2020 sees WAUC establish brand new fish records.
The rules of claiming a WAUC club record:
Claiming A West Australian Undersea Club Spearfishing Record
Current WAUC records
African Pompano/Threadfin Trevally (Alectis ciliaris) – 4.845kg – Joel Davies (09/03/2014) Three-Mile Reef
Australian Salmon, Western (Arripus truttaceus) – 5.98kg – Deacon Plant (19/03/2013) Albany
Baldchin Groper (Choerodon rubescens) – 9.000kg – Tim Quesnel (12/07/2015) Jurien
Barramundi Cod (Chromileptes altivelis) – 4.00kg – Robert Coates (28/4/2017) Onslow
Black Drummer (Girella tephraeops) – 2.40kg – Graham Carlisle (24/03/2018) Albany
Black-Spot Dart Fish (Trachinotus baillonii) – 0.580kg– Zoran Djuric (05/01/2012) Steep Point
Black-Spot Goat Fish (Parupeneus signatus) – 1.215kg – Robert Coates (20/03/2015) Rottnest Is.
Blackspot Tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii) – 12.19kg – Deacon Plant (12/08/2013) Steep Point
Black Wrasse (Coris aygula) – 4.340kg– Steve Oakes (09/06/18) Dirk Hartog Island
Blue-barred Parrot Fish (Scarus ghobban) – 8.10kg – Nathan Goh (13/04/2019) Dongara
Blue-Barred Parrot Fish (Scarus ghobban) – 5.66kg – Jake Djuric (01/06/2019) Port Gregory JUNIOR RECORD
Blue-Tailed Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys cyanoura) – 0.890kg – Nick Extract (11/10/2011) Two Rocks
Bludger Trevally (Carangoides gymnostethus) – 3.47kg – Zoran Djuric (11/02/2012) Port Gregory
Blue-Lined Emperor (Lethrinus laticaudis) – 2.00kg – Robert Coates (18/8/2017) Onslow
Breaksea Cod (Epinephelides armatus) – 1.650kg – Mike Riddock (13/4/2013) Ledge Point
Chinaman Fish (Symphorus nematophorus) – 12.00kg – Darren Aitken (09/09/2015) Carnarvon
Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) – 16.05kg – Tom Matheson (17/7/2015) Carnarvon
Common Coral Trout (Plectropomus leopardus) – 7.02kg – Michael Treble (31/05/15) Abrolhos Is.
Bar-cheek Coral Trout (Plectropomus maculatus) – 7.05kg– Rory Macleod (24/04/2012) Exmouth
Common Dart (Trachinotus Botla) – 2.100kg – Liam Ronzitti (09/06/18) Dirk Hartog Island
Coral Cod (Cephalophis miniata) – 1.515kg – Blake Caddy (26/6/2019) Dampier
Coronation Trout (Variola louti) – 4.41kg – Chris Barnes (10/08/2015) Exmouth
Dolphin Fish/Mahi Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) – 12.90kg – Riley Moore (16/03/2017) Perth
Ember Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) – 4.470kg– Zoran Djuric (10/12/2011) Shark Bay
Estuary Catfish/Cobbler (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus) – 1.240kg – Nick Extract (15/12/2011) Quinns Beach
Frostback Rockcod/Twinspot Grouper (Epinephelus bilobatus) – 1.935kg – Andrew Buzzacott (07/07/2013) Exmouth
Fringe-eyed Flathead (Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus) – 2.084kg – Cameron Cousins (17/04/2013) Denham, Shark Bay EQUAL RECORD
Fringe-Eyed Flathead (Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus) – 2.090kg – Blake Caddy (04/01/2019) Dampier, EQUAL RECORD. (Doesn’t exceed Cameron Cousins 2013 record of 2.084kg by more than 100g).
Foxfish (Bodianus frenchii) – 1.560kg – Zoran Djuric (20/11/2011) Denmark
Giant Australian Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) – 6.495kg – Matt Greenaway (22/04/2015) Rottnest Is.
Gold-Spotted Trevally/Turrum (Carangoides fulvoguttatus) – 14.500kg– David Stickland (21/02/2012) Abrolhos Is.
Golden Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) – 18.22kg – Michael Bretagne (17/03/2013) Beagles – WORLD RECORD
Gold-Spot Sweetlip (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus) – 2.72kg – Nick Extract (02/02/2013) Point Peron
Greater Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) – 35.5kg – Te-aopouri Manihera (24/09/2011) Abrolhos Is.
Green Jobfish (Aprion virescens) 10.84kg – Bryce Hollins (6/10/16) Montebello Islands
Harlequin Fish (Othos dentex) –3.395kg– Brad Vale (25/03/2017) Albany
Herring (Arripis Georgianus) – 150g – John Davies (12/28/2019) Greenhead
Horseshoe Leatherjacket (Meuschenia Hippocrepis) – 1.050kg – Nick Extract (05/04/2014) Albany
King George Whiting (Sillaginodes Punctatus) – 1.41kg – Amanda Schupp (06/23/2018) Rottnest Island – NATIONAL WOMENS RECORD
Longnose Emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus)– 5.62kg – Bryce Hollins (29/8/2017) Onslow
Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus) – 8.40kg – Robert Coates (29/8/2017) Onslow
Maori sea perch (Lutjanus rivulatus) – 14.05kg – Blake Caddy (03/07/18) Dampier.
Magpie Perch (Cheilodactylus nigripes) – 0.995kg – Nick Extract (05/04/2014) Albany
Military Sea Pike/Barracuda (Sphyraena putnamae) – 2.890kg– Zoran Djuric (07/07/2012) Exmouth
Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus) – 1.440kg – Nick Extract (16/02/2014) Canal Rocks
Moses Perch (Lutjanus russelli) – 0.610kg – Nick Extract (08/02/2015) Three-Mile Reef
Mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) – 18.30kg – Graham Gould (28/10/2012) Canarvon
Oriental Bonito (Sarda orientalis) – 2.895kg – Damon Walling (05/04/2014) Albany – STATE RECORD
Pink Snapper (Pagrus auratus) – 9.485kg –Deacon Plant (06/03/2011) Albany
Queen Snapper/Blue Morwong (Nemadactylus valenciennesi) – 7.20kg – Deacon Plant (01/10/2012) Albany
Rankin Cod (Epinephelus multinotatus) – 8.60kg– Jessica Mangan (13/08/2017) Exmouth – NATIONAL WOMENS RECORD
Red Bass (Lutjanus bahar) – 11.50kg – Chris Barnes (08/08/2015) Exmouth
Samson Fish (Seriola hippos) – 30.50kg– Stuart Parker (24/03/18) Albany
Sand Bass/Glass-eyed Perch (Psammoperca waigiensis) – 0.900kg– Zoran Djuric (22/01/2011) Leeman
Sand Bass/Glass-eyed Perch (Psammoperca waigiensis) – 0.940kg– Matt Trewick (11/04/2019) Rottnest Island . Equal record – Does not exceed current record by 50g.
Sea Sweep (Scorpis aequipinnis) – 1.78kg– Benjamin Coy (16/05/2018) Perth Metro
Shark Mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus) – 11.99kg– Zoran Djuric (09/09/2012) Rockingham
Silver Trevally (Pseudocaranx georgianus)– 2.18kg– Liam Ronzitti (3/2/2018) Leeman
Skipjack/Striped Tuna (Katsumonus pelamis) – 6.395kg – Aleks Ceklic (23/12/2015) Rockingham
Snook (Sphyraena nuvaehollandiae) – 3.36kg– Graham Carlisle (24/3/2018) Albany
Snub-nose Dart (trachinotus blochii) – 7.41kg – Darren Aitken (3/8/2019) Carnarvon
Small-eyed Flathead (Cymbacephalus bosschei) – 1.080kg – Zoran Djuric (02/05/2013) Kalbarri
Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) – 5.426kg – Graham Carlisle (4/1/2018) Direction Bank
Southern Blue-spot Flathead (Platycephalus speculator) – 1.045kg – Darryl Piper (1/1/2018) Albany
Spangled Emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) – 6.00kg – Graham Gould (12/06/2014) Abrolhos Is.
Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) – 35.48kg– Darren Aitken (7/10/2017) Montebello Isands
Squid – Tiger (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) – 1.0kg – Blake Caddy caught at (08/27/2019) Dampier
Swallow-tailed dart (Trachinotus coppingeri) – 1.80kg – Benjamin Coy (15/03/2018) Exmouth
Swallowtail (Centroberyx lineatus) – 0.44kg – Benjamin Coy (16/05/2018) Perth Metro
Swallowtail (Centroberyx lineatus) – 0.48kg – Henry Vaughan (13/02/2019) Rottnest Island. Equal record – Does not exceed current record by 50g.
Tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix)- 3.83kg – Jack Moss (27/10/2012) Rockingham
Tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba) – 1.190kg – Zoran Djuric (01/10/2012) Rockingham
Thicklip Trevally (Carangoides orthogrammus) –4.970kg– Zoran Djuric (11/02/2012) Geraldton
WA Dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum) – 20.08 kg – Rory MacLeod (20/06/2019) South West.
Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)- 21.40kg – Zoran Djuric (07/07/2012) Abrolhos Is.
Western Red Scorpion Cod (Scorpaena sumptuosa) – 1.130kg –Nick Extract (26/10/2013) Rottnest Is.
Western Rock Lobster (Panulirus cygnus) –4.20kg – Tom Matheson (18/10/2015) Albany
Western Wirrah (Acanthistius serratus) – 1.01kg – Nick Extract (22/04/2012) Rockingham.
Yellowspotted Boarfish (Paristiopterus gallipavo) – 3.18kg – Benjamin Coy (16/05/18) Perth Metro
Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) – 25.58kg – Deacon Plant (06/11/2012) Albany
Yellow Fin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) – 57.15kg – Chris Barnes (14/4/2019) Christmas Island
