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| [[File:Blicca bjoerkna.jpg|80px]] || [[Silver bream|Silver 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> |
| [[File:Blicca bjoerkna.jpg|80px]] || [[Silver bream|Silver 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:Trüsche Walchensee.jpg|80px]] || [[Burbot]] ''([[lota lota]])'' ''[[File:Status iucn |
| [[File:Trüsche Walchensee.jpg|80px]] || [[Burbot]] ''([[lota lota]])'' ''[[File:Status iucn CR icon.svg|20px]] ''[[File:Status iucn EX icon.svg|20px]]''' in UK only - see Note 6''' || 15 oz || Peter Davis || 1960 || [[Little Ouse]] , [[Lakenheath]] || [[Suffolk]] || 54 years || <ref name="burbot">{{cite web| url=http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/sport/angling-burbot-little-devils-may-be-lurking-in-east-anglia-1-406980 | title=Angling: Burbot – little devils may be lurking in East Anglia |publisher=Bury Free Press |date=2008-01-31 }}</ref> |
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| [[File:Cottus gobio (in situ).jpg|80px]] || [[European Bullhead|Bullhead (Millers Thumb]] ''([[Cottus gobio]])'' || 1oz || R Johnson || 1983 || Green river, [[Bramley, Surrey|Bramley]], [[Shamley Green]](near [[Guildford]]) || [[Surrey]] || 30 years || <ref name="angler" /><ref name="bullhead">{{cite web| url=http://www.shamleygreenangling.co.uk/5.html | title=Shamley Green Angling Club Records |publisher=Shamley Green Angling Club |date=2013 }}</ref> |
| [[File:Cottus gobio (in situ).jpg|80px]] || [[European Bullhead|Bullhead (Millers Thumb]] ''([[Cottus gobio]])'' || 1oz || R Johnson || 1983 || Green river, [[Bramley, Surrey|Bramley]], [[Shamley Green]](near [[Guildford]]) || [[Surrey]] || 30 years || <ref name="angler" /><ref name="bullhead">{{cite web| url=http://www.shamleygreenangling.co.uk/5.html | title=Shamley Green Angling Club Records |publisher=Shamley Green Angling Club |date=2013 }}</ref> |
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| [[File:Wst meerforelle stoer 001.jpg|80px]] || [[Sea trout|Trout, Sea]] ''([[Salmo trutta]])'' || 28lb 5oz 4dms || J Farrent || 1992 || [[Calshot Spit]], [[River Test]] || [[Hampshire]] || 21 years || <ref name="trout" /> |
| [[File:Wst meerforelle stoer 001.jpg|80px]] || [[Sea trout|Trout, Sea]] ''([[Salmo trutta]])'' || 28lb 5oz 4dms || J Farrent || 1992 || [[Calshot Spit]], [[River Test]] || [[Hampshire]] || 21 years || <ref name="trout" /> |
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| [[File:Coregonus albula (Pieni).jpg|80px]] || [[Coregonus albula|Vendace]] ''([[Coregonus albula]])'' ''Note |
| [[File:Coregonus albula (Pieni).jpg|80px]] || [[Coregonus albula|Vendace]] ''([[Coregonus albula]])'' ''Note 2'' [[File:Status iucn CR icon.svg|20px]] ''(UK Only)'' || 4oz 9 dms || John Nicol || 2005 || South Loch Earn Caravan Park, [[Loch Earn]] || [[Perth]] {{flag|Scotland}} || {{Age in years and days|2005|07|15}} || <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/commissioned_reports/284.pdf | title=Commissioned Report No.284 - Vendace in Loch Earn |publisher=Scottish Natural Heritage |date=2011 }}</ref> |
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| [[File:Silurus glanis white2.JPG|80px]] || [[Wels Catfish]] ''([[silurus glanis]])'' || 144 lb || James Jones || 30 July 2012 || Oak Lakes Fisheries || [[Southminster]], [[Essex]] || {{Age in years and days|2012|07|30}} || <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/10-stone-catfish-thought-UK-s-largest-freshwater/story-16619394-detail/story.html#axzz2hd5LpwvN | title=10 stone catfish thought to be UK's largest freshwater catch |publisher=thisistotalessex.co.uk |date=2012-07-31 }}</ref> |
| [[File:Silurus glanis white2.JPG|80px]] || [[Wels Catfish]] ''([[silurus glanis]])'' || 144 lb || James Jones || 30 July 2012 || Oak Lakes Fisheries || [[Southminster]], [[Essex]] || {{Age in years and days|2012|07|30}} || <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/10-stone-catfish-thought-UK-s-largest-freshwater/story-16619394-detail/story.html#axzz2hd5LpwvN | title=10 stone catfish thought to be UK's largest freshwater catch |publisher=thisistotalessex.co.uk |date=2012-07-31 }}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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* ''Note 1''{{flagicon|Europe}} - The [[Carp bream|Common or Bronze Bream]], [[Barbus barbus|Barbel]], [[Thinlip mullet|Thin-Lipped Grey Mullet]] , [[European sturgeon|European Sturgeon]] and [[Tench]] are all European Records, see [[Angling records of Europe]]. |
* ''Note 1''{{flagicon|Europe}} - The [[Carp bream|Common or Bronze Bream]], [[Barbus barbus|Barbel]], [[Thinlip mullet|Thin-Lipped Grey Mullet]] , [[European sturgeon|European Sturgeon]] and [[Tench]] are all European Records, see [[Angling records of Europe]]. |
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* ''Note 2'' [[European eel|European Eel]] ([[Anguilla anguilla]]) |
* ''Note 2'' [[European eel|European Eel]] ([[Anguilla anguilla]]), [[European sturgeon|European Sturgeon]] ([[Acipenser sturio]]) and [[Coregonus vandesius|Vendace]] are listed as [[Critically Endangered species]] '''(IUCN) status'''[[File:Status iucn CR icon.svg|20px]] by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN). Any of these fish caught, must be reported to the [[Environment Agency]] (EA), photographed (if possible) and returned to the water unharmed. |
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* ''Note 3'' - The weight of the [[Crucian carp]] ''([[carassius carassius]])'' which was equalled by Joshua Blavins at Moor Mill Pits, [[Frogmore]] was published at 4 lb 10 oz. <ref name="crucian" /> However, in the published list of British Records by the [[Angler's Mail]] of December 2012, <ref name="angler" /> the record appears to be reduced by 1 oz. It is therefore assumed that the record has been modified by the [[British Record (Rod Caught) Fish Committee|BRFC]] due to examination of the [[weighing scale]]. This still needs to be verified. |
* ''Note 3'' - The weight of the [[Crucian carp]] ''([[carassius carassius]])'' which was equalled by Joshua Blavins at Moor Mill Pits, [[Frogmore]] was published at 4 lb 10 oz. <ref name="crucian" /> However, in the published list of British Records by the [[Angler's Mail]] of December 2012, <ref name="angler" /> the record appears to be reduced by 1 oz. It is therefore assumed that the record has been modified by the [[British Record (Rod Caught) Fish Committee|BRFC]] due to examination of the [[weighing scale]]. This still needs to be verified. |
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* ''Note 4'' - The weight of the [[European perch|Perch]] ''([[Perca fluviatilis]])'' which was equalled by Ken Brown at Wilstone Reservoir was published at 6 lb 4 oz. <ref name="perch" /> However, in the published list of British Records by the [[Angler's Mail]] of December 2012, <ref name="angler" /> the record appears to be reduced by 1 oz. It is therefore assumed that the record has been modified by the [[British Record (Rod Caught) Fish Committee|BRFC]] due to examination of the [[weighing scale]]. This still needs to be verified. |
* ''Note 4'' - The weight of the [[European perch|Perch]] ''([[Perca fluviatilis]])'' which was equalled by Ken Brown at Wilstone Reservoir was published at 6 lb 4 oz. <ref name="perch" /> However, in the published list of British Records by the [[Angler's Mail]] of December 2012, <ref name="angler" /> the record appears to be reduced by 1 oz. It is therefore assumed that the record has been modified by the [[British Record (Rod Caught) Fish Committee|BRFC]] due to examination of the [[weighing scale]]. This still needs to be verified. |
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* ''Note 5'' - [[Schelly]] are listed as an [[Endangered species]] '''(IUCN) status'''[[File:Status iucn EN icon.svg|20px]] and if caught, must be reported to the [[Environment Agency]] (EA), photographed (if possible) and returned to the water unharmed. |
* ''Note 5'' - [[Schelly]] are listed as an [[Endangered species]] '''(IUCN) status'''[[File:Status iucn EN icon.svg|20px]] and if caught, must be reported to the [[Environment Agency]] (EA), photographed (if possible) and returned to the water unharmed. |
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* ''Note 6'' - [[Burbot]] are most certainly critically endangered in the UK [[File:Status iucn CR icon.svg|20px]] and are quite possibly Extinct in the UK ([[File:Status iucn EX icon.svg|20px]] and if caught, must be reported to the [[Environment Agency]] (EA), photographed (include distinctive area landmark if possible) and returned to the water unharmed. |
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* ''Note 7'' - [[Burbot]] are listed as [[Extinct species]] '''(IUCN) status'''[[File:Status iucn EX icon.svg|20px]] (Extinct in the UK only) and if caught, must be reported to the [[Environment Agency]] (EA), photographed (include distinctive area landmark if possible) and returned to the water unharmed. |
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| [[File:Liza ramada Egypt.jpg|80px]] || [[Thinlip mullet|Thin-Lipped Grey Mullet]] ''([[liza ramada]])'' || 7lb 3dr || Steve Maliska || 22 May 2012 || [[Truro River]], [[Malpas, Cornwall|Malpas]] || [[Cornwall]] || Less than 1 year || <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Angling-Times/Section/News--Catches/General-News/World-record-thin-lipped-mullet-caught/ | title=World record thin-lipped mullet caught |publisher=Gofishing.co.uk [[Angling Times]] |date=22 May 2012 }}</ref> |
| [[File:Liza ramada Egypt.jpg|80px]] || [[Thinlip mullet|Thin-Lipped Grey Mullet]] ''([[liza ramada]])'' || 7lb 3dr || Steve Maliska || 22 May 2012 || [[Truro River]], [[Malpas, Cornwall|Malpas]] || [[Cornwall]] || Less than 1 year || <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Angling-Times/Section/News--Catches/General-News/World-record-thin-lipped-mullet-caught/ | title=World record thin-lipped mullet caught |publisher=Gofishing.co.uk [[Angling Times]] |date=22 May 2012 }}</ref> |
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| [[File:Tinca tinca.jpeg|80px]] || [[Tench]] ''([[tinca tinca]])'' || 14 lb 3 oz || Phil Gooriah || 20 August 1987 || Wraysbury 1 Lake, [[Wraysbury]] || [[Berkshire]] || 14 years || <ref name="tench" /> <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fisheries.co.uk/fisheriesforsale/wraysbury1/wraysbury1pdf.pdf | |
| rowspan=5 | [[File:Tinca tinca.jpeg|80px]] || rowspan=5 |[[Tench]] ''([[tinca tinca]])'' || 14 lb 3 oz || Phil Gooriah || 20 August 1987 || Wraysbury 1 Lake, [[Wraysbury]] || [[Berkshire]] || 14 years || <ref name="tench" /> <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fisheries.co.uk/fisheriesforsale/wraysbury1/wraysbury1pdf.pdf | |
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title=Top Tench Captures (As at January 2012) |publisher=tenchfishers.com |date= Oct 2012}}</ref> |
title=Top Tench Captures (As at January 2012) |publisher=tenchfishers.com |date= Oct 2012}}</ref> |
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| 12 lb 8 oz 11 dr || A. Wilson || 1985 || Wilstone Reservoir,[[Tring Reservoirs]] || [[Hertfordshire]] || 2 years || <ref name="tinca" /> <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.theanglersforum.co.uk/forums/archive/index.php/t-37596.html | |
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title=Historic - tench, bream and barbel records |publisher=The Anglers forum.co.uk |date= 6 March 2005}}</ref> |
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| 10 lb 1 oz 4 dr || T.Chester || 1981 || Wilstone Reservoir,[[Tring Reservoirs]] || [[Hertfordshire]] || 4 years || <ref name="tinca" /> <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.theanglersforum.co.uk/forums/archive/index.php/t-37596.html | |
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title=Historic - tench, bream and barbel records |publisher=The Anglers forum.co.uk |date= 6 March 2005}}</ref> |
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| 10 lb 1 oz 2 dr || L.Brown || 1975 || [[Peterborough]] brick pits || [[Cambridgeshire]] || 6 years || <ref name="tinca" /> <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.theanglersforum.co.uk/forums/archive/index.php/t-37596.html | |
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title=Historic - tench, bream and barbel records |publisher=The Anglers forum.co.uk |date= 6 March 2005}}</ref> |
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| 9 lb 1 oz || J. Salisbury || 1963 || Eggetts Lake, [[Hemingford Grey]] || [[Cambridgeshire]] || 12 years || <ref name="tinca" /> <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.theanglersforum.co.uk/forums/archive/index.php/t-37596.html | |
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title=Historic - tench, bream and barbel records |publisher=The Anglers forum.co.uk |date= 6 March 2005}}</ref> |
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| rowspan=2 | [[File:Rutilusrutilus38cm 2143x1060.JPG|80px]] || rowspan=2 |[[Common Roach|Roach]] || 3lb 10oz || Wilfred Cutting || 5 August 1917 || Hornsey Mere, [[Beverley]] || [[East Yorkshire]] || 73 years || <ref name="harrow" /> |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Rutilusrutilus38cm 2143x1060.JPG|80px]] || rowspan=2 |[[Common Roach|Roach]] || 3lb 10oz || Wilfred Cutting || 5 August 1917 || Hornsey Mere, [[Beverley]] || [[East Yorkshire]] || 73 years || <ref name="harrow" /> |
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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.
Current records
Image | Species | Weight lb's oz | Captor | Date | Water | Location | Length of Time | References / Notes |
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Atlantic Salmon (salmo salar) | 64 lb | Miss Georgina W Ballantine | 07 October 1922 | River Tay, Glendelvine | Perth ![]() |
101 years, 316 days | [1][2] |
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Barbel (barbus barbus) | 21 lb 1 oz | Grahame King | 22 April 2006 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill | Bedfordshire | 18 years, 118 days | [3] Note 1. ![]() |
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Common or Bronze Bream (abramis brama) | 22 lb 11 oz | Scot Crook | 17 April 2012 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, | Cambridgeshire | 12 years, 123 days | [3] Note 1. ![]() |
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Silver Bream (Blicca bjoerkna) | 3 lb 4 oz | Gareth Evans | 2012 | Mill Farm , Pulborough, | West Sussex | 12 years, 123 days | [3] |
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Burbot (lota lota) ![]() ![]() |
15 oz | Peter Davis | 1960 | Little Ouse , Lakenheath | Suffolk | 54 years | [4] |
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Bullhead (Millers Thumb (Cottus gobio) | 1oz | R Johnson | 1983 | Green river, Bramley, Shamley Green(near Guildford) | Surrey | 30 years | [3][5] |
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Bleak (alburnus alburnus) | 4 oz 9 dr | Dennis Flack | 1998 | Barway Lake | Cambridgeshire | 15 years | [3] |
Common or Mirror carp (cyprinus carpio) | 67 lb 8 oz | Austin Holness | 21 April 2012 | Conningbrook Lake | Willesborough, Kent | 12 years, 119 days | [3] [6] | |
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Chub (squalius cephalus) | 9 lb 5 oz | Neil Stephens | 16 March 2012 | Fishers Green Complex, River Lea | Waltham Abbey, Essex | 12 years, 155 days | [7] |
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Crucian carp (carassius carassius) | 4 lb 9 oz | Martin Bowler | 2003 | Yateley Lakes | Yateley, Surrey | 10 years | [3] [8] |
Phil Smith | 2004 | Yateley Lakes | Yateley, Surrey | 9 years | [3] [9] | |||
Joshua Blavins | 2011 | Moor Mill Gravel Pits | Frogmore, Hertfordshire | 2 years | [3] [10] Note 3 | |||
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Dace (leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 5 oz 2 dr | Simon Ashton | 2002 | River Wear, | Cambridgeshire | 345 days | [3] [11] |
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Eel (anguilla anguilla) ![]() |
11 lb 2 oz | Steve Terry | 1978 | Kingfisher Lake, Ringwood | Hampshire | 35 years | [3] [12] |
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Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 4lb 3oz | S. R. Lanigan | 1989 | River Frome | Dorset | 24 years | [2] |
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Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) | 5 oz | D H Hull | 1990 | River Nadder, Sutton Mandeville | Wiltshire | 23 years | [3] [13] |
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) | 13.5 dr | J Sawyer | 1998 | Whitworth Lake, Spennymoor | County Durham | 15 years | [14][15] | |
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Thin-Lipped Grey Mullet (liza ramada) | 7lb 9oz | Shaun Sillett | 20 August 2012 | Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | Suffolk | 11 years, 364 days | [16] Note 1. ![]() |
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Orfe (Golden) (Leuciscus idus) | 8 lb 5 oz | Michael Wilkinson | 2000 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | 13 years | [3] [13] [17] |
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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] [18] Note 4 | |||
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Pike (esox lucius) | 46 lb 13 oz | Roy Lewis | 1992 | Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth | Monmouthshire, ![]() |
21 years | [3] [19] |
Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | 4lb 4oz | Keith Berry | 2006 | (venue required) | ![]() |
7 years | [3] | |
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Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) | 4 lb 10 oz | Simon Parry | 2001 | Clay Lake, County Armagh | ![]() |
12 years | [3] |
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Eurasian Ruffe (Pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) | 5oz 4 dr | R Jenkins | 1980 | West View Lake | Cumbria | 33 years | [3] |
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Schelly (Skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus) Note 5 ![]() |
2 lb 1 oz | S M Barrie | 1986 | Haweswater Reservoir , Valley of Mardale | Cumbria | 27 years | [20] |
European Sea or Common Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) ![]() |
388 lb | Alec Allen | 1932 | River Towy, Nantgaredig, | Carmarthenshire ![]() |
92 years, 24 days | [21][22] Note 2. ![]() | |
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Tench (tinca tinca) | 15 lb 3 oz 6 dr | Darren Ward | June 2001 | Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton | Middlesex | 12 years | [23] </ref>[24] [15] Note 1. ![]() |
Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta) | 31 lb 12 oz | Brian Rutland | 16th March 2002 | Loch Awe, Argyll | ![]() |
22 years, 155 days | [2] | |
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Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) | 8lb 3oz | E Holland | 1998 | Fontburn reservoir | Northumberland | 15 years | [2] |
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Trout, Sea (Salmo trutta) | 28lb 5oz 4dms | J Farrent | 1992 | Calshot Spit, River Test | Hampshire | 21 years | [2] |
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Vendace (Coregonus albula) Note 2 ![]() |
4oz 9 dms | John Nicol | 2005 | South Loch Earn Caravan Park, Loch Earn | Perth ![]() |
19 years, 34 days | [25] |
Wels Catfish (silurus glanis) | 144 lb | James Jones | 30 July 2012 | Oak Lakes Fisheries | Southminster, Essex | 12 years, 19 days | [26] | |
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Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 21 lb 5 oz | James Benfield | 2007 | Upper Load Lock, River Severn | Gloucestershire | 6 years | [3] [27] |
Notes
- Note 1
- The Common or Bronze Bream, Barbel, Thin-Lipped Grey Mullet , European Sturgeon and Tench are all European Records, see Angling records of Europe.
- Note 2 European Eel (Anguilla anguilla), European Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) and Vendace are listed as Critically Endangered species (IUCN) status
by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Any of these fish caught, must be reported to the Environment Agency (EA), photographed (if possible) and returned to the water unharmed.
- Note 3 - The weight of the Crucian carp (carassius carassius) which was equalled by Joshua Blavins at Moor Mill Pits, Frogmore was published at 4 lb 10 oz. [10] However, in the published list of British Records by the Angler's Mail of December 2012, [3] the record appears to be reduced by 1 oz. It is therefore assumed that the record has been modified by the BRFC due to examination of the weighing scale. This still needs to be verified.
- Note 4 - The weight of the Perch (Perca fluviatilis) which was equalled by Ken Brown at Wilstone Reservoir was published at 6 lb 4 oz. [18] However, in the published list of British Records by the Angler's Mail of December 2012, [3] the record appears to be reduced by 1 oz. It is therefore assumed that the record has been modified by the BRFC due to examination of the weighing scale. This still needs to be verified.
- Note 5 - Schelly are 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 - Burbot are most certainly critically endangered in the UK
and are quite possibly Extinct in the UK (
and if caught, must be reported to the Environment Agency (EA), photographed (include distinctive area landmark if possible) and returned to the water unharmed.
Previous records
Image | Species | Weight lb's oz | Captor | Date | Water | Location | Length of Time | References |
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Common or Bronze Bream (abramis brama) | 22 lb 9 oz | Mark McKenna | 11 Sept 2009 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, | Cambridgeshire | 3 years | [28] |
19 lb 10 oz | James Rust | 2005 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, | Cambridgeshire | 4 years | [29][15] | ||
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Silver Bream (Blicca bjoerkna) | 2 lb 2 oz | Christine Smith | 2005 | Mill Farm , Pulborough, | West Sussex | 7 years | [15] |
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Barbel (barbus barbus) | 17 lb 4 oz | R Walton | 1999 | Great Ouse, Newport Pagnell | Buckinghamshire | 7 years | [30] |
Common or Mirror carp (cyprinus carpio) | 67 lb | John Bird | 2008 | Conningbrook Lake | Willesborough, Kent | less than 1 year | [31] | |
64 lb 14 oz | Simon Bater | 2005 | Conningbrook Lake | Willesborough, Kent | 3 years | [31] | ||
64 lb 5 oz | John Pack | 2004 | Conningbrook Lake | Willesborough, Kent | 1 year | [31] | ||
61 lb 7 oz | Lee Jackson | August 2002 | Conningbrook Lake | Willesborough, Kent | 2 years | [32] | ||
56 lb 6 oz | K.Cummins | 1998 | Wraysbury | Berkshire | 4 years | [14] | ||
55 lb 13 oz | Terry Hearn | November 1996 | Wraysbury | Berkshire | 2 years | [33] | ||
51 lb 8 oz | Chris Yates | 16 June 1980 | Redmire pool | Northamptonshire | 16 Years | [33] | ||
44 lb | Richard Walker | 13 Sept 1952 | Redmire pool | Herefordshire | 28 Years | [33] | ||
26 lb | Albert Buckley | 24 July 1930 | Mapperley Lake, Shipley Hall, near Mapperley | border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 22 Years | [34] | ||
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Chub (squalius cephalus) | 8 lb 10 oz | P. Smith | 1994 | River Tees, Blackwell | Co.Durham | 18 years | [14] |
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Dace (leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 4 oz 2 dr | J L Gasson | 2002 | River Wear, | Cambridgeshire | 345 days | [14] [35] |
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Orfe (Golden) (Leuciscus idus) | 8 lb 5 oz | M. Pardoe | 1998 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | 2 years | [14] |
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Thin-Lipped Grey Mullet (liza ramada) | 7lb 3dr | Steve Maliska | 22 May 2012 | Truro River, Malpas | Cornwall | Less than 1 year | [36] |
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Tench (tinca tinca) | 14 lb 3 oz | Phil Gooriah | 20 August 1987 | Wraysbury 1 Lake, Wraysbury | Berkshire | 14 years | [23] [37] |
12 lb 8 oz 11 dr | A. Wilson | 1985 | Wilstone Reservoir,Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 2 years | [38] [39] | ||
10 lb 1 oz 4 dr | T.Chester | 1981 | Wilstone Reservoir,Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 4 years | [38] [40] | ||
10 lb 1 oz 2 dr | L.Brown | 1975 | Peterborough brick pits | Cambridgeshire | 6 years | [38] [41] | ||
9 lb 1 oz | J. Salisbury | 1963 | Eggetts Lake, Hemingford Grey | Cambridgeshire | 12 years | [38] [42] | ||
Roach | 3lb 10oz | Wilfred Cutting | 5 August 1917 | Hornsey Mere, Beverley | East Yorkshire | 73 years | [34] | |
4lb 3oz | R.Clarke | 1990 | Dorset Stour | Dorset | 16 years | [43] | ||
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Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) | 4 lb 8 oz | Reverend Edward C Alston | 1933 | Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford | Norfolk | 68 years | [14][34] |
Wels Catfish (silurus glanis) | 62 lb | Rich Garner | 1997 | Withy pool | Henlow, Bedfordshire | 15 years | [14] | |
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Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 19 lb 5 oz | D Lavander | 1998 | Fenwater, | Cambridgeshire | 9 years | [14] [35] |
Notes :
Note 4 - 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
- ^ "MISS G W Ballantine 64lb River Tay Salmon catch postcard 1922". flickr.com. 2008-07-03.
- ^ a b c d e "British Trout and Salmon records". The Fly Factory. 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "British Record Coarse Fish List(correct at December 14, 2012)". Angler's Mail. 2012-12-14.
- ^ "Angling: Burbot – little devils may be lurking in East Anglia". Bury Free Press. 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Shamley Green Angling Club Records". Shamley Green Angling Club. 2013.
- ^ "Two Tone 67lb 14oz British Record Mirror Carp". Midkentfisheries.co.uk. 2013-10-12.
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- ^ "Confusion over true Crucian carp identification". www.thefreelibrary.com. 2013.
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(help) - ^ "Go Fishing > Know Your Fish > Dace". Scottish Federation for Coarse Angling. 2012-12-14.
- ^ "Taxidermy fish trophy: Record eel goes up for sale". Gofishing.co.uk Angling Times. 2011-05-13.
- ^ a b "UK Rod caught record fish (updated spring 2013)". fisheries.co.uk. 2013.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h "British Coarse Fishing Records of 1999". The Fly Factory. 2012.
- ^ a b c d "British Record Fish 20 May 2009". BBC. 2009-05-20.
- ^ "Shaun captures world record mullet at Oulton Broad". Norwich Evening News 24. 2012.
- ^ "Lymm anglers club records list". Lymm anglers club. 2013.
- ^ a b "Perch Record Broken". Total Coarse Fishing. 2011-10-01.
- ^ "Pike". Baitfactory.co.uk. 2013.
- ^ "Commissioned Report No.284 - Vendace in Loch Earn" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. 2011.
- ^ "largest Sturgeon captured by Rod and Reel with a picture and published". Fishing World Records.com. 2013-10-18.
- ^ "Did Sturgeon ever breed in British waters?". glaucus.org.uk Alan Knight. 2013-11-02.
- ^ a b "Top Tench Captures (As at January 2012)". tenchfishers.com. Jan 2012.
- ^ "largest Tench captured by Rod and Reel with a picture and published". Fishing World Records.com. 2013-10-18.
- ^ "Commissioned Report No.284 - Vendace in Loch Earn" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. 2011.
- ^ "10 stone catfish thought to be UK's largest freshwater catch". thisistotalessex.co.uk. 2012-07-31.
- ^ "Dead Zander would have smashed record". Gofishing.co.uk Angling Times. 2013.
- ^ "Video interview with new bream record holder Mark McKenna". Gofishing.co.uk Angling Times. 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Bream Record Broken". Total Coarse Fishing. 2012-04-17.
- ^ "Records". Discoverfishing.co.uk. 1999.
- ^ a b c "British Record Carp Two Tone Dead". Angler's Mail. 2010-08-15.
- ^ "Lee Jackson Profile". Bigfourcarp.com. 2013-10-12.
- ^ a b c "British Record Carp List". Carp-forums.com. 2009-12-01.
- ^ a b c "Magazine nr.81". Harrow Angling.co.uk. Feb 2001.
- ^ a b "British Records". Discoverfishing.co.uk. 2013.
- ^ "World record thin-lipped mullet caught". Gofishing.co.uk Angling Times. 22 May 2012.
- ^ "Top Tench Captures (As at January 2012)" (PDF). tenchfishers.com. Oct 2012.
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Historic - tench, bream and barbel records". The Anglers forum.co.uk. 6 March 2005.
- ^ "Historic - tench, bream and barbel records". The Anglers forum.co.uk. 6 March 2005.
- ^ "Historic - tench, bream and barbel records". The Anglers forum.co.uk. 6 March 2005.
- ^ "Roach". fishing.co.uk. 2001.
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