International Underwater Spearfishing Association

World Record

5.1 kg. ,   11.2 lbs.

Salmon, King Threadfin    Polydactylus macrochir

Record Category: Women Speargun

Diver:		Erin McGinty
Date:		6/14/2025
Location:		AUSTRALIA

Not many King Threadfin Salmon have been caught on spear because they are usually found in water too dirty to dive in. This is the first time a female has ever speared one. So to swim around a bombie and see one, let alone spear it, was a bucket list moment. As I crept around the bombie, I saw a school of painted sweetlips and an odd looking elongated fish swimming with them. I took me a second to ID the salmon as I had never seen one under water before. Once I realised what it was I lined it up, waited for the sweetlip to move out of the firing line and took the shot. Once I surfaced I was hysterically giggling as a I was so stoked to just see one of these fish underwater, let alone spear one.
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