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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 22 days.

Current records supported by photographic evidence

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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, 14 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, 228 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, 184 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, 84 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, 40 days [10]
Chub (Squalius cephalus) 9 lb 5 oz Neill Stephen 16 March 2012 Fishers Green Complex, River Lea, Waltham Abbey, Essex 12 years, 250 days [11][12] * Note 9
Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) 4 lb 14 oz Adam Broodbanks 30 October 2024 Barham Syndicate Suffolk 22 days [13]
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) 56 lb 2 oz Alan Cooper 7 July 2023 Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley Surrey 1 year, 137 days [14] * Note 8
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) 4 lb 8 oz Simon Ellis 19 Feb 2019 River Frome, Ilsington near Puddletown Dorset 5 years, 276 days [15]* Note 8
Golden Orfe (Leuciscus idus) 8 lb 5 oz Michael Wilkinson April 2000 Lymm Vale Cheshire 23 years, 219 days [16][1][17][18][19][20]
Lawrence King 20 May 2018 Newdigate farms, Newdigate Surrey 6 years, 185 days [1][21][22]
Ide (Natural) (Leuciscus idus) 8 lb 5 oz Colin Hebb 5 February 2021 River Hull Yorkshire 3 years, 280 days [23]
Mullet (Thin-Lipped Grey) (Liza ramada) 7 lb 9oz Shaun Sillett 20 August 2012 Oulton Broad, Lowestoft Suffolk 12 years, 93 days [24] Note 1
Perch (Perca fluviatilis) 6 lb 3 oz Neill Stephen 12 March 2011 Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough East Sussex 13 years, 254 days [1][4][25]
Ken Brown 18 Sept 2012 Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs Hertfordshire 12 years, 64 days [1][5][25][26]
Pike (Esox lucius) 47 lb 5 oz Lloyd Watson 13 Feb 2024 Chew Valley Lake, Chew Valley, Somerset 282 days [27][28][29]
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) 4 lb 3oz Dai Gribble 24 May 2024 Brasenose 1, Linear Fisheries Oxfordshire 181 days [30]
Ken Fuller 15 May 2017 Homersfield Lake Norfolk 7 years, 190 days [31]
Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar) 64 lb Miss Georgina W Ballantine 7 October 1922 River Tay, Glendelvine Perthshire, Scotland 102 years, 45 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, 129 days [1][34][3]
Tench (Tinca tinca) 15 lb 3 oz 6 dr Darren Ward June 2001 Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton Middlesex 23 years, 154 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, 250 days [16][38][33][39]
Trout, Rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) 34 lb 12 oz Michael Mitchell 3 Oct 2016 Loch Earn Perthshire, Scotland 8 years, 49 days

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Wels Catfish (Silurus glanis) 147 lb Paul Fyson 7 June 2020 Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster Essex 4 years, 167 days [43] * Note 8
Zander (Sander lucioperca) 22 lb Mick Dolan 12 March 2010 Grafham Water, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire 14 years, 254 days [44]

Current records not supported by any photographic evidence

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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, 178 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, 310 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, 102 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, 45 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, 106 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, 20 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

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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, 62 days [56] * Note 8
Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3. 11 lb 2 oz Steve Terry 24 June 1978 Kingfisher Lake, Ringwood Hampshire 46 years, 150 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, 129 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, 89 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, 58 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, 317 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, 142 days [67] * Note 8
European Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) Note 3. 388 lb Alec Allen 1932 River Towy, Nantgaredig Carmarthenshire, Wales 92 years, 119 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, 129 days [70] * Note 8

Record Ornamental sub-species

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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, 231 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, 291 days [72] * Note 8
Golden tench (Tinca aurea) 8 lb John Richardson 26 Aug 2019 Lake Geneva, Nar Valley Fisheries, Narborough Norfolk 5 years, 87 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, 103 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, 112 days [76] * Note 8
Mandarin Catfish (Silurus glanis) 64 lb 1oz Tony Corbet 5 Sept 2013 Crowsheath Fishery, Downham Essex 11 years, 77 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, 143 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, 229 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, 341 days [80] * Note 8

Record non-indigenous (invasive) species

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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, 329 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, 50 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, 140 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, 136 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

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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]

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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)

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There have been many ambiguous record claims over the years. Here are a few of those that never made the record list:

Video footage of chub and carp records

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Non-indigenous (invasive) alien species

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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]

Notes

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