The International Underwater Spearfishing Association

International Underwater Spearfishing Association

World Record

7.4 kg. , 16.3 lbs.

Snapper, African Brown Lutjanus Dentatus

Record Category: Men Speargun

Diver:		Nabil Bahsoon
Date:		12/26/2015
Location:		SIERRA LEONE

I arrived at Bonita rock , a dive spot about 5 miles of the coast , the water was quite rough , at about 3 pm we dropped a marker buoy over the spot and asked the captain to drop me off about 50 meters away from the marker so i could drift towards it , curren was mild and 25 meters before getting to the marker I dove down towards the sandy gravel bottom where I usually see Snappers about a meter or two above the gravel, and there they were about six of them different sizes and colours , I stretched my arm and took aim on the biggest one which turned out to be an African Brown Snapper , an unclaimed species for the World record , I took the shot which was a very good one and just puled the fish up before it went into the hole in the near by rocks, after putting it in the boat I realised that it is above the required 10 pounds to claim a world record.As soon as we got back to shore we weighed the fish and it weighed 7.4kg.
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