[Ken Jones]

Taken from my revision on the Aliso Pier —

One of the rocky shore species that could be found at the pier was opaleye and some were pretty decent-sized fish. However, none of the pier-caught opaleye came close to matching the huge opaleye taken by a skin-diver in eight feet of water at Aliso in 1964. The monster-sized fish, one that was more than double the size of the previous state record fish, weighed in at 13.46 pounds and was 25.4 inches long. Given that a five-pound opaleye is considered huge, and that most fishery biologists at the time felt opaleye only reached about six pounds in size, it may be a freakish record that stands a long, long time.

The California rod and reel record remains a fish weighing 6 lbs 4 oz taken near Flores Creek in Malibu in 1956.

[EgoNonBaptizo]

I've seen some at Catalina that could reach/beat that size. They come out whenever there is a tuna crab run.

[Ken Jones]

[makairaa]

I have seen opaleye at catalina that would beat the 6 lb record. Never seen one that I thought would beat the 13 lb record. Thats an absolute beast.