Coarse Fish Records

 © British Record (rod-caught) Fish Committee 1995-2007

Pictures of the record fish available via hyperlinks to specie names.  Hyperlinks to the Latin names takes you to FishBase (at  search.html) for more detail on the specie
 

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 Weir 
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