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| [[File:Abramis brama Prague Vltava 1.jpg|80px]] || [[Carp bream|Common or Bronze Bream]] ''([[abramis brama]])'' || 22 lb 11 oz || Scot Crook || 17 April 2012 || Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, || [[Cambridgeshire]] || {{Age in years and days|2012|4|17}} || <ref name="angler">{{cite web| url=http://www.anglersmail.co.uk/uncategorized/british-record-coarse-fish-list/ | title=British Record Coarse Fish List(correct at December 14, 2012) |publisher=[[Angler's Mail]] |date=2012-12-14 }}</ref> Note 1. {{flagicon|Europe}}
| [[File:Abramis brama Prague Vltava 1.jpg|80px]] || [[Carp bream|Common or Bronze Bream]] ''([[abramis brama]])'' || 22 lb 11 oz || Scot Crook || 17 April 2012 || Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, || [[Cambridgeshire]] || {{Age in years and days|2012|4|17}} || <ref name="angler">{{cite web| url=http://www.anglersmail.co.uk/uncategorized/british-record-coarse-fish-list/ | title=British Record Coarse Fish List(correct at December 14, 2012) |publisher=[[Angler's Mail]] |date=2012-12-14 }}</ref> Note 1. {{flagicon|Europe}}
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| [[File:Blicca bjoerkna.jpg|80px]] || [[Carp bream|Common or Bronze Bream]] ''([[Blicca bjoerkna]])'' || 3 lb 4 oz || Gareth Evans || 2012 || Mill Farm , Pulborough, || [[West Sussex]] || {{Age in years and days|2012|4|17}} || <ref name="angler">{{cite web| url=http://www.anglersmail.co.uk/uncategorized/british-record-coarse-fish-list/ | title=British Record Coarse Fish List(correct at December 14, 2012) |publisher=[[Angler's Mail]] |date=2012-12-14 }}</ref>
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| [[File:Barbel m.jpg|80px]] || [[Barbus barbus|Barbel]] ''([[barbus barbus]])'' || 21 lb 1 oz || Grahame King || 22 April 2006 || [[Great Ouse]], Adam's Mill || [[Bedfordshire]] || {{Age in years and days|2006|04|22}} || <ref name="angler" /> Note 1. {{flagicon|Europe}}
| [[File:Barbel m.jpg|80px]] || [[Barbus barbus|Barbel]] ''([[barbus barbus]])'' || 21 lb 1 oz || Grahame King || 22 April 2006 || [[Great Ouse]], Adam's Mill || [[Bedfordshire]] || {{Age in years and days|2006|04|22}} || <ref name="angler" /> Note 1. {{flagicon|Europe}}
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| [[File:Cottus gobio (in situ).jpg|80px]] || [[European Bullhead|European Bullhead (Millers Thumb]] ''([[Cottus gobio]])'' || 1oz || R Johnson || 1983 || Green river, [[Bramley]] and [[Shamley]](near [[Guildford]]) || [[Surrey]] || 30 years || <ref name="angler" />
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| [[File:Alburnus alburnus 01 by-dpc.jpg|80px]] || [[Common bleak|Bleak]] ''([[alburnus alburnus]])'' || 4 oz 9 dr || Dennis Flack || 1998 || Barway Lake || [[Cambridgeshire]] || 15 years || <ref name="angler" />
| [[File:Alburnus alburnus 01 by-dpc.jpg|80px]] || [[Common bleak|Bleak]] ''([[alburnus alburnus]])'' || 4 oz 9 dr || Dennis Flack || 1998 || Barway Lake || [[Cambridgeshire]] || 15 years || <ref name="angler" />
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| [[File:Parc aquarium du Québec - brochet.jpg|80px]] || [[Northern pike|Pike]] ''([[esox lucius]])''|| 46 lb 13 oz || Roy Lewis || 1992 || [[Llandegfedd]] Reservoir, [[Llandegveth]] || [[Monmouthshire]], {{flag|Wales}} || 21 years || <ref name="angler" /> <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.baitfactory.co.uk/specimen-guide/pike |title=Pike |publisher=Baitfactory.co.uk |date=2013}}</ref>
| [[File:Parc aquarium du Québec - brochet.jpg|80px]] || [[Northern pike|Pike]] ''([[esox lucius]])''|| 46 lb 13 oz || Roy Lewis || 1992 || [[Llandegfedd]] Reservoir, [[Llandegveth]] || [[Monmouthshire]], {{flag|Wales}} || 21 years || <ref name="angler" /> <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.baitfactory.co.uk/specimen-guide/pike |title=Pike |publisher=Baitfactory.co.uk |date=2013}}</ref>
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| [[File:Rutilusrutilus38cm 2143x1060.JPG|80px]] || [[Common Roach|Roach]] || 4lb 4oz || Keith Berry || 2006 || (venue required) || {{flag|Northern Ireland}} || 7 years || <ref name="angler" />
| [[File:Rutilusrutilus38cm 2143x1060.JPG|80px]] || [[Common Roach|Roach]] ''([[Rutilus rutilus]])''|| 4lb 4oz || Keith Berry || 2006 || (venue required) || {{flag|Northern Ireland}} || 7 years || <ref name="angler" />
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| [[File:Rotfeder Rudd.jpg|80px]] || [[Common rudd|Rudd]] ''([[Scardinius erythrophthalmus]])''||4 lb 10 oz || Simon Parry || 2001 || Clay Lake, [[County Armagh]]|| {{flag|Northern Ireland}} || 12 years || <ref name="angler" />
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| [[File:Rotfeder Rudd.jpg|80px]] || [[Common rudd|Rudd]] ||4 lb 10 oz || Simon Parry || 2001 || Clay Lake, [[County Armagh]]|| {{flag|Northern Ireland}} || 12 years || <ref name="angler" />
| [[File:Gymnocephalus cernuus Hungary.jpg|80px]] || [[Ruffe|Eurasian Ruffe (Pope)]] ''([[Gymnocephalus cernua]])''|| 5oz 4 dr || R Jenkins || 1980 || West View Lake || [[Cumbria]] || 33 years || <ref name="angler" />
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| [[File:Acipenser sturio.jpg|80px]] || [[European sturgeon|European Sea or Common Sturgeon]] ''([[Acipenser sturio]])'' [[File:Status iucn CR icon.svg|20px]] Note 1. || 388 lb || Alec Allen || 1932 || [[River Towy]], [[Nantgaredig]], || [[Carmarthenshire]] {{flag|Wales}} || {{Age in years and days|1932|07|25}} || <ref name="sturio">{{cite web| url=http://www.fishing-worldrecords.com/scientificname/Acipenser%20sturio/show | title=largest Sturgeon captured by Rod and Reel with a picture and published |publisher=Fishing World Records.com |date=2013-10-18 }} </ref><ref name="study">{{cite web| url=http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Sturgen2.htm | title=Did Sturgeon ever breed in British waters? |publisher=glaucus.org.uk Alan Knight |date=2013-11-02 }} </ref> Note 2. {{flagicon|Europe}}
| [[File:Acipenser sturio.jpg|80px]] || [[European sturgeon|European Sea or Common Sturgeon]] ''([[Acipenser sturio]])'' [[File:Status iucn CR icon.svg|20px]] Note 1. || 388 lb || Alec Allen || 1932 || [[River Towy]], [[Nantgaredig]], || [[Carmarthenshire]] {{flag|Wales}} || {{Age in years and days|1932|07|25}} || <ref name="sturio">{{cite web| url=http://www.fishing-worldrecords.com/scientificname/Acipenser%20sturio/show | title=largest Sturgeon captured by Rod and Reel with a picture and published |publisher=Fishing World Records.com |date=2013-10-18 }} </ref><ref name="study">{{cite web| url=http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Sturgen2.htm | title=Did Sturgeon ever breed in British waters? |publisher=glaucus.org.uk Alan Knight |date=2013-11-02 }} </ref> Note 2. {{flagicon|Europe}}

Revision as of 09:19, 23 December 2013

This is a list of British record fish caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line. The criteria for inclusion on this list is that the species, weight, date and venue have been published by a recognized publisher and a link to that publication is referenced here. The list is intended to include all categories of freshwater (coarse and game fish) caught by anglers.

Old River Severn - venue of the British record Zander catch of 21 lb 5 oz in 2007

Current records

Image Species Weight lb's oz Captor Date Water Location Length of Time References / Notes
Atlantic Salmon (salmo salar) 64 lb Miss Georgina W Ballantine 07 October 1922 River Tay, Glendelvine Perth  Scotland 102 years, 14 days [1][2]
Common or Bronze Bream (abramis brama) 22 lb 11 oz Scot Crook 17 April 2012 Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire 12 years, 187 days [3] Note 1. Europe
Common or Bronze Bream (Blicca bjoerkna) 3 lb 4 oz Gareth Evans 2012 Mill Farm , Pulborough, West Sussex 12 years, 187 days [3]
Barbel (barbus barbus) 21 lb 1 oz Grahame King 22 April 2006 Great Ouse, Adam's Mill Bedfordshire 18 years, 182 days [3] Note 1. Europe
European Bullhead (Millers Thumb (Cottus gobio) 1oz R Johnson 1983 Green river, Bramley and Shamley(near Guildford) Surrey 30 years [3]
Bleak (alburnus alburnus) 4 oz 9 dr Dennis Flack 1998 Barway Lake Cambridgeshire 15 years [3]
Carp Common, Mirror, Leather (cyprinus carpio) 67 lb 8 oz Austin Holness 21 April 2012 Conningbrook Lake Willesborough, Kent 12 years, 183 days [3] [4]
Chub (squalius cephalus) 9 lb 5 oz Neil Stephens 16 March 2012 Fishers Green Complex, River Lea Waltham Abbey, Essex 12 years, 219 days [5]
Crucian carp (carassius carassius) 4 lb 9 oz Martin Bowler 2003 Yateley Lakes Yateley, Surrey 10 years [3] [6]
Phil Smith 2004 Yateley Lakes Yateley, Surrey 9 years [3] [7]
Joshua Blavins 2011 Moor Mill Gravel Pits Frogmore, Hertfordshire 2 years [3] [8] Note 3
Dace (leuciscus leuciscus) 1 lb 5 oz 2 dr Simon Ashton 2002 River Wear, Cambridgeshire 345 days [3] [9]
Eel (anguilla anguilla) Note 2. 11 lb 2 oz Steve Terry 1978 Kingfisher Lake, Ringwood Hampshire 35 years [3] [10]
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) 4lb 3oz S. R. Lanigan 1989 River Frome Dorset 24 years [2]
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) 5 oz D H Hull 1990 River Nadder, Sutton Mandeville Wiltshire 23 years [3] [11]
Thin-Lipped Grey Mullet (liza ramada) 7lb 9oz Shaun Sillett 20 August 2012 Oulton Broad, Lowestoft Suffolk 12 years, 62 days [12] Note 1. Europe
Orfe (Golden) (Leuciscus idus) 8 lb 5 oz Michael Wilkinson 2000 Lymm vale Cheshire 13 years [3] [11] [13]
Perch (Perca fluviatilis) 6 lb 3 oz Neil Stephen 2011 Stream Valley Lakes, East Sussex 700 days [3]
Ken Brown 2012 Wilstone Reservoir,Tring Reservoirs Hertfordshire 365 days [3] [14] Note 4
Pike (esox lucius) 46 lb 13 oz Roy Lewis 1992 Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth Monmouthshire,  Wales 21 years [3] [15]
Roach (Rutilus rutilus) 4lb 4oz Keith Berry 2006 (venue required)  Northern Ireland 7 years [3]
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) 4 lb 10 oz Simon Parry 2001 Clay Lake, County Armagh  Northern Ireland 12 years [3]
Eurasian Ruffe (Pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) 5oz 4 dr R Jenkins 1980 West View Lake Cumbria 33 years [3]
European Sea or Common Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) Note 1. 388 lb Alec Allen 1932 River Towy, Nantgaredig, Carmarthenshire  Wales 92 years, 88 days [16][17] Note 2. Europe
Tench (tinca tinca) 15 lb 3 oz 6 dr Darren Ward June 2001 Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton Middlesex 12 years [3] [18] </ref>[19] Note 1. Europe
Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta) 31 lb 12 oz Brian Rutland 16th March 2002 Loch Awe, Argyll  Scotland 22 years, 219 days [2]
Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) 8lb 3oz E Holland 1998 Fontburn reservoir Northumberland 15 years [2]
Trout, Sea (Salmo trutta) 28lb 5oz 4dms J Farrent 1992 Calshot Spit, River Test Hampshire 21 years [2]
Wels Catfish (silurus glanis) 144 lb James Jones 30 July 2012 Oak Lakes Fisheries Southminster, Essex 12 years, 83 days [20]
Zander (Sander lucioperca) 21 lb 5 oz James Benfield 2007 Upper Load Lock, River Severn Gloucestershire 6 years [3] [21]

Notes

Previous records

Image Species Weight lb's oz Captor Date Water Location Length of Time References
Common or Bronze Bream (abramis brama) 22 lb 9 oz Mark McKenna 11 Sept 2009 Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire 950 [22]
19 lb 10 oz James Rust 2005 Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire 750 [23]
Barbel (barbus barbus) 17 lb 4 oz R Walton 1999 Great Ouse, Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire 365 [24]
Carp Common, Mirror, Leather (cyprinus carpio) 67 lb John Bird 2008 Conningbrook Lake Willesborough, Kent 100 [25]
64 lb 14 oz Simon Bater 2005 Conningbrook Lake Willesborough, Kent 1000 [25]
64 lb 5 oz John Pack 2004 Conningbrook Lake Willesborough, Kent 400 [25]
61 lb 7 oz Lee Jackson August 2002 Conningbrook Lake Willesborough, Kent 500 [26]
55 lb 13 oz Terry Hearn November 1996 Wraysbury Berkshire 700 [27]
51 lb 8 oz Chris Yates 16 June 1980 Redmire pool Northamptonshire 10 Years [27]
44 lb Richard Walker 13 Sept 1952 Redmire pool Herefordshire 28 Years [27]
Mullet Thin-Lipped Grey 7lb 3dr Steve Maliska 22 May 2012 Truro River, Malpas Cornwall 90 [28]
Tench (tinca tinca) 14 lb 3 oz Phil Gooriah 20 August 1987 Wraysbury 1 Lake, Wraysbury Berkshire 14 years [18] [29]
Roach 4lb 3oz R.Clarke 1990 Dorset Stour Dorset 16 years [30]
Wels Catfish (silurus glanis) 62 lb Rich Garner 1997 Withy pool Henlow, Bedfordshire 700 days [3]

Notes : Some of the fish in this record list are not recognized as official British records by the BRFC, such as the Wels Catfish and Grass Carp. The latter two because they are not an indigenous species and not long naturalized. Also fish such as the Sturgeon, which are critically endangered, Burbot (thought extinct in UK). Please note that the Eel is also endangered, and must be returned to the water alive and without harm.

Ambiguous record claims

There have been many ambiguous record claims over the years. Some have been rejected by the BRFC, some have been adjudicated as being recognised. This a list of some of them: [1] [2] [3]

See Also

References

  1. ^ "MISS G W Ballantine 64lb River Tay Salmon catch postcard 1922". flickr.com. 2008-07-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e "British Trout and Salmon records". The Fly Factory. 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "British Record Coarse Fish List(correct at December 14, 2012)". Angler's Mail. 2012-12-14.
  4. ^ "Two Tone 67lb 14oz British Record Mirror Carp". Midkentfisheries.co.uk. 2013-10-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  5. ^ "9lb 5oz River Lea Chub!!!". fishingmagic.com. 2012-02-24.
  6. ^ "Confusion over true Crucian carp identification". www.thefreelibrary.com. 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  7. ^ "Crucian carp". www.thefreelibrary.com. 2005. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  8. ^ a b "Record Breaker". www.thefreelibrary.com. 2005. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  9. ^ "Go Fishing > Know Your Fish > Dace". Scottish Federation for Coarse Angling. 2012-12-14.
  10. ^ "Taxidermy fish trophy: Record eel goes up for sale". Gofishing.co.uk Angling Times. 2011-05-13.
  11. ^ a b "UK Rod caught record fish (updated spring 2013)". fisheries.co.uk. 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  12. ^ "Shaun captures world record mullet at Oulton Broad". Norwich Evening News 24. 2012.
  13. ^ "Lymm anglers club records list". Lymm anglers club. 2013.
  14. ^ a b "Perch Record Broken". Total Coarse Fishing. 2011-10-01.
  15. ^ "Pike". Baitfactory.co.uk. 2013.
  16. ^ "largest Sturgeon captured by Rod and Reel with a picture and published". Fishing World Records.com. 2013-10-18.
  17. ^ "Did Sturgeon ever breed in British waters?". glaucus.org.uk Alan Knight. 2013-11-02.
  18. ^ a b "Top Tench Captures (As at January 2012)". tenchfishers.com. Jan 2012.
  19. ^ "largest Tench captured by Rod and Reel with a picture and published". Fishing World Records.com. 2013-10-18.
  20. ^ "10 stone catfish thought to be UK's largest freshwater catch". thisistotalessex.co.uk. 2012-07-31.
  21. ^ "Dead Zander would have smashed record". Gofishing.co.uk Angling Times. 2013.
  22. ^ "Video interview with new bream record holder Mark McKenna". Gofishing.co.uk Angling Times. 2009-09-11.
  23. ^ "Bream Record Broken". Total Coarse Fishing. 2012-04-17.
  24. ^ "Records". Discoverfishing.co.uk. 1999.
  25. ^ a b c "British Record Carp Two Tone Dead". Angler's Mail. 2010-08-15.
  26. ^ "Lee Jackson Profile". Bigfourcarp.com. 2013-10-12.
  27. ^ a b c "British Record Carp List". Carp-forums.com. 2009-12-01.
  28. ^ "World record thin-lipped mullet caught". Gofishing.co.uk Angling Times. 22 May 2012.
  29. ^ "Top Tench Captures (As at January 2012)" (PDF). tenchfishers.com. Oct 2012.
  30. ^ "Roach". fishing.co.uk. 2001.
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