Largest Lionfish Caught Current World Lionfish Hunters Association Lionfish Records Current World Lionfish Hunters Association world record for length, turned in by Bob “Cuda” Straney on January 24, 2013. The fish was taken in the area of Port Canaveral, Florida at about 90ft. Think you have a world, country or state record lionfish for largest lionfish caught by spear or on a fishing pole? Take a clear photo of it next to any standard tape measure or ruler measuring from the tip of the lips (preferably closed mouth) to the tip of the tail and send it to the WLHA via email here or post it to the WLHA Facebook page. We accept potential-record submissions from legally harvested non-native* invasive lionfish taken by freedivers and scuba divers using a spear (speargun, hawaiian sling, pole spear, ELF, etc) or hand-held net and anglers using a hook & line. Lionfish taken by cast nets, trawl nets, seine nets, etc., or from traps will not be considered. All sizes are rounded down to the nearest centimeter. Lionfish must be at least one (1) centimeter larger than the current record holder to qualify for a new or subsequent record. Lionfish must be at least 36 centimeters (approximately 14 inches) to qualify for any vacant record. In reference to identically-sized fish: the potential record submission entered first will stand as the qualifying record unless a WLHA convened panel of not less than three (3) judges determines otherwise. All decisions of WLHA certifying officials are final and subject to published WLHA regulations, verification and clarification. ————————————————————————————————— World Record – Largest Lionfish (Spear) Bob “Cuda” Straney – Florida, United States | 47cm ————————————————————————————————— Aruba Record A.J. Tromp | 44cm | Spear (Previous) Rivelino Kelly | 42cm Belize Record Polly Alford | 44cm | Spear Bermuda Record Sean Maiorano | 44cm | Spear Bonaire Record Michael Pement | 45cm | Spear Cayman Islands Record Chris Redlund | 44cm | Spear Curaçao Record Peter Deleu | 45cm | Spear Panama Record Gabriel Lopez Dupuis | 44cm | Spear United States – Individual State Records FLORIDA – Bob “Cuda” Straney | 47cm (WR) | Spear NORTH CAROLINA – Erin Burge | 45cm | Spear Current “Vacant Records” include all non-native* largest lionfish caught on “Hook & Line,” Breath-Hold Diving and from any unlisted countries and individual states of the United States bordered by the Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico where it is legal to harvest lionfish for sporting purposes. The WLHA acknowledges that there might have been bigger, longer, larger lionfish caught and recorded by the scientific community or by other sportsmen prior to the establishment of the WLHA Unified Records program. However, if we do not have a potential-record entry of the fish as outlined by our regulations defining record submission requirements it is not in the spirit of the program to formally acknowledge the catch. *Non-native invasive lionfish records submissions will only be considered from the following countries, nations and territories: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Navassa Island, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustasius, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Unites States Virgin Islands, Uruguay and Venezuela. Record submissions from lionfish legally harvested from the Mediterranean Sea are currently being considered pending further research. Smallest Lionfish Ever Caught?
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:57:12 +0000