black |
| Sebastes melanops | 9 lbs 2 oz | | | S.F. Light Station | San Francisco | 9/3/1988 | Wilcox, Trent | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, black |
| Sebastes melanops | 8 lbs 3 oz | | | Shell Beach | Sonoma | 11/19/2008 | Cornett, Chris | Ocean Diving | Free |
| rockfish, blue |
| Sebastes mystinus | 3 lbs 14 oz | | | San Carpoforo Creek | San Luis Obispo | 10/14/1993 | Lamb, Terry Jr. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, blue |
| Sebastes mystinus | 4 lbs 7 oz | 17.5 | | Humboldt Bay | Humboldt | 8/30/2017 | Venard, Woody | Ocean Diving | Free |
| rockfish, bocaccio |
| Sebastes paucispinis | 17 lbs 8 oz | | | Point St Georges Reef | Del Norte | 10/25/1987 | Strait, Sam | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, bocaccio |
| Sebastes paucispinis | 4 lbs 9 oz | 29 | | Carmel | Monterey | 11/19/2017 | Silveira, Daniel | Ocean Diving | Free |
| rockfish, bronzespotted* | | Sebastes gilli | 14 lbs 8 oz | | | Cherry Bank | Los Angeles | 2/22/1997 | Gorey, Conor | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, brown |
| Sebastes auriculatus | 6 lbs 15 oz | | | Colorado Reef | San Mateo | 9/29/2008 | Gibbons, Robert | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, canary |
| Sebastes pinniger | 7 lbs 14 oz | 26 | | Monterey Bay | Monterey | 11/4/2019 | Jorgensen, Hans | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, canary |
| Sebastes pinniger | 3 lbs 4 oz | 17.6 | | Gualala | Mendocino | 8/12/2018 | Titchenal, Matthew | Ocean Diving | Free |
| rockfish, China |
| Sebastes nebulosus | 4 lbs 1 oz | 16.5 | | Point Saint George | Del Norte | 8/15/2021 | Bauer, Ty | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, China | | Sebastes nebulosus | 3 lbs 2 oz | 16 | | Fort Ross | Sonoma | 4/1/2021 | Zaczek, Luke | Ocean Diving | Free |
| rockfish, copper |
| Sebastes caurinus | 8 lbs 5 oz | | | Pigeon Point | Monterey | 8/18/1985 | Aab, Kenny | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, copper |
| Sebastes caurinus | 9 lbs 5 oz | | | Mendocino | Mendocino | 10/14/1972 | Vinnedge, Dale | Ocean Diving | Free |
| rockfish, cowcod* |
| Sebastes levis | 21 lbs 14 oz | | | Hidden Reef | Ventura | 8/10/1998 | Herrera, Carlos A. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, grass |
| Sebastes rastrelliger | 6 lbs 7 oz | | | Bean Hollow State Beach | San Mateo | 6/30/2012 | Shum, Wesley | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, grass |
| Sebastes rastrelliger | 6 lbs 7 oz | | | Big Sur | Monterey | 3/11/2018 | Lewis, Jordan A. | Ocean Diving | Free |
| rockfish, greenspotted |
| Sebastes chlorostictus | 2 lbs 10 oz | 16.5 | | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | 8/22/2021 | Locke, Wayne | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, olive |
| Sebastes serranoides | 7 lbs 4 oz | | | Morro Bay | San Luis Obispo | 10/12/2014 | Veach, Greg | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, olive |
| Sebastes serranoides | 6 lbs 1 oz | | | Carmel | Monterey | 1/2/2012 | Cupples, Christopher | Ocean Diving | Free |
| rockfish, treefish |
| Sebastes serriceps | 4 lbs 3 oz | | | Malibu | Los Angeles | 8/9/2003 | Kokrak, Joseph | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, vermilion |
| Sebastes miniatus | 14 lbs 9 oz | | | Morro Bay | San Luis Obispo | 7/31/1996 | Cruce, Bobby | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, vermilion |
| Sebastes miniatus | 10 lbs 10 oz | | | Fort Ross | Sonoma | 5/5/2018 | Bever, Aaron J. | Ocean Diving | Free |
| rockfish, yelloweye* |
| Sebastes ruberrimus | 18 lbs 3 oz | | | Piedras Blancas | San Luis Obispo | 4/15/1994 | Cossey, John | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| rockfish, yellowtail |
| Sebastes flavidus | 6 lbs 8 oz | | | Morro Bay | San Luis Obispo | 7/18/2020 | Thomas, Shane | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| Sacramento pikeminnow | | Ptychocheilus grandis | 13 lbs 13 oz | 31 | 19.5 | Pardee Reservoir | Amador | 2/14/2014 | Brown, Charles (Orangevale) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| salmon, Chinook |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | 88 lbs 0 oz | | | Sacramento River | Shasta | 11/21/1979 | Lindberg, O. (Red Bluff) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| salmon, Chinook (king) |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | 65 lbs 4 oz | | | Crescent City | Del Norte | 8/21/2002 | Cox, Franklin T. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| salmon, Chinook, Inland |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | 20 lbs 15 oz | 35.25 | 22.75 | Trinity Lake | Trinity | 7/16/2013 | Nachreiner, Sally (Redding) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| salmon, coho |
| Oncorhynchus kisutch | 22 lbs 0 oz | 38.5 | | Paper Mill Creek | Marin | 1/3/1959 | Hain, Milton (Fairfax) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| salmon, coho, Inland |
| Oncorhynchus kisutch | 8 lbs 15 oz | 29.5 | 16.25 | Oroville Diversion Pool | Butte | 7/2/2015 | Ritter, Michael | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| salmon, kokanee | | Oncorhynchus nerka | 5 lbs 2 oz | 24.75 | 15.75 | Lake Tahoe | Placer | 7/20/2013 | Brush, William (Nevada City) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| salmon, pink | | Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | 8 lbs 11 oz | | | Sacramento River | Shasta | 9/22/2001 | Daily, Mike (Red Bluff) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| sargo | | Anisotremus davidsonii | 4 lbs 1 oz | | | Salton Sea | Imperial | 1/1/1972 | Leonte, Mike (Thermal) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| sargo |
| Anisotremus davidsonii | 3 lbs 3 oz | | | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 12/28/2010 | Tyler, Dennis | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| sargo | | Anisotremus davidsonii | 3 lbs 8 oz | 18.875 | | Long Beach | Los Angeles | 12/29/2019 | Kerekes, Jeremy D. | Ocean Diving | Free |
| scallop, rock |
| Crassedoma giganteum | | 11.125 | | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 6/1/1972 | Harper, Hank | Ocean Diving | Scuba |
| scorpionfish, California |
| Scorpaena guttata | 3 lbs 2 oz | | | Newport Beach | Orange | 7/11/2022 | O'Malley, Jace | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| seabass, white |
| Atractoscion nobilis | 79 lbs 0 oz | | | Pajaro River Mouth | Santa Cruz | 10/14/2011 | Barry, Justin | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| seabass, white |
| Atractoscion nobilis | 93 lbs 4 oz | | | Malibu | Los Angeles | 9/17/2007 | Ernst, Bill | Ocean Diving | Free |
| seaperch, rainbow |
| Embiotoca caryi | no record - minimum size requirement: 1 pound | | | | | | | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| seaperch, rubberlip |
| Rhacochilus toxotes | 5 lbs 0 oz | | | Monterey Bay | Monterey | 6/18/2009 | Jacobs, Russell P. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| seaperch, rubberlip |
| Rhacochilus toxotes | 4 lbs 10 oz | | | Carmel | Monterey | 1/2/2012 | Cupples, Christopher | Ocean Diving | Free |
| seaperch, striped |
| Embiotoca lateralis | 2 lbs 11 oz | | | King Salmon | Humboldt | 4/26/2019 | Hover, Paul | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| shad, American | | Alosa sapidissima | 7 lbs 5 oz | | | West Branch of the Feather River | Butte | 5/9/1985 | Stillwell, Craig | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| shark, blue |
| Prionace glauca | 258 lbs 8 oz | | | Channel Islands | Santa Barbara | 8/29/2008 | Bollinger, Josh Ware | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| shark, blue |
| Prionace glauca | 231 lbs 0 oz | | | Santa Cruz Island | Santa Barbara | 8/1/1974 | Ballew, Robert L. | Ocean Diving | Free |
| shark, leopard |
| Triakis semifasciata | 47 lbs 1 oz | | | Palos Verdes | Los Angeles | 7/18/2007 | Schmidt, Ronald | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| shark, sevengill |
| Notorynchus cepedianus | 276 lbs 0 oz | | | Humboldt Bay | Humboldt | 10/17/1996 | Brewer, Cliff | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| shark, shortfin mako |
| Isurus oxyrinchus | 1,098 lbs 12 oz | | | Anacapa Island | Ventura | 7/24/2010 | Gizatullin, Sean | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| shark, shortfin mako |
| Isurus oxyrinchus | 484 lbs 4 oz | | | San Diego | San Diego | 6/16/2017 | Fukushima, Yu | Ocean Diving | Free |
| shark, soupfin (tope) |
| Galeorhinus galeus | 38 lbs 4 oz | 62 | | Torrey Pines | San Diego | 10/29/2017 | Cheeseman, Kevin | Ocean Angling | Bait |
| shark, thresher |
| Alopias vulpinus | 575 lbs 0 oz | | | Carlsbad Canyon | San Diego | 5/26/2007 | Lara, Daniel D. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| sheephead, California |
| Bodianus pulcher | 30 lbs 8 oz | | | Newport Beach | Orange | 8/29/2009 | Freis, Matt | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| sheephead, California |
| Bodianus pulcher | 40 lbs 7 oz | | | San Miguel Island | Santa Barbara | 8/9/1992 | Burton, Chip | Ocean Diving | Scuba |
| sole, fantail | | Xystreurys liolepis | 8 lbs 8 oz | | | San Clemente Island | Los Angeles | 6/6/2001 | Sheridan, Allan | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| squid, Humboldt | | Dosidicus gigas | no record - minimum size requirement: 40 pounds | | | | | | | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| sturgeon, white |
| Acipenser transmontanus | 468 lbs 0 oz | | | San Pablo Bay | Contra Costa | 7/9/1983 | Pallotta, Joey (Crockett) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| sunfish, (hybrid) | | Lepomis spp. | 1 lb. 4 oz. | 11 | 11.25 | Rancho Seco Lake | Sacramento | 8/16/2015 | Brad McGarity | Freshwater Angling | Bait |
| sunfish, bluegill | | Lepomis macrochirus | 3 lbs 14 oz | 14.3 | 18.5 | Rancho Murieta Reservoir | Sacramento | 6/22/2008 | Holoubek, Michael (Elk Grove) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| sunfish, pumpkinseed | | Lempomis gibbosus | 1 lb 0 oz | | | Mountain Meadows Reservoir | Lassen | 8/4/1998 | Smith, Dave (Richmond) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| sunfish, redear | | Lepomis microlophus | 5 lbs 13 oz | 17 | 19.5 | Lake Havasu | San Bernardino | 2/16/2014 | Brito, Hector (Lake Havasu City, AZ) | Freshwater Angling | Bait |
| sunfish, Sacramento perch | | Archoplites interruptus | 3 lbs 10 oz | | | Crowley Lake | Mono | 5/22/1979 | Johnson, Jack (Carson) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| sunfish, warmouth | | Lepomis gulosus | 0 lb 15 oz | 9.00 | 8.75 | Hensley Lake | Madera | 5/21/2004 | Jacobs, Russell (Fresno) | Freshwater Angling | Bait |
| surfperch, barred |
| Amphistichus argenteus | 4 lbs 2 oz | | | Morro Bay | San Luis Obispo | 11/8/1995 | Ferguson, Artie J. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| surfperch, barred |
| Amphistichus argenteus | 4 lbs 2 oz | | | Oxnard | Ventura | 3/30/1996 | Oakley, Fred | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| surfperch, calico |
| Amphistichus koelzi | 2 lb 0 oz | | | Marina Beach | Monterey | 2/17/2019 | Asuncion, Manecio | Ocean Angling | Bait |
| surfperch, redtail |
| Amphistichus rhodoterus | 3 lbs 7 oz | | | Kellogg Beach | Del Norte | 4/23/2012 | Montgomery, Ruthie | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| surfperch, walleye |
| Hyperprosopon argenteum | no record - minimum size requirement: 1 pound | | | | | | | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| swordfish |
| Xiphias gladius | 452 lbs 8 oz | | | Catalina Island | Los Angeles | 9/30/2003 | Denholm, David M. | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| tilapia | | | 6 lbs 0 oz | 20 | 16 | Palo Verde Lagoon | Imperial | 4/5/2007 | Horton, Gary (Palo Verde) | Freshwater Angling | Bait |
| trout, brook | | Salvelinus fontinalis | 9 lbs 12 oz | | | Silver Lake | Mono | 9/9/1932 | Haynes, Texas | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| trout, brown | | Oncorhynchus trutta | 26 lbs 8 oz | | | Twin Lakes | Mono | 4/30/1987 | Stearman, Danny (Bakersfield) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| trout, bull | | Salvelinus confluentus | 9 lbs 11 oz | | | Lake McCloud | Shasta | 5/1/1968 | McCloud, James | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| trout, cutthroat, wild | | Oncorhynchus clarki | 31 lbs 8 oz | | | Lake Tahoe | Placer | 1/1/1911 | Pomin, William | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| trout, golden | | Oncorhynchusa mykiss aquabonita | 9 lbs 8 oz | | | Virginia Lake | Fresno | 8/18/1952 | Benefield, O. (Compton) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| trout, lake | | Salvelinus namacush | 37 lbs 6 oz | | | Lake Tahoe | Placer | 6/21/1974 | Aronsen, Robert (South Lake Tahoe) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| trout, rainbow | | Oncorhynchus mykiss | 27 lbs 0 oz | 37.5 | 26 | Lake Natoma | Sacramento | 10/2/2005 | Palmer, Frank (Orangevale) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| trout, rainbow, domestic | | Oncorhynchus mykiss | 28 lbs 5 oz | 33.5 | 26.5 | Private lake | Butte | 1/3/2006 | Harrold, James (Cohasset) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| trout, steelhead rainbow | | Oncorhynchus mykiss gariderii | 27 lbs 4 oz | | | Smith River | Del Norte | 12/22/1976 | Halley, Robert (Crescent City) | Freshwater Angling | Lure |
| tuna, albacore |
| Thunnus alalunga | 90 lbs 0 oz | | | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | 10/21/1997 | Giberson, Don | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| tuna, albacore |
| Thunnus alalunga | 30 lbs 11 oz | | | Outer Monterey Bay | Monterey | 10/14/1998 | Tobin, Joseph E. | Ocean Diving | Free |
| tuna, bigeye |
| Thunnus obesus | 240 lbs 0 oz | | | Butterfly Bank | San Diego | 8/1/1987 | Hutchinson, Steve | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| tuna, bluefin |
| Thunnus orientalis | 395 lbs 6 oz | | | Tanner Bank | Los Angeles | 9/11/2021 | Sparks, Floyd | Ocean Angling | Bait |
| tuna, bluefin |
| Thunnus orientalis | 294 lbs 6 oz | 79.5 | | 43 Fathom Spot | San Diego | 6/22/2019 | Liberty, Joshua | Ocean Diving | Free |
| tuna, skipjack |
| Katsuwonus pelamis | 26 lbs 0 oz | | | San Diego | San Diego | 8/28/1970 | Hall, William | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| tuna, yellowfin |
| Thunnus albacares | 265 lbs 0 oz | | | Oceanside | San Diego | 9/26/2017 | Scanlon, Bo | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| tuna, yellowfin |
| Thunnus albacares | 66 lbs 7 oz | | | 43 Fathom Bank | | 8/27/2016 | Romanowski, Paul K. | Ocean Diving | Free |
| whitefish, mountain | | Propsopium willamosoni | 3 lbs 1 oz | 20 | 10.75 | Lake Tahoe | Placer | 1/24/2004 | Harris, Gregg (Truckee) | Freshwater Angling | Bait |
| whitefish, ocean |
| Caulolatilus princeps | 13 lbs 12 oz | | | Cortez Bank | San Diego | 4/23/1988 | Schwenk, Bob | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| whitefish, ocean |
| Caulolatilus princeps | 13 lbs 12 oz | | | San Nicholas Island | Ventura | 7/3/2010 | Yonei, Kevin | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| yellowtail |
| Seriola dorsalis | 63 lbs 1 oz | | | Santa Barbara Island | Santa Barbara | 6/18/2000 | Lee, Kwang Nam | Ocean Angling | Lure |
| yellowtail |
| Seriola dorsalis | 65 lbs 0 oz | | | Cortez Bank | San Diego | 10/11/1988 | Murray, Tom | Ocean Diving | Free |