British Coarse Fish Records

British records are administered by the British Record, (Rod Caught) Fish Committee.

The Committee exists to recognise and publish record weights of both fresh and salt water fish caught on rod and line by fair angling methods in the waters of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, and aims:

•  To provide an adjudicating body to which marine and freshwater anglers may submit claims for record fish taken by fair rod and line angling.
• To investigate all such record claims to the fullest possible extent and maintain a permanent record of such investigations.
• To establish and maintain accurately a list of British fish, marine and freshwater, of record size and to publish this list frequently and make it readily available to all interested persons.

The activities of the Committee are voluntary, and claims are considered and adjudicated upon, only on the basis that the Committee shall be under no obligation whatsoever to claimants, that its decisions shall be final, and it shall not be obliged to give reasons for its decisions.

Issued by the BRITISH RECORD (rod-caught) FISH COMMITTEE,
51A, Queen Street, Newton abbot, Devon, TQ12 2Ql (01626 331330).

© British Record (rod-caught) Fish Committee 1995-2008

lbs    ozs    dms    kilos    gms    Year    Captor and Location
BARBEL (Barbus barbus)
21    1    0    9    837    2006    Grahame King, Adams Mill Fishery, Bedford.
BITTERLING (Rhodeus sericeus)
0    0    12    0    21    1998    D Flack, Barway Lake, Cambridgeshire
BLEAK (Alburnus alburnus)
0    4    9    0    129    1998    D Flack, River Lark, Cambridgeshire
BREAM (Common Bronze) (Abramis brama)
19    10    0    8    90    2005    James Rust, Cambridge Water  
BREAM (Silver) (Blicca bjoerkna)
2    2    0    0    9639    2008    Mr Alan Storey, West Sussex Fishery.
2    2    0    0    9639    2005    Mrs Christine Smith,  Mill Farm Fishery, Sussex
BULLHEAD (Miller's Thumb) (Cottus gobio)
0    1    0    0    028    1983    R Johnson, Green River, Nr Guildford, Surrey
CARP (Mirror) (Cyprinus carpio)
65    14    0    -    -    2005    Simon Bater, Conningbrook Lake, Ashford. 
CARP (Crucian) (Carassius carassius)
4    9    9    2    085    2003    M Bowler, RMC Fishery, Yateley Lake
CARP (Grass) (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
44    8    0    20    185    2006    Phillip Kingsbury, Horton Church Lake.
LIST CLOSED 31st OCTOBER 2007 - No Further claims considered - See Press Release
CATFISH (Bullhead, black) (Ameiurus melas)
1    3    1    0    539    2001    K Clements Lake Meadows, Billericay, Essex
CATFISH (Wels) (Silurus glanis)
62    0    0    28    123    1997    R Garner, Withy Pool, Henlow, Beds
LIST CLOSED 23rd OCTOBER 2000 - No Further claims considered
CHUB (Leuciscus cephalus)
9    5    0    4    224    2007    Andy Maker, Southern Stillwater.
DACE (Leuciscus leuciscus)
1    5    2    0    599    2002    Simon Ashton, River Wear
EEL (Anguilla anguilla)
11    2    0    5    046    1978    Master S Terry, Kingfisher Lake, Nr Ringwood, Hants
GOLDFISH (Brown) (Carassius auratus)
5    11    8    2    594    1994    D Lewis, 6 Acre Surrey Still Water Pond
GUDGEON (Gobio gobio)
0    5    0    0    141    1990    D H Hull, River Nadder, Sutton Mandeville, Wilts
MINNOW (Phoxinus phoxinus)
0    0    13.5    0    024    1998    J Sawyer, Whitworth Lake, Spennymoor
ORFE (Golden) (Leuciscus idus)
8    5    0    3    770    2000    M Wilkinson, Lymm Vale, Cheshire
PERCH (Perca fluviatilis)
5    15    0    -    -    2006    Les Brown, Stillwater at Crowborough, Sussex.
PIKE (Esox lucius)
46    13    0    21    234    1992    R Lewis, Llandegfedd, Wales
WALLEYE (Pikeperch) (Stizostedion vitreum)
11    12    0    5    329    1934    F Adams, The Delph, Welney, Norfolk
LIST CLOSED 31st OCTOBER 2007 - No Further claims considered - See Press Release
ZANDER (Pikeperch) (Sander lucioperca)
21    5    0    9    667    2007    James Benfield, River Severn at Upper Load Lock.
PUMPKINSEED (Lepomis gibbosus)
0    14    2    0    400    2003    B Rushmer, Tanyards Fishery, Sussex.
ROACH (Rutilus rutilus)
4    4    0    -    -    2006    Keith Berry, Northern Ireland Stillwater.
RUDD (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
4    10    0    2    100    2001    Simon Parry, Freshwater Lake, Co Armagh, NI
4    10    0    2    100    2001    Simon Parry, Clay Lake, Co Armagh, NI
RUFFE (Gymnocephalus cernuus)
0    5    4    0    148    1980    R J Jenkins, West View Farm, Cumbria
SCHELLY (Skelly) (Coregonus lavaretus)
2    1    9    0    950    1986    S M Barrie, Haweswater Reservoir, Cumbria
STICKLEBACK (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculaeatus)
0    0    4    0    007    1998    D Flack, High Flyer Lake, Ely, Cambs
STONE LOACH (Barbatula barbatula)
-    -    -    0    13    2005    Geoffrey Green, Windmill Fishery.
TENCH (Tinca tinca)
15    3    6    6    9000    2001    D Ward

Courtesy of the Angling Trust