ANGLER’S MAIL magazine often get asked about British records. Here, online, is the record list as it stands. Weights are in pounds, ounces and drams.
The list is run by the British Record Fish Commitee, and has come under scrutiny in the wake of some hefty fish (notably bream and perch) not being claimed by the captors.
Should you, or a friend, catch a fish near or over the British record weight (listed below) your best bet is to contact the friendly Angler’s Mail magazine newsdesk, exclusively, without delay.
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BRITISH RECORD LIST (correct at December 20, 2011)
BARBEL
21 1 0 2006 Grahame King, Great Ouse, Adams Mill, Beds.
BITTERLING
0 0 12 1998 Dennis Flack, Barway Lake, Cambridgeshire
BLEAK
0 4 9 1998 Dennis Flack, River Lark, Cambridgeshire
BREAM (common bronze)
20 1 0 2011 Simon Lavin, Stoneacres Lake, Oxfordshire.
NB. Mark McKenna caught a bream of 22 lb 9 oz (below) from a Cambridge stillwater in 2009 but no official claim was made.
As Angler's Mail exclusively reported at the end of January 2011, this 22 lb 9 oz has not been officially claimed as a British record.
BREAM (silver)
2 15 0 2009 Phil Morton, Mill Farm, Pullborough, Sussex.
BULLHEAD (Miller’s Thumb)
0 1 0 1983 R Johnson, Green River, Nr Guildford, Surrey
CARP (mirror/common/leather)
67 8 0 2008 Austin Holness, Conningbrook, near Ashford, Kent
CRUCIAN CARP
4 9 0 2003 Martin Bowler, Yateley lake, Surrey
4 9 0 2011 Joshua Blavins, Verulam AC club lake, Herts.
DNA claim open 4 lb 8 oz
CATFISH (Bullhead, black)
1 3 1 2001 K Clements Lake Meadows, Billericay, Essex
CATFISH (Wels)
62 0 0 1997 Rich Garner, Withy Pool, Henlow, Beds.
NB. LIST CLOSED 23rd OCTOBER 2000 – No further claims considered
CHUB
9 5 0 2007 Andy Maker, Southern stillwater
DACE
1 5 2 2002 Simon Ashton, River Wear, Co. Durham
EEL
11 2 0 1978 Steve Terry, Kingfisher Lake, near Ringwood, Hants
GOLDFISH (Brown)
5 11 8 1994 Dave Lewis, 6-acre Surrey stillwater pond
GRASS CARP
44 8 0 2006 Phillip Kingsbury, Horton Church Lake, Berks.
NB. LIST CLOSED 31st OCTOBER 2007 – No further claims considered
GUDGEON
0 5 0 1990 D H Hull, River Nadder, Sutton Mandeville, Wilts.
MINNOW
0 0 13.5 1998 J Sawyer, Whitworth Lake, Spennymoor, Co. Durham
ORFE (Golden)
8 5 0 2000 Michael Wilkinson, Lymm Vale, Cheshire
PERCH
6 3 0 2011 Neill Stephen, Stream Valley Lakes, E. Sussex
NB. Ken Brown caught a 6 lb 4 oz perch from Wilstone Reservoir, Herts, in autumn 2011. A claim is likely to be considered by the BRFC early in 2012.
PIKE
Bigger pike have been logged in books, like The Domesday Book of Mammoth Pike, but few people dispute this 46 lb 13 oz fish as the British No.1.
46 13 0 1992
Roy Lewis, Llandegfedd Reservoir, S. Wales
WALLEYE (Pikeperch)
11 12 0 1934
F Adams, Delph, Welney, Norfolk
NB. LIST CLOSED 31st OCTOBER 2007 – No further claims considered.
ZANDER (Pikeperch)
21 5 0 2007
James Benfield, River Severn at Upper Lode
PUMPKINSEED
0 14 2 2003
Bill Rushmer (Angler’s Mail Where to Fish columnist), Tanyards Fishery, Sussex.
ROACH
4 4 0 2006
Keith Berry, Northern Ireland stillwater.
NB. DNA-tested claim officially remains open for roach claims at 4 lb 3 oz or above. The one and only big redfin found to be a true big roach, by DNA testing, was caught twice by Duncan Charman in 2010, heaviest 3 lb 15 oz.
RUDD
4 10 0 2001
Simon Parry, Freshwater Lake, Co Armagh, NI
4 10 0 2001
Simon Parry, Clay Lake, Co Armagh, NI
NB. DNA-tested claim remains open for rudd claims at 4 lb 3 oz or above.
RUFFE
0 5 4 1980 R J Jenkins, West View Farm, Cumbria
SCHELLY (Skelly)
2 1 9 1986 S M Barrie, Haweswater Reservoir, Cumbria
STICKLEBACK (3-spined)
0 0 4 1998 Dennis Flack, High Flyer Lake, Ely, Cambs
STONE LOACH
0 0 13 2005 Geoffrey Green, Windmill Fishery
TENCH
15 3 6 2001 Darren Ward, Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton, Middlesex
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