| Image(s) |
Angler |
Length |
Date Caught | Notes
   |
fishshim |
25.0" (175.0 pts) |
June 3, 2007 |
caught south of van damme with bluefin17
using megabait jig |
 |
   |
mooch |
25.0" (175.0 pts) |
September 15, 2007 |
Caught at bean Hollow using an iron. Measured and witnessed by Bill and Adam. |
|
   |
FisHunter |
24.25" (169.75 pts) |
August 1, 2009 |
fooled with a thrown-up octopus!! NorCalCoast 8/1 |
|
   |
Freddie |
24.0" (168.0 pts) |
August 2, 2008 |
24" Elk Verm... Niiiiiiiiiiiiice. |
|
  |
KzReelRods |
23.5" (164.5 pts) |
July 27, 2007 |
|
|
   |
Abking |
23.5" (164.5 pts) |
August 29, 2007 |
I don't have a large caliper made for slimy fish - believe me, I wish I did! These shots are 1) overview; 2) tail from directly above; and 3) head from directly above. I don't think it's precise enough to call it 23.5"+, so 23.5 it is. |
|
 |
yakuza |
23.5" (164.5 pts) |
August 8, 2009 |
Big Sur on a 6" swimbait |
|
  |
otobepelagic |
23.25" (162.75 pts) |
September 13, 2008 |
Another Great day on the water with Patrick. |
|
   |
bsteves |
23.0" (161.0 pts) |
July 14, 2007 |
Fort Ross during "Bodega Bay Angler or the Day". Caught on a white scampi, witnessed by InSeine. |
|
  |
Rock Hopper |
23.0" (161.0 pts) |
July 14, 2007 |
23" Vermillion caught during the AOTD Derby at Fort Ross. Witnessed and verified by Jim Hobbs. |
|
   |
fishshim |
23.0" (161.0 pts) |
May 19, 2007 |
Vermillion ,Cape trip caught with Papa Bill swimbait tipped with squid |
|
   |
Abking |
23.0" (161.0 pts) |
August 12, 2007 |
Took an 8" blue split tail with a white fringe on a 6 oz. leadhead near Cape Mendocino. Released. |
|
  |
fishshim |
23.0" (161.0 pts) |
August 2, 2008 |
Caught at the 2008 Rockfish Fiesta! |
|
   |
KzReelRods |
23.0" (161.0 pts) |
September 5, 2009 |
Mendocino co coast. |
|
 |
SteveS |
22.75" (159.25 pts) |
June 30, 2008 |
ChuckE verifies the length of the verm on the right at 22.75". We didn't take a pic of the measure which we did in the parking lot |
|
   |
mahi mahi |
22.5" (157.5 pts) |
May 18, 2007 |
Humboldt Rocky "V" |
|
   |
jellyfish |
22.5" (157.5 pts) |
May 26, 2007 |
Caught onthe Tour de Chef with PAL and scwafish |
|
  |
KzReelRods |
22.5" (157.5 pts) |
September 16, 2008 |
Mendocino coast |
|
  |
FishMaster1 |
22.5" (157.5 pts) |
May 30, 2009 |
My biggest Vermillion caught on A yak, just south of Monterey.Witnessed by Sin Coast. |
|
   |
Ariel Sea |
22.25" (155.75 pts) |
August 1, 2009 |
Norcal Verm upgrade caught somewhere along the beautiful Norcal coast. Fishing with Tailwalk. The conditions were awesome! |
|
   |
HOLY TOLEDO |
22.0" (154.0 pts) |
July 12, 2008 |
the fort on a white shrimp fly tipped with squid in 110 FOW. |
|
  |
wdwrkr |
22.0" (154.0 pts) |
June 1, 2009 |
Lost coast on a swimbait |
|
  |
ChuckE |
22.0" (154.0 pts) |
May 30, 2009 |
Caught south of Carmel using a swimbait. Photo taken by Freddie. |
|
  |
Abking |
22.0" (154.0 pts) |
July 3, 2009 |
This ancient copper was huge - fat and tall. I thought it was a nice ling. It took the big Panther Martin trout in about 50 FOW. Released to live another 100 years... |
|
  |
Danglin |
22.0" (154.0 pts) |
August 20, 2009 |
|
|
  |
scwafish |
21.75" (152.25 pts) |
May 26, 2007 |
This rocky LOOKED old. |
|
  |
backindayak |
21.75" (152.25 pts) |
June 28, 2008 |
fishing south of Navarro Beach in 70 fow, fast drift, got hung up, took some doin but got it to pop loose, felt very heavy, thought i was bringing up some rock, small blue on the teaser, and this thing on a 7 in. gitzit, biggest copper I've caught or seen |
|
  |
Sin Coast |
21.5" (150.5 pts) |
October 19, 2008 |
22" verm caught 10-19 in Big Sur. Caught on 6oz glow iron in 100ft. I actually caught two exact same sized verms that day....twins? |
|
  |
KzReelRods |
21.5" (150.5 pts) |
July 4, 2008 |
7/4/08 - Mendocino Coast |
|
   |
fishshim |
21.5" (150.5 pts) |
July 4, 2008 |
Nice Vermillion, but I feel bad that the big ones are always females. |
|
   |
InSeine |
21.5" (150.5 pts) |
November 11, 2008 |
Vermillion caught veterans day at Fort Ross with Uminchu |
|
   |
mooch |
21.5" (150.5 pts) |
August 7, 2009 |
Compliments of Bean Hollow |
|
  |
bwodun |
21.5" (150.5 pts) |
October 11, 2009 |
caught off horshoe cove/fisk mill |
|
   |
InSeine |
21.0" (147.0 pts) |
August 30, 2007 |
Caught Aug 30th at Fort Ross with Naoaki "Uminchu" Caught on a rootbeer scampi |
|
  |
AlsHobieOutback |
21.0" (147.0 pts) |
May 17, 2009 |
Caught at GMS III |
|
 |
Tote |
21.0" (147.0 pts) |
July 25, 2009 |
Vermillion at Albion tourney |
|
   |
HOLY TOLEDO |
21.0" (147.0 pts) |
August 3, 2009 |
Shelter Cove |
|
 |
Eric B |
21.0" (147.0 pts) |
August 7, 2009 |
Caught on a 25 cent butterknife jig. Released. |
|
 |
frankfishing |
20.75" (145.25 pts) |
July 27, 2007 |
caught on Flukes off of MBK. |
|
 |
ChuckE |
20.75" (145.25 pts) |
May 26, 2008 |
Caught off Pigeon Point on Memorial Day |
|
   |
scwafish |
20.75" (145.25 pts) |
July 4, 2008 |
Humboldt fish on a grub. |
|
   |
Ariel Sea |
20.75" (145.25 pts) |
May 15, 2009 |
Gimme Shelter 3 Verm caught on my blue/white Tady 4/0 yellowtail/wsb jig. Will upgrade. |
|
 |
Freddie |
20.5" (143.5 pts) |
May 27, 2007 |
05-27-07 20 1/2" Vermillion |
|
 |
Danglin |
20.5" (143.5 pts) |
August 2, 2008 |
|
|
  |
Abking |
20.5" (143.5 pts) |
May 17, 2009 |
Big black caught right when Al fell in the drink at the Cove. |
|
   |
Abking |
20.5" (143.5 pts) |
May 29, 2009 |
Big verm, but I thought it was bigger! Caught on MattS's 8 oz. lead-head with big green Berkley tail. |
|
 |
Eric B |
20.5" (143.5 pts) |
June 13, 2009 |
This one was caught at BH opening day on a green/silver sparkle swimbait and was delicious. |
|
  |
tcraig1963 |
20.5" (143.5 pts) |
October 16, 2009 |
Verm caught off Point Arena |
|
  |
InSeine |
20.25" (141.75 pts) |
July 19, 2008 |
Caught during the AOTD event at Fort Ross in 120ft of water off of the F-bouy. Uminchi verified.
|
|
  |
otobepelagic |
20.25" (141.75 pts) |
July 23, 2009 |
Caught at Elk....pre-fishing prior to the Albion Tourney...Gotta love the "hill" |
|
  |
ChuckE |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
May 7, 2007 |
Caught on Bill's swimbait at Big Sur. Measured and witnessed by Fuzz. |
|
   |
scwafish |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
May 18, 2007 |
Caught with Abking and the Mendo Crew |
|
 |
Pacifico |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
July 14, 2007 |
Caught on a whole mackeral at Bean Hollow |
|
  |
bill |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
July 15, 2007 |
Bean Hollow with Chuck and Mooch |
|
 |
Freddie |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
July 14, 2007 |
Bean Hollow 07-14-07 Big Black |
|
 |
Abking |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
May 18, 2008 |
20" red caught in the Pacific Ocean within contest boundaries and according to contest rules. 8>} |
|
 |
otobepelagic |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
June 14, 2008 |
Fort Ross on a shrimp fly rig with a bit of squid |
|
  |
mako1 |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
June 2, 2009 |
Lost Coast, not a pretty trough pic. I should have done it while on the water when the fish was perky and pretty... but I forgot! I almost filleted it before measuring it too! |
|
  |
Bungle |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
August 2, 2008 |
Caught during Elk tourney |
|
 |
mooch |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
August 2, 2008 |
Caught at Elk - witnessed by Mark / Fishshim |
|
  |
bwodun |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
August 3, 2009 |
caught off shelter cove |
|
  |
ravensblack |
20.0" (140.0 pts) |
October 10, 2009 |
|
|
  |
Abking |
19.5" (136.5 pts) |
May 10, 2008 |
Vermillion from the Cape. I think it hit the lavender Megabait - check the video! 8>} |
|
  |
Freddie |
19.5" (136.5 pts) |
May 30, 2009 |
NorCal Coast Rockfish. 19.5" |
|
  |
otobepelagic |
19.5" (136.5 pts) |
June 15, 2009 |
on bait at the "alley"
Happy birthday to me....
all fish released today... |
|
 |
Sin Coast |
19.5" (136.5 pts) |
June 2, 2009 |
A nice plump vermillion from Big Sur. Caught on 5/30 w/a Megabait iron in 100ft. Witnessed by Fishmaster1. |
|
   |
mako1 |
19.25" (134.75 pts) |
July 14, 2008 |
Alone at Russian Gulch, 70 feet, on a small iron. |
|
  |
HOLY TOLEDO |
19.25" (134.75 pts) |
July 4, 2008 |
salt point Independence Day |
|
 |
domenic |
19.25" (134.75 pts) |
June 3, 2009 |
Cove black |
|
   |
Ashley |
19.25" (134.75 pts) |
July 31, 2009 |
Vermillion caught on my favorite lure (purple megabait) |
|
  |
Fishin-Jay |
19.25" (134.75 pts) |
August 1, 2009 |
Bean Hollow |
|
  |
swellrider |
19.0" (133.0 pts) |
June 20, 2007 |
|
|
  |
swellrider |
19.0" (133.0 pts) |
June 20, 2007 |
|
|
 |
Danglin |
19.0" (133.0 pts) |
July 12, 2007 |
|
|
   |
Uminchu |
19.0" (133.0 pts) |
August 30, 2007 |
Another Mega-bait kill at Fort Ross!
19 inch. Copper fishing w/ inseine. |
|
 |
mahi mahi |
19.0" (133.0 pts) |
June 30, 2008 |
Caspar Beach on the Mendocino Coast. |
|
   |
Tote |
19.0" (133.0 pts) |
August 4, 2008 |
Caught at Albion, released |
|
  |
bassmanben |
19.0" (133.0 pts) |
October 31, 2009 |
Caught at BH last day of season on a rootbeer scampi |
|
 |
HOLY TOLEDO |
18.75" (131.25 pts) |
June 14, 2008 |
Ft. Ross on a rootbeer scampi in 115 FOW. |
|
  |
Danglin |
18.75" (131.25 pts) |
May 17, 2009 |
Forgot to get a Trough pic!!!! Too busy with the Fam.. Plan on catch a bigger one anyway if this is a problem.
Fish & game measurement at 18.75 |
|
  |
Bird |
18.75" (131.25 pts) |
October 10, 2009 |
Great day in Mendo Co., jigged with a scampi-leadhead rig. |
|
  |
polepole |
18.5" (129.5 pts) |
June 3, 2007 |
Caught at Fort Ross |
|
  |
mooch |
18.5" (129.5 pts) |
July 13, 2008 |
Caught with megabait / bucktail siwash hook |
|
  |
frankfishing |
18.5" (129.5 pts) |
August 18, 2008 |
Big Sur with Allen Bushnell |
|
   |
Jedmo |
18.5" (129.5 pts) |
May 17, 2009 |
Glad to have a nice picture with my
good buddy Phil. |
|
  |
Sin Coast |
18.5" (129.5 pts) |
May 15, 2009 |
Plump little verm caught at The Cove on opening day w/6" white scampi on 3oz head in 27ft of water. |
|
  |
Sailfish |
18.5" (129.5 pts) |
August 19, 2009 |
Caught at BH |
|
  |
ravensblack |
18.5" (129.5 pts) |
September 5, 2009 |
2 inches at a time. NO NOT BH DAMMIT |
|
   |
jmstub |
18.5" (129.5 pts) |
October 10, 2009 |
Caught this guy at Fort Ross on a shrimp fly. Wasn't much of a fighter. |
|
   |
Diroblo |
18.5" (129.5 pts) |
November 13, 2009 |
stillwater, with bird |
|
  |
bsteves |
18.25" (127.75 pts) |
June 3, 2007 |
Fort Ross 5 oz Hex bar |
|
   |
Uminchu |
18.0" (126.0 pts) |
September 14, 2008 |
Bean grass RF on Berkeley Gulp! |
|
  |
InSeine |
18.0" (126.0 pts) |
June 18, 2009 |
Caught at the Fort during the season opener on my secret lure. |
|
 |
Guitarzan |
18.0" (126.0 pts) |
August 6, 2009 |
Bean Hollow on a swimbait |
|
   |
Uminchu |
17.5" (122.5 pts) |
June 1, 2007 |
Opening Day Fort Ross Black Rockfish in shallow water (less then 20ft.) with Megabait! |
|
   |
bwodun |
17.25" (120.75 pts) |
June 10, 2009 |
caught at russian gulch on the first drop pf the day, woohoo. |
|
   |
slammer |
17.0" (119.0 pts) |
November 7, 2008 |
|
|
  |
Sailfish |
17.0" (119.0 pts) |
August 7, 2009 |
Caught at Bean Hollow |
|
  |
bassmanben |
17.0" (119.0 pts) |
October 11, 2009 |
Caught 10/11/09 SM coast |
|
   |
Uminchu |
16.5" (115.5 pts) |
July 2, 2008 |
Red at Ft. Ross w/ the world famous MegaBait! |
|
  |
slammer |
16.5" (115.5 pts) |
July 4, 2009 |
The Fort. |
|
  |
ravensblack |
16.5" (115.5 pts) |
July 25, 2009 |
Getting bigger one day at a time |
|
  |
Guitarzan |
16.25" (113.75 pts) |
May 26, 2008 |
First Rocky of the season, caught at P. Point on a 4 inch blue swimbait. |
|
 |
mickfish |
16.0" (112.0 pts) |
September 30, 2007 |
|
|
   |
Uminchu |
16.0" (112.0 pts) |
August 19, 2009 |
Grass RF.
caught on same lure as ling and many others (Braid Thumper Squid)... |
|
  |
Diroblo |
16.0" (112.0 pts) |
October 30, 2009 |
caught on a bar tipped with squid |
|
  |
hydrospider |
15.5" (108.5 pts) |
August 2, 2008 |
must upgrade |
|
 |
Guitarzan |
15.5" (108.5 pts) |
June 13, 2009 |
Ft Ross opener |
|
  |
Alien |
15.0" (105.0 pts) |
May 19, 2007 |
15" Vermillion: Caught out of Carmel (Monisterey Beach) witness by sackyak and Crew. |
|
  |
InSeine |
15.0" (105.0 pts) |
July 12, 2007 |
China rockfish caught out in front of the farmhouse. Naoaki Uminchu can verify |
|
  |
ravensblack |
15.0" (105.0 pts) |
June 13, 2009 |
points is points. its opening day for cryin out loud. Lost a huge vermillion or you wouldnt have to look at this punk |
|
  |
brian65 |
14.75" (103.25 pts) |
November 11, 2009 |
Carmel pebbel beach Bloodbath,tigerfish solsr1 |
|
  |
AbMan |
14.5" (101.5 pts) |
May 15, 2009 |
GMS 3 - This better get upgraded soon.
|
|
   |
Ashley |
14.5" (101.5 pts) |
July 25, 2009 |
Albion open rockfish.
My 1st ocean kayaking fish.
Caught on my B-day lure (Shimano Lucanus) given to me by Levi. |
|
  |
KzReelRods |
14.5" (101.5 pts) |
July 25, 2009 |
Kinda embarrasing to register a 14.5 inch rockfish but these days I never know if I'll be rockfishing much more before season closes. One of many china's at Albion... |
|
  |
dilbeck |
14.25" (99.75 pts) |
July 25, 2009 |
Pathetic I know but my first ocean fish. It's a start! |
|
   |
delladl |
14.0" (98.0 pts) |
August 8, 2008 |
Stillwater N.
Almost embarrassed to enter this one, but it gets me temporarily out last place, upgrade next time |
|
 |
bassmanben |
14.0" (98.0 pts) |
July 25, 2009 |
China rockfish caught at 2009 Albion Open. Not much but points is points |
|
  |
wdwrkr |
13.75" (96.25 pts) |
May 18, 2009 |
Mendo coast Farallon Feather Its not very big but it was a nasty day to be on the water. |
|
   |
bwodun |
13.5" (94.5 pts) |
May 29, 2009 |
my first rock fish from the yak, hell my first rock fish in 25 years. van damme on a twin tail green swim bait |
|
  |
Pat R |
13.25" (92.75 pts) |
June 6, 2009 |
First time Rock fishing caught this one in a kelp bed at 65 feet on a green swim bait. Location Monterey Bay. |
|
 |
brian65 |
13.25" (92.75 pts) |
October 11, 2009 |
Witness Ravensblack stump |
|
  |
notuna |
13.0" (91.0 pts) |
June 15, 2009 |
Off Cannery Row, Monterey |
|
