This is a comprehensive record list of 255 British record freshwater fish, past and present, involving 49 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. Time since last record fish was caught = Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist..
Image |
Species |
Weight lb's oz |
Captor |
Date |
Water |
Location |
Time Record Held |
References / Notes |
|
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) |
9 lb 8 oz |
W Fairbairn |
27 May 1995 |
Loch Arkaig, Inverness |
Scottish Highlands Scotland |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[1] [2] |
|
Barbel (Barbus barbus) |
21 lb 1 oz |
Grahame King |
22 April 2006 |
Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst |
Buckinghamshire |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[3][4] Note 1 |
80px |
Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) |
4 oz 9 dr |
Dennis Flack |
1998 |
River Lark |
Border of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire |
18 years |
[5][2] [6] |
|
Bream (Common or Bronze) (Abramis brama) |
22 lb 11 oz |
Scot Crook |
7 April 2012 |
Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, |
Cambridgeshire |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[3] [4] Note 1 |
80px |
Bream (Silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) |
3 lb 4 oz |
Gareth Evans |
21 May 2012 |
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury, near Pulborough |
West Sussex |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[7] |
80px |
Bullhead (Millers Thumb) (Cottus gobio) |
1oz |
R Johnson |
16 Jan 1983 |
Green river, Bramley, Shamley Green(near Guildford) |
Surrey |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[3] [2] [8] [9] |
80px |
Carp, Common or Mirror (Cyprinus carpio) |
68 lb 1 oz |
Dean Fletcher |
13 Jan 2016 |
Cranwells Lake, Wasing estate, Wasing |
Berkshire |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[10][11] |
|
Chub (Squalius cephalus) |
9 lb 5 oz |
Neill Stephen |
16 March 2012 |
Fishers Green Complex, River Lea, Waltham Abbey, |
Essex |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[12] |
80px |
Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) |
4 lb 10 oz |
Michael James |
4 May 2015 |
Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming |
Surrey |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[13][3] |
Stephen Frapwell |
10 May 2015 |
Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming |
Surrey |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[13][3] |
|
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) |
1 lb 5 oz 2 dr |
Simon Ashton |
11 Aug 2002 |
River Wear, Town centre stretch, Durham |
Co.Durham |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[2][3] [14] [15] |
80px |
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) |
52 lb 8 oz |
Eddie Lancaster |
3 Aug 2012 |
Horton Church Lake, Horton |
Berkshire |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[16] |
80px |
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) |
4 lb 4 oz 8 dr |
Paul Mildren |
2009 |
River Frome, Dorchester |
Dorset |
7 years |
[1] [17] |
80px |
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) |
5 oz |
D H Hull |
1990 |
River Nadder, Sutton Mandeville |
Wiltshire |
26 years |
[2][3][18] Note 1 |
80px |
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) |
13.5 drams (24 grams) |
James Sawyer |
1998 |
Whitworth Lake, Spennymoor |
Co.Durham |
18 years |
[2][19][20] Note 1 |
80px |
Mullet (Thin-Lipped Grey) (Liza ramada) |
7 lb 9oz |
Shaun Sillett |
20 August 2012 |
Oulton Broad, Lowestoft |
Suffolk |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[21] Note 1 |
80px |
Orfe, Golden (Leuciscus idus) |
8 lb 5 oz |
Michael Wilkinson |
April 2000 |
Lymm Vale |
Cheshire |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[2][3][18][22] |
80px |
Perch (Perca fluviatilis) |
6 lb 3 oz |
Neill Stephen |
12 March 2011 |
Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough |
East Sussex |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[3][23][4] |
Ken Brown |
18 Sept 2012 |
Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs |
Hertfordshire |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[3][23][24][7] |
80px |
Pike (Esox lucius) |
46 lb 13 oz |
Roy Lewis |
Oct 1992 |
Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth |
Monmouthshire, Wales |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[2][3][25][26] |
|
Roach (Rutilus rutilus) |
4 lb 3oz |
Ray Clarke |
27 October 1990 |
Dorset Stour, Corfe Mullen |
Dorset |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[2] [27] [28] [29] |
|
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) |
4 lb 10 oz |
Simon Parry |
7 October 2001 |
Clay Lake |
County Armagh Northern Ireland |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[2] [3] [30] |
80px |
Ruffe (Pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) |
5oz 4 dr |
R Jenkins |
7 Aug 1980 |
West View Lake |
Cumbria |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[2][3][31][9] |
|
Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar) |
64 lb |
Miss Georgina W Ballantine |
7 October 1922 |
River Tay, Glendelvine |
Perthshire Scotland |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[2][32][33] |
|
Salmon, Pacific Humpback (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) |
3 lb 8 oz 12 dr |
Louis Hunter |
2007 |
River Tweed, near Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Scottish Borders Scotland |
9 years |
[34] |
80px |
Stickleback (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculeatus) |
4 drams |
Dennis Flack |
1998 |
High Flyer Lake, Ely |
Cambridgeshire |
18 years |
[2][3][6] |
80px |
Stone loach (Barbatula barbatula) |
13 drams |
Geoffery Green |
1 Nov 2005 |
Windmill Fishery, Bristol |
Avon |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[3][35] Note 1 |
|
Tench (Tinca tinca) |
15 lb 3 oz 6 dr |
Darren Ward |
June 2001 |
Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton |
Middlesex |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[20][36][37] Note 1 |
|
Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) |
8 lb 3 oz |
E Holland |
1998 |
Fontburn reservoir |
Northumberland |
18 years |
[2][33] |
80px |
Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta) |
31 lb 12 oz |
Brian Rutland |
15 March 2002 |
Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish |
Argyll, Scotland |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[2][33] [38] [30] |
|
Trout, Rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) |
33 lb 4 oz |
J Lawson |
2003 |
Watercress Trout Fishery, Chudleigh |
Devon |
13 years |
[2][33] |
80px |
Trout, Sea (Salmo trutta) |
28 lb 5 oz 4 dr |
J Farrent |
1992 |
Calshot Spit, River Test |
Hampshire |
24 years |
[2][33] |
80px |
Wels Catfish (Silurus glanis) Note 4. |
144 lb |
James Jones |
30 July 2012 |
Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster |
Essex |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[39] |
|
Zander (Sander lucioperca) |
21 lb 5 oz |
James Benfield |
24 June 2007 |
Upper Lode Lock, River Severn, near Tewkesbury |
Gloucestershire |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
[3] [40] [41] |
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 |
[64] [65] |
4 lb 13oz |
P Savage |
1987 |
Loch Garry |
Perthshire, Scotland |
5 years |
[9] |
3 lb 5 oz |
A Robertson |
1985 |
Loch Earn |
Perthshire Scotland |
2 years |
[66] |
3 lb 4 oz |
S.C Rex |
1982 |
Loch Dubh Lochan, Inverness |
Inverness-shire Scotland |
3 years |
[31] |
1 lb 12 oz 4 dr |
C Imperiale |
1974 |
Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey |
Scottish Highlands Scotland |
8 years |
[67] |
1 lb 11 oz |
B.A Richardson |
1973 |
Lake Windermere, Kendal |
Cumbria |
1 year |
[68] |
1 lb 3 oz |
P Elwood |
1972 |
Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey |
Scottish Highlands Scotland |
1 year |
[69] |
1 lb 1 oz 4 dr |
J.K Hargreaves |
1971 |
Carn Tarsuinn, Cairngorms |
Scottish Highlands Scotland |
1 year |
[70] |
|
Barbel (Barbus barbus) |
21 lb |
Grahame King |
9 Nov 2005 |
Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst |
Buckinghamshire |
Less than 1 year |
[35][4] |
20 lb 14oz 8dr |
Grahame King |
22 Oct 2005 |
Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst |
Buckinghamshire |
18 days |
[35][4] |
20 lb 6oz |
Tony Gibson |
Oct 2004 |
Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell |
Buckinghamshire |
1 year |
[71][72] |
19 lb 6 oz 8 dr |
Steve Curtin |
27 Oct 2001 |
Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst |
Buckinghamshire |
3 years |
[48][73] [30] |
19 lb |
Tony Gibson |
4 Jan 2001 |
Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell |
Buckinghamshire |
Less than 1 year |
[48][72][71] |
17 lb 13 oz 14 dr |
Stuart Morgan |
20 Dec 2000 |
Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst |
Buckinghamshire |
15 days |
[48][71] |
17 lb 8 oz 15 dr |
Stuart Morgan |
11 Dec 2000 |
Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst |
Buckinghamshire |
9 days |
[48][71] |
17 lb 6 oz 12 dr |
Guy Robb |
Oct 2000 |
Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst |
Buckinghamshire |
Less than 1 year |
[74] |
17 lb 4 oz |
Ray Walton |
1999 |
Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst |
Buckinghamshire |
1 year |
[75] [76] |
16 lb 12 oz |
Martin Bowler |
Jan 1999 |
Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst |
Buckinghamshire |
less than 1 year |
[77] |
16 lb 6 oz |
Steve Keer |
Aug 1998 |
River Wensum, Taverham Mills Fishery, Taverham |
Norfolk |
Less than 1 year |
[78][71] |
16 lb 3 oz |
Howard Maddox |
Nov 1997 |
Lower river, River Severn, Worcester |
Worcestershire |
Less than 1 year |
[79][71] |
16 lb 2 oz |
Peter Woodhouse |
June 1994 |
River Medway |
Kent |
3 years |
[80][71] |
13 lb 12 oz |
Joe Day |
Oct 1962 |
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch |
Dorset |
32 years |
[70] [81] |
14 lb 6 oz *(equalled) |
Mr F.W.K Wallis |
1937 |
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch |
Dorset |
25 years |
[82] [83] [46] Note 2 * |
14 lb 6 oz *(equalled) |
Aylmer Tryon |
13 September 1934 |
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch |
Dorset |
60 years |
[84] [83] [46] Note 2 * |
14 lb 6 oz * |
Mr T Wheeler |
1888 |
River Thames, Molesey Lock |
Surrey |
46 years |
[85] [83] [46] Note 2 * |
80px |
Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) |
4 oz |
B Derrington |
8 Oct 1982 |
River Monnow, Monmouth |
Monmouthshire, Wales |
16 years |
[48][66] |
3 oz 15.5 dr |
D Pollard |
1971 |
Staythorpe Pond, Newark-on-Trent |
Nottinghamshire |
11 years |
[70] |
3 oz 8 dr |
N D Sizmur |
1963 |
River Thames , Walton-on-Thames |
Surrey |
8 years |
[46] |
3 oz 4 dr |
J Oliver |
1958 |
River Thames , Kingston upon Thames |
London |
5 years |
[83] |
|
Bream (Common or Bronze) (Abramis brama) |
22 lb 9 oz |
Mark McKenna |
11 Sept 2009 |
Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, |
Cambridgeshire |
3 years |
[86] |
19 lb 10 oz |
James Rust |
2005 |
Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, |
Cambridgeshire |
4 years |
[20][87] |
18 lb 15 oz 3 dr |
Mark Neal |
1 May 2004 |
Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich |
Norfolk |
1 year |
[48] [2] |
18 lb 15 oz |
Tom Huntley |
July 2001 |
Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich |
Norfolk |
3 years |
[88][64] [30] |
18 lb 8 oz |
Kerry Walker |
13 May 2001 |
Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich |
Norfolk |
Less than 1 year |
[48][88] |
16 lb 12 oz |
Martin Whitmore |
2000 |
Swithland Reservoir |
Leicestershire |
1 year |
[48] |
16 lb 10 oz |
Lee McManus |
1999 |
Swithland Reservoir |
Leicestershire |
1 year |
[89] |
15 lb 6 oz |
Alastair Nicholson |
31 August 1984 |
Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames |
Oxfordshire |
15 years |
[90] |
13 lb 14 oz |
Alastair Nicholson |
10 August 1984 |
Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames |
Oxfordshire |
Less than 1 year |
[90] |
13 lb 9 oz |
Michael Davidson |
July 1982 |
Beeston Hall Lake, near Neatishead |
Norfolk |
2 years |
[48] |
13 lb 8 oz |
E.G.Costin |
Oct 1945 |
Castle Lakes, Chiddingstone |
Kent |
37 years |
[91] [46] |
12 lb 14 oz |
Mr. C.J Pugh |
28 July 1933 |
Tring Reservoirs, Tring |
Hertfordshire |
12 years |
[85] |
12 lb 12 oz 8 dr |
Mr. A.J Fisher |
30 July 1931 |
Startops End Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs, Tring |
Hertfordshire |
2 years |
[91][85] |
11 lb 12 oz |
Mr. A Pike |
July 1882 |
River Blackwater |
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
49 years |
[85] |
80px |
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 |
[92] |
2 lb 15 oz |
Gary Barnett |
9 Oct 2011 |
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury |
West Sussex |
Less than 1 year |
[7] |
2 lb 14 oz |
Phil Morton |
8 May 2009 |
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury |
West Sussex |
2 years |
[93] |
2 lb 11 oz |
Doug Plant |
2009 |
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury |
West Sussex |
Less than 1 year |
[93] |
2 lb 8 oz |
James Waters |
Dec 2008 |
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury |
West Sussex |
1 year |
[94] |
2 lb 2 oz |
Christine Smith |
2005 |
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury |
West Sussex |
3 years |
[20] |
1 lb 12 oz |
Michael Davidson |
26 April 2003 |
Mill Farm Fishery, Bury |
West Sussex |
2 years |
[48][2] |
15 oz |
Dennis Flack |
1998 |
Grime Spring, Lakenheath |
Suffolk |
5 years |
[48] [6] |
80px |
Bullhead (Millers Thumb) (Cottus gobio) |
12 drams |
E Whalley |
1981 |
Tanyard Beck / Daking Brook / Cawthorne Dike, Cawthorne |
South Yorkshire |
2 years |
[95] |
10 drams |
E Harrison |
1978 |
Leeds and Liverpool Canal |
North Yorkshire, Lancashire, Merseyside |
3 years |
[81] |
|
Burbot (Lota lota) 20px in UK only - see Note 3. |
15 oz |
Peter Davis |
1960 |
Little Ouse, Lakenheath |
Suffolk |
9 years |
[96] |
|
Carp, Common or Mirror (Cyprinus carpio) |
67 lb 8 oz |
Austin Holness |
August 2008 |
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough |
Kent |
8 years |
[97][4] |
67 lb |
John Bird |
13 April 2008 |
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough |
Kent |
less than 1 year |
[98][4] |
65 lb 14 oz |
Simon Bater |
23 October 2005 |
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough |
Kent |
3 years |
[99] [35][4] |
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 |
[48][2][99] |
61 lb 7 oz |
Lee Jackson |
29 August 2002 |
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough |
Kent |
2 years |
[48][100][64] |
61 lb |
Gary Bayes |
2001 |
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough |
Kent |
Less than 1 year |
[99] [30] |
59 lb 12 oz |
Mark Toland |
5 Sept 2001 |
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough |
Kent |
Less than 1 year |
[48] [30] |
59 lb 7 oz |
Terry Glebioska |
2 April 2001 |
Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough |
Kent |
Less than 1 year |
[48] |
56 lb 6 oz |
Kevin Cummins |
Sept 1998 |
Wraysbury |
Berkshire |
3 years |
[48][19] |
55 lb 13 oz |
Terry Hearn |
November 1996 |
Wraysbury |
Berkshire |
2 years |
[101] |
51 lb 8 oz |
Chris Yates |
16 June 1980 |
Redmire pool |
Herefordshire |
16 Years |
[101][9] |
44 lb |
Richard Walker |
13 Sept 1952 |
Redmire pool |
Herefordshire |
28 Years |
[101][83] [46] |
31 lb 8 oz |
Bob Richards |
3 Oct 1951 |
Redmire pool |
Herefordshire |
1 Year |
[48] |
26 lb |
Albert Buckley |
24 July 1930 |
Mapperley Lake, Shipley Hall, near Mapperley |
border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
4 Years |
[102] [85] |
21 lb 10 oz |
Mr A.E.Wyatt |
14 August 1926 |
Chingford Lake, Chingford |
Essex |
4 years |
[85] |
20 lb 3 oz |
John Andrews |
9 September 1916 |
Cheshunt reservoir |
Hertfordshire |
10 years |
[101] [85] |
19 lb 8 oz |
Mr H.S Locksmith |
1907 |
Wey Navigation Canal, Weybridge |
Surrey |
9 years |
[85] |
17 lb 8 oz |
Otto Overbeck |
26 September 1902 |
Croxby Pond |
Lincolnshire |
5 years |
[101] |
|
Chub (Squalius cephalus) |
8 lb 13 oz |
Tim Archer |
11 Mar 2003 |
Dobbs Weir Fishery, River Lea, Broxbourne |
Hertfordshire |
9 years |
[48] |
8 lb 10 oz |
Peter Smith |
1994 |
River Tees, Blackwell |
Co.Durham |
9 years |
[48][19] |
8 lb 8 oz |
D Deeks |
1951 |
River Rother (East Sussex) |
East Sussex |
43 years |
[83] |
8 lb 4 oz |
Mr G.F. Smith |
Dec 1913 |
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch |
Dorset |
38 years |
[85][103][9] |
7 lb 6 oz 8 dr |
Mr F.W. Smith |
Oct 1906 |
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch |
Dorset |
7 years |
[85] |
7 lb 5 oz |
Mr E.J Walker |
17 Aug 1904 |
Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch |
Dorset |
2 years |
[85] |
7 lb 2 oz |
Mr F.W.K Wallis |
1903 |
River Trent, Shardlow |
Derbyshire |
1 year |
[85] |
7 lb 1 oz |
Stanley Mead |
Sept 1897 |
River Thames, Wargrave |
Berkshire |
6 years |
[85] |
80px |
Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) |
4 lb 9 oz 15 dr |
Joshua Blavins |
17 Aug 2011 |
Moor Mill Gravel Pits, Frogmore |
Hertfordshire |
4 years |
[104][105] |
4 lb 9 oz (equaled) |
Philip Smith |
7 Aug 2004 |
RMC Summer pit, Yateley |
Surrey |
7 years |
[2] [7] |
4 lb 9 oz |
Martin Bowler |
16 May 2003 |
RMC Summer pit, Yateley |
Surrey |
8 years |
[2][106] |
4 lb 8 oz |
Jay Allen |
2000 |
RMC Summer pit, Yateley |
Surrey |
4 years |
[107][64] |
|
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) |
1 lb 4 oz 2 dr |
Jack L Gasson |
1960 |
Little Ouse near Thetford |
Norfolk |
42 years |
[48][75] |
1 lb 8 oz 5 dr * |
R.W.Humphrey |
1932 |
Hampshire Avon, |
Dorset |
28 years |
[108] [64] [83] [85] Note 2 * |
1 lb 6 oz 8 dr |
S.Corley |
1910 |
River Gade, Watford |
Hertfordshire |
22 years |
[85] |
1 lb 6 oz (equalled) |
Mr. Hullet |
1907 |
Millstream, Sopley, Christchurch |
Dorset |
3 years |
[85] |
1 lb 6 oz |
R.Robinson |
1905 |
River Beane, Hertford |
Hertfordshire |
5 years |
[85] |
1 lb 4 oz |
A.R.Matthews |
1899 |
River Beane |
Hertfordshire |
6 years |
[108] [85] |
1 lb 3 oz 8 dr |
E. Steinhart |
1899 |
River Beane |
Hertfordshire |
10 years |
[108] |
|
Eel (Anguilla anguilla) 20px Note 3. |
8 lb 10 oz |
Alan Dart |
1969 |
Hunstrete Lake, Hunstrete |
Somerset |
9 years |
[109][69] |
8 lb 8 oz |
Mr Ward |
1948 |
Fritton Decoy, Great Yarmouth |
Norfolk |
21 years (shared) |
[48][109] |
8 lb 8 oz |
C Mitchell |
1922 |
Bitterwell Lake, Coalpit Heath, Bristol |
Somerset |
47 years |
[48][109] [83] [46] |
80px |
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) |
46 lb |
Ollie Gurr |
3 Aug 2011 |
Horton Church Lake, Horton |
Berkshire |
1 year |
[16][110] |
44 lb 8 oz |
Philip Kingsbury |
2006 |
Horton Church Lake, Horton |
Berkshire |
5 years |
[3] |
39 lb 2 oz |
Kevin Ballard |
19 June 2002 |
Horton Church Lake, Horton |
Berkshire |
4 years |
[2][111]
[112] [30]
|
36 lb 8 oz |
Colin Nash |
10 June 2001 |
Horton Church Lake, Horton |
Berkshire |
1 year |
[112][64] |
33 lb 12 oz |
Simon Lavin |
1999 |
Horton Church Lake, Horton |
Berkshire |
2 years |
[113] |
31 lb |
Del Smith |
1997 |
Horton Church Lake, Horton |
Berkshire |
2 years |
[112] |
25 lb 4 oz |
D Buck |
1993 |
Honeycroft fisheries Tonbridge |
Kent |
4 years |
[112] |
9 lb 12 oz |
G.W Gwilt |
1983 |
Llyn Trawsfynydd, Trawsfynydd |
Gwynedd, Wales |
10 years |
[90][9] |
80px |
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) |
4 lb 3oz *(equaled) |
M Loughton |
1993 |
River Frome |
Dorset |
16 years |
[17] |
4 lb 3oz |
S. R. Lanigan |
1989 |
River Frome |
Dorset |
20 years |
[2][33] [64] |
3 lb 12oz |
M.T Hooper |
1988 |
River Frome, Loudsmill, Dorchester |
Dorset |
1 year |
[45] |
3 lb 10 oz |
I White |
1983 |
River Allen (Dorset), Wimborne Minster |
Dorset |
5 years |
[90] |
2 lb 13 oz |
P.B Goldsmith |
1981 |
River Test, Romsey |
Hampshire |
2 years |
[95] |
2 lb 12 oz |
B Wade |
14 Jan 1936 |
Throop Fishery, River Stour |
Dorset |
45 years |
[114] |
80px |
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) |
4 oz 4 dr |
M Bowen |
1977 |
Ebbe Vale Pond, Ebbw Vale |
Blaenau Gwent Wales |
13 years |
[81][9] |
4 oz |
M Morris |
1971 |
Susworth Roach Ponds Susworth |
Lincolnshire |
6 years |
[70] |
4 oz 8 dr *(equalled) |
J.D Lewtin |
1950 |
River Soar |
Leicestershire |
21 years |
[83] [46] Note 2 * |
4 oz 8 dr * (equalled) |
W.R Bostock |
1935 |
Hoggs Pond, Shipley |
Derbyshire |
36 years |
[83] [46] Note 2 * |
4 oz 8 dr * |
G.Cedrick |
1933 |
River Thames, Datchet |
Berkshire |
38 years |
[83] [46] Note 2 * |
80px |
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 |
[115] |
7 lb |
N Mableson |
1991 |
Oulton Broad, Lowestoft |
Suffolk |
21 years |
[64] |
6 lb 4 oz |
H Mepham |
1981 |
River Rother (East Sussex) |
East Sussex |
10 years |
[95] |
5 lb 11 oz |
D Knowles |
1975 |
River Rother (East Sussex) |
East Sussex |
6 years |
[67] |
80px |
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) |
13 drams (23 grams) |
R Merrifield |
1981 |
River Calder (Lancashire) |
Lancashire |
17 years |
[95] |
11 drams (19.5 grams) |
I.S Colinge |
1979 |
River Calder (Lancashire) |
Lancashire |
2 years |
[31] |
9 drams (16 grams) |
R Guy |
1978 |
River Rother (West Sussex), Midhurst |
West Sussex |
1 year |
[81] |
80px |
Orfe / Ide (Leuciscus idus) |
8 lb 4 oz |
Norman Agnew |
April 2000 |
Lymm vale |
Cheshire |
Less than 1 year |
[116] |
8 lb 1 oz |
Kev Shore |
March 2000 |
Lymm vale |
Cheshire |
Less than 1 year |
[116] |
7 lb 14 oz 8 dr |
Mick Pardoe |
1998 |
Lymm vale |
Cheshire |
2 years |
[48][19] |
4 lb 12 oz |
J Moran |
1986 |
Burton Towers, Rossett, Wrexham |
Denbighshire, Clwyd Wales |
12 years |
[45] |
4 lb 3 oz 8 dr |
D.R Charles |
1983 |
River Kennet |
Berkshire |
3 years |
[90] |
4 lb 3 oz |
Brian Mills |
1976 |
River Test |
Hampshire |
7 years |
[67] |
3 lb 14 oz 8dr |
D Stephens |
1973 |
Winford Brook, Chew Magna |
Somerset |
3 years |
[117] |
3 lb 2 oz 7dr |
Bill Penny |
21 July 1937 |
Virginia Water Lake, Windsor Great Park, Borough of Runnymede |
Surrey |
36 years |
[118] |
80px |
Perch (Perca fluviatilis) |
5 lb 15 oz |
Les Brown |
17 Feb 2006 |
Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough |
East Sussex |
5 years |
[23][35] |
5 lb 9 oz 8 dr |
Dean Rawlings |
28 March 2002 |
Glebe Lakes, Fringford |
Oxfordshire |
4 years |
[2] [23] [64] [30] |
5 lb 9 oz |
John Shayler |
6 March 1985 |
Furnace Pond, Horsmonden |
Kent |
17 years |
[23][66] |
4 lb 14 oz 12 dr |
Mrs Ethel Owen |
1984 |
Kings Lake, Romsey |
Hampshire |
1 year |
[90] |
4 lb 12 oz |
Sid Baker |
1962 |
Oulton Broad, Lowestoft |
Suffolk |
22 years |
[70][119] |
4 lb 2 oz 8 dr |
G Butler |
14 Nov 1932 |
Hobhole Drain, Witham Navigable Drains |
Lincolnshire |
30 years |
[120] |
80px |
Pike (Esox lucius) |
45 lb 6 oz |
Gareth Edwards |
March 1990 |
Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth |
Monmouthshire, Wales |
2 years |
[26] |
44 lb 14 oz |
M.Linton |
4 Jan 1987 |
Ardleigh Reservoir, Ardleigh near Colchester |
Essex |
3 years |
[26] [9] |
42 lb 2 oz |
Derek Amies |
Aug 1985 |
River Thurne, near Potter Heigham |
Norfolk |
2 years |
[26][66] |
41 lb 6 oz |
N.Fickling |
Feb 1985 |
River Thurne, near Potter Heigham |
Norfolk |
Less than 1 year |
[26][66] |
40 lb 4 oz |
K.Vogel |
1972 |
Loch Ken |
Dumfries and Galloway Scotland |
15 years |
[26] |
40 lb |
P.Hancock |
Feb 1967 |
Horsey Mere, Horsey |
Norfolk |
5 years |
[26][91] |
47 lb 11 oz * |
Tommy Morgan |
July 1945 |
Loch Lomond |
Dumbartonshire Scotland |
22 years |
[4] [46] Note 2 * |
39 lb 7oz |
G.F Parrott |
Mar 1909 |
Dorset Stour |
Dorset |
58 years |
[91] |
37 lb |
Alex Jardine |
1879 |
Shardeloes Lake, Amersham |
Buckinghamshire |
30 years |
[121] |
36 lb |
G.Forbes |
1875 |
Luton Hoo, Luton |
Bedfordshire |
4 years (joint) |
[91] |
36 lb |
G.Keen |
Mar 1874 |
Rapley Lake, Bagshot |
Berkshire |
5 years |
[91] |
|
Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) Note 3
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|
1 lb 7 oz |
J.M Ryder |
1972 |
Loch Lomond |
Dumbartonshire Scotland |
34 years |
[67][9] |
1 lb 5 oz 12 dr |
D.J Warren |
1970 |
Loch Lomond |
Dumbartonshire Scotland |
2 years |
[70] |
80px |
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) |
5oz |
Duncan Charman |
21 May 2003 |
Sway Lakes, Sway |
Hampshire |
Less than 1 year |
[48][61] |
4 oz 9dr |
Daniel L Wallace |
28 June 1987 |
Whessoe Pond, Darlington |
Co.Durham |
16 years |
[61][75][9] |
2 oz 10dr |
A Baverstock |
1977 |
GLC Highgate pond, Hampstead Heath |
London |
10 years |
[81] |
|
Roach (Rutilus rutilus) |
4 lb 1oz |
R G Jones |
16th June 1975 |
Colwick Country Park, Colwick |
Nottinghamshire |
15 years |
[9] |
3 lb 13oz |
Bill Penny |
6 Sep 1938 |
Lambeth reservoir, Molesey |
Surrey |
37 years |
[48] [83] [85] |
3 lb 10oz |
Wilfred Cutting |
5 August 1917 |
Hornsey Mere, Beverley |
East Yorkshire |
21 years |
[102][83][85] |
|
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) |
4 lb 10 oz |
D Webb |
28 Sept 1986 |
Pitsford Reservoir Pitsford |
Northamptonshire |
15 years |
[9] |
4 lb 8 oz |
Reverend Edward C Alston |
1933 |
Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford |
Norfolk |
53 years |
[19][102][69][83] |
80px |
Ruffe (Pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) |
5 oz |
P Barrowcliffe |
1977 |
River Bure |
Norfolk |
3 years |
[81] |
4 oz |
B.B Poynor |
1969 |
River Stour |
Warwickshire |
8 years |
[70] |
3 oz 9 dr |
A Cartwright |
1963 |
River Mease |
Border of Leicestershire and Staffordshire |
6 years |
[46] |
|
Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar) |
61 lb 8 oz |
Mr T Stewart |
October 1907 |
River Tay |
Perthshire Scotland |
15 years |
[85] |
61 lb |
Mr J Haggart |
1870 |
River Tay |
Perthshire Scotland |
37 years |
[85] |
80px |
Schelly (Skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus) Note 3 20px |
1 lb 10 oz |
W Wainwright |
1976 |
Ullswater |
Cumbria |
10 years |
[67] |
1 lb 7 oz 8dr |
Geoff Byrne |
1973 |
Ullswater |
Cumbria |
3 years |
[117] |
1 lb 5 oz 10dr |
S.A Smith |
1972 |
Ullswater |
Cumbria |
1 year |
[69] |
1 lb 1 oz |
P.F White |
1969 |
River Eden |
Cumberland |
3 years |
[70] |
|
Tench (Tinca tinca) |
14 lb 7 oz |
Gordon Beavan |
Sept 1993 |
Bury Lake, Rickmansworth |
Hertfordshire |
8 years |
[48] |
14 lb 3 oz |
Phil Gooriah |
20 August 1987 |
Wraysbury 1 Lake, Wraysbury |
Berkshire |
6 years |
[36][122][9] |
12 lb 8 oz 11 dr |
Alan Wilson |
1985 |
Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs |
Hertfordshire |
2 years |
[71][123] |
10 lb 1 oz 4 dr |
Tony Chester |
1981 |
Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs |
Hertfordshire |
4 years |
[71] |
10 lb 1 oz 2 dr |
Lewis Brown |
1975 |
Peterborough brick pits |
Cambridgeshire |
6 years |
[71] |
9 lb 1 oz |
John Salisbury |
1963 |
Eggetts Lake, Hemingford Grey |
Cambridgeshire |
12 years |
[71][69][83] [46] |
8 lb 8 oz |
Maurice Foode |
1950 |
Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal |
Leicestershire |
13 years |
[71] [83] |
7 lb (equaled) |
Reverend Edward C Alston |
July 1933 |
Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford |
Norfolk |
13 years |
[85] |
7 lb |
Mr Stacey |
1882 |
Pottery Pits, Weston-super-Mare |
Somerset |
68 years |
[85] |
|
Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) |
5 lb 13 oz 8 dr |
Alan Pearson |
13 Aug 1981 |
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington |
Hampshire |
17 years |
[90][9] |
5 lb 6 oz |
Alan Pearson |
1979 |
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington |
Hampshire |
2 years |
[31] |
4 lb 15 oz |
Stephen Bedford |
18 June 1923 |
Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley, |
Somerset |
56 years |
[124] [125] |
80px |
Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta) |
30 lb 8 oz |
Ken Oliver |
20 July 2000 |
Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish |
Argyll, Scotland |
2 years |
[126] |
25 lb 5 oz 12 dr |
Andrew Finlay |
1996 |
Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish |
Argyll, Scotland |
4 years |
[127][128] |
19 lb 9oz 4dr |
J.A.F Jackson |
1978 |
Loch Quoish, Inverness-shire |
Scottish Highlands Scotland |
18 years |
[81][9] |
19 lb 4oz 8dr |
Tommy Chartres |
1974 |
Lower Lough Erne, Enniskillen |
Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
4 years |
[129] |
18 lb 2oz |
K.J Grant |
1965 |
Loch Garry, Fort William |
Perthshire, Scotland |
9 years |
[70] |
12 lb 12oz |
Reverend S.E.V Filleul |
11 Sept 1907 |
River Frome, Dorchester |
Dorset |
58 years |
[130][131] |
|
Trout, Rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) |
30 lb 12 oz |
Tony Flower |
July 1994 |
Osprey lake, Tavistock Trout Fishery, Tavistock |
Devon |
9 years |
[132] |
21 lb 4 oz 4dr |
D Graham |
April 1986 |
Loch Awe |
Argyll, Scotland |
8 years |
[66][9] |
19 lb 8 oz |
Alan Pearson |
1977 |
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington |
Hampshire |
9 years |
[121] |
19 lb 2 oz |
Roy Hopkins |
April 1977 |
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington |
Hampshire |
Less than 1 year |
[133] |
18 lb 7 oz |
Alan Pearson |
April 1977 |
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington |
Hampshire |
Less than 1 year |
[133] |
18 lb 4 oz |
Richard Walker |
April 1976 |
Avington Trout Fishery, Avington |
Hampshire |
1 year |
[134] |
13 lb 2 oz |
Doctor W Drummond |
1974 |
Hampshire Avon, Downton |
Wiltshire |
2 years |
[129] |
8 lb 8 oz |
Colonel Creagh Scott |
1924 |
Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley, |
Somerset |
50 years |
[135][124] |
5 lb 12 oz |
Ernest S Halfold |
1923 |
River Test, Newton Stacey, Test Valley, |
Hampshire |
1 year |
[136] |
4 lb |
K M Bignall |
8 Oct 1908 |
Frog Hollow Lake, Belvoir Castle Estate, |
Leicestershire |
15 years |
[137] |
80px |
Trout, Sea (Salmo trutta) |
22 lb 8 oz (Equalled) |
Mr. S Burgoyne |
22 July 1989 |
River Leven |
Dunbartonshire, Scotland |
3 years |
[138] |
22 lb 8 oz |
S.R Dwight |
1946 |
River Frome, Bindon |
Dorset |
46 years |
[139] [83] |
80px |
Wels Catfish (Silurus glanis) |
130 lb |
Shaky Wade |
June 2006 |
Witch leisure lake, Hockwold cum Wilton, Thetford |
Norfolk |
6 years |
[140] |
87 lb |
Allan Jackson |
June 2000 |
Willow bank fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey |
Lincolnshire |
6 years |
[141] |
86 lb 8 oz |
Brian Close |
May 2000 |
Willow bank fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey |
Lincolnshire |
Less than 1 year |
[141] |
62 lb |
Rich Garner |
June 1997 |
Withy pool, Henlow |
Bedfordshire |
3 years |
[3][2] |
43 lb 8oz |
Richard Bray |
1970 |
Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs |
Hertfordshire |
27 years |
[142]
[143][68]
|
33 lb 12oz |
Reg Hutt |
1961 |
Claydon Middle lake, Steeple Claydon |
Buckinghamshire |
9 years |
[143] |
|
Zander (Sander lucioperca) |
19 lb 5 oz 8 dr |
Dave Lavender |
March 1998 |
Middle Level Fenland drain |
Cambridgeshire |
9 years |
[2][19][75][144] |
18 lb 10 oz |
Ray Armstrong |
March 1993 |
River Severn |
Worcestershire |
5 years |
[144] |
18 lb 8 oz |
Bob Meadows |
March 1988 |
Roswell Pits, Ely |
Cambridgeshire |
5 years |
[144] |
17 lb 12 oz |
Dave Litton |
Oct 1977 |
Great Ouse Relief Channel, |
Buckinghamshire |
10 years |
[144] |
15 lb 5 oz |
Bill Chillingworth |
1971 |
Great Ouse Relief Channel, |
Buckinghamshire |
6 years |
[70] |
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: