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Alabama Official State Record Saltwater Fish - Revised September 25, 2006

SPECIES
LOCAL NAME
ANGLER
HOMETOWN
DATE
LB
OZ
AMBERJACK, GREATER SAME MARCUS R. KENNEDY MOBILE, AL 06/19/81 127 lb 12 oz
ANGELFISH, BLUE SAME SHARON DIANE SKIFF EAST ALTON, IL 04/29/01 2 lb 3 oz
BARRACUDA, GREAT BARRACUDA STEVEN HAWKINS MOBILE, AL 07/15/05 52 lb 4 oz
BARRELFISH SAME DOUG MALLONEE SEMMES, AL 07/07/06 12 lbs 0 oz
BASS, LONGTAIL SAME MICAH MALLONEE SEMMES, AL 07/15/06 5 lb 10 oz
BASS, STRIPED SAME BILLY HENDERSON FAIRFIELD, AL 06/22/76 55 lb 0 oz
BIGEYE BIGEYE SNAPPER YANO SERRA CODEN, AL 06/28/06 3 lb 2 oz
BLUEFISH SAME ALICIA WALIMAA MERIDIAN, MS 06/05/04 17 lb 4 oz
BONITO, ATLANTIC SAME JOE ZOLCZYNSKI FAIRHOPE, AL 12/31/94 5 lb 5 oz
BROTULA, BEARDED SAME MICHAEL T. DOWDY MOBILE, AL 08/09/97 19 lb 8 oz
CATFISH, GAFFTOPSAIL GAFFTOP B. L. BRACKNELL, JR. BAYOU LA BATRE AL 07/11/92 8 lb 13 oz
CATFISH, SEA HARDHEAD DEREK WAINWRIGHT IRVINGTON, AL 06/16/01 2 lb 15 oz
CHUB, BERMUDA SAME SHERMAN SMITH SILVERHILL, AL 06/17/06 10 lb 5 oz
CHUB, YELLOW SAME THOMAS D. JONES ORANGE BEACH, AL 10/22/02 7 lb 4 oz
COBIA LING, LEMONFISH BENJAMIN E. FAIREY PENSACOLA, FL 04/18/95 117 lb 7 oz
CREOLEFISH SAME CHUCK ANDRE´ SPANISH FORT, AL 01/28/04 0 lb 13 oz
CREVALLE JACK CAVALLA JOHN E. TOMMEY III MOBILE, AL 08/20/94 39 lb 4 oz
CROAKER, ATLANTIC CROAKER CARL N. BILLINGS MOBILE, AL 09/03/94 4 lb 0 oz
DOLPHINFISH MAHI MAHI DONNIE NORRED HOUMA, LA 05/27/89 60 lb 0 oz
DRUM, BLACK SAME ROBERT DEAN DISNEY IRVINGTON, AL 04/20/02 61 lb 0 oz
DRUM, RED REDFISH WAYNE SNODDY AUBURN, AL 01/23/82 43 lb 0 oz
ESCOLAR SAME MICHAEL CLAY JAMES ORANGE BEACH, AL 04/27/03 62 lb 7 oz
FILEFISH SAME WILLIE LEE BROWN BIRMINGHAM, AL 10/12/91 8 lb 8 oz
FLOUNDER, SOUTHERN SAME PETE C. MELECH MOBILE, AL 10/15/75 13 lb 3 oz
GROUPER, BLACK SAME GLYNN BURR, II DENHAM SPRINGS LA 06/03/06 63 lb 1 oz
GROUPER, GAG SAME JERE AUSTILL, JR. MOBILE, AL 1963 74 lb 8 oz
GROUPER, RED SAME MICHAEL SARGENT. JR FULTON, MO 03/23/02 34 lb 10 oz
GROUPER, SCAMP SAME ROBERT A. CONKLIN MOBILE, AL 07/22/00 29 lb 10 oz
GROUPER, SNOWY SAME DOUG MALLONEE SEMMES. AL 07/07/06 52 lb 9 oz
GROUPER, WARSAW SAME MICHAEL J. DRIVER PENSACOLA, FL 07/18/88 226 lb 0 oz
GROUPER, YELLOWEDGE SAME JONATHAN GRAHAM SEMMES, AL 02/12/05 46 lb 8 oz
HAKE, SOUTHERN SAME JACK GAINES, II DAUPHIN ISLAND, AL 04/23/06 6 lbs 4.5 oz
HIND, RED SAME WILLIAM H. HILL MOBILE, AL 07/17/87 2 lb 14 oz
HIND, SPECKLED SAME HARRY 'MAC' BARNES MONTGOMERY, AL 09/04/05 22 lb 14 oz
JACK, ALMACO SAME HARRY 'MAC' BARNES MONTGOMERY, AL 05/11/02 47 lb 8 oz
KINGFISH, GULF/SOUTHERN WHITING/GROUND MULLET LAMONT W. RIGNEY EIGHT MILE, AL 09/04/01 2 lb 15 oz
LADYFISH SKIPJACK R. NEAL HOWARD THEODORE, AL 07/28/06 4 lb 8 oz
LITTLE TUNNY BONITO W. A. MARCH, JR. MOBILE, AL 1956 21 lb 0 oz
LOOKDOWN SAME TERRELL K. SMITH MOBILE, AL 08/24/97 2 lb 2 oz
MACKEREL, KING SAME MICHAEL J.KIRCHLER MOBILE, AL 04/09/02 67 lb 15 oz
MACKEREL, SPANISH SAME L. L. MATTHEWS MOBILE, AL 10/19/93 8 lb 12 oz
MARLIN, BLUE SAME MARCUS R. KENNEDY MOBILE, AL 05/27/89 779 lb 5 oz
MARLIN, WHITE SAME ASHLEY WALTERS SATSUMA, AL 05/24/97 98 lb 13 oz
MOONFISH, ATLANTIC SAME JOE A. MC SHERDON CHILDERSBURG, AL 08/12/03 1 lb 0 oz
MULLET, STRIPED MULLET CLAYTON W. SCHWIND CODEN, AL 06/14/03 1 lb 2 oz
PINFISH SAME ROY “TOJO” WHITE CODEN, AL 05/15/01 3 lb 2 oz
POMPANO, AFRICAN SAME RODNEY M. DUTTON MOBILE, AL 09/09/89 39 lb 7 oz
POMPANO, FLORIDA (TIE) POMPANO ANDREW STEEBER & MICHAEL MADISH MOBILE & SPANISH FORT, AL 11/11/99 & 10/21/03 5 lb 8 oz
PORGY, RED WHITE SNAPPER TIMOTHY JACKSON FAIRHOPE, AL 06/16/91 7 lb 6 oz
PORGY, WHITEBONE PORGY MICHAEL N. MARTIN ROSWELL, GA 06/10/06 4 lb 5 oz
PUFFER, SMOOTH SAME JOYCE M. HICKS GULF SHORES, AL 04/26/99 3 lb 10 oz
ROSEFISH, BLACKBELLY SAME TIM BERGER MOBILE, AL 05/29/06 2 lb 8 oz
RUNNER, RAINBOW SAME L. NICOLE SULLIVAN LYNN HAVEN, FL 9/10/06 19 lb 9 oz
RUNNER, BLUE HARDTAIL STACEY M. MOIREN MOBILE, AL 06/28/97 11 lb 2 oz
SAILFISH, ATLANTIC SAILFISH R. L. MEADOR JR. BIRMINGHAM, AL 1974 81 lb 0 oz
SEABASS, BLACK SAME STEVE W. EDWARDS MARIANNA, AR 07/31/00 3 lb 2 oz
SEAROBIN, BLACKWING SEA ROBIN CECILIA MUSSELWHITE IRVINGTON, AL 04/24/05 1 lb 13 oz
SEATROUT, SAND/SILVER WHITE TROUT RYAN CONKLIN CODEN, AL 07/12/97 6 lb 11 oz
SEATROUT, SPOTTED SPECKLED TROUT W. A. DUCHARME ORANGE BEACH, AL 05/06/80 12 lb 4 oz
SHARK, ATL.SHARPNOSE SAND SHARK CRAIG MIRONCHUCK BAUXITE, AR 05/12/06 16 lb 3 oz
SHARK, LEMON SAME TERRY L. SMITH MOBILE, AL 07/21/95 278 lb 8 oz
SHARK, MAKO SAME LARRY A. JOHNSON ORANGE BEACH, AL 08/20/78 737 lb 0 oz
SHARK, TIGER SAME LARRY G. EBERLY GULF SHORES, AL 06/24/90 988 lb 8 oz
SHARKSUCKER SAME JESSIE LEE TUCKER ROBERTSDALE, AL 05/12/04 4 lb 7 oz
SHEEPSHEAD SAME DREW PARRISH SPANISH FORT, AL 11/20/01 12 lb 15 oz
SNAPPER, CUBERA SAME MICHAEL A. CRAWLEY GRAND BAY, AL 05/20/88 52 lb 0 oz
SNAPPER, DOG SAME DONALD W. DUNNAM DAUPHIN ISLAND, AL 07/16/04 13 lb 4 oz
SNAPPER, GRAY MANGROVE PNG BEE YEN MOBILE, AL 07/03/03 15 lb 11 oz
SNAPPER, LANE SAME SUZANNE RIDGON QUITMAN, MS 06/23/91 7 lb 0 oz
SNAPPER, MUTTON SAME DON EARNSHAW BUCKS, AL 07/30/94 13 lb 12 oz
SNAPPER, RED SAME MELVIN E. DUNN, JR THEODORE, AL 06/01/02 44 lb 12 oz
SNAPPER, SILK SAME DANIEL B. WEAVER GULF SHORES, AL 05/27/06 6 lbs 3 oz
SNAPPER, VERMILION BEELINER JOHN W. DOSS THEODORE, AL 06/06/87 7 lb 3 oz
SNAPPER, YELLOWTAIL SAME DONALD WATERS PENSACOLA, FL 06/20/99 4 lb 5 oz
SPADEFISH, ATLANTIC SPADEFISH ANTHONY B. JOHNSON KNOXVILLE, TN 04/14/03 6 lb 12 oz
SPEARFISH, LONGBILL SPEARFISH VALERIE P. JOHNSON FAIRHOPE, AL 1976 53 lb 0 oz
SQUIRRELFISH SAME MICHAEL SIMMONS CONWAY, AR 08/04/06 1 lb 1 oz
STARGAZER, SOUTHERN STARGAZER MICHAEL BRYANT MOBILE, AL 04/13/06 6 lb 4.5 oz
STINGRAY, ROUGHTAIL SAME DAN R. MIDGETTE SEMMES, AL 08/06/00 160 lb 0 oz
STINGRAY, SOUTHERN SAME RANDY STERRETTE, JR THEODORE, AL 08/20/98 125 lb 0 oz
SWORDFISH SAME DARREN FRICK GULF SHORES, AL 09/15/05 350 lb 12 oz
TARPON SAME BILLY WILDBERGER MOBILE, AL 08/15/92 203 lb 0 oz
TILEFISH, BLUELINE SAME TIM BERGER MOBILE. AL 05/30/06 6 lb 12 oz
TILEFISH, NORTHERN SAME PAUL D. KELL STEELE, AL 04/22/06 26 lb 3 oz
TOADFISH, LEOPARD SAME CHUCK ANDRE SPANISH FORT, AL 04/22/03 2 lb 13 oz
TRIGGERFISH, GRAY TRIGGERFISH ROBBY MYERS AXIS, AL 05/31/93 13 lb 8 oz
TRIGGERFISH, QUEEN SAME JAKE TAFFARO, JR. ELBERTA, AL 07/06/99 7 lb 8 oz
TRIPLETAIL BLACKFISH BOB BARNES BAYOU LA BATRE AL 1976 37 lb 5 oz
TUNA, BIGEYE SAME SCOTT WAINE THEODORE, AL 05/22/04 51 lb 14 oz
TUNA, BLACKFIN SAME JEFFREY D. GRIFFETH WINAMAC, IN 06/24/03 32 lb 12 oz
TUNA, BLUEFIN SAME JOHN ENGQUIST BATON ROUGE, LA 06/03/06 829 lb 6 oz
TUNA, SKIPJACK SAME TAMMY JACKSON FAIRHOPE, AL 08/15/98 29 lb 8 oz
TUNA, YELLOWFIN SAME MATTHEW PAUL EUSNER ASHLAND, KY 06/03/06 221lb 7.2oz
WAHOO SAME DAVID M. SUMRALL MOBILE, AL 05/06/06 123 lb 6 oz
WRECKFISH SAME DOUG MALLONEE SEMMES, AL 05/30/06 68 lb 6 oz
*** Pending final certification by the State Saltwater Record Fish Committee
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