Angling records in the UK

This is an impartial and comprehensive record list of 290 British record freshwater fish, past and present, involving 57 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 and some migratory sea fish. The time since last record fish was caught is.

Current records supported by photographic evidence

Image	Species	Weight lb's oz	Captor tony delk	Date	Water	Location	Time Record Held	References / Notes
	Barbel '	21 lb 2 oz		7 November 2019	Undisclosed river in Sussex	Sussex
	Bream '	22 lb 11 oz		7 April 2012	Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes,	Cambridgeshire		Note 1
	Bream '	3 lb 4 oz		21 May 2012	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury, near Pulborough	West Sussex
	Carp, Common '	64 lb 6 oz	Chris Caddick	29 Aug 2018	The Avenue, RH Fisheries	Shropshire		* Note 8
	Carp, Leather '	54 lb 8 oz		2006	Car Park Lake, Yateley Complex, Yateley	Surrey	14 years	* Note 8
	Carp, Mirror '	71 lb 4 oz	Robby Harrison	23 Oct 2016	The Avenue, RH Fisheries	Shropshire		Note 8
	Chub '	9 lb 5 oz		16 March 2012	Fishers Green Complex, River Lea, Waltham Abbey,	Essex		* Note 9
	Crucian carp '	4 lb 10 oz	Michael James	4 May 2015	Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming	Surrey
	Crucian carp '	4 lb 10 oz	*	10 May 2015	Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming	Surrey
	Grass carp '	53 lb 12 oz		23 Aug 2018	Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley	Surrey		* Note 8
	Grayling '	4 lb 8 oz		19 Feb 2019	River Frome, Ilsington near Puddletown	Dorset		* Note 8
	Mullet '	7 lb 9oz	Shaun Sillett	20 August 2012	Oulton Broad, Lowestoft	Suffolk		Note 1
	Orfe, Golden '	8 lb 5 oz		April 2000	Lymm Vale	Cheshire
	Orfe, Golden '	8 lb 5 oz		20 May 2018	Newdigate farms	Newdigate, Surrey
	Perch '	6 lb 3 oz		12 March 2011	Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough	East Sussex
	Perch '	6 lb 3 oz	Ken Brown	18 Sept 2012	Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs	Hertfordshire
	Pike '	46 lb 13 oz		Oct 1992	Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth	Monmouthshire, Wales
	Salmon, Atlantic '	64 lb		7 October 1922	River Tay, Glendelvine	Perthshire, Scotland
	Stickleback '	8 grams	Matt Faulkner	July 2019	Lower Beauvale Ponds, Eastwood	Nottinghamshire
	Tench '	15 lb 3 oz 6 dr		June 2001	Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton	Middlesex		Note 1
	Trout, Brown '	31 lb 12 oz	Brian Rutland	15 March 2002	Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish	Argyll, Scotland
	Trout, Rainbow '	34 lb 12 oz	Michael Mitchell	3 Oct 2016	Loch Earn	Perthshire, Scotland
	Wels Catfish '	147 lb	Paul Fyson	June 7 2020	Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster	Essex		* Note 8
	Zander '	22 lb	Mick Dolan	12 March 2010	Grafham Water, Huntingdon,	Cambridgeshire

Current records not supported by any photographic evidence

Image	Species	Weight lb's oz	Captor	Date	Water	Location	Time Record Held	References / Notes
	Arctic Char '	9 lb 8 oz	W Fairbairn	27 May 1995	Loch Arkaig, Inverness	Scottish Highlands, Scotland		* Note 10
	Bleak '	4 oz 9 dr	Dennis Flack	1998	River Lark	Border of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	22 years	* Note 10
	Bullhead '	1oz	R Johnson	16 Jan 1983	Green river, Bramley, Shamley Green	Surrey		* Note 10
	Dace '	1 lb 5 oz 2 dr	Simon Ashton	11 Aug 2002	River Wear, Town centre stretch, Durham	Co.Durham		* Note 10
	Gudgeon '	5 oz	D H Hull	1990	River Nadder, Sutton Mandeville	Wiltshire	30 years	Note 1* Note 10
	Minnow '	13.5 drams	James Sawyer	1998	Whitworth Lake, Spennymoor	Co.Durham	22 years	Note 1* Note 10
	Roach '	4 lb 5oz	Mark Smith	11 April 2006	Long Lakes, Bassingbourn Barracks, Wendy	Cambridgeshire		* Note 8, * Note 10
	Rudd '	4 lb 10 oz	Simon Parry	7 October 2001	Clay Lake	County Armagh, Northern Ireland		* Note 10
	Ruffe '	5oz 4 dr	R Jenkins	7 Aug 1980	West View Lake	Cumbria		* Note 10
	Salmon, Pacific Humpback '	3 lb 8 oz 12 dr	Louis Hunter	2007	River Tweed, near Berwick-upon-Tweed	Scottish Borders, Scotland	11 years	* Note 10
	Stone loach '	13 drams	Geoffery Green	1 Nov 2005	Windmill Fishery, Bristol	Avon		Note 1* Note 10
	Trout, Brook '	8 lb 3 oz	E Holland	1998	Fontburn reservoir	Northumberland	22 years	* Note 10
	Trout, Sea	28 lb 5 oz 4 dr	J Farrent	1992	Calshot Spit, River Test	Hampshire	28 years	* Note 10

Record Endangered Species

Image	Species	Weight lb's oz	Captor	Date	Water	Location	Time Record Held	References / Notes
	Burbot ' in UK only - see Note 3.	1 lb	John Dean	14 Sept 1969	Old West River, near Aldreth	Cambridgeshire		* Note 8
	Eel ' Note 3.	11 lb 2 oz	Steve Terry	24 June 1978	Kingfisher Lake, Ringwood	Hampshire
	Gwyniad ' Note 3. '	1 lb 4oz	J Williams	1965	Llyn Tegid, Bala	Gwynedd, Wales		Note 1
	Pollan ' Note 3	No Record Found	-	-	-	-	-
	Powan ' Note 3	3 lb	Robert Fullerton	24 Aug 2006	Carron Valley Reservoir, Nr. Denny	Stirlingshire, Scotland		Note 1 * Note 8
	Schelly ' Note 3	2 lb 1 oz 9 dr	S M Barrie	24 Sept 1986	Haweswater Reservoir, Valley of Mardale	Cumbria		Note 1
	Common or European Sturgeon ' Note 3.	388 lb	Alec Allen	1932	River Towy, Nantgaredig	Carmarthenshire, Wales		Note 1 * Note 8
	Vendace ' Note 3. '	4oz 9 dms	John Nicol	2015	South Loch Earn Caravan Park, Loch Earn	Perthshire, Scotland		* Note 8

Record Ornamental sub-species

Image	Sub-species	Weight lb's oz	Captor	Date	Water	Location	Time Record Held	References / Notes
	Blue Orfe '	6 lb 3 oz	Trevor Cozens	4 April 2010	Angler's Paradise, Beaworthy	Devon		* Note 8
	Carp, F1 ' x '	7 lb 14 oz	Chris Telling	4 Feb 2016	Peg 19 Boundary pool, Manor Farm Leisure, Harvington, near Evesham	Worcestershire		* Note 8
	Golden tench '	8 lb 8 oz	Barry Simms	June 2009	Angler's Paradise, Beaworthy	Devon		* Note 8
	Goldfish '	7 lb 5 oz	Stuart Thurston	10 Aug 2010	UEA Broad, University of East Anglia, Norwich	Norfolk		* Note 8
	Ghost Koi Carp '	47lb 14oz	Joel Dighton	1 Aug 2017	D lake, Nunnery lakes, Thetford	Norfolk		* Note 8
	Trout, Blue '	19lb 12oz	Chris Stephens	1 July 2006	Pennine Trout Farm and Fishery, Littleborough, Rochdale	Lancashire		* Note 8
	Trout, Golden '	22lb 8oz	David Hillary	6 April 2008	Quarry Lake, Raygill Fishing Lakes, Lothersdale	North Yorkshire		* Note 8
	Trout, Tiger	11lb 8oz	Stevie Rankin	16 Dec 2011	Alderneuk Trout Fishery, Waterside Farm, Terregles	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland		* Note 8

Record non-indigenous (invasive) species

Image	Species	Weight lb's oz	Captor	Date	Water	Location	Time Record Held	References / Notes
	Asp '	10lb	Sonny Fowler	December 2014	Churchgate Fishery near Battlesbridge	Essex		* Note 8
	Bitterling '	12 drams	Dennis Flack	1998	Barway Lake near Ely	Cambridgeshire	22 years	* Note 10
	Blue carp '	36lb	Bandan Pizzy	October 2019	Specimen lake, Hawkhurst Fishery, Hawkhurst	Kent		* Note 8
	Black bullhead '	1 lb 3 oz 1 dr	K Clements	2001	Lake Meadows, Billericay	Essex	19 years	* Note 7, * Note 10
	Ide '	7 lb 6 oz	Ian Green	4 Aug 2017	River Trent	Nottinghamshire		* Note 8
	Pumpkinseed '	14 oz 2dr	Bill Rushmer	8 July 2003	Tanyards Fishery, Furner's Green	East Sussex		* Note 10
	Silver carp '	30lb	Chris Johnson	2011	Greaves End Fishery, Eastrington	East Riding of Yorkshire	9 years	* Note 8
	Walleye '	11lb 12oz	F Adams	1934	River Delph Welney	Norfolk	86 years	* Note 10

Historical Previous records

Image	Species	Weight lb's oz	Captor	Date	Water	Location	Time Record Held	References
	Arctic Char '	8 lb 4 oz	F Nicholson	1992	Loch Arkaig, Inverness	Scottish Highlands, Scotland	3 years
	Arctic Char '	4 lb 13oz	P Savage	1987	Loch Garry	Perthshire, Scotland	5 years
	Arctic Char '	3 lb 5 oz	A Robertson	1985	Loch Earn	Perthshire, Scotland	2 years
	Arctic Char '	3 lb 4 oz	S.C Rex	1982	Loch Dubh Lochan, Inverness	Inverness-shire, Scotland	3 years
	Arctic Char '	1 lb 12 oz 4 dr	C Imperiale	1974	Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish Highlands, Scotland	8 years
	Arctic Char '	1 lb 11 oz	B.A Richardson	1973	Lake Windermere, Kendal	Cumbria	1 year
	Arctic Char '	1 lb 3 oz	P Elwood	1972	Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish Highlands, Scotland	1 year
	Arctic Char '	1 lb 1 oz 4 dr	J.K Hargreaves	1971	Carn Tarsuinn, Cairngorms	Scottish Highlands, Scotland	1 year
	Barbel '	21 lb 1 oz		22 April 2006	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	13 years	Note 1
	Barbel '	21 lb	Grahame King	9 Nov 2005	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	Less than 1 year
	Barbel '	20 lb 14oz 8dr	Grahame King	22 Oct 2005	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	18 days
	Barbel '	20 lb 6oz	Tony Gibson	Oct 2004	Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell	Buckinghamshire	1 year
	Barbel '	19 lb 6 oz 8 dr	Steve Curtin	27 Oct 2001	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	3 years
	Barbel '	19 lb	Tony Gibson	4 Jan 2001	Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell	Buckinghamshire	Less than 1 year
	Barbel '	17 lb 13 oz 14 dr	Stuart Morgan	20 Dec 2000	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	15 days
	Barbel '	17 lb 8 oz 15 dr	Stuart Morgan	11 Dec 2000	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	9 days
	Barbel '	17 lb 6 oz 12 dr	Guy Robb	Oct 2000	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	Less than 1 year
	Barbel '	17 lb 4 oz	Ray Walton	1999	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	1 year
	Barbel '	16 lb 12 oz	Martin Bowler	Jan 1999	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	less than 1 year
	Barbel '	16 lb 6 oz	Steve Keer	Aug 1998	River Wensum, Taverham Mills Fishery, Taverham	Norfolk	Less than 1 year
	Barbel '	16 lb 3 oz	Howard Maddox	Nov 1997	Lower river, River Severn, Worcester	Worcestershire	Less than 1 year
	Barbel '	16 lb 2 oz	Peter Woodhouse	June 1994	River Medway	Kent	3 years
	Barbel '	13 lb 12 oz	Joe Day	Oct 1962	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	32 years
	Barbel '	14 lb 6 oz *	Mr F.W.K Wallis	1937	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	25 years	Note 2 *
	Barbel '	14 lb 6 oz *	Aylmer Tryon	13 September 1934	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	60 years	Note 2 *
	Barbel '	14 lb 6 oz *	Mr T Wheeler	1888	River Thames, Molesey Lock	Surrey	46 years	Note 2 *
	Bleak '	4 oz	B Derrington	8 Oct 1982	River Monnow, Monmouth	Monmouthshire, Wales	16 years
	Bleak '	3 oz 15.5 dr	D Pollard	1971	Staythorpe Pond, Newark-on-Trent	Nottinghamshire	11 years
	Bleak '	3 oz 8 dr	N D Sizmur	1963	River Thames, Walton-on-Thames	Surrey	8 years
	Bleak '	3 oz 4 dr	J Oliver	1958	River Thames, Kingston upon Thames	London	5 years
	Bream '	20 lb 1 oz	Simon Lavin	2011	Stoneacres Lake	Oxfordshire	1 year
	Bream '	22 lb 9 oz	Mark McKenna	11 Sept 2009	Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes,	Cambridgeshire	3 years	* Note 8
	Bream '	19 lb 10 oz	James Rust	2005	Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes,	Cambridgeshire	4 years
	Bream '	18 lb 15 oz 3 dr	Mark Neal	1 May 2004	Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich	Norfolk	1 year
	Bream '	18 lb 15 oz	Tom Huntley	July 2001	Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich	Norfolk	3 years
	Bream '	18 lb 8 oz	Kerry Walker	13 May 2001	Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich	Norfolk	Less than 1 year
	Bream '	16 lb 12 oz	Martin Whitmore	2000	Swithland Reservoir	Leicestershire	1 year
	Bream '	16 lb 10 oz	Lee McManus	1999	Swithland Reservoir	Leicestershire	1 year
	Bream '	15 lb 6 oz	Alastair Nicholson	31 August 1984	Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames	Oxfordshire	15 years	* Note 8
	Bream '	13 lb 14 oz	Alastair Nicholson	10 August 1984	Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames	Oxfordshire	Less than 1 year	* Note 8
	Bream '	13 lb 9 oz	Michael Davidson	July 1982	Beeston Hall Lake, near Neatishead	Norfolk	2 years
	Bream '	13 lb 8 oz	E.G.Costin	Oct 1945	Castle Lakes, Chiddingstone	Kent	37 years
	Bream '	12 lb 14 oz	Mr. C.J Pugh	28 July 1933	Tring Reservoirs, Tring	Hertfordshire	12 years
	Bream '	12 lb 12 oz 8 dr	Mr. A.J Fisher	30 July 1931	Startops End Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs, Tring	Hertfordshire	2 years
	Bream '	11 lb 12 oz	Mr. A Pike	July 1882	River Blackwater	County Tyrone, Northern Ireland	49 years
	Bream '	3 lb 1 oz	Matthew Faulkner	12 May 2012	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury, near Pulborough	West Sussex	Less than 1 year
	Bream '	2 lb 15 oz	Gary Barnett	9 Oct 2011	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	Less than 1 year
	Bream '	2 lb 14 oz	Phil Morton	8 May 2009	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	2 years
	Bream '	2 lb 11 oz	Doug Plant	2009	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	Less than 1 year
	Bream '	2 lb 8 oz	James Waters	Dec 2008	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	1 year	* Note 8
	Bream '	2 lb 2 oz	Christine Smith	2005	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	3 years
	Bream '	1 lb 12 oz	Michael Davidson	26 April 2003	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	2 years
	Bream '	15 oz	Dennis Flack	1998	Grime Spring, Lakenheath	Suffolk	5 years
	Bullhead '	12 drams	E Whalley	1981	Tanyard Beck / Daking Brook / Cawthorne Dike, Cawthorne	South Yorkshire	2 years
	Bullhead '	10 drams	E Harrison	1978	Leeds and Liverpool Canal	North Yorkshire, Lancashire, Merseyside	3 years
	Burbot ' in UK only - see Note 3.	15 oz	Peter Davis	1960	Little Ouse, Lakenheath	Suffolk	9 years	* Note 8
	Carp '	69 lb 13 oz	Tom Doherty	26 Sept 2016	The Avenue, RH Fisheries	Shropshire	Less than 1 month	* Note 8
	Carp '	68 lb 1 oz	Dean Fletcher	13 Jan 2016	Cranwells Lake, Wasing estate, Wasing	Berkshire	Less than 1 year
	Carp '	67 lb 8 oz		August 2008	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	8 years
	Carp '	67 lb	John Bird	13 April 2008	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	less than 1 year
	Carp '	65 lb 14 oz	Simon Bater	23 October 2005	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	3 years
	Carp '	65 lb 8 oz	Dan Marwick	Sept 2005	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	Less than 1 year
	Carp '	64 lb 5 oz	Jonathan Pack	21 Feb 2004	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	1 year
	Carp '	61 lb 7 oz	Lee Jackson	29 August 2002	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	2 years
	Carp '	61 lb	Gary Bayes	2001	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	Less than 1 year
	Carp '	59 lb 12 oz	Mark Toland	5 Sept 2001	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	Less than 1 year
	Carp '	59 lb 7 oz	Terry Glebioska	2 April 2001	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	Less than 1 year
	Carp '	56 lb 6 oz	Kevin Cummins	Sept 1998	Wraysbury	Berkshire	3 years
	Carp '	55 lb 13 oz	Terry Hearn	November 1996	Wraysbury	Berkshire	2 years
	Carp '	55 lb 6 oz	Alex White	June 1995	Mid-Northants Fishery	Northamptonshire	1 year	* Note 8
	Carp '	53 lb 15 oz	Roddy Porter	June 1995	Mid-Northants Fishery	Northamptonshire	3 weeks	* Note 8
	Carp '	51 lb 8 oz	Chris Yates	16 June 1980	Redmire pool	Herefordshire	16 Years	* Note 8
	Carp '	44 lb	Richard Walker	13 Sept 1952	Redmire pool	Herefordshire	28 Years
	Carp '	31 lb 8 oz	Bob Richards	3 Oct 1951	Redmire pool	Herefordshire	1 Year
	Carp '	26 lb	Albert Buckley	24 July 1930	Mapperley Lake, Shipley Hall, near Mapperley	border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire	4 Years
	Carp '	21 lb 10 oz	Mr A.E.Wyatt	14 August 1926	Chingford Lake, Chingford	Essex	4 years
	Carp '	20 lb 3 oz	John Andrews	9 September 1916	Cheshunt reservoir	Hertfordshire	10 years
	Carp '	19 lb 8 oz	Mr H.S Locksmith	1907	Wey Navigation Canal, Weybridge	Surrey	9 years
	Carp '	17 lb 8 oz	Otto Overbeck	26 September 1902	Croxby Pond	Lincolnshire	5 years
	Carp, Common '	64 lb	Martin Hopkins	2005	Bluebells Lake, Tansor, near Oundle	Northamptonshire	13 years	* Note 8
	Carp, Common '	64 lb	Mike O’Neill *	13 Oct 2017	The Avenue, RH Fisheries	Shropshire	1 year	* Note 8
	Chub '	8 lb 14 oz	Gareth Spurgeon	15 Oct 2009	River Lea Relief Channel, Fishers Green	Hertfordshire	3 years	* Note 8
	Chub '	8 lb 13 oz	Tim Archer	11 Mar 2003	Dobbs Weir Fishery, River Lea, Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	6 years
	Chub '	8 lb 10 oz	Peter Smith	1994	River Tees, Blackwell	Co.Durham	9 years
	Chub '	8 lb 8 oz	D Deeks	1951	River Rother	East Sussex	43 years
	Chub '	8 lb 4 oz	Mr G.F. Smith	Dec 1913	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	38 years	* Note 8
	Chub '	7 lb 6 oz 8 dr	Mr F.W. Smith	Oct 1906	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	7 years
	Chub '	7 lb 5 oz	Mr E.J Walker	17 Aug 1904	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	2 years
	Chub '	7 lb 2 oz	Mr F.W.K Wallis	1903	River Trent, Shardlow	Derbyshire	1 year
	Chub '	7 lb 1 oz	Stanley Mead	Sept 1897	River Thames, Wargrave	Berkshire	6 years
	Crucian carp '	4 lb 9 oz	Peter Cardozo	2 May 2015	Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming	Surrey	2 days
	Crucian carp '	4 lb 9 oz	Joshua Blavins	17 Aug 2011	Moor Mill Gravel Pits, Frogmore	Hertfordshire	4 years
	Crucian carp '	4 lb 9 oz	Philip Smith	7 Aug 2004	RMC Summer pit, Yateley	Surrey	7 years
	Crucian carp '	4 lb 9 oz	Martin Bowler	16 May 2003	Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley	Surrey	8 years
	Crucian carp '	4 lb 8 oz	Jay Allen	2000	RMC Summer pit, Yateley	Surrey	4 years
	Crucian carp '	4 lb 11 oz	Mr. H.C.Hinson	25 September 1938	Broadwater Lake, Godalming	Surrey	62 years	Note 2 *
	Dace '	1 lb 4 oz 2 dr	Jack L Gasson	1960	Little Ouse near Thetford	Norfolk	42 years
	Dace '	1 lb 8 oz 5 dr *	R.W.Humphrey	1932	Hampshire Avon,	Dorset	28 years	Note 2 *
	Dace '	1 lb 6 oz 8 dr	S.Corley	1910	River Gade, Watford	Hertfordshire	22 years
	Dace '	1 lb 6 oz	Mr. Hullet	1907	Millstream, Sopley, Christchurch	Dorset	3 years
	Dace '	1 lb 6 oz	R.Robinson	1905	River Beane, Hertford	Hertfordshire	5 years
	Dace '	1 lb 4 oz	A.R.Matthews	1899	River Beane	Hertfordshire	6 years
	Dace '	1 lb 3 oz 8 dr	E. Steinhart	1889	River Beane	Hertfordshire	10 years
	Eel ' Note 3.	8 lb 10 oz	Alan Dart	1969	Hunstrete Lake, Hunstrete	Somerset	9 years
	Eel ' Note 3.	8 lb 8 oz	Mr Ward	1948	Fritton Decoy, Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	21 years
	Eel ' Note 3.	8 lb 8 oz	C Mitchell	1922	Bitterwell Lake, Coalpit Heath, Bristol	Somerset	47 years
	Ghost Koi Carp '	47lb 12oz	Steve Lockwood	1 Oct 2014	D lake, Nunnery lakes, Thetford	Norfolk	3 years	* Note 8
	Ghost Koi Carp '	45 lb 8 oz	Richard Freeman	2006	River Trent	Nottinghamshire	8 years	* Note 8
	Grass carp '	52 lb 10 oz	Martin Bowler	2016	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	2 years	* Note 8
	Grass carp '	52 lb 8 oz	Eddie Lancaster	3 Aug 2012	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	4 years	* Note 8
	Grass carp '	46 lb	Ollie Gurr	3 Aug 2011	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	1 year	* Note 8
	Grass carp '	44 lb 8 oz	Philip Kingsbury	2006	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	5 years
	Grass carp '	39 lb 2 oz	Kevin Ballard	19 June 2002	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	4 years
	Grass carp '	36 lb 8 oz	Colin Nash	10 June 2001	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	1 year
	Grass carp '	33 lb 12 oz	Simon Lavin	1999	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	2 years
	Grass carp '	31 lb	Del Smith	1997	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	2 years
	Grass carp '	25 lb 4 oz	D Buck	1993	Honeycroft fisheries Tonbridge	Kent	4 years
	Grass carp '	9 lb 12 oz	G.W Gwilt	1983	Llyn Trawsfynydd, Trawsfynydd	Gwynedd, Wales	10 years
	Grayling '	4 lb 4 oz 8 dr	Paul Mildren	2009	River Frome, Dorchester	Dorset	10 years
	Grayling '	4 lb 3oz *	M Loughton	1993	River Frome	Dorset	16 years
	Grayling '	4 lb 3oz	S. R. Lanigan	1989	River Frome	Dorset	20 years
	Grayling '	3 lb 12oz	M.T Hooper	1988	River Frome, Loudsmill, Dorchester	Dorset	1 year
	Grayling '	3 lb 10 oz	I White	1983	River Allen, Wimborne Minster	Dorset	5 years
	Grayling '	2 lb 13 oz	P.B Goldsmith	1981	River Test, Romsey	Hampshire	2 years
	Grayling '	2 lb 12 oz	B Wade	14 Jan 1936	Throop Fishery, River Stour	Dorset	45 years
	Gudgeon '	4 oz 4 dr	M Bowen	1977	Ebbe Vale Pond, Ebbw Vale	Blaenau Gwent, Wales	13 years
	Gudgeon '	4 oz	M Morris	1971	Susworth Roach Ponds Susworth	Lincolnshire	6 years
	Gudgeon '	4 oz 4 dr *	J.D Lewtin	1950	River Soar	Leicestershire	21 years	Note 2 *
	Gudgeon '	4 oz 4 dr *	W.R Bostock	1935	Hoggs Pond, Shipley	Derbyshire	36 years	Note 2 *
	Gudgeon '	4 oz 4 dr *	G.Cedrick	1933	River Thames, Datchet	Berkshire	38 years	Note 2 *
	Ide '	6 lb 10 oz	Colin Hebb	11 July 2017	River Hull	Yorkshire	Less than one month	* Note 8
	Ide '	6 lb 3 oz	Colin Hebb	1 March 2016	River Hull	Yorkshire	1 year	* Note 8
	Mullet '	7 lb 0 oz 3 dr	Steve Maliska	22 May 2012	Truro River, Malpas	Cornwall	Less than 1 year
	Mullet '	7 lb	N Mableson	1991	Oulton Broad, Lowestoft	Suffolk	21 years
	Mullet '	6 lb 4 oz	H Mepham	1981	River Rother	East Sussex	10 years
	Mullet '	5 lb 11 oz	D Knowles	1975	River Rother	East Sussex	6 years
	Minnow '	13 drams	R Merrifield	1981	River Calder	Lancashire	17 years
	Minnow '	11 drams	I.S Colinge	1979	River Calder	Lancashire	2 years
	Minnow '	9 drams	R Guy	1978	River Rother, Midhurst	West Sussex	1 year
	Orfe / Ide '	8 lb 4 oz	Norman Agnew	April 2000	Lymm vale	Cheshire	Less than 1 year	* Note 8
	Orfe / Ide '	8 lb 1 oz	Kev Shore	March 2000	Lymm vale	Cheshire	Less than 1 year	* Note 8
	Orfe / Ide '	7 lb 14 oz 8 dr	Mick Pardoe	1998	Lymm vale	Cheshire	2 years
	Orfe / Ide '	4 lb 12 oz	J Moran	1986	Burton Towers, Rossett, Wrexham	Denbighshire, Clwyd, Wales	12 years
	Orfe / Ide '	4 lb 3 oz 8 dr	D.R Charles	1983	River Kennet	Berkshire	3 years
	Orfe / Ide '	4 lb 3 oz	Brian Mills	1976	River Test	Hampshire	7 years
	Orfe / Ide '	3 lb 14 oz 8dr	D Stephens	1973	Winford Brook, Chew Magna	Somerset	3 years
	Orfe / Ide '	3 lb 2 oz 7dr	Bill Penny	21 July 1937	Virginia Water Lake, Windsor Great Park, Borough of Runnymede	Surrey	36 years
	Perch '	5 lb 15 oz	Les Brown	17 Feb 2006	Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough	East Sussex	5 years
	Perch '	5 lb 9 oz 8 dr	Dean Rawlings	28 March 2002	Glebe Lakes, Fringford	Oxfordshire	4 years
	Perch '	5 lb 9 oz	John Shayler	6 March 1985	Furnace Pond, Horsmonden	Kent	17 years
	Perch '	4 lb 14 oz 12 dr	Mrs Ethel Owen	1984	Kings Lake, Romsey	Hampshire	1 year
	Perch '	4 lb 12 oz	Sid Baker	1962	Oulton Broad, Lowestoft	Suffolk	22 years
	Perch '	4 lb 2 oz 8 dr	G Butler	14 Nov 1932	Hobhole Drain, Witham Navigable Drains	Lincolnshire	30 years
	Pike '	45 lb 6 oz	Gareth Edwards	March 1990	Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth	Monmouthshire, Wales	2 years
	Pike '	44 lb 14 oz	M.Linton	4 Jan 1987	Ardleigh Reservoir, Ardleigh near Colchester	Essex	3 years
	Pike '	42 lb 2 oz	Derek Amies	Aug 1985	River Thurne, near Potter Heigham	Norfolk	2 years
	Pike '	41 lb 6 oz	N.Fickling	Feb 1985	River Thurne, near Potter Heigham	Norfolk	Less than 1 year
	Pike '	40 lb 4 oz	K.Vogel	1972	Loch Ken	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland	15 years
	Pike '	40 lb	P.Hancock	Feb 1967	Horsey Mere, Horsey	Norfolk	5 years
	Pike '	47 lb 11 oz *	Tommy Morgan	July 1945	Loch Lomond	Dumbartonshire, Scotland	22 years	Note 2 *
	Pike '	39 lb 7oz	G.F Parrott	Mar 1909	Dorset Stour	Dorset	58 years
	Pike '	37 lb	Alex Jardine	1879	Shardeloes Lake, Amersham	Buckinghamshire	30 years
	Pike '	36 lb	G.Forbes	1875	Luton Hoo, Luton	Bedfordshire	4 years
	Pike '	36 lb	G.Keen	Mar 1874	Rapley Lake, Bagshot	Berkshire	5 years
	Powan ' Note 3	1 lb 7 oz	J.M Ryder	1972	Loch Lomond	Dumbartonshire, Scotland	34 years
	Powan ' Note 3	1 lb 5 oz 12 dr	D.J Warren	1970	Loch Lomond	Dumbartonshire, Scotland	2 years
	Pumpkinseed '	5oz	Duncan Charman	21 May 2003	Sway Lakes, Sway	Hampshire	Less than 1 year
	Pumpkinseed '	4 oz 9dr	Daniel L Wallace	28 June 1987	Whessoe Pond, Darlington	Co.Durham	16 years
	Pumpkinseed '	2 oz 10dr	A Baverstock	1977	GLC Highgate pond, Hampstead Heath	London	10 years
	Roach '	4 lb 3oz	Ray Clarke	27 October 1990	Dorset Stour, Corfe Mullen	Dorset	16 years
	Roach '	4 lb 1oz	R G Jones	16 June 1975	Colwick Country Park, Colwick	Nottinghamshire	15 years
	Roach '	3 lb 13oz	Bill Penny	6 Sep 1938	Lambeth reservoir, Molesey	Surrey	37 years
	Roach '	3 lb 10oz	Wilfred Cutting	5 August 1917	Hornsea Mere, Beverley	East Yorkshire	21 years
	Rudd '	4 lb 10 oz	D Webb	28 Sept 1986	Pitsford Reservoir, Pitsford	Northamptonshire	15 years
	Rudd '	4 lb 8 oz	Reverend Edward C Alston	1933	Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford	Norfolk	53 years
	Ruffe '	5 oz	P Barrowcliffe	1977	River Bure	Norfolk	3 years
	Ruffe '	4 oz	B.B Poynor	1969	River Stour	Warwickshire	8 years
	Ruffe '	3 oz 9 dr	A Cartwright	1963	River Mease	Border of Leicestershire and Staffordshire	6 years
	Salmon, Atlantic '	61 lb 8 oz	Mr T Stewart	October 1907	River Tay	Perthshire, Scotland	15 years
	Salmon, Atlantic '	61 lb	Mr J Haggart	1870	River Tay	Perthshire, Scotland	37 years
	Common or European Sturgeon ' Note 3.	202 lb 13 oz	Major Charles Robert Eustace Radclyffe	2 July 1911	River Frome, Bindon Mill	Dorset	21 years	* Note 8
	Common or European Sturgeon ' Note 3.	66 lb	Lewis Gibson	May 1867	River Thames, Putney	London	44 years
	Schelly ' Note 3	1 lb 10 oz	W Wainwright	1976	Ullswater	Cumbria	10 years
	Schelly ' Note 3	1 lb 7 oz 8dr	Geoff Byrne	1973	Ullswater	Cumbria	3 years
	Schelly ' Note 3	1 lb 5 oz 10dr	S.A Smith	1972	Ullswater	Cumbria	1 year
	Schelly ' Note 3	1 lb 1 oz	P.F White	1969	River Eden	Cumberland	3 years
	Stickleback '	4 drams	Dennis Flack	1998	High Flyer Lake, Ely	Cambridgeshire	20 years	* Note 10
	Tench '	14 lb 7 oz	Gordon Beavan	Sept 1993	Bury Lake, Rickmansworth	Hertfordshire	8 years
	Tench '	14 lb 3 oz	Phil Gooriah	20 August 1987	Wraysbury 1 Lake, Wraysbury	Berkshire	6 years
	Tench '	12 lb 8 oz 11 dr	Alan Wilson	1985	Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs	Hertfordshire	2 years
	Tench '	10 lb 1 oz 4 dr	Tony Chester	1981	Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs	Hertfordshire	4 years
	Tench '	10 lb 1 oz 2 dr	Lewis Brown	1975	Peterborough brick pits	Cambridgeshire	6 years
	Tench '	9 lb 1 oz	John Salisbury	1963	Eggetts Lake, Hemingford Grey	Cambridgeshire	12 years
	Tench '	8 lb 8 oz	Maurice Foode	1950	Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal	Leicestershire	13 years
	Tench '	7 lb	Reverend Edward C Alston	July 1933	Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford	Norfolk	13 years
	Tench '	7 lb	Mr Stacey	1882	Pottery Pits, Weston-super-Mare	Somerset	68 years
	Trout, Brook '	5 lb 13 oz 8 dr	Alan Pearson	13 Aug 1981	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	17 years
	Trout, Brook '	5 lb 6 oz	Alan Pearson	1979	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	2 years
	Trout, Brook '	4 lb 15 oz	Stephen Bedford	18 June 1923	Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley,	Somerset	56 years	* Note 8
	Trout, Brown '	30 lb 8 oz	Ken Oliver	20 July 2000	Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish	Argyll, Scotland	2 years
	Trout, Brown '	25 lb 5 oz 12 dr	Andrew Finlay	1996	Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish	Argyll, Scotland	4 years
	Trout, Brown '	19 lb 9oz 4dr	J.A.F Jackson	1978	Loch Quoish, Inverness-shire	Scottish Highlands, Scotland	18 years
	Trout, Brown '	19 lb 4oz 8dr	Tommy Chartres	1974	Lower Lough Erne, Enniskillen	Fermanagh, Northern Ireland	4 years
	Trout, Brown '	18 lb 2oz	K.J Grant	1965	Loch Garry, Fort William	Perthshire, Scotland	9 years
	Trout, Brown '	12 lb 12oz	Reverend S.E.V Filleul	11 Sept 1907	River Frome, Dorchester	Dorset	58 years
	Trout, Brown '	7 lb 4oz	W. Knight	5 May 1900	River Thames, Caversham Lock Caversham	Berkshire	7 years
	Trout, Rainbow '	33 lb 4 oz	J Lawson	2003	Watercress Trout Fishery, Chudleigh	Devon	13 years
	Trout, Rainbow '	30 lb 12 oz	Tony Flower	July 1994	Osprey lake, Tavistock Trout Fishery, Tavistock	Devon	9 years
	Trout, Rainbow '	21 lb 4 oz 4dr	D Graham	April 1986	Loch Awe	Argyll, Scotland	8 years
	Trout, Rainbow '	20 lb 7 oz	Peter Cockwill	April 1986	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	less than 1 month
	Trout, Rainbow '	19 lb 8 oz	Alan Pearson	1977	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	9 years
	Trout, Rainbow '	19 lb 2 oz	Roy Hopkins	April 1977	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	Less than 1 year
	Trout, Rainbow '	18 lb 7 oz	Alan Pearson	April 1977	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	Less than 1 year
	Trout, Rainbow '	18 lb	Alan Pearson	1976	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	1 year
	Trout, Rainbow '	18 lb 4 oz	Richard Walker	April 1976	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	1 year	* Note 8
	Trout, Rainbow '	13 lb 2 oz	Doctor W Drummond	1974	Hampshire Avon, Downton	Wiltshire	2 years
	Trout, Rainbow '	8 lb 8 oz	Colonel Creagh Scott	1924	Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley,	Somerset	50 years
	Trout, Rainbow '	5 lb 12 oz	Ernest S Halfold	1923	River Test, Newton Stacey, Test Valley,	Hampshire	1 year
	Trout, Rainbow '	4 lb	K M Bignall	8 Oct 1908	Frog Hollow Lake, Belvoir Castle Estate,	Leicestershire	15 years
	Trout, Sea '	22 lb 8 oz	Mr. S Burgoyne	22 July 1989	River Leven	Dunbartonshire, Scotland	3 years
	Trout, Sea '	22 lb 8 oz	S.R Dwight	1946	River Frome, Bindon	Dorset	46 years	* Note 8
	Wels Catfish '	145 lb	Matthew Smith	24 Jan 2019	Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster	Essex	1 year	* Note 8
	Wels Catfish '	144 lb		30 July 2012	Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster	Essex	7 years	* Note 8
	Wels Catfish '	130 lb	Chris Wade	June 2005	Witch Leisure lake, Hockwold cum Wilton, Thetford	Norfolk	7 years	* Note 8
	Wels Catfish '	87 lb	Allan Jackson	June 2000	Willow bank fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey	Lincolnshire	6 years	* Note 8
	Wels Catfish '	86 lb 8 oz	Brian Close	May 2000	Willow bank fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey	Lincolnshire	Less than 1 year	* Note 8
	Wels Catfish '	62 lb	Rich Garner	June 1997	Withy pool, Henlow	Bedfordshire	3 years	* Note 10
	Wels Catfish '	43 lb 8oz	Richard Bray	1970	Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs	Hertfordshire	27 years
	Wels Catfish '	33 lb 12oz	Reg Hutt	1961	Claydon Middle lake, Steeple Claydon	Buckinghamshire	9 years
	Zander '	21 lb 5 oz	James Benfield	24 June 2007	Upper Lode Lock, River Severn, near Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	3 years	* Note 10
	Zander '	19 lb 5 oz 8 dr	Dave Lavender	March 1998	Middle Level Fenland drain	Cambridgeshire	9 years
	Zander '	18 lb 10 oz	Ray Armstrong	March 1993	River Severn	Worcestershire	5 years
	Zander '	18 lb 8 oz	Bob Meadows	March 1988	Roswell Pits, Ely	Cambridgeshire	5 years
	Zander '	17 lb 12 oz	Dave Litton	Oct 1977	Great Ouse Relief Channel,	Buckinghamshire	10 years
	Zander	15 lb 5 oz	Bill Chillingworth	1971	Great Ouse Relief Channel,	Buckinghamshire	6 years

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, with the reason why in bold:

. No independent witnesses to the weigh in.
5 oz 8 dr Bleak caught by David Selley on the River Lark 2017. Rejected as a hybrid by BRFC.
. Evidence destroyed by fire.
. No date/also method of capture unknown.
. No record claimed - angler wanted no publicity.
. Not authenticated with photo or body scales for examination.
. Assume failed DNA test.
. Angler's name unknown and no record claimed.
. No independent witnesses.
. Not weighed.
. Captor ate the evidence with chips + No independent witnesses.
. Not weighed.
. No confirmation this fish was caught by rod and line method.
. Assumed reason is lack of independent witnesses.
Not caught by rod and line.
. No independent witnesses.
Video footage of chub and carp records
.
.
.
Dangerous 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. Anyone found introducing non indigenous species to any external body of UK water will be breaching the Import of Live Fish Act 1980 and will be prosecuted. The fish in question include: Black bullhead Catfish, Doctor fish, Fathead minnow, Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass, Siberian sturgeon, Sterlet, Topmouth gudgeon, Sunbleak, Walleye.

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, Orfe, Pumpkinseed, Rainbow trout, Wels Catfish, and Zander, which are now considered to be naturalized.

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