Angling records in the UK
This is a list of 199 British record fish, past and present, caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line. Records to include the angler, species, weight, date, venue, also referenced with a recognizable publication. The list is intended to include all categories of fish caught by anglers, that enter freshwater including (coarse and game fish) and some migratory sea fish. Time since last record fish was caught = 2 years, 224 days
Current records
Image | Species | Weight lb's oz | Captor | Date | Water | Location | Time Record Held | References / Notes |
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Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) | 9 lb 8 oz | W Fairbairn | 1995 | Loch Arkaig, Inverness | Scottish Highlands Scotland | 20 years | [1] | |
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) | 64 lb | Miss Georgina W Ballantine | 7 October 1922 | River Tay, Glendelvine | Perthshire Scotland | 92 years, 205 days | [2][3] | |
Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 21 lb 1 oz | Grahame King | 22 April 2006 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 9 years, 8 days | [4] Note 1 | |
Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | 4 oz 9 dr | Dennis Flack | 1998 | River Lark | Border of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire | 17 years | [5] | |
Bream (Common or Bronze) (Abramis brama) | 22 lb 11 oz | Scot Crook | 7 April 2012 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, | Cambridgeshire | 3 years, 23 days | [4] Note 1 | |
Bream (Silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 3 lb 4 oz | Gareth Evans | 21 May 2012 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury, near Pulborough | West Sussex | 2 years, 344 days | [6] | |
Bullhead (Millers Thumb) (Cottus gobio) | 1oz | R Johnson | 1983 | Green river, Bramley, Shamley Green(near Guildford) | Surrey | 32 years | [4][7] | |
Carp, Common or Mirror (Cyprinus carpio) | 67 lb 8 oz | Austin Holness | August 2008 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 6 years, 258 days | [4][8] | |
Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 9 lb 5 oz | Neill Stephen | 16 March 2012 | Fishers Green Complex, River Lea, Waltham Abbey, | Essex | 3 years, 45 days | [9] | |
Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 9 oz 15dr | Joshua Blavins | 17 Aug 2011 | Moor Mill Gravel Pits, Frogmore | Hertfordshire | 3 years, 256 days | [10][11] | |
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 5 oz 2 dr | Simon Ashton | 11 Aug 2002 | River Wear | Co.Durham | 12 years, 262 days | [4][12][13] | |
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 52 lb 8 oz | Eddie Lancaster | 3 Aug 2012 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 2 years, 270 days | [14] | |
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 4 lb 3oz | S. R. Lanigan | 1989 | River Frome | Dorset | 26 years | [3] | |
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) | 5 oz | D H Hull | 1990 | River Nadder, Sutton Mandeville | Wiltshire | 25 years | [4][15] Note 1 | |
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) | 13.5 drams (24 grams) | J Sawyer | 1998 | Whitworth Lake, Spennymoor | Co.Durham | 17 years | [16][17] Note 1 | |
Mullet (Thin-Lipped Grey) (Liza ramada) | 7 lb 9oz | Shaun Sillett | 20 August 2012 | Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | Suffolk | 2 years, 253 days | [18] Note 1 | |
Orfe / Ide (Leuciscus idus) | 8 lb 5 oz | Michael Wilkinson | April 2000 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | 14 years, 14 days | [4][15][19] | |
Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 6 lb 3 oz | Neill Stephen | 12 March 2011 | Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough | East Sussex | 4 years, 49 days | [4][20] | |
Ken Brown | 18 Sept 2012 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 2 years, 224 days | [4][20][21] Note 2 | |||
Pike (Esox lucius) | 46 lb 13 oz | Roy Lewis | Oct 1992 | Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth | Monmouthshire, Wales | 22 years, 197 days | [4][22][23] | |
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) | 14 oz 2dr | Bill Rushmer | 8 July 2003 | Tanyards Fishery, Furner's Green | East Sussex | 11 years, 296 days | [4][24] | |
Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | 4 lb 3oz | Ray N Clarke | 1990 | Dorset Stour | Dorset | 25 years | [13][25] | |
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) | 4 lb 10 oz | Simon Parry | 2001 | Clay Lake | County Armagh Northern Ireland | 14 years | [4] | |
Ruffe (Pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) | 5oz 4 dr | R Jenkins | 1980 | West View Lake | Cumbria | 35 years | [4] [26] | |
Stickleback (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculeatus) | 4 drams | Dennis Flack | 1998 | High Flyer Lake, Ely | Cambridgeshire | 17 years | [4] | |
Stone loach (Barbatula barbatula) | 13 drams | Geoffery Green | 1st Nov 2005 | Windmill Fishery, Bristol | Avon | 9 years, 180 days | [4][27] Note 1 | |
Tench (Tinca tinca) | 15 lb 3 oz 6 dr | Darren Ward | June 2001 | Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton | Middlesex | 13 years, 314 days | [17][28][29] Note 1 | |
Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) | 8 lb 3 oz | E Holland | 1998 | Fontburn reservoir | Northumberland | 17 years | [3] | |
Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta) | 31 lb 12 oz | Brian Rutland | 16 March 2002 | Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish | Argyll, Scotland | 13 years, 45 days | [3] [30] | |
Trout, Rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 33 lb 4 oz | J Lawson | 2003 | Watercress Trout Fishery, Chudleigh | Devon | 12 years | [3] | |
Trout, Sea (Salmo trutta) | 28 lb 5 oz 4 dr | J Farrent | 1992 | Calshot Spit, River Test | Hampshire | 23 years | [3] | |
Wels Catfish (Silurus glanis) Note 4. | 144 lb | James Jones | 30 July 2012 | Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster | Essex | 2 years, 274 days | [31] | |
Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 21 lb 5 oz | James Benfield | 2007 | Upper Load Lock, River Severn | Gloucestershire | 8 years | [4][32] | |
Records of Endangered Species
Image | Species | Weight lb's oz | Captor | Date | Water | Location | Time Record Held | References / Notes |
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Burbot (Lota lota) in UK only - see Note 3. | 1 lb | John Dean | 14 Sept 1969 | Old West River (Great Ouse), near Aldreth | Cambridgeshire | 45 years, 222 days | [33] | |
Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3. | 11 lb 2 oz | Steve Terry | 1978 | Kingfisher Lake, Ringwood | Hampshire | 37 years | [4][34] | |
Gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii) Note 3. (UK Only) | 1 lb 4oz | J Williams | 1965 | Llyn Tegid (Bala lake), Bala | Gwynedd Wales | 49 years, 289 days | [35] [36] Note 1 | |
Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) Note 3 | 3 lb | Robert Fullerton | 24 Aug 2006 | Carron Valley Reservoir, Nr. Denny | Stirlingshire Scotland | 8 years, 249 days | [37] Note 1 | |
Schelly (Skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus) Note 3 | 2 lb 1 oz 9 dr | S M Barrie | 1986 | Haweswater Reservoir, Valley of Mardale | Cumbria | 29 years | [13] Note 1 | |
European Sea Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) Note 3. | 388 lb | Alec Allen | 1932 | River Towy, Nantgaredig | Carmarthenshire Wales | 82 years, 279 days | [38][39] Note 1 | |
Vendace (Coregonus albula) Note 3. (UK Only) | 4oz 9 dms | John Nicol | 2005 | South Loch Earn Caravan Park, Loch Earn | Perthshire Scotland | 9 years, 289 days | [40] | |
Historical Previous records
Image | Species | Weight lb's oz | Captor | Date | Water | Location | Time Record Held | References |
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Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) | 3 lb 5 oz | A Robertson | 1985 | Loch Earn | Perthshire Scotland | 10 years | [41] | |
3 lb 4 oz | S.C Rex | 1982 | Loch Dubh Lochan, Inverness | Inverness-shire Scotland | 3 years | [26] | ||
1 lb 12 oz 4 dr | C Imperiale | 1974 | Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish Highlands Scotland | 8 years | [42] | ||
1 lb 11 oz | B.A Richardson | 1973 | Lake Windermere, Kendal | Cumbria | 1 year | [43] | ||
1 lb 3 oz | P Elwood | 1972 | Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish Highlands Scotland | 1 year | [44] | ||
1 lb 1 oz 4 dr | J.K Hargreaves | 1971 | Carn Tarsuinn, Cairngorms | Scottish Highlands Scotland | 1 year | [45] | ||
Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 21 lb | Grahame King | 09 Nov 2005 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | Less than 1 year | [27] | |
20 lb 14oz 8dr | Grahame King | 22 Oct 2005 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 18 days | [27] | ||
20 lb 6oz | Tony Gibson | Oct 2004 | Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell | Buckinghamshire | 1 year | [46] [47] | ||
19 lb 6 oz 8 dr | Steve Curtin | 27 Oct 2001 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 3 years | [13] [48] | ||
19 lb | Tony Gibson | 4 Jan 2001 | Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell | Buckinghamshire | Less than 1 year | [13] [47] [46] | ||
17 lb 13 oz 14 dr | Stuart Morgan | 20 Dec 2000 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 15 days | [13] [46] | ||
17 lb 8 oz 15 dr | Stuart Morgan | 11 Dec 2000 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 9 days | [13] [46] | ||
17 lb 6 oz 12 dr | Guy Robb | Oct 2000 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | Less than 1 year | [49] | ||
17 lb 4 oz | Ray Walton | 1999 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 1 year | [50] [51] | ||
16 lb 12 oz | Martin Bowler | Jan 1999 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | less than 1 year | [52] | ||
16 lb 6 oz | Steve Keer | Aug 1998 | River Wensum | Norfolk | Less than 1 year | [53] [46] | ||
16 lb 3 oz | Howard Maddox | Nov 1997 | Lower river, River Severn, Worcester | Worcestershire | Less than 1 year | [54] [46] | ||
16 lb 2 oz | Peter Woodhouse | June 1994 | River Medway | Kent | 3 years | [55] [46] | ||
14 lb 6 oz | Aylmer Tryon | 13 September 1934 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 60 years | [56] | ||
Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | 4 oz | B Derrington | 1982 | River Monnow, Monmouth | Monmouthshire, Wales | 16 years | [13] [41] | |
3 oz 15.5 dr | D Pollard | 1971 | Staythorpe Pond, Newark-on-Trent | Nottinghamshire | 11 years | [45] | ||
Bream (Common or Bronze) (Abramis brama) | 22 lb 9 oz | Mark McKenna | 11 Sept 2009 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, | Cambridgeshire | 3 years | [57] | |
19 lb 10 oz | James Rust | 2005 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, | Cambridgeshire | 4 years | [17][58] | ||
18 lb 15 oz 3 dr | Mark Neal | 1 May 2004 | Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich | Norfolk | 1 year | [13] | ||
18 lb 8 oz | Kerry Walker | 13 May 2001 | Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich | Norfolk | 3 years | [13] | ||
16 lb 12 oz | Martin Whitmore | 2000 | Swithland Reservoir | Leicestershire | 1 year | [13] | ||
16 lb 10 oz | Lee McManus | 1999 | Swithland Reservoir | Leicestershire | 1 year | [59] | ||
15 lb 6 oz | Alastair Nicholson | 31 August 1984 | Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames | Oxfordshire | 15 years | [60] | ||
13 lb 14 oz | Alastair Nicholson | 10 August 1984 | Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames | Oxfordshire | Less than 1 year | [60] | ||
13 lb 9 oz | Michael Davidson | July 1982 | Beeston Hall Lake, near Neatishead | Norfolk | 2 years | [13] | ||
13 lb 8 oz | E.G.Costin | Oct 1945 | Castle Lakes, Chiddingstone | Kent | 37 years | [61] | ||
12 lb 12 oz 8 dr | A J Fisher | 1931 | Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 14 years | [61] | ||
Bream (Silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 3 lb 1 oz | Matthew Faulkner | 12 May 2012 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury, near Pulborough | West Sussex | Less than 1 year | [62] | |
2 lb 15 oz | Gary Barnett | 9 Oct 2011 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | Less than 1 year | [6] | ||
2 lb 14 oz | Phil Morton | 8 May 2009 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 2 years | [63] | ||
2 lb 11 oz | Doug Plant | 2009 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | Less than 1 year | [63] | ||
2 lb 8 oz | James Waters | Dec 2008 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 1 year | [64] | ||
2 lb 2 oz | Christine Smith | 2005 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 3 years | [17] | ||
1 lb 12 oz | Michael Davidson | 2003 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 2 years | [13] | ||
15 oz | Dennis Flack | 1998 | Grime Spring, Lakenheath | Suffolk | 5 years | [13] | ||
Bullhead (Millers Thumb) (Cottus gobio) | 12 drams | E Whalley | 1981 | Tanyard Beck / Daking Brook / Cawthorne Dike, Cawthorne | South Yorkshire | 2 years | [65] | |
10 drams | E Harrison | 1978 | Leeds and Liverpool Canal | North Yorkshire, Lancashire, Merseyside | 3 years | [66] | ||
Burbot (Lota lota) in UK only - see Note 3. | 15 oz | Peter Davis | 1960 | Little Ouse, Lakenheath | Suffolk | 9 years | [67] | |
Common or Mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 67 lb | John Bird | 13 April 2008 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | less than 1 year | [68] | |
64 lb 14 oz | Simon Bater | 23 October 2005 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 3 years | [69] [27] | ||
64 lb 5 oz | Jonathan Pack | 21 Feb 2004 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 1 year | [13][69] | ||
61 lb 7 oz | Lee Jackson | 29 August 2002 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 2 years | [13][70] | ||
61 lb | Gary Bayes | 2001 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | [69] | ||
59 lb 12 oz | Mark Toland | 5 Sept 2001 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | [13] | ||
59 lb 7 oz | Terry Glebioska | 2 April 2001 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | [13] | ||
56 lb 6 oz | Kevin Cummins | Sept 1998 | Wraysbury | Berkshire | 3 years | [13][16] | ||
55 lb 13 oz | Terry Hearn | November 1996 | Wraysbury | Berkshire | 2 years | [71] | ||
51 lb 8 oz | Chris Yates | 16 June 1980 | Redmire pool | Herefordshire | 16 Years | [71] | ||
44 lb | Richard Walker | 13 Sept 1952 | Redmire pool | Herefordshire | 28 Years | [71] | ||
31 lb 8 oz | Bob Richards | 3 Oct 1951 | Redmire pool | Herefordshire | 1 Year | [13] | ||
26 lb | Albert Buckley | 24 July 1930 | Mapperley Lake, Shipley Hall, near Mapperley | border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 4 Years | [72] | ||
21 lb 10 oz | A.E.Wyatt | 14 August 1926 | Warren Pond | Surrey | 4 years | [71] | ||
20 lb 3 oz | John Andrews | 6 September 1916 | Cheshunt reservoir | Hertfordshire | 10 years | [71] | ||
17 lb 8 oz | Otto Overbeck | 26 September 1902 | Croxby Pond | Lincolnshire | 14 years | [71] | ||
Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 8 lb 13 oz | Tim Archer | 11 Mar 2003 | Dobbs Weir Fishery, River Lea, Broxbourne | Hertfordshire | 9 years | [13] | |
8 lb 10 oz | Peter Smith | 1994 | River Tees, Blackwell | Co.Durham | 9 years | [13][16] | ||
8 lb 8 oz | G.F. Smith | 1913 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 81 years | [73] | ||
Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 9 oz 9dr | Martin Bowler | 16 May 2003 | RMC Summer pit, Yateley | Surrey | 8 years | [74] | |
4 lb 8 oz | Jay Allen | 2000 | RMC Summer pit, Yateley | Surrey | 4 years | [75] | ||
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 4 oz 2 dr | Jack L Gasson | 1960 | Little Ouse near Thetford | Norfolk | 42 years | [13] [50] | |
Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3. | 8 lb 10 oz | Alan Dart | 1969 | Hunstrete Lake, Hunstrete | Somerset | 9 years | [76] [44] | |
8 lb 8 oz | Mr Ward | 1948 | Fritton Decoy, Great Yarmouth | Norfolk | 21 years (shared) | [13][76] | ||
8 lb 8 oz | C Mitchell | 1922 | Bitterwell Lake, Coalpit Heath, Bristol | Somerset | 47 years | [13][76] | ||
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 46 lb | Ollie Gurr | 3 Aug 2011 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 1 year | [14][77] | |
44 lb 8 oz | Philip Kingsbury | 2006 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 5 years | [4] | ||
39 lb 2 oz | Kevin Ballard | 19 June 2002 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 4 years | [78] | ||
36 lb 8 oz | Colin Nash | 10 June 2001 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 1 year | [79] | ||
33 lb 12 oz | Simon Lavin | 1999 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 2 years | [80] | ||
31 lb | Del Smith | 1997 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 2 years | [79] | ||
25 lb 4 oz | D Buck | 1993 | Honeycroft fisheries Tonbridge | Kent | 4 years | [79] | ||
9 lb 12 oz | G.W Gwilt | 1983 | Llyn Trawsfynydd, Trawsfynydd | Gwynedd, Wales | 10 years | [60] | ||
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 3 lb 12oz | M.T Hooper | 1988 | River Frome, Loudsmill, Dorchester | Dorset | 1 year | [36] | |
3 lb 10 oz | I White | 1983 | River Allen (Dorset) , Wimborne Minster | Dorset | 5 years | [60] | ||
2 lb 13 oz | P.B Goldsmith | 1981 | River Test , Romsey | Hampshire | 2 years | [65] | ||
2 lb 9 oz 4dr | D Hauxwell | 1980 | River Teviot , Jedburgh | Scottish Borders Scotland | 1 year | [26] | ||
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) | 4 oz 4 dr | M Bowen | 1977 | Ebbe Vale Pond, Ebbw Vale | Blaenau Gwent Wales | 13 years | [66] | |
4 oz | M Morris | 1971 | Susworth Roach Ponds Susworth | Lincolnshire | 6 years | [45] | ||
Mullet (Thin-Lipped Grey) (Liza ramada) | 7 lb 0 oz 3 dr | Steve Maliska | 22 May 2012 | Truro River, Malpas | Cornwall | Less than 1 year | [81] | |
6 lb 4 oz | H Mepham | 1981 | River Rother (East Sussex) | East Sussex | 31 years | [65] | ||
5 lb 11 oz | D Knowles | 1975 | River Rother (East Sussex) | East Sussex | 6 years | [42] | ||
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) | 13 drams (23 grams) | R Merrifield | 1981 | River Calder (Lancashire) | Lancashire | 17 years | [65] | |
11 drams (19.5 grams) | I.S Colinge | 1979 | River Calder (Lancashire) | Lancashire | 2 years | [26] | ||
9 drams (16 grams) | R Guy | 1978 | River Rother (West Sussex), Midhurst | West Sussex | 1 year | [66] | ||
Orfe / Ide (Leuciscus idus) | 8 lb 4 oz | Norman Agnew | April 2000 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | Less than 1 year | [82] | |
8 lb 1 oz | Kev Shore | March 2000 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | Less than 1 year | [82] | ||
7 lb 14 oz 8 dr | Mick Pardoe | 1998 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | 2 years | [13][16] | ||
4 lb 12 oz | J Moran | 1986 | Burton Towers, Rossett, Wrexham | Denbighshire, Clwyd Wales | 12 years | [36] | ||
4 lb 3 oz 8 dr | D.R Charles | 1983 | River Kennet | Berkshire | 3 years | [60] | ||
4 lb 3 oz | Brian Mills | 1976 | River Test | Hampshire | 7 years | [42] | ||
3 lb 14 oz 8dr | D Stephens | 1973 | Winford Brook, Chew Magna | Somerset | 3 years | [83] | ||
Pike (Esox lucius) | 45 lb 6 oz | Gareth Edwards | March 1990 | Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth | Monmouthshire, Wales | 2 years | [23] | |
44 lb 14 oz | M.Linton | Jan 1987 | Ardleigh Reservoir, Ardleigh near Colchester | Essex | 3 years | [23] | ||
42 lb 2 oz | Derek Amies | Aug 1985 | River Thurne, near Potter Heigham | Norfolk | 2 years | [23] [41] | ||
41 lb 6 oz | N.Fickling | Feb 1985 | River Thurne, near Potter Heigham | Norfolk | Less than 1 year | [23][41] | ||
40 lb 4 oz | K.Vogel | 1972 | Loch Ken | Dumfries and Galloway Scotland | 15 years | [23] | ||
40 lb | P.Hancock | Feb 1967 | Horsey Mere, Horsey | Norfolk | 5 years | [23][61] | ||
39 lb 7oz | G.F Parrott | Mar 1909 | Dorset Stour | Dorset | 58 years | [61] | ||
37 lb | Alex Jardine | 1879 | Shardeloes Lake, Amersham | Buckinghamshire | 30 years | [84] | ||
36 lb | G.Forbes | 1875 | Luton Hoo, Luton | Bedfordshire | 4 years (joint) | [61] | ||
36 lb | G.Keen | Mar 1874 | Rapley Lake, Bagshot | Berkshire | 5 years | [61] | ||
Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 5 lb 15 oz | Les Brown | 17 Feb 2006 | Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough | East Sussex | 5 years | [20] [27] | |
5 lb 9 oz 8 dr | Dean Rawlings | 2002 | Glebe Lakes, Fringford | Oxfordshire | 4 years | [20] | ||
5 lb 9 oz | John Shayler | 1985 | Furnace Pond, Horsmonden | Kent | 17 years | [20] [41] | ||
4 lb 14 oz 12 dr | Mrs Ethel Owen | 1984 | Kings Lake, Romsey | Hampshire | 1 year | [60] | ||
4 lb 12 oz | Sid Baker | 1962 | Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | Suffolk | 22 years | [45][85] | ||
Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) Note 3 | 1 lb 7 oz | J.M Ryder | 1972 | Loch Lomond | Dumbartonshire Scotland | 44 years | [42] | |
1 lb 5 oz 12 dr | D.J Warren | 1970 | Loch Lomond | Dumbartonshire Scotland | 2 years | [45] | ||
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) | 5oz | Duncan Charman | 21 May 2003 | Sway Lakes, Sway | Hampshire | Less than 1 year | [13] [24] | |
4 oz 9dr | D.L Wallace | 1987 | Whessoe Pond, Darlington | Co.Durham | 16 years | [24] [50] | ||
2 oz 10dr | A Baverstock | 1977 | GLC Highgate pond, Hampstead Heath | London | 10 years | [66] | ||
Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | 3 lb 13oz | Bill Penny | 1938 | Lambeth reservoir, Molesey | Surrey | 52 years | [13] [25] | |
3 lb 10oz | Wilfred Cutting | 5 August 1917 | Hornsey Mere, Beverley | East Yorkshire | 21 years | [72] | ||
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) | 4 lb 8 oz | Reverend Edward C Alston | 1933 | Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford | Norfolk | 68 years | [16] [72] [44] | |
Ruffe (Pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) | 5 oz | P Barrowcliffe | 1977 | River Bure | Norfolk | 3 years | [66] | |
4 oz | B.B Poynor | 1969 | River Stour | Warwickshire | 8 years | [45] | ||
Schelly (Skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus) Note 3 | 1 lb 10 oz | W Wainwright | 1976 | Ullswater | Cumbria | 10 years | [42] | |
1 lb 7 oz 8dr | Geoff Byrne | 1973 | Ullswater | Cumbria | 3 years | [83] | ||
1 lb 5 oz 10dr | S.A Smith | 1972 | Ullswater | Cumbria | 1 year | [44] | ||
1 lb 1 oz | P.F White | 1969 | River Eden | Cumberland | 3 years | [45] | ||
Tench (Tinca tinca) | 14 lb 7 oz | Gordon Beavan | Sept 1993 | Bury Lake, Rickmansworth | Hertfordshire | 8 years | [13] | |
14 lb 3 oz | Phil Gooriah | 20 August 1987 | Wraysbury 1 Lake, Wraysbury | Berkshire | 6 years | [28][86] | ||
12 lb 8 oz 11 dr | Alan Wilson | 1985 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 2 years | [46] [87] | ||
10 lb 1 oz 4 dr | Tony Chester | 1981 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 4 years | [46] | ||
10 lb 1 oz 2 dr | Lewis Brown | 1975 | Peterborough brick pits | Cambridgeshire | 6 years | [46] | ||
9 lb 1 oz | John Salisbury | 1963 | Eggetts Lake, Hemingford Grey | Cambridgeshire | 12 years | [46] [44] | ||
8 lb 8 oz | Maurice Foode | 1950 | Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal | Leicestershire | 13 years | [46] | ||
Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) | 5 lb 13 oz 8 dr | Alan Pearson | 1981 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 17 years | [60] | |
5 lb 6 oz | Alan Pearson | 1979 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 2 years | [26] | ||
4 lb 8 oz 8 dr | Alan Pearson | 1978 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 1 year | [66] | ||
Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta) | 30 lb 8 oz | Ken Oliver | 20 July 2000 | Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish | Argyll, Scotland | 2 years | [88] | |
25 lb 5 oz 12 dr | Andrew Finlay | 1996 | Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish | Argyll, Scotland | 4 years | [89] [90] | ||
19 lb 9oz 4dr | J.A.F Jackson | 1978 | Loch Quoish, Inverness-shire | Scottish Highlands Scotland | 18 years | [66] | ||
19 lb 4oz 8dr | Tommy Chartres | 1974 | Lower Lough Erne, Enniskillen | Fermanagh, Northern Ireland | 4 years | [91] | ||
18 lb 2oz | K.J Grant | 1965 | Loch Garry, Fort William | Perthshire, Scotland | 9 years | [45] | ||
12 lb 12oz | Reverend S.E.V Filleul | 11 Sept 1907 | River Frome, Dorchester | Dorset | 58 years | [92] [93] | ||
Trout, Rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 30 lb 12 oz | Tony Flower | July 1994 | Osprey lake, Tavistock Trout Fishery, Tavistock | Devon | 9 years | [94] | |
21 lb 4 oz | D Graham | April 1986 | Loch Awe | Argyll, Scotland | 8 years | [41] | ||
19 lb 8 oz | Alan Pearson | 1977 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 9 years | [84] | ||
19 lb 2 oz | Roy Hopkins | April 1977 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | Less than 1 year | [95] | ||
18 lb 7 oz | Alan Pearson | April 1977 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | Less than 1 year | [95] | ||
18 lb 4 oz | Richard Walker | April 1976 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 1 year | [96] | ||
13 lb 2 oz | Doctor W Drummond | 1974 | Hampshire Avon, Downton | Wiltshire | 2 years | [91] | ||
8 lb 8 oz | Colonel Creagh Scott | 1924 | Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley, | Somerset | 50 years | [97] | ||
Trout, Sea (Salmo trutta) | 22 lb 8 oz | Mr. S Burgoyne | 22 July 1989 | River Leven | Dunbartonshire, Scotland | 3 years | [98] | |
22 lb | S.R Dwight | 1946 | River Frome, Dorchester | Dorset | 43 years | [99] | ||
Wels Catfish (Silurus glanis) | 69 lb | Steve Marsh | 2010 | Hazel Court Ponds, Llysworney, nr Cowbridge | Vale of Glamorgan, Wales | 2 years | [100] | |
67 lb 8oz | Steve Cook | April 2008 | Major Bill pool, Leominster | Herefordshire | 2 years | [101] | ||
62 lb | Rich Garner | 1997 | Withy pool, Henlow | Bedfordshire | 11 years | [16] | ||
43 lb 8oz | Richard Bray | 1970 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 27 years | [102] | ||
33 lb 12oz | Reg Hutt | 1961 | Claydon Middle lake, Steeple Claydon | Buckinghamshire | 9 years | [103] | ||
Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 19 lb 5 oz 8 dr | Dave Lavender | March 1998 | Middle Level Fenland drain | Cambridgeshire | 9 years | [16] [50] [104] | |
18 lb 10 oz | Ray Armstrong | March 1993 | River Severn | Worcestershire | 5 years | [104] | ||
18 lb 8 oz | Bob Meadows | March 1988 | Roswell Pits, Ely | Cambridgeshire | 5 years | [104] | ||
17 lb 12 oz | Dave Litton | Oct 1977 | Great Ouse Relief Channel, | Buckinghamshire | 10 years | [104] | ||
15 lb 5 oz | Bill Chillingworth | 1971 | Great Ouse Relief Channel, | Buckinghamshire | 6 years | [45] | ||
Ambiguous record claims not accepted (or expunged)
There have been many ambiguous record claims over the years. Here are a few of those that never made the record list, with the reason why in bold:
- 38 lb "Ferox" (Brown) Trout caught by old Willie Maule. evidence destroyed by fire.
- 8 lb Burbot, largest ever recorded in England, captured from the river Trent around 1700 - 1800. No date/also method of capture unknown.
- 10 lb 8oz Chub taken on the River Annan in 1955 by Dr. J. A. Cameron Not authenticated with photo or body scales for examination.
- 5 lb 3oz Crucian from Gold Valley Lakes, October 2011 failed a DNA examination test.
- 13 lb 1oz Eel taken by Dave saunders from Idenwood Fishery, East Sussex in 2010 No independent witnesses.
- 7 lb 5oz Goldfish caught at UEA Broad in 2010. Caught twice since weighing less?.
- 7 lb 2oz Grayling taken from the River Melgum, Aberdeenshire by a Mr. J. Stewart, in 1949 Photographic evidence failed to convince.
- 6 lb 4oz Perch caught by angler known as "Bill" from River Thames in March 2014 Await acceptance from BRFC.
- 47 lb 11oz Pike caught from Loch Lomond in 1945 by Tommy Morgan No photo.
- 5 lb 2oz Rudd caught in Fenland Drain 2012. No independent witnesses.
- Unweighed monster Salmon caught in River Ness 2007 Not weighed.
- 22 lb Zander caught at Grafham Water in March 2010. Weighed on a boat.
Video footage of Chub, Carp and Zander records
- Neill Stephen's 9lb 5oz British record equaling Chub of 2012 at the weigh in, courtesy of Youtube.
- Oz Holness's 67lb 8oz British record Carp "Two Tone" being weighed in, 2008 courtesy of Youtube.
- Dave Lavender's 19lb 5oz 8dr British record Zander of 1998 being weighed (from 53rd minute of video), courtesy of Youtube.
Non indigenous (invasive) species
This list will appear later and may well include Bitterling, Black bullhead Catfish, Goldfish, Siberian sturgeon, Sterlet, Topmouth gudgeon, Walleye. Non indigenous fish included on the main list are the Carp, Crucian carp, Grass Carp, Orfe, Pumpkinseed, Rainbow trout, Wels Catfish, and Zander, which are now considered to be naturalized.
Notes
- Note 1 see Angling records of Europe.
- Note 2 - The weight of this record Perch appears to be reduced by 1 oz. It is therefore assumed that the weight has been reduced by the BRFC due to examination of the weighing scale. This still needs to be verified.
- Note 3 This fish is listed as either extinct in the UK only , Critically Endangered species (IUCN) status, Endangered species (IUCN) status , Vulnerable species (IUCN) status , by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). If caught, must be reported to the Environment Agency (EA), photographed (include distinctive area landmark if possible) and returned to the water unharmed.
- Note 4 - It is assumed that Wels catfish records were suspended by the BRFC in 2000 due to suspected importation of a fish near to or over the British Record, which could also quite possibly be an infringement of Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980.
- Note 5 - No records have been found for Pollan (Coregonus pollan) which are found only in Northern Ireland, listed as an Endangered species (IUCN) status and if caught, must be reported to the Environment Agency (EA), photographed (if possible) and returned to the water unharmed.
- Note 6 - No records have been found for Spined loach (Cobitis taenia).
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