Angling records in the United Kingdom
This is an impartial (not implicitly biased to a single governing body, the BRFC ) and comprehensive record list of 308 British record freshwater fish, past and present, involving 60 different species/sub-species of fish 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. The time since last record fish was caught is 23 days.
Current records supported by photographic evidence
Image
Species
Weight (lb oz)
Captor
Date
Water
County
Time record held
References/ Notes
Barbel (Barbus barbus )
21 lb 2 oz
Colin Smithson
7 November 2019
River Rother , Fittleworth
West Sussex
5 years, 15 days
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Bream (Common or Bronze) (Abramis brama )
22 lb 11 oz
Scot Crook
7 April 2012
Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes ,
Cambridgeshire
12 years, 229 days
[ 1] [ 4] Note 1
Bream (Silver) (Blicca bjoerkna )
3 lb 4 oz
Gareth Evans
21 May 2012
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury , near Pulborough
West Sussex
12 years, 185 days
[ 1] [ 5] [ 6]
Carp, Common (Cyprinus carpio {communia} )
64 lb 6 oz
Chris Caddick
29 Aug 2018
The Avenue, RH Fisheries
Shropshire
6 years, 85 days
[ 7] * Note 8
Carp, Leather (Cyprinus carpio {corium} )
54 lb 8 oz
Steve Fudge
2006
Car Park Lake, Yateley Complex, Yateley
Surrey
16 years
[ 8] [ 9] * Note 8
Carp, Mirror (Cyprinus carpio {speculo} )
75 lb 2 oz
Wayne Mansford
12 Oct 2020
Meadows Lake, Holme Fen Fishery
Cambridgeshire
4 years, 41 days
[ 10]
Chub (Squalius cephalus )
9 lb 5 oz
Neill Stephen
16 March 2012
Fishers Green Complex, River Lea , Waltham Abbey ,
Essex
12 years, 251 days
[ 11] [ 12] * Note 9
Crucian carp (Carassius carassius )
4 lb 14 oz
Adam Broodbanks
30 October 2024
Barham Syndicate
Suffolk
23 days
[ 13]
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella )
56 lb 2 oz
Alan Cooper
7 July 2023
Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley
Surrey
1 year, 138 days
[ 14] * Note 8
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus )
4 lb 8 oz
Simon Ellis
19 Feb 2019
River Frome , Ilsington near Puddletown
Dorset
5 years, 277 days
[ 15] * Note 8
Golden Orfe (Leuciscus idus )
8 lb 5 oz
Michael Wilkinson
April 2000
Lymm Vale
Cheshire
23 years, 220 days
[ 16] [ 1] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
Lawrence King
20 May 2018
Newdigate farms, Newdigate
Surrey
6 years, 186 days
[ 1] [ 21] [ 22]
Ide (Natural) (Leuciscus idus )
8 lb 5 oz
Colin Hebb
5 February 2021
River Hull
Yorkshire
3 years, 281 days
[ 23]
Mullet (Thin-Lipped Grey) (Liza ramada )
7 lb 9oz
Shaun Sillett
20 August 2012
Oulton Broad , Lowestoft
Suffolk
12 years, 94 days
[ 24] Note 1
Perch (Perca fluviatilis )
6 lb 3 oz
Neill Stephen
12 March 2011
Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough
East Sussex
13 years, 255 days
[ 1] [ 4] [ 25]
Ken Brown
18 Sept 2012
Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs
Hertfordshire
12 years, 65 days
[ 1] [ 5] [ 25] [ 26]
Pike (Esox lucius )
47 lb 5 oz
Lloyd Watson
13 Feb 2024
Chew Valley Lake , Chew Valley ,
Somerset
283 days
[ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus )
4 lb 3oz
Dai Gribble
24 May 2024
Brasenose 1, Linear Fisheries
Oxfordshire
182 days
[ 30]
Ken Fuller
15 May 2017
Homersfield Lake
Norfolk
7 years, 191 days
[ 31]
Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar )
64 lb
Miss Georgina W Ballantine
7 October 1922
River Tay , Glendelvine
Perthshire , Scotland
102 years, 46 days
[ 16] [ 32] [ 33]
Stickleback (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculeatus )
8 grams (4.5 drams)
Matt Faulkner
July 2019
Lower Beauvale Ponds, Eastwood
Nottinghamshire
5 years, 130 days
[ 1] [ 34] [ 3]
Tench (Tinca tinca )
15 lb 3 oz 6 dr
Darren Ward
June 2001
Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton
Middlesex
23 years, 155 days
[ 1] [ 35] [ 18] [ 36] [ 37] Note 1
Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta )
31 lb 12 oz
Brian Rutland
15 March 2002
Loch Awe , Ardbrecknish
Argyll , Scotland
22 years, 251 days
[ 16] [ 38] [ 33] [ 39]
Trout, Rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss )
34 lb 12 oz
Michael Mitchell
3 Oct 2016
Loch Earn
Perthshire , Scotland
8 years, 50 days
[ 40] [ 41] [ 42]
Wels Catfish (Silurus glanis )
147 lb
Paul Fyson
7 June 2020
Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster
Essex
4 years, 168 days
[ 43] * Note 8
Zander (Sander lucioperca )
22 lb
Mick Dolan
12 March 2010
Grafham Water , Huntingdon ,
Cambridgeshire
14 years, 255 days
[ 44]
Current records not supported by any photographic evidence
Image
Species
Weight (lb oz)
Captor
Date
Water
County
Time record held
References/ Notes
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus )
9 lb 8 oz
W Fairbairn
27 May 1995
Loch Arkaig , Inverness
Scottish Highlands , Scotland
29 years, 179 days
[ 45] [ 16] * Note 10
Bleak (Alburnus alburnus )
4 oz 9 dr
Dennis Flack
1998
River Lark
Border of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
22 years
[ 16] [ 46] [ 47] [ 18] * Note 10
Bullhead (Millers Thumb) (Cottus gobio )
1oz
R Johnson
16 Jan 1983
Green river, Bramley , Shamley Green (near Guildford )
Surrey
41 years, 311 days
[ 16] [ 1] [ 18] [ 48] [ 49] * Note 10
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus )
1 lb 5 oz 2 dr
Simon Ashton
11 Aug 2002
River Wear , Town centre stretch, Durham
Co.Durham
22 years, 103 days
[ 16] [ 1] [ 50] [ 51] [ 18] * Note 10
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio )
5 oz
D H Hull
1990
River Nadder , Sutton Mandeville
Wiltshire
32 years
[ 16] [ 1] [ 18] [ 17] Note 1 * Note 10
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus )
13.5 drams (24 grams)
James Sawyer
1998
Whitworth Lake, Spennymoor
Co.Durham
24 years
[ 16] [ 18] [ 52] [ 35] Note 1 * Note 10
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus )
4 lb 10 oz
Simon Parry
7 October 2001
Clay Lake
County Armagh , Northern Ireland
23 years, 46 days
[ 16] [ 1] [ 18] [ 38] * Note 10
Ruffe (Pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua )
5oz 4 dr
R Jenkins
7 Aug 1980
West View Lake
Cumbria
44 years, 107 days
[ 16] [ 1] [ 18] [ 49] [ 53] * Note 10
Salmon, Pacific Humpback (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha )
3 lb 8 oz 12 dr
Louis Hunter
2007
River Tweed , near Berwick-upon-Tweed
Scottish Borders , Scotland
15 years
[ 54] * Note 10
Stone loach (Barbatula barbatula )
13 drams
Geoffery Green
1 Nov 2005
Windmill Fishery, Bristol
Bristol
19 years, 21 days
[ 1] [ 55] Note 1 * Note 10
Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis )
8 lb 3 oz
E Holland
1998
Fontburn Reservoir
Northumberland
24 years
[ 16] [ 33] * Note 10
Trout, Sea (Salmo trutta {migrantis} )
28 lb 5 oz 4 dr
J Farrent
1992
Calshot Spit , River Test
Hampshire
30 years
[ 16] [ 33] * Note 10
Record endangered species
Image
Species
Weight (lb oz)
Captor
Date
Water
County
Time record held
References/ Notes
Burbot (Lota lota ) in UK only - see Note 3.
1 lb
John Dean
14 Sept 1969
Old West River (Great Ouse) , near Aldreth
Cambridgeshire
55 years, 63 days
[ 56] * Note 8
Eel (Anguilla anguilla ) Note 3.
11 lb 2 oz
Steve Terry
24 June 1978
Kingfisher Lake, Ringwood
Hampshire
46 years, 151 days
[ 16] [ 1] [ 49] [ 57]
Gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii ) Note 3. (UK Only)
1 lb 4oz
J Williams
1965
Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid), Bala
Gwynedd , Wales
59 years, 130 days
[ 58] [ 59] [ 60] [ 61] Note 1
Pollan (Coregonus autumnalis pollan) Note 3
No record found
-
-
-
-
-
[ 62] [ 63]
Powan (Coregonus clupeoides ) Note 3
3 lb
Robert Fullerton
24 Aug 2006
Carron Valley Reservoir, Nr. Denny
Stirlingshire , Scotland
18 years, 90 days
[ 64] Note 1 * Note 8
Schelly (Skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus ) Note 3
2 lb 1 oz 9 dr
S M Barrie
24 Sept 1986
Haweswater Reservoir , Valley of Mardale
Cumbria
38 years, 59 days
[ 16] [ 18] [ 49] [ 65] Note 1
Smelt (Osmerus eperlanus ) Note 3
1 dr
Peter Christian
9 January 1977
River Yare , Buckenham Ferry
Norfolk
47 years, 318 days
[ 66] * Note 8
Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus ) Note 3.
202 lb 13 oz
Major C.R.E. Radclyffe
2 July 1911
River Frome , Bindon Mill
Dorset
113 years, 143 days
[ 67] * Note 8
European Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio ) Note 3.
388 lb
Alec Allen
1932
River Towy , Nantgaredig
Carmarthenshire , Wales
92 years, 120 days
[ 68] [ 69] Note 1 * Note 8
Vendace (Coregonus albula ) Note 3. (UK Only)
4oz 9 dms
John Nicol
2015
South Loch Earn Caravan Park, Loch Earn
Perthshire , Scotland
19 years, 130 days
[ 70] * Note 8
Record Ornamental sub-species
Image
Sub-species
Weight lb's oz
Captor
Date
Water
Location
Time Record Held
References / Notes
Blue Orfe (Leuciscus idus coerulus )
6 lb 3 oz
Trevor Cozens
4 April 2010
Angler's Paradise, Beaworthy
Devon
14 years, 232 days
[ 71] * Note 8
Carp, F1 (Cyprinus carpio communia ) × (Carassius carassius )
7 lb 14 oz
Chris Telling
4 Feb 2016
Peg 19 Boundary pool, Manor Farm Leisure, Harvington , near Evesham
Worcestershire
8 years, 292 days
[ 72] * Note 8
Golden tench (Tinca aurea )
8 lb
John Richardson
26 Aug 2019
Lake Geneva, Nar Valley Fisheries, Narborough
Norfolk
5 years, 88 days
[ 73] * Note 8
Goldfish (Carassius auratus )
7 lb 5 oz
Stuart Thurston
10 Aug 2010
UEA Broad , University of East Anglia , Norwich
Norfolk
14 years, 104 days
[ 74] [ 75] * Note 8
Ghost Koi Carp (Cyprinus carpio Spiritus )
47lb 14oz
Joel Dighton
1 Aug 2017
D lake, Nunnery lakes, Thetford
Norfolk
7 years, 113 days
[ 76] * Note 8
Mandarin Catfish (Silurus glanis )
64 lb 1oz
Tony Corbet
5 Sept 2013
Crowsheath Fishery, Downham
Essex
11 years, 78 days
[ 77] * Note 8
Trout, Blue (Oncorhynchus mykiss coerulus )
19lb 12oz
Chris Stephens
1 July 2006
Pennine Trout Farm and Fishery, Littleborough , Rochdale
Lancashire
18 years, 144 days
[ 78] * Note 8
Trout, Golden (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita )
22lb 8oz
David Hillary
6 April 2008
Quarry Lake, Raygill Fishing Lakes, Lothersdale
North Yorkshire
16 years, 230 days
[ 79] * Note 8
Trout, Tiger (Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis )
11lb 8oz
Stevie Rankin
16 Dec 2011
Alderneuk Trout Fishery, Waterside Farm, Terregles
Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland
12 years, 342 days
[ 80] * Note 8
Record non-indigenous (invasive) species
Image
Species
Weight lb's oz
Captor
Date
Water
Location
Time Record Held
References / Notes
Asp (Aspius aspius )
10lb
Sonny Fowler
December 2014
Churchgate Fishery near Battlesbridge
Essex
9 years, 330 days
[ 81] * Note 8
Bitterling (Rhodeus amarus )
12 drams
Dennis Flack
1998
Barway Lake near Ely
Cambridgeshire
24 years
[ 1] [ 18] [ 47] [ 82] * Note 10
Blue carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus )
36lb
Bandan Pizzy
October 2019
Specimen lake, Hawkhurst Fishery, Hawkhurst
Kent
5 years, 51 days
[ 83] * Note 8
Black bullhead (Catfish) (Ameiurus melas )
1 lb 3 oz 1 dr
K Clements
2001
Lake Meadows, Billericay
Essex
21 years
[ 1] [ 18] * Note 7 + 10 + 11
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus )
14 lb
Luke Pike
4 July 2022
Lake Meadows Park, Billericay
Essex
2 years, 141 days
[ 84] * Note 7 + 8
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus )
14 oz 2dr
Bill Rushmer
8 July 2003
Tanyards Fishery, Furner's Green
East Sussex
21 years, 137 days
[ 16] [ 1] [ 85] * Note 10
Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix )
30lb
Chris Johnson
2011
Greaves End Fishery, Eastrington
East Riding of Yorkshire
11 years
[ 83] * Note 8
Walleye (Sander vitreus )
11lb 12oz
F Adams
1934
River Delph Welney
Norfolk
88 years
[ 1] [ 18] [ 86] [ 87] * Note 10
Historical Previous records
Image
Species
Weight lb's oz
Captor
Date
Water
Location
Time Record Held
References
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus )
8 lb 4 oz
F Nicholson
1992
Loch Arkaig , Inverness
Scottish Highlands , Scotland
3 years
[ 18] [ 88]
4 lb 13oz
P Savage
1987
Loch Garry
Perthshire , Scotland
5 years
[ 49]
3 lb 5 oz
A Robertson
1985
Loch Earn
Perthshire , Scotland
2 years
[ 89]
3 lb 4 oz
S.C Rex
1982
Loch Dubh Lochan, Inverness
Inverness-shire , Scotland
3 years
[ 53]
1 lb 12 oz 4 dr
C Imperiale
1974
Loch Insh , Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish Highlands , Scotland
8 years
[ 90]
1 lb 11 oz
B.A Richardson
1973
Lake Windermere , Kendal
Cumbria
1 year
[ 91]
1 lb 3 oz
P Elwood
1972
Loch Insh , Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish Highlands , Scotland
1 year
[ 92]
1 lb 1 oz 4 dr
J.K Hargreaves
1971
Carn Tarsuinn, Cairngorms
Scottish Highlands , Scotland
1 year
[ 93]
Barbel (Barbus barbus )
21 lb 1 oz
Grahame King
22 April 2006
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
13 years
[ 4]
21 lb
Grahame King
9 Nov 2005
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
Less than 1 year
[ 4] [ 55]
20 lb 14oz 8dr
Grahame King
22 Oct 2005
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
18 days
[ 4] [ 55]
20 lb 6oz
Tony Gibson
Oct 2004
Upper Great Ouse , Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell
Buckinghamshire
1 year
[ 94] [ 95]
19 lb 6 oz 8 dr
Steve Curtin
27 Oct 2001
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
3 years
[ 38] [ 65] [ 96]
19 lb
Tony Gibson
4 Jan 2001
Upper Great Ouse , Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell
Buckinghamshire
Less than 1 year
[ 65] [ 94] [ 95] [ 97]
17 lb 13 oz 14 dr
Stuart Morgan
20 Dec 2000
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
15 days
[ 65] [ 94]
17 lb 8 oz 15 dr
Stuart Morgan
11 Dec 2000
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
9 days
[ 65] [ 94]
17 lb 6 oz 12 dr
Guy Robb
Oct 2000
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
Less than 1 year
[ 98] [ 99]
17 lb 4 oz
Ray Walton
3 March 1999
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
1 year
[ 100] [ 101] [ 102]
17 lb 1 oz
Kevin Newton
5 Feb 1999
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
26 days
[ 102]
16 lb 11 oz
Martin Bowler
21 Jan 1999
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
15 days
[ 103] [ 102]
16 lb 10 oz
David Currell
3 Nov 1998
Great Ouse , Adam's Mill, Gayhurst
Buckinghamshire
3 months
[ 102]
16 lb 6 oz
Steve Keer
Aug 1998
River Wensum , Taverham Mills Fishery, Taverham
Norfolk
3 months
[ 94] [ 104]
16 lb 3 oz
Howard Maddox
Nov 1997
Lower river, River Severn , Worcester
Worcestershire
Less than 1 year
[ 94] [ 105]
16 lb 2 oz
Peter Woodhouse
June 1994
River Medway
Kent
3 years
[ 94] [ 106] [ 107]
13 lb 12 oz (Why was this a record?)
Joe Day
Oct 1962
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon , Christchurch
Dorset
32 years
[ 93] [ 108]
14 lb 6 oz *(equalled)
Mr F.W.K Wallis
1937
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon , Christchurch
Dorset
25 years
[ 60] [ 109] [ 110] Note 2 *
14 lb 6 oz *(equalled)
Aylmer Tryon
13 September 1934
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon , Christchurch
Dorset
60 years
[ 60] [ 110] [ 111] [ 66] Note 2 *
14 lb 6 oz *
Mr T Wheeler
1888
River Thames , Molesey Lock
Surrey
46 years
[ 60] [ 110] [ 112] Note 2 *
Bleak (Alburnus alburnus )
4 oz
B Derrington
8 Oct 1982
River Monnow , Monmouth
Monmouthshire , Wales
16 years
[ 65] [ 89] [ 66]
3 oz 15.5 dr
D Pollard
1971
Staythorpe Pond, Newark-on-Trent
Nottinghamshire
11 years
[ 93]
3 oz 8 dr
N D Sizmur
1963
River Thames , Walton-on-Thames
Surrey
8 years
[ 60] [ 61]
3 oz 4 dr
J Oliver
1958
River Thames , Kingston upon Thames
London
5 years
[ 110]
Bream (Common or Bronze) (Abramis brama )
20 lb 1 oz
Simon Lavin
2011
Stoneacres Lake
Oxfordshire
1 year
[ 113] [ 17]
22 lb 9 oz
Mark McKenna
11 Sept 2009
Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes ,
Cambridgeshire
3 years
[ 114] * Note 8
19 lb 10 oz
James Rust
2005
Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes ,
Cambridgeshire
4 years
[ 35] [ 115]
18 lb 15 oz 3 dr
Mark Neal
1 May 2004
Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich
Norfolk
1 year
[ 16] [ 65]
18 lb 15 oz
Tom Huntley
July 2001
Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich
Norfolk
3 years
[ 38] [ 18]
[ 116]
18 lb 8 oz
Kerry Walker
13 May 2001
Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich
Norfolk
Less than 1 year
[ 65] [ 116] [ 97]
16 lb 12 oz
Martin Whitmore
2000
Swithland Reservoir
Leicestershire
1 year
[ 65]
16 lb 10 oz
Lee McManus
1999
Swithland Reservoir
Leicestershire
1 year
[ 117]
15 lb 10 oz
J Knowles
1985
Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames
Oxfordshire
14 years
[ 66]
15 lb 6 oz
Alastair Nicholson
31 August 1984
Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames
Oxfordshire
1 year
[ 118] * Note 8
13 lb 14 oz
Alastair Nicholson
10 August 1984
Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames
Oxfordshire
Less than 1 year
[ 118] * Note 8
13 lb 9 oz
Michael Davidson
July 1982
Beeston Hall Lake, near Neatishead
Norfolk
2 years
[ 65]
13 lb 8 oz
E.G.Costin
Oct 1945
Castle Lakes, Chiddingstone
Kent
37 years
[ 60] [ 119]
12 lb 14 oz
Mr. C.J Pugh
28 July 1933
Tring Reservoirs , Tring
Hertfordshire
12 years
[ 112]
12 lb 12 oz 8 dr
Mr. A.J Fisher
30 July 1931
Startops End Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs , Tring
Hertfordshire
2 years
[ 112] [ 119]
11 lb 12 oz
Mr. A Pike
July 1882
River Blackwater
County Tyrone , Northern Ireland
49 years
[ 112]
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
[ 120]
2 lb 15 oz
Gary Barnett
9 Oct 2011
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury
West Sussex
Less than 1 year
[ 5]
2 lb 14 oz
Phil Morton
8 May 2009
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury
West Sussex
2 years
[ 121]
2 lb 11 oz
Doug Plant
2009
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury
West Sussex
Less than 1 year
[ 121]
2 lb 8 oz
James Waters
Dec 2008
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury
West Sussex
1 year
[ 122] * Note 8
2 lb 2 oz
Christine Smith
2005
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury
West Sussex
3 years
[ 35]
1 lb 12 oz
Michael Davidson
26 April 2003
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury
West Sussex
2 years
[ 16] [ 65]
15 oz
Dennis Flack
1998
Grime Spring, Lakenheath
Suffolk
5 years
[ 47] [ 65] [ 97] [ 18] [ 107]
Bullhead (Millers Thumb) (Cottus gobio )
12 drams
E Whalley
1981
Tanyard Beck / Daking Brook / Cawthorne Dike, Cawthorne
South Yorkshire
2 years
[ 123]
10 drams
E Harrison
1978
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
North Yorkshire , Lancashire , Merseyside
3 years
[ 108]
Burbot (Lota lota ) in UK only - see Note 3.
15 oz
Peter Davis
1960
Little Ouse , Lakenheath
Suffolk
9 years
[ 124] * Note 8
Carp (Cyprinus carpio )
71 lb 4 oz
Robby Harrison
23 Oct 2016
The Avenue, RH Fisheries
Shropshire
4 years
[ 125]
[ 126] * Note 8 [ 127]
69 lb 13 oz
Tom Doherty
26 Sept 2016
The Avenue, RH Fisheries
Shropshire
Less than 1 month
[ 128] * Note 8 [ 127]
68 lb 1 oz
Dean Fletcher
13 Jan 2016
Cranwells Lake, Wasing estate, Wasing
Berkshire
Less than 1 year
[ 129] [ 130]
67 lb 8 oz
Austin Holness
August 2008
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough
Kent
8 years
[ 4] [ 131]
67 lb
John Bird
13 April 2008
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough
Kent
less than 1 year
[ 4] [ 132]
65 lb 14 oz
Simon Bater
23 October 2005
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough
Kent
3 years
[ 4] [ 55] [ 133]
65 lb 8 oz
Dan Marwick
Sept 2005
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough
Kent
Less than 1 year
[ 4]
64 lb 5 oz
Jonathan Pack
21 Feb 2004
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough
Kent
1 year
[ 16] [ 65] [ 133]
61 lb 7 oz
Lee Jackson
29 August 2002
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough
Kent
2 years
[ 65] [ 18] [ 134]
61 lb
Gary Bayes
2001
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough
Kent
Less than 1 year
[ 38] [ 133]
59 lb 12 oz
Mark Toland
5 Sept 2001
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough
Kent
Less than 1 year
[ 38] [ 65]
59 lb 7 oz
Terry Glebioska
2 April 2001
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough
Kent
Less than 1 year
[ 65] [ 97]
56 lb 6 oz
Kevin Cummins
Sept 1998
Wraysbury
Berkshire
3 years
[ 52] [ 65] [ 100]
55 lb 13 oz
Terry Hearn
November 1996
Wraysbury
Berkshire
2 years
[ 135]
55 lb 4 oz
Alex White
June 1995
Mid-Northants Fishery
Northamptonshire
1 year
[ 136] [ 137] [ 107]
53 lb 15 oz
Roddy Porter
June 1995
Mid-Northants Fishery
Northamptonshire
3 weeks
[ 136] [ 137] * Note 8
51 lb 8 oz
Chris Yates
16 June 1980
Redmire pool
Herefordshire
16 Years
[ 49] [ 135] [ 66] * Note 8
44 lb
Richard Walker
13 Sept 1952
Redmire pool
Herefordshire
28 Years
[ 60] [ 110] [ 135] [ 61]
31 lb 8 oz
Bob Richards
3 Oct 1951
Redmire pool
Herefordshire
1 Year
[ 65]
26 lb
Albert Buckley
24 July 1930
Mapperley Lake, Shipley Hall , near Mapperley
border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
4 Years
[ 112] [ 138]
21 lb 10 oz
Mr A.E.Wyatt
14 August 1926
Chingford Lake, Chingford
Essex
4 years
[ 112]
20 lb 3 oz
John Andrews
9 September 1916
Cheshunt reservoir
Hertfordshire
10 years
[ 112] [ 135]
19 lb 8 oz
Mr H.S Locksmith
1907
Wey Navigation Canal , Weybridge
Surrey
9 years
[ 112]
17 lb 8 oz
Otto Overbeck
26 September 1902
Croxby Pond
Lincolnshire
5 years
[ 135]
23 lb
George Holden
1899
Broadwater Lake, Godalming
Surrey
31 years
[ 139] Note - Under further investigation
Carp, Common (Cyprinus carpio {communia} )
64 lb
Martin Hopkins
2005
Bluebells Lake, Tansor , near Oundle
Northamptonshire
13 years
[ 140] * Note 8
Mike O’Neill * (Equaled)
13 Oct 2017
The Avenue, RH Fisheries
Shropshire
1 year
[ 141] * Note 8
Chub (Squalius cephalus )
8 lb 14 oz
Gareth Spurgeon
15 Oct 2009
River Lea Relief Channel, Fishers Green
Hertfordshire
3 years
[ 142] * Note 8
8 lb 13 oz
Tim Archer
11 Mar 2003
Dobbs Weir Fishery, River Lea , Broxbourne
Hertfordshire
6 years
[ 65]
8 lb 10 oz
Peter Smith
1994
River Tees , Blackwell
Co.Durham
9 years
[ 52] [ 65] [ 97] [ 18] [ 107]
8 lb 8 oz
D Deeks
1951
River Rother (East Sussex)
East Sussex
43 years
[ 110]
8 lb 4 oz
Mr G.F. Smith
Dec 1913
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon , Christchurch
Dorset
38 years
[ 49] [ 112] [ 143] * Note 8
7 lb 6 oz 8 dr
Mr F.W. Smith
Oct 1906
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon , Christchurch
Dorset
7 years
[ 112]
7 lb 5 oz
Mr E.J Walker
17 Aug 1904
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon , Christchurch
Dorset
2 years
[ 112]
7 lb 2 oz
Mr F.W.K Wallis
1903
River Trent , Shardlow
Derbyshire
1 year
[ 112]
7 lb 1 oz
Stanley Mead
Sept 1897
River Thames , Wargrave
Berkshire
6 years
[ 112]
Carp, Leather (Cyprinus carpio {corium} )
54 lb 8 oz
Steve Fudge
2006
Car Park Lake, Yateley Complex, Yateley
Surrey
16 years
[ 8] [ 9] * Note 8
Crucian carp (Carassius carassius )
4 lb 12 oz
Julian Barnes
3 May 2021
Johnsons Lake, Milford , Godalming
Surrey
3 years & 5 months
[ 1] [ 144] [ 145] [ 146]
4 lb 11 oz
Craig Smithson
3 Aug 2020
Milton Abbas Fishery, Milton Abbas ,
Dorset
10 months
[ 147] [ 148]
4 lb 10 oz
Michael James
4 May 2015
Johnsons Lake, Milford , Godalming
Surrey
5 years
[ 149]
4 lb 10 oz
Stephen Frapwell
10 May 2015
Johnsons Lake, Milford , Godalming
Surrey
5 years
[ 150] [ 149]
4 lb 9 oz
Peter Cardozo
2 May 2015
Johnsons Lake, Milford , Godalming
Surrey
2 days
[ 151]
4 lb 9 oz
Joshua Blavins
17 Aug 2011
Moor Mill Gravel Pits, Frogmore
Hertfordshire
4 years
[ 152] [ 153]
4 lb 9 oz
Philip Smith
7 Aug 2004
RMC Summer pit, Yateley
Surrey
7 years
[ 16] [ 5]
4 lb 9 oz
Martin Bowler
16 May 2003
Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley
Surrey
8 years
[ 16] [ 113] [ 154] [ 155]
4 lb 8 oz
Jay Allen
2000
RMC Summer pit, Yateley
Surrey
4 years
[ 18] [ 156] [ 97]
4 lb 11 oz
Mr. H.C.Hinson
25 September 1938
Broadwater Lake, Godalming
Surrey
62 years
[ 157] [ 60] Note 2 *
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus )
1 lb 4 oz 2 dr
Jack L Gasson
1960
Little Ouse near Thetford
Norfolk
42 years
[ 65] [ 100] [ 97] [ 107]
1 lb 8 oz 5 dr *
R.W.Humphrey
1932
Hampshire Avon ,
Dorset
28 years
[ 18] [ 110] [ 112] [ 158] Note 2 *
1 lb 6 oz 8 dr
S.Corley
1910
River Gade , Watford
Hertfordshire
22 years
[ 112]
1 lb 6 oz (equalled)
Mr. Hullet
1907
Millstream, Sopley , Christchurch
Dorset
3 years
[ 112]
1 lb 6 oz
R.Robinson
1905
River Beane , Hertford
Hertfordshire
5 years
[ 112]
1 lb 4 oz
A.R.Matthews
1899
River Beane
Hertfordshire
6 years
[ 112] [ 158]
1 lb 3 oz 8 dr
E. Steinhart
1889
River Beane
Hertfordshire
10 years
[ 158]
Eel (Anguilla anguilla ) Note 3.
8 lb 10 oz
Alan Dart
1969
Hunstrete Lake , Hunstrete
Somerset
9 years
[ 92] [ 159] [ 61]
8 lb 8 oz
Mr Ward
1948
Fritton Decoy , Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
21 years (shared)
[ 65] [ 159]
8 lb 8 oz
C Mitchell
1922
Bitterwell Lake, Coalpit Heath , Bristol
Somerset
47 years
[ 60] [ 65] [ 110] [ 159]
Ghost Koi Carp (Cyprinus carpio Spiritus )
47lb 12oz
Steve Lockwood
1 Oct 2014
D lake, Nunnery lakes, Thetford
Norfolk
3 years
[ 160] * Note 8
45 lb 8 oz
Richard Freeman
2006
River Trent
Nottinghamshire
8 years
[ 9] * Note 8
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella )
53 lb 12 oz
David Beagley
23 Aug 2018
Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley
Surrey
5 years
[ 161] [ 162] * Note 8
52 lb 10 oz
Martin Bowler
2 July 2016
Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley
Surrey
2 years
[ 163] * Note 8
52 lb 8 oz
Eddie Lancaster
3 Aug 2012
Horton Church Lake, Horton
Berkshire
4 years
[ 164] * Note 8
46 lb
Ollie Gurr
3 Aug 2011
Horton Church Lake, Horton
Berkshire
1 year
[ 164] * Note 8
44 lb 8 oz
Philip Kingsbury
2006
Horton Church Lake, Horton
Berkshire
5 years
[ 1]
39 lb 2 oz
Kevin Ballard
19 June 2002
Horton Church Lake, Horton
Berkshire
4 years
[ 16] [ 38] [ 165] [ 166]
36 lb 8 oz
Colin Nash
10 June 2001
Horton Church Lake, Horton
Berkshire
1 year
[ 18] [ 166] [ 97]
33 lb 12 oz
Simon Lavin
1999
Horton Church Lake, Horton
Berkshire
2 years
[ 167]
31 lb
Del Smith
1997
Horton Church Lake, Horton
Berkshire
2 years
[ 166]
28 lb 12 oz 8 dr
S Dolman
1995
Horton Church Lake, Horton
Berkshire
2 years
[ 168]
25 lb 4 oz
D Buck
1993
Honeycroft fisheries Tonbridge
Kent
2 years
[ 166] [ 107]
9 lb 12 oz
G.W Gwilt
1983
Llyn Trawsfynydd , Trawsfynydd
Gwynedd , Wales
10 years
[ 49] [ 118]
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus )
4 lb 4 oz 8 dr
Paul Mildren
2009
River Frome , Dorchester
Dorset
10 years
[ 45] [ 169]
4 lb 3oz *(equaled)
M Loughton
1993
River Frome
Dorset
16 years
[ 169]
4 lb 3oz
S. R. Lanigan
1989
River Frome
Dorset
20 years
[ 16] [ 33] [ 18]
3 lb 12oz
M.T Hooper
1988
River Frome , Loudsmill, Dorchester
Dorset
1 year
[ 59]
3 lb 10 oz
I White
1983
River Allen (Dorset) , Wimborne Minster
Dorset
5 years
[ 118]
2 lb 13 oz
P.B Goldsmith
1981
River Test , Romsey
Hampshire
2 years
[ 123]
2 lb 12 oz
B Wade
14 Jan 1936
Throop Fishery , River Stour
Dorset
45 years
[ 170]
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio )
4 oz 4 dr
M Bowen
1977
Ebbe Vale Pond, Ebbw Vale
Blaenau Gwent , Wales
13 years
[ 49] [ 108]
4 oz
M Morris
1971
Susworth Roach Ponds Susworth
Lincolnshire
6 years
[ 93]
4 oz 4 dr *(equalled)
J.D Lewtin
1950
River Soar
Leicestershire
21 years
[ 60] [ 110] Note 2 *
4 oz 4 dr * (equalled)
W.R Bostock
1935
Hoggs Pond, Shipley
Derbyshire
36 years
[ 60] [ 110] Note 2 *
4 oz 4 dr *
G.Cedrick
1933
River Thames , Datchet
Berkshire
38 years
[ 60] [ 110] Note 2 *
Ide (natural) (Leuciscus idus )
7 lb 6 oz
Ian Green
4 Aug 2017
River Trent
Nottinghamshire
4 years
[ 171] * Note 8
6 lb 10 oz
Colin Hebb
11 July 2017
River Hull
Yorkshire
Less than one month
[ 172] [ 173] * Note 8
6 lb 3 oz
Colin Hebb
1 March 2016
River Hull
Yorkshire
1 year
[ 174] * Note 8
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
[ 175]
7 lb
N Mableson
1991
Oulton Broad , Lowestoft
Suffolk
21 years
[ 18]
6 lb 4 oz
H Mepham
1981
River Rother (East Sussex)
East Sussex
10 years
[ 123]
5 lb 11 oz
D Knowles
1975
River Rother (East Sussex)
East Sussex
6 years
[ 90]
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus )
13 drams (23 grams)
R Merrifield
1981
River Calder (Lancashire)
Lancashire
17 years
[ 123]
11 drams (19.5 grams)
I.S Colinge
1979
River Calder (Lancashire)
Lancashire
2 years
[ 53]
9 drams (16 grams)
R Guy
1978
River Rother (West Sussex) , Midhurst
West Sussex
1 year
[ 108]
Orfe / Ide (Leuciscus idus )
8 lb 4 oz
Norman Agnew
April 2000
Lymm vale
Cheshire
Less than 1 year
[ 176] * Note 8
8 lb 1 oz
Kev Shore
March 2000
Lymm vale
Cheshire
Less than 1 year
[ 176] * Note 8
7 lb 14 oz 8 dr
Mick Pardoe
1998
Lymm vale
Cheshire
2 years
[ 52] [ 65]
7 lb 7 oz
D Smith
1995
Horton Pool, Horton
Berkshire
3 years
[ 107]
4 lb 12 oz
J Moran
1986
Burton Towers, Rossett , Wrexham
Denbighshire , Clwyd , Wales
9 years
[ 59]
4 lb 3 oz 8 dr
D.R Charles
1983
River Kennet
Berkshire
3 years
[ 118]
4 lb 3 oz
Brian Mills
1976
River Test
Hampshire
7 years
[ 90]
3 lb 14 oz 8dr
D Stephens
1973
Winford Brook, Chew Magna
Somerset
3 years
[ 177]
3 lb 2 oz 7dr
Bill Penny
21 July 1937
Virginia Water Lake , Windsor Great Park , Borough of Runnymede
Surrey
36 years
[ 178]
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
5 lb 15 oz
Les Brown
17 Feb 2006
Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough
East Sussex
5 years
[ 25] [ 55]
5 lb 9 oz 8 dr
Dean Rawlings
28 March 2002
Glebe Lakes, Fringford
Oxfordshire
4 years
[ 16] [ 25] [ 38] [ 18]
5 lb 9 oz
John Shayler
6 March 1985
Furnace Pond, Horsmonden
Kent
17 years
[ 25] [ 89] [ 97] [ 66]
4 lb 14 oz 12 dr
Mrs Ethel Owen
1984
Kings Lake, Romsey
Hampshire
1 year
[ 118]
4 lb 12 oz
Sid Baker
1962
Oulton Broad , Lowestoft
Suffolk
22 years
[ 93] [ 179] [ 61]
4 lb 2 oz 8 dr
G Butler
14 Nov 1932
Hobhole Drain, Witham Navigable Drains
Lincolnshire
30 years
[ 180]
Pike (Esox lucius )
46 lb 13 oz
Roy Lewis
Oct 1992
Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth
Monmouthshire , Wales
32 years
[ 16] [ 181] [ 182] [ 18]
45 lb 6 oz
Gareth Edwards
March 1990
Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth
Monmouthshire , Wales
2 years
[ 182]
44 lb 14 oz
M.Linton
4 Jan 1987
Ardleigh Reservoir , Ardleigh near Colchester
Essex
3 years
[ 49] [ 182]
42 lb 2 oz
Derek Amies
Aug 1985
River Thurne , near Potter Heigham
Norfolk
2 years
[ 182] [ 89] [ 66]
41 lb 6 oz
N.Fickling
Feb 1985
River Thurne , near Potter Heigham
Norfolk
Less than 1 year
[ 182] [ 89]
40 lb 4 oz
K.Vogel
1972
Loch Ken
Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland
15 years
[ 182]
40 lb
P.Hancock
Feb 1967
Horsey Mere , Horsey
Norfolk
5 years
[ 182] [ 119]
47 lb 11 oz *
Tommy Morgan
July 1945
Loch Lomond
Dumbartonshire , Scotland
22 years
[ 4] [ 60] Note 2 *
39 lb 7oz
G.F Parrott
Mar 1909
Dorset Stour
Dorset
58 years
[ 119]
37 lb
Alex Jardine
1879
Shardeloes Lake, Amersham
Buckinghamshire
30 years
[ 183]
36 lb
G.Forbes
1875
Luton Hoo , Luton
Bedfordshire
4 years (joint)
[ 119]
36 lb
G.Keen
Mar 1874
Rapley Lake, Bagshot
Berkshire
5 years
[ 119]
Powan (Coregonus clupeoides ) Note 3
1 lb 7 oz
J.M Ryder
1972
Loch Lomond
Dumbartonshire , Scotland
34 years
[ 49] [ 90]
1 lb 5 oz 12 dr
D.J Warren
1970
Loch Lomond
Dumbartonshire , Scotland
2 years
[ 93]
11 oz 12 dr
F. Buller
1968
Loch Lomond
Dumbartonshire , Scotland
2 years
[ 61]
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus )
5oz
Duncan Charman
21 May 2003
Sway Lakes, Sway
Hampshire
Less than 1 year
[ 65] [ 85]
4 oz 9dr
Daniel L Wallace
28 June 1987
Whessoe Pond, Darlington
Co.Durham
16 years
[ 49] [ 85] [ 100] [ 18]
2 oz 10dr
A Baverstock
1977
GLC Highgate pond , Hampstead Heath
London
10 years
[ 108]
Roach (Rutilus rutilus )
4 lb 3oz
Ray Clarke
27 October 1990
Dorset Stour , Corfe Mullen
Dorset
16 years
[ 16] [ 18] [ 184] [ 185] [ 186]
4 lb 1oz
R G Jones
16 June 1975
Colwick Country Park, Colwick
Nottinghamshire
15 years
[ 49] [ 187] [ 66]
3 lb 13oz
Bill Penny
6 Sep 1938
Lambeth reservoir , Molesey
Surrey
37 years
[ 65] [ 110] [ 112] [ 61]
3 lb 10oz
Wilfred Cutting
5 August 1917
Hornsea Mere , Beverley
East Yorkshire
21 years
[ 110] [ 112] [ 138]
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus )
4 lb 10 oz
D Webb
28 Sept 1986
Pitsford Reservoir , Pitsford
Northamptonshire
15 years
[ 49]
4 lb 8 oz
Reverend Edward C Alston
1933
Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford
Norfolk
53 years
[ 52] [ 92] [ 110] [ 138] [ 61]
Ruffe (Pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua )
5 oz
P Barrowcliffe
1977
River Bure
Norfolk
3 years
[ 108]
4 oz
B.B Poynor
1969
River Stour
Warwickshire
8 years
[ 93]
3 oz 9 dr
A Cartwright
1963
River Mease
Border of Leicestershire and Staffordshire
6 years
[ 60]
Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar )
61 lb 8 oz
Mr T Stewart
October 1907
River Tay
Perthshire , Scotland
15 years
[ 112]
61 lb
Mr J Haggart
1870
River Tay
Perthshire , Scotland
37 years
[ 112]
European Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio ) Note 3.
66 lb
Lewis Gibson
May 1867
River Thames , Putney
London
65 years
[ 188]
Schelly (Skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus ) Note 3
1 lb 10 oz
W Wainwright
1976
Ullswater
Cumbria
10 years
[ 90]
1 lb 7 oz 8dr
Geoff Byrne
1973
Ullswater
Cumbria
3 years
[ 177]
1 lb 5 oz 10dr
S.A Smith
1972
Ullswater
Cumbria
1 year
[ 92]
1 lb 1 oz
P.F White
1969
River Eden
Cumberland
3 years
[ 93]
Stickleback (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculeatus )
4 drams (7 grams)
Dennis Flack
1998
High Flyer Lake, Ely
Cambridgeshire
20 years
[ 16] [ 18] [ 47] * Note 10
3 dr
M. Drinkwater
1995
River Calder , Brighouse
West Yorkshire
3 years
[ 107]
Tench (Tinca tinca )
14 lb 7 oz
Gordon Beavan
Sept 1993
Bury Lake, Rickmansworth
Hertfordshire
8 years
[ 65] [ 97]
14 lb 3 oz
Phil Gooriah
20 August 1987
Wraysbury 1 Lake, Wraysbury
Berkshire
6 years
[ 49] [ 36] [ 189]
12 lb 8 oz 11 dr
Alan Wilson
1985
Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs
Hertfordshire
2 years
[ 94] [ 190]
10 lb 1 oz 4 dr
Tony Chester
1981
Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs
Hertfordshire
4 years
[ 94]
10 lb 1 oz 2 dr
Lewis Brown
1975
Peterborough brick pits
Cambridgeshire
6 years
[ 94]
9 lb 1 oz
John Salisbury
1963
Eggetts Lake, Hemingford Grey
Cambridgeshire
12 years
[ 60] [ 92] [ 94] [ 110] [ 61]
8 lb 8 oz
Maurice Foode
1950
Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal
Leicestershire
13 years
[ 94] [ 110]
7 lb (equaled)
Reverend Edward C Alston
July 1933
Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford
Norfolk
13 years
[ 112] [ 191]
7 lb
Mr Stacey
1882
Pottery Pits, Weston-super-Mare
Somerset
68 years
[ 112]
Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis )
6 lb
D Caisley
1996
Fontburn Reservoir
Northumberland
2 years
[ 168]
5 lb 13 oz 8 dr
Alan Pearson
13 Aug 1981
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington
Hampshire
Less than a year
[ 49] [ 118]
5 lb 6 oz
Alan Pearson
1979
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington
Hampshire
2 years
[ 53]
4 lb 15 oz
Stephen Bedford
18 June 1923
Blagdon Lake , Blagdon , Chew Valley ,
Somerset
56 years
[ 192] [ 193] * Note 8
Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta )
30 lb 8 oz
Ken Oliver
20 July 2000
Loch Awe , Ardbrecknish
Argyll , Scotland
2 years
[ 194]
25 lb 5 oz 12 dr
Andrew Finlay
1996
Loch Awe , Ardbrecknish
Argyll , Scotland
4 years
[ 195] [ 196] [ 107]
19 lb 9oz 4dr
J.A.F Jackson
1978
Loch Quoish, Inverness-shire
Scottish Highlands , Scotland
18 years
[ 49] [ 108]
19 lb 4oz 8dr
Tommy Chartres
1974
Lower Lough Erne , Enniskillen
Fermanagh , Northern Ireland
4 years
[ 197]
18 lb 2oz
K.J Grant
1965
Loch Garry , Fort William
Perthshire , Scotland
9 years
[ 93] [ 61]
12 lb 12oz
Reverend S.E.V Filleul
11 Sept 1907
River Frome , Dorchester
Dorset
58 years
[ 198] [ 199]
7 lb 4oz
W. Knight
5 May 1900
River Thames , Caversham Lock Caversham
Berkshire
7 years
[ 200]
Trout, Rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss )
33 lb 4 oz
J Lawson
2003
Watercress Trout Fishery, Chudleigh
Devon
13 years
[ 16] [ 33]
30 lb 12 oz
Tony Flower
July 1994
Osprey lake, Tavistock Trout Fishery, Tavistock
Devon
9 years
[ 201]
24 lb 2 oz 13dr
J Moore
1990
Penine Trout Fishery, Littleborough
Lancashire
4 years
[ 107]
21 lb 4 oz 4dr
D Graham
April 1986
Loch Awe
Argyll , Scotland
4 years
[ 49] [ 89]
20 lb 7 oz
Peter Cockwill
April 1986
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington
Hampshire
less than 1 month
[ 89]
19 lb 8 oz
Alan Pearson
1977
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington
Hampshire
9 years
[ 183]
19 lb 2 oz
Roy Hopkins
April 1977
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington
Hampshire
Less than 1 year
[ 202]
18 lb 7 oz
Alan Pearson
April 1977
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington
Hampshire
Less than 1 year
[ 202]
18 lb
Alan Pearson
1976
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington
Hampshire
1 year
[ 90]
18 lb 4 oz
Richard Walker
April 1976
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington
Hampshire
1 year
[ 203] * Note 8
13 lb 2 oz
Doctor W Drummond
1974
Hampshire Avon , Downton
Wiltshire
2 years
[ 197]
8 lb 8 oz
Colonel Creagh Scott
1924
Blagdon Lake , Blagdon , Chew Valley ,
Somerset
50 years
[ 192] [ 204] [ 61]
5 lb 12 oz
Ernest S Halfold
1923
River Test , Newton Stacey , Test Valley ,
Hampshire
1 year
[ 205]
4 lb
K M Bignall
8 Oct 1908
Frog Hollow Lake, Belvoir Castle Estate,
Leicestershire
15 years
[ 206]
Trout, Sea (Salmo trutta )
22 lb 8 oz (Equalled)
Mr. S Burgoyne
22 July 1989
River Leven
Dunbartonshire , Scotland
3 years
[ 207] [ 107]
22 lb 8 oz
S.R Dwight
1946
River Frome , Bindon
Dorset
46 years
[ 110] [ 208] * Note 8
Wels Catfish (Silurus glanis )
145 lb
Matthew Smith
24 Jan 2019
Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster
Essex
1 year
[ 209] * Note 8
144 lb
James Jones
30 July 2012
Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster
Essex
7 years
[ 210] [ 211] [ 212] * Note 8
130 lb
Chris Wade
June 2005
Witch Leisure lake, Hockwold cum Wilton , Thetford
Norfolk
7 years
[ 213] * Note 8
87 lb
Allan Jackson
June 2000
Willow Bank Fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey
Lincolnshire
6 years
[ 214] * Note 8
86 lb 8 oz
Brian Close
May 2000
Willow Bank Fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey
Lincolnshire
Less than 1 year
[ 214] * Note 8
62 lb
Rich Garner
June 1997
Withy pool, Henlow
Bedfordshire
3 years
[ 16] [ 18] [ 97] * Note 10
57 lb 4oz
R Coote
1995
Withy Pool, Henlow
Bedfordshire
2 years
[ 107]
43 lb 8oz
Richard Bray
1970
Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs
Hertfordshire
25 years
[ 91]
[ 215] [ 216] [ 66]
33 lb 12oz
Reg Hutt
1961
Claydon Middle lake, Steeple Claydon
Buckinghamshire
9 years
[ 216]
Zander (Sander lucioperca )
21 lb 5 oz
James Benfield
24 June 2007
Upper Lode Lock, River Severn , near Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
3 years
[ 1] [ 217] [ 218] [ 17] * Note 10
19 lb 5 oz 8 dr
Dave Lavender
March 1998
Middle Level Fenland drain
Cambridgeshire
9 years
[ 16] [ 52] [ 100] [ 219] [ 220] [ 97] [ 18]
18 lb 10 oz
Ray Armstrong
March 1993
River Severn
Worcestershire
5 years
[ 219] [ 220] [ 107]
18 lb 8 oz
Bob Meadows
March 1988
Roswell Pits , Ely
Cambridgeshire
5 years
[ 219] [ 220]
17 lb 12 oz
Dave Litton
Oct 1977
(GORC) ,
Buckinghamshire
10 years
[ 219] [ 220]
15 lb 5 oz
Bill Chillingworth
1971
(GORC) ,
Buckinghamshire
6 years
[ 93]
12 lb 13 oz
Neville Fickling
1971
(GORC) , Stowe
Buckinghamshire
Less than a year
[ 221]
12 lb 6 oz 8 dr
Neville Fickling
1971
Great Ouse Relief Channel (GORC) , Stowe
Buckinghamshire
Less than a year
[ 222]
Ambiguous record claims (no venue given /not accepted / expunged)
There have been many ambiguous record claims over the years. Here are a few of those that never made the record list:
Non-indigenous (invasive) alien species
These fish are classed as a significant risk to our native species and if caught must be removed immediately to protect the wider environment and should be reported to the Environment Agency (EA). Anyone found introducing non indigenous (invasive) species to any external body of UK water will be breaching the Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980 and will be prosecuted. The fish in question include: Black bullhead Catfish (Ameiurus melas), Doctor fish (Garra rufa), Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas),[ 227] Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu), Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii), Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), Topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva), Sunbleak (Leucaspius delineatus),[ 227] Walleye (Sander vitreus).[citation needed ]
Note that this does not apply to non-indigenous fish which are included on the main record list which are Carp , Crucian carp , Goldfish , Grass Carp , Ide , Orfe , Pumpkinseed , Rainbow trout , Wels Catfish , and Zander , which are now considered to be naturalized.[citation needed ]
Notes
Note 1 see Angling records of Europe .
Note 2 * - This is possibly one of the many records rejected by the BRFC when it was decided to nullify most of the existing British record fish in the purge of 1968, due to lack of creditable evidence.
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).
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 .
Note 6 - No records have been found for Spined loach (Cobitis taenia ).
Note 7 - See non indigenous (invasive) species above
Note 8 - This record is or was not recognised by the BRFC.
Note 9 - Natural river species (chub, barbel, grayling) will not be recognized when caught in Stillwater, as considered cultivated in a non-natural environment.
Note 10 - No photographic evidence has been published.
Note 11 - Possible misidentification of species by BRFC, as similar fish caught 21 years later identified as Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
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