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Freshwater Records 1922 - 2004

Freshwater RecordsBritish records are updated annually so these lists will be correct as of June 2004. Fish caught this year will not be added until at least january 2007. To claim a new British Record telephone 01364 644643.

 

2004 - 2007 updates to be added soon

Barbel

(Barbus Barbus)

Weight: 20lb 6oz - 9.241kg

Captor: Tony Gibson

Venue: Adams Mill, Great Ouse.

Date: 2004.

Barbel

BITTERLING

(Rhodeus Sericeus)

Weight: 12dms - 0.021g

Captor: Dennis Flack

Venue: Barway Lake, Cambridgeshire.

Date: 1998.

 

Bitterling

BLEAK

(Alburnus Albumus)

Weight: 4oz 9dms - 0.129g

Captor: Dennis Flack

Venue: River Lark, Cambridgeshire.

Date: 1998.

Bleak

BREAM, COMMON BRONZE

(Abramis Brama)

Weight: 18lb 15oz 3dms - 8.594kg

Captor: Mark Neal

Venue: Bawburgh Lakes, Norfolk.

Date: 1st May 2004.

Bream

BREAM, SILVER

(Blicca Bjoerkna)

Weight: 1lb 12ozs - 0.793g

Captor: M Davidson

Venue: Mill Farm Fishery, West Sussex.

Date: 2003.

Silver Bream

BULLHEAD, MILLER´S THUMB

(Cottus Gobio)

Weight: 1oz - 0.028g

Captor: R Johnson

Venue: Shamley Green River, Surrey.

Date: 1983.

Bullhead, Millers Thumb

CARP, COMMON

(Cyprinus Carpio)

Weight: 64lb 5ozs - 29.172kg

Captor: Jonathan Pack

Venue: Conningbrook, Kent.

Date: 21st February 2004.

Common Carp

CARP, CRUCIAN

(Carassius Carassius)

Weight: 4lb 9oz 9dms - 2.085kg

Captor: Martin Bower

Venue: Summers Pit, Hampshire.

Date: 2003.

Carp

CARP, GRASS

(Ctenopharyngodon Idella)

Weight: 39lb 2ozs - 17.747kg

Captor: K Ballard

Venue: Horton Church Lake, Berkshire.

Date: 2002.

Grass Carp

CATFISH, WELLS

(Silurus Gianis)

Weight: 62lb - 28.123kg

Captor: Richard Garner

Venue: Withy Pool, Bedfordshire.

Date: 1997.

Catfish, Wells

CHARR, ARTIC

(Salvelinus Alpinus)

Weight:9lb 8ozs - 4.309kg

Captor: W Fairbairn

Venue: Loch Arkaig, Inverness.

Date: 27th May 1995.

Arctic Char

CHUB

(Leuciscus Cephalus)

Weight: 8lb 14ozs - 4.025kg

Captor: Rob Tough

Venue: Private Southern Stillwater.

Date: 2nd January 2004.

Chub

DACE

(Leuciscus Leuciscus)

Weight: 1lb 5oz 2dms - 0.559g

Captor: Simon Ashton

Venue: River Weir.

Date: 11th August 2002.

Dace

EEL

(Anguilla Anguilla)

Weight: 11lb 2ozs - 5.046kg

Captor: Steve Terry

Venue: Kingfisher Lake, Hampshire.

Date: 1978.

EEL

GRAYLING

(Thymallus Thymalus)

Weight: 4lb 3ozs - 1.890kg

Captor: S Lanigan

Venue: River Frome, Dorset.

Date: 1989.

Grayling

GUDGEON

(Gobio Gobio)

Weight: 5ozs - 0.141g

Captor: D Hull

Venue: River Nadder, Wiltshire.

Date: 1990.

Gudgeon

MINNOW

(Phoxinus Phoxinus)

Weight: 13dms - 0.024g

Captor: James Sawyer

Venue: Whitworth Lake, Spennymoor.

Date: 1998.

Minnow

ORFE, GOLDEN

(Leucisus Idus)

Weight: 8lb 5ozs - 3.770kg

Captor: Mike Wilkinson

Venue: Lymm Vale, Cheshire.

Date: 2000.

Golden, Orfe

PERCH

(Perca Fluviatills)

Weight: 5lb 9oz 8dms - 2.537kg

Captor: Dean Rawlings

Venue: Glebe Lake, Fringford.

Date: 28th March 2002.

Perch

PIKE

(Esox Lucius)

Weight: 46lb 13ozs - 21.234kg

Captor: Roy Lewis

Venue: Llandegfedd, Wales.

Date: 1992.

Pike

PUMPKINSEED

(Lepomis Gibbosus)

Weight: 14oz 2dms - 0.400g

Captor: Bill Rushmoor

Venue: Tanyards Fishery, Sussex.

Date: 8th July 2003.

Pumpkinseed

ROACH

(Rutilus Rutilus)

Weight: 4lb 3oz - 1.899kg

Captor: Ray Clarke

Venue: River Stour, Dorset.

Date: 1990.

Roach

RUDD

(Scardinus Erythropthalmus)

Weight: 4lb 10ozs - 2.100kg

Captor: Simon Parry

Venue: Clay Lake, Co Armagh.

Date: 7th October 2001.

Rudd

RUFFE

(Gymnocephalus Cernuus)

Weight: 5oz 4dms - 0.148g

Captor: R Jenkins

Venue: West View Farm, Cumbria.

Date: 1980.

Ruffe

SALMON, ATLANTIC

(Salmo Salar)

Weight: 64lb - 29.029kg

Captor: Georgina Ballantine

Venue: River Tay, Scotland.

Date: 1922.

Atlantic Salmon

SCHELLY, SKELLY

(Goregonus Lavaretus)

Weight: 2lb 1oz 9dms - 0.950kg

Captor: S Barrie

Venue: Haweswater Reservoir.

Date: 1986.

Schelly, Skelly

STICKLEBACK, THREE-SPINED

(Gasterosteus Aculeatus)

Weight: 4dms - 0.007g

Captor: Dennis Flack

Venue: High Flyer Lake, Cambs.

Date: 1998.

Stickleback, 3 Spined

TENCH

(Tinca Tinca)

Weight: 15lb 3oz 6dms - 6.900kg

Captor: Darren Ward

Venue: Private Southern Water.

Date: 2001.

Tench

TROUT, AMERICAN BROOK

(Salvelinus Fontinalis)

Weight: 8lb 3ozs - 3.713kg

Captor: E Holland

Venue: Fontburn Reservoir, North´d.

Date: 1998.

American Brook Trout

TROUT, BROWN

(Salmo Trutta)

Weight: 31lb 12ozs - 14.401kg

Captor: Brian Rutland

Venue: Loch Awe, Scotland.

Date: 15th March 2002. (Natural).

Weight: 28lb 1oz - 12.729kg

Captor: David Taylor

Venue: Dever Springs, Hampshire.

Date: 3rd May 1995. (Cultivated).

Brown Trout

TROUT, RAINBOW

(Oncorhynchus Mykiss)

Weight: 33lb 4ozs - 15.082kg

Captor: J Lawson

Venue: Watercress Trout Fishery.

Date: 2003. (Cultivated).

Weight: 24lb 1oz 4dms - 10.921kg

Captor: J Hammond

Venue: Hanningfield Reservoir.

Date: 1998. (Resident).

Rainbow Trout

TROUT, SEA

(Salmo Trutta)

Weight: 28lb 5oz 4dms - 12.850kg

Captor: J Farrent

Venue: Calshot Spit, River Test.

Date: 1992.

Sea Trout

WALLEYE, PIKEPERCH

(Stizostedion Vitreum)

Weight: 11lb 12ozs - 5.329kg

Captor: F Adams

Venue: The Delph, Norfolk.

Date: 1934.

Walleye, Pikeperch

ZANDER, PIKEPERCH

(Stizostedion, Lucioperca)

Weight: 19lb 5oz 8dms - 8.774kg

Captor: Dave Lavender

Venue: Fen Water, Cambridgeshire.

Date: 998.

Zander, Pikeperch


 

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