Since there seems to be contnuing interest in abalone of large size I publish here the records for the top ten red abalone recorded by the Department of Fish and Game.
THE TOP TEN RED ABALONE
Name inches (mm) Date John Pepper 12.3 313.4 9/93 Bill Bagasarran 11.9 303.4 8/94 Don Thorpe 11.7 298.6 4/84 Jeff Centoni 11.6 295.0 8/94 Otto Humphrey 11.5 293.0 4/84 Jeff Centoni 11.4 289.0 11/93 Doyle Womack 11.3 287.8 4/91 Jeff Centoni 11.3 287.0 8/94 Dan Mowery 11.2 285.2 10/91 Ralph French 11.1 283.8 5/83