Angling records in the United Kingdom

This is an impartial (not implicitly biased to a single governing body, the BRFC) and comprehensive record list of 313 British record freshwater fish, past and present, involving 60 species/sub-species of fish caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line. Records 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 11 days.

• Freshwater record fish gallery
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  Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
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  Barbel (Barbus barbus)
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  Crucian carp (Carassius carassius)
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  Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
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  Pike (Esox lucius)
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  1970 British record wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

Current records supported by photographic evidence

Image	Species	Weight (lb oz)	Captor	Date	Water	County	Time record held	References/ Notes
	Barbel (Barbus barbus)	22 lb 1 oz	James Crosby	9 December 2024	Kings Weir, River Lea near Turnford and Nazeing	Hertfordshire	249 days	[1]
	Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama)	22 lb 11 oz	Scot Crook	7 April 2012	Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes	Cambridgeshire	13 years, 130 days	[2][3] Note 1
	Bream (silver) (Blicca bjoerkna)	3 lb 4 oz	Gareth Evans	21 May 2012	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury, near Pulborough	West Sussex	13 years, 86 days	[2][4][5]
	Carp, common (Cyprinus carpio {communia})	64 lb 6 oz	Chris Caddick	29 August 2018	The Avenue, RH Fisheries	Shropshire	6 years, 351 days	[6] * Note 8
	Carp, leather (Cyprinus carpio {corium})	54 lb 8 oz	Steve Fudge	2006	Car Park Lake, Yateley Complex, Yateley	Surrey	16 years	[7][8] * Note 8
	Carp, mirror (Cyprinus carpio {speculo})	75 lb 2 oz	Wayne Mansford	12 October 2020	Meadows Lake, Holme Fen Fishery	Cambridgeshire	4 years, 307 days	[9]
	Chub (Squalius cephalus)	9 lb 5 oz	Neill Stephen	16 March 2012	Fishers Green Complex, River Lea, Waltham Abbey	Essex	13 years, 152 days	[10][11] * Note 9
	Crucian carp (Carassius carassius)	4 lb 14 oz	Adam Broodbanks	30 October 2024	Barham Syndicate	Suffolk	289 days	[12]
	Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)	57 lb 4 oz	Kane Hammond	4 Aug 2025	St.Georges Lake, Shepperton	Surrey	11 days	[13][14] * Note 8
	Grayling (Thymallus thymallus)	4 lb 8 oz	Simon Ellis	19 February 2019	River Frome, Ilsington near Puddletown	Dorset	6 years, 177 days	[15]* Note 8
	Golden orfe (Leuciscus idus)	8 lb 5 oz	Michael Wilkinson	April 2000	Lymm Vale	Cheshire	24 years, 121 days	[16][2][17][18][19][20]
			Lawrence King	20 May 2018	Newdigate farms, Newdigate	Surrey	7 years, 87 days	[2][21][22]
	Ide (natural) (Leuciscus idus)	8 lb 5 oz	Colin Hebb	5 February 2021	River Hull	Yorkshire	4 years, 181 days	[23]
	Mullet (thin-lipped grey) (Liza ramada)	7 lb 9 oz	Shaun Sillett	20 August 2012	Oulton Broad, Lowestoft	Suffolk	12 years, 360 days	[24] Note 1
	Perch (Perca fluviatilis)	6 lb 3 oz	Neill Stephen	12 March 2011	Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough	East Sussex	14 years, 156 days	[2][3][25]
			Ken Brown	18 Sept 2012	Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs	Hertfordshire	12 years, 331 days	[2][4][25][26]
	Pike (Esox lucius)	47 lb 5 oz	Lloyd Watson	13 February 2024	Chew Valley Lake, Chew Valley,	Somerset	1 year, 183 days	[27][28][29]
	Roach (Rutilus rutilus)	4 lb 3 oz	Dai Gribble	24 May 2024	Brasenose 1, Linear Fisheries	Oxfordshire	1 year, 83 days	[30]
			Ken Fuller	15 May 2017	Homersfield Lake	Norfolk	8 years, 92 days	[31]
	Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar)	64 lb	Miss Georgina W Ballantine	7 October 1922	River Tay, Glendelvine	Perthshire, Scotland	102 years, 312 days	[16][32][33]
	Stickleback (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculeatus)	8 grams (4.5 dr)	Matt Faulkner	July 2019	Lower Beauvale Ponds, Eastwood	Nottinghamshire	6 years, 31 days	[2][34][35]
	Tench (Tinca tinca)	15 lb 3 oz 6 dr	Darren Ward	June 2001	Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton	Middlesex	24 years, 56 days	[2][36][18][37][38] Note 1
	Trout, brown (Salmo trutta)	31 lb 12 oz	Brian Rutland	15 March 2002	Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish	Argyll, Scotland	23 years, 152 days	[16][39][33][40]
	Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss)	34 lb 12 oz	Michael Mitchell	2 October 2016	Loch Earn	Perthshire, Scotland	8 years, 317 days	[41][42][43][44]
	Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)	150 lb	Shaun Ing	30 September 2024	Chigborough Fisheries, Maldon	Essex	319 days	[45][46]
	Zander (Sander lucioperca)	22 lb	Mick Dolan	12 March 2010	Grafham Water, Huntingdon	Cambridgeshire	15 years, 156 days	[47]

Current records not supported by any photographic evidence

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	30 years, 80 days	[48][16]* Note 10
	Bleak (Alburnus alburnus)	4 oz 9 dr	Dennis Flack	1998	River Lark	Border of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	22 years	[16][49][50][18]* Note 10
	Bullhead (millers thumb) (Cottus gobio)	1 oz	R Johnson	16 January 1983	Green river, Bramley, Shamley Green (near Guildford)	Surrey	42 years, 211 days	[16][2][18][51][52]* Note 10
	Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)	1 lb 5 oz 2 dr	Simon Ashton	11 August 2002	River Wear, Town centre stretch, Durham	Co.Durham	23 years, 4 days	[16][2][53][54][18] * Note 10
	Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)	5 oz	D H Hull	1990	River Nadder, Sutton Mandeville	Wiltshire	32 years	[16][2][18][17] Note 1 * Note 10
	Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)	13.5 dr (24 grams)	James Sawyer	1998	Whitworth Lake, Spennymoor	Co.Durham	24 years	[16][18][55][36] Note 1* Note 10
	Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)	4 lb 10 oz	Simon Parry	7 October 2001	Clay Lake	County Armagh, Northern Ireland	23 years, 312 days	[16][2][18][39]* Note 10
	Ruffe (pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua)	5 oz 4 dr	R Jenkins	7 August 1980	West View Lake	Cumbria	45 years, 8 days	[16][2][18][52][56]* 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	[57] * Note 10
	Stone loach (Barbatula barbatula)	13 dr	Geoffery Green	1 November 2005	Windmill Fishery, Bristol	Bristol	19 years, 287 days	[2][58] 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

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, 329 days	[59] * Note 8
	Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3.	11 lb 3 oz	Steve Ricketts	3 June 2024	Kent Lake	Kent	1 year, 73 days	[60]
	Gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii) Note 3. (UK only)	1 lb 4 oz	J Williams	1965	Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid), Bala	Gwynedd, Wales	60 years, 31 days	[61][62][63][64] Note 1
	Pollan (Coregonus autumnalis pollan) Note 3	No record found	-	-	-	-	-	[65][66]
	Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) Note 3	3 lb	Robert Fullerton	24 August 2006	Carron Valley Reservoir, Nr. Denny	Stirlingshire, Scotland	18 years, 356 days	[67] 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, 325 days	[16][18][52][68] Note 1
	Smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) Note 3	1 dr	Peter Christian	9 January 1977	River Yare, Buckenham Ferry	Norfolk	48 years, 218 days	[69] * 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	114 years, 44 days	[70] * Note 8
	European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) Note 3.	388 lb	Alec Allen	1932	River Towy, Nantgaredig	Carmarthenshire, Wales	93 years, 21 days	[71][72] Note 1 * Note 8
	Vendace (Coregonus albula) Note 3. (UK only)	4 oz 9 dm	John Nicol	2015	South Loch Earn Caravan Park, Loch Earn	Perthshire, Scotland	20 years, 31 days	[73] * Note 8

Record ornamental sub-species

Image	Sub-species	Weight (lb 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	15 years, 133 days	[74] * Note 8
	Carp, F1 (Cyprinus carpio communia) × (Carassius carassius)	7 lb 14 oz	Chris Telling	4 February 2016	Peg 19 Boundary pool, Manor Farm Leisure, Harvington, near Evesham	Worcestershire	9 years, 192 days	[75] * Note 8
	Golden tench (Tinca aurea)	8 lb	John Richardson	26 August 2019	Lake Geneva, Nar Valley Fisheries, Narborough	Norfolk	5 years, 354 days	[76] * Note 8
	Goldfish (Carassius auratus)	7 lb 5 oz	Stuart Thurston	10 August 2010	UEA Broad, University of East Anglia, Norwich	Norfolk	15 years, 5 days	[77][78] * Note 8
	Ghost koi carp (Cyprinus carpio spiritus)	47 lb 14 oz	Joel Dighton	1 August 2017	D lake, Nunnery lakes, Thetford	Norfolk	8 years, 14 days	[79] * Note 8
	Mandarin catfish (Silurus glanis)	64 lb 1 oz	Tony Corbet	5 Sept 2013	Crowsheath Fishery, Downham	Essex	11 years, 344 days	[80] * Note 8
	Trout, blue (Oncorhynchus mykiss coerulus)	19 lb 12 oz	Chris Stephens	1 July 2006	Pennine Trout Farm and Fishery, Littleborough, Rochdale	Lancashire	19 years, 45 days	[81] * Note 8
	Trout, golden (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita)	22 lb 8 oz	David Hillary	6 April 2008	Quarry Lake, Raygill Fishing Lakes, Lothersdale	North Yorkshire	17 years, 131 days	[82] * Note 8
	Trout, tiger (Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis)	11 lb 8 oz	Stevie Rankin	16 December 2011	Alderneuk Trout Fishery, Waterside Farm, Terregles	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland	13 years, 242 days	[83] * Note 8

Record non-indigenous (invasive) species

Image	Species	Weight (lb oz)	Captor	Date	Water	Location	Time record held	References / Notes
	Asp (Aspius aspius)	10 lb	Sonny Fowler	December 2014	Churchgate Fishery near Battlesbridge	Essex	10 years, 230 days	[84] * Note 8
	Bitterling (Rhodeus amarus)	12 dr	Dennis Flack	1998	Barway Lake near Ely	Cambridgeshire	24 years	[2][18][50][85]* Note 10
	Blue carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)	36 lb	Bandan Pizzy	October 2019	Specimen lake, Hawkhurst Fishery, Hawkhurst	Kent	5 years, 317 days	[86] * Note 8
	Black bullhead (catfish) (Ameiurus melas)	1 lb 3 oz 1 dr	K Clements	2001	Lake Meadows, Billericay	Essex	21 years	[2][18] * Note 7 + 10 + 11
	Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)	14 lb	Luke Pike	4 July 2022	Lake Meadows Park, Billericay	Essex	3 years, 42 days	[87] * Note 7 + 8
	Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)	14 oz 2 dr	Bill Rushmer	8 July 2003	Tanyards Fishery, Furner's Green	East Sussex	22 years, 38 days	[16][2][88] * Note 10
	Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)	30 lb	Chris Johnson	2011	Greaves End Fishery, Eastrington	East Riding of Yorkshire	11 years	[86]* Note 8
	Walleye (Sander vitreus)	11 lb 12 oz	F Adams	1934	River Delph Welney	Norfolk	88 years	[2][18][89][90]* Note 10

Historical records

Image	Species	Weight (lb 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][91]
		4 lb 13 oz	P Savage	1987	Loch Garry	Perthshire, Scotland	5 years	[52]
		3 lb 5 oz	A Robertson	1985	Loch Earn	Perthshire, Scotland	2 years	[92]
		3 lb 4 oz	S.C Rex	1982	Loch Dubh Lochan, Inverness	Inverness-shire, Scotland	3 years	[56]
		1 lb 12 oz 4 dr	C Imperiale	1974	Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish Highlands, Scotland	8 years	[93]
		1 lb 11 oz	B.A Richardson	1973	Lake Windermere, Kendal	Cumbria	1 year	[94]
		1 lb 3 oz	P Elwood	1972	Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish Highlands, Scotland	1 year	[95]
		1 lb 1 oz 4 dr	J.K Hargreaves	1971	Carn Tarsuinn, Cairngorms	Scottish Highlands, Scotland	1 year	[96]
	Barbel (Barbus barbus)	21 lb 2 oz	Colin Smithson	7 November 2019	River Rother, Fittleworth	West Sussex	5 years	[2][97][35]
		21 lb 1 oz	Grahame King	22 April 2006	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	13 years	[3]
		21 lb	Grahame King	9 November 2005	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	Less than 1 year	[3][58]
		20 lb 14 oz 8 dr	Grahame King	22 October 2005	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	18 days	[3][58]
		20 lb 6 oz	Tony Gibson	October 2004	Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell	Buckinghamshire	1 year	[98][99]
		19 lb 6 oz 8 dr	Steve Curtin	27 October 2001	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	3 years	[39][68][100]
		19 lb	Tony Gibson	4 January 2001	Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell	Buckinghamshire	Less than 1 year	[68][98][99][101]
		17 lb 13 oz 14 dr	Stuart Morgan	20 December 2000	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	15 days	[68][98]
		17 lb 8 oz 15 dr	Stuart Morgan	11 December 2000	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	9 days	[68][98]
		17 lb 6 oz 12 dr	Guy Robb	October 2000	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	Less than 1 year	[102][103]
		17 lb 4 oz	Ray Walton	3 March 1999	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	1 year	[104][105][106]
		17 lb 1 oz	Kevin Newton	5 February 1999	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	26 days	[106]
		16 lb 11 oz	Martin Bowler	21 January 1999	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	15 days	[107][106]
		16 lb 10 oz	David Currell	3 November 1998	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst	Buckinghamshire	3 months	[106]
		16 lb 6 oz	Steve Keer	August 1998	River Wensum, Taverham Mills Fishery, Taverham	Norfolk	3 months	[98][108]
		16 lb 3 oz	Howard Maddox	November 1997	Lower river, River Severn, Worcester	Worcestershire	Less than 1 year	[98][109]
		16 lb 2 oz	Peter Woodhouse	June 1994	River Medway	Kent	3 years	[98][110][111]
		13 lb 12 oz (Why was this a record?)	Joe Day	October 1962	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	32 years	[96][112]
		14 lb 6 oz *(equalled)	Mr F.W.K Wallis	1937	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	25 years	[63][113][114] Note 2 *
		14 lb 6 oz *(equalled)	Aylmer Tryon	13 September 1934	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	60 years	[63][114][115][69] Note 2 *
		14 lb 6 oz *	Mr T Wheeler	1888	River Thames, Molesey Lock	Surrey	46 years	[63][114][116] Note 2 *
	Bleak (Alburnus alburnus)	4 oz	B Derrington	8 October 1982	River Monnow, Monmouth	Monmouthshire, Wales	16 years	[68][92][69]
		3 oz 15.5 dr	D Pollard	1971	Staythorpe Pond, Newark-on-Trent	Nottinghamshire	11 years	[96]
		3 oz 8 dr	N D Sizmur	1963	River Thames, Walton-on-Thames	Surrey	8 years	[63][64]
		3 oz 4 dr	J Oliver	1958	River Thames, Kingston upon Thames	London	5 years	[114]
	Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama)	20 lb 1 oz	Simon Lavin	2011	Stoneacres Lake	Oxfordshire	1 year	[117][17]
		22 lb 9 oz	Mark McKenna	11 Sept 2009	Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes	Cambridgeshire	3 years	[118] * Note 8
		19 lb 10 oz	James Rust	2005	Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes	Cambridgeshire	4 years	[36][119]
		18 lb 15 oz 3 dr	Mark Neal	1 May 2004	Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich	Norfolk	1 year	[16][68]
		18 lb 15 oz	Tom Huntley	July 2001	Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich	Norfolk	3 years	[39][18] [120]
		18 lb 8 oz	Kerry Walker	13 May 2001	Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich	Norfolk	Less than 1 year	[68][120][101]
		16 lb 12 oz	Martin Whitmore	2000	Swithland Reservoir	Leicestershire	1 year	[68]
		16 lb 10 oz	Lee McManus	1999	Swithland Reservoir	Leicestershire	1 year	[121]
		15 lb 10 oz	J Knowles	1985	Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames	Oxfordshire	14 years	[69]
		15 lb 6 oz	Alastair Nicholson	31 August 1984	Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames	Oxfordshire	1 year	[122] * Note 8
		13 lb 14 oz	Alastair Nicholson	10 August 1984	Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames	Oxfordshire	Less than 1 year	[122] * Note 8
		13 lb 9 oz	Michael Davidson	July 1982	Beeston Hall Lake, near Neatishead	Norfolk	2 years	[68]
		13 lb 8 oz	E.G.Costin	October 1945	Castle Lakes, Chiddingstone	Kent	37 years	[63][123]
		12 lb 14 oz	Mr. C.J Pugh	28 July 1933	Tring Reservoirs, Tring	Hertfordshire	12 years	[116]
		12 lb 12 oz 8 dr	Mr. A.J Fisher	30 July 1931	Startops End Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs, Tring	Hertfordshire	2 years	[116][123]
		11 lb 12 oz	Mr. A Pike	July 1882	River Blackwater	County Tyrone, Northern Ireland	49 years	[116]
	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	[124]
		2 lb 15 oz	Gary Barnett	9 October 2011	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	Less than 1 year	[4]
		2 lb 14 oz	Phil Morton	8 May 2009	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	2 years	[125]
		2 lb 11 oz	Doug Plant	2009	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	Less than 1 year	[125]
		2 lb 8 oz	James Waters	December 2008	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	1 year	[126] * Note 8
		2 lb 2 oz	Christine Smith	2005	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	3 years	[36]
		1 lb 12 oz	Michael Davidson	26 April 2003	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury	West Sussex	2 years	[16][68]
		15 oz	Dennis Flack	1998	Grime Spring, Lakenheath	Suffolk	5 years	[50][68][101][18][111]
	Bullhead (millers thumb) (Cottus gobio)	12 dr	E Whalley	1981	Tanyard Beck / Daking Brook / Cawthorne Dike, Cawthorne	South Yorkshire	2 years	[127]
		10 dr	E Harrison	1978	Leeds and Liverpool Canal	North Yorkshire, Lancashire, Merseyside	3 years	[112]
	Burbot (Lota lota) in UK only - see Note 3.	15 oz	Peter Davis	1960	Little Ouse, Lakenheath	Suffolk	9 years	[128] * Note 8
	Carp (Cyprinus carpio)	71 lb 4 oz	Robby Harrison	23 October 2016	The Avenue, RH Fisheries	Shropshire	4 years	[129] [130]* Note 8 [131]
		69 lb 13 oz	Tom Doherty	26 Sept 2016	The Avenue, RH Fisheries	Shropshire	Less than 1 month	[132] * Note 8 [131]
		68 lb 1 oz	Dean Fletcher	13 January 2016	Cranwells Lake, Wasing estate, Wasing	Berkshire	Less than 1 year	[133][134]
		67 lb 8 oz	Austin Holness	August 2008	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	8 years	[3][135]
		67 lb	John Bird	13 April 2008	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	less than 1 year	[3][136]
		65 lb 14 oz	Simon Bater	23 October 2005	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	3 years	[3][58][137]
		65 lb 8 oz	Dan Marwick	Sept 2005	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	Less than 1 year	[3]
		64 lb 5 oz	Jonathan Pack	21 February 2004	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	1 year	[16][68][137]
		61 lb 7 oz	Lee Jackson	29 August 2002	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	2 years	[68][18][138]
		61 lb	Gary Bayes	2001	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	Less than 1 year	[39][137]
		59 lb 12 oz	Mark Toland	5 Sept 2001	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	Less than 1 year	[39][68]
		59 lb 7 oz	Terry Glebioska	2 April 2001	Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough	Kent	Less than 1 year	[68][101]
		56 lb 6 oz	Kevin Cummins	Sept 1998	Wraysbury	Berkshire	3 years	[55][68][104]
		55 lb 13 oz	Terry Hearn	November 1996	Wraysbury	Berkshire	2 years	[139]
		55 lb 4 oz	Alex White	June 1995	Mid-Northants Fishery	Northamptonshire	1 year	[140][141][111]
		53 lb 15 oz	Roddy Porter	June 1995	Mid-Northants Fishery	Northamptonshire	3 weeks	[140][141] * Note 8
		51 lb 8 oz	Chris Yates	16 June 1980	Redmire pool	Herefordshire	16 Years	[52][139][69] * Note 8
		44 lb	Richard Walker	13 Sept 1952	Redmire pool	Herefordshire	28 Years	[63][114][139][64]
		31 lb 8 oz	Bob Richards	3 October 1951	Redmire pool	Herefordshire	1 Year	[68]
		26 lb	Albert Buckley	24 July 1930	Mapperley Lake, Shipley Hall, near Mapperley	border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire	4 Years	[116][142]
		21 lb 10 oz	Mr A.E.Wyatt	14 August 1926	Chingford Lake, Chingford	Essex	4 years	[116]
		20 lb 3 oz	John Andrews	9 September 1916	Cheshunt reservoir	Hertfordshire	10 years	[116][139]
		19 lb 8 oz	Mr H.S Locksmith	1907	Wey Navigation Canal, Weybridge	Surrey	9 years	[116]
		17 lb 8 oz	Otto Overbeck	26 September 1902	Croxby Pond	Lincolnshire	5 years	[139]
		23 lb	George Holden	1899	Broadwater Lake, Godalming	Surrey	31 years	[143] Note - Under further investigation
	Carp, common (Cyprinus carpio {communia})	64 lb	Martin Hopkins	2005	Bluebells Lake, Tansor, near Oundle	Northamptonshire	13 years	[144] * Note 8
			Mike O'Neill * (equalled)	13 October 2017	The Avenue, RH Fisheries	Shropshire	1 year	[145] * Note 8
	Chub (Squalius cephalus)	8 lb 14 oz	Gareth Spurgeon	15 October 2009	River Lea Relief Channel, Fishers Green	Hertfordshire	3 years	[146] * Note 8
		8 lb 13 oz	Tim Archer	11 March 2003	Dobbs Weir Fishery, River Lea, Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	6 years	[68]
		8 lb 10 oz	Peter Smith	1994	River Tees, Blackwell	Co.Durham	9 years	[55][68][101][18][111]
		8 lb 8 oz	D Deeks	1951	River Rother (East Sussex)	East Sussex	43 years	[114]
		8 lb 4 oz	Mr G.F. Smith	December 1913	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	38 years	[52][116][147] * Note 8
		7 lb 6 oz 8 dr	Mr F.W. Smith	October 1906	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	7 years	[116]
		7 lb 5 oz	Mr E.J Walker	17 August 1904	Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch	Dorset	2 years	[116]
		7 lb 2 oz	Mr F.W.K Wallis	1903	River Trent, Shardlow	Derbyshire	1 year	[116]
		7 lb 1 oz	Stanley Mead	Sept 1897	River Thames, Wargrave	Berkshire	6 years	[116]
	Carp, leather (Cyprinus carpio {corium})	54 lb 8 oz	Steve Fudge	2006	Car Park Lake, Yateley Complex, Yateley	Surrey	16 years	[7][8] * Note 8
	Crucian carp (Carassius carassius)	4 lb 12 oz	Julian Barnes	3 May 2021	Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming	Surrey	3 years & 5 months	[2][148][149][150]
		4 lb 11 oz	Craig Smithson	3 August 2020	Milton Abbas Fishery, Milton Abbas	Dorset	10 months	[151][152]
		4 lb 10 oz	Michael James	4 May 2015	Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming	Surrey	5 years	[153]
		4 lb 10 oz	Stephen Frapwell	10 May 2015	Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming	Surrey	5 years	[154][153]
		4 lb 9 oz	Peter Cardozo	2 May 2015	Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming	Surrey	2 days	[155]
		4 lb 9 oz	Joshua Blavins	17 August 2011	Moor Mill Gravel Pits, Frogmore	Hertfordshire	4 years	[156][157]
		4 lb 9 oz	Philip Smith	7 August 2004	RMC Summer pit, Yateley	Surrey	7 years	[16][4]
		4 lb 9 oz	Martin Bowler	16 May 2003	Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley	Surrey	8 years	[16][117][158][159]
		4 lb 8 oz	Jay Allen	2000	RMC Summer pit, Yateley	Surrey	4 years	[18][160][101]
		4 lb 11 oz	Mr. H.C.Hinson	25 September 1938	Broadwater Lake, Godalming	Surrey	62 years	[161][63] Note 2 *
	Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)	1 lb 4 oz 2 dr	Jack L Gasson	1960	Little Ouse near Thetford	Norfolk	42 years	[68][104][101][111]
		1 lb 8 oz 5 dr *	R.W.Humphrey	1932	Hampshire Avon	Dorset	28 years	[18][114][116][162] Note 2 *
		1 lb 6 oz 8 dr	S.Corley	1910	River Gade, Watford	Hertfordshire	22 years	[116]
		1 lb 6 oz (equalled)	Mr. Hullet	1907	Millstream, Sopley, Christchurch	Dorset	3 years	[116]
		1 lb 6 oz	R.Robinson	1905	River Beane, Hertford	Hertfordshire	5 years	[116]
		1 lb 4 oz	A.R.Matthews	1899	River Beane	Hertfordshire	6 years	[116][162]
		1 lb 3 oz 8 dr	E. Steinhart	1889	River Beane	Hertfordshire	10 years	[162]
	Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3.	11 lb 2 oz	Steve Terry	24 June 1978	Kingfisher Lake, Ringwood	Hampshire	46 years	[16][2][52][163]
		8 lb 10 oz	Alan Dart	1969	Hunstrete Lake, Hunstrete	Somerset	9 years	[95][164][64]
		8 lb 8 oz	Mr Ward	1948	Fritton Decoy, Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	21 years (shared)	[68][164]
		8 lb 8 oz	C Mitchell	1922	Bitterwell Lake, Coalpit Heath, Bristol	Somerset	47 years	[63][68][114][164]
	Ghost koi carp (Cyprinus carpio spiritus)	47 lb 12 oz	Steve Lockwood	1 October 2014	D lake, Nunnery lakes, Thetford	Norfolk	3 years	[165] * Note 8
		45 lb 8 oz	Richard Freeman	2006	River Trent	Nottinghamshire	8 years	[8] * Note 8
	Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)	56 lb 2 oz	Alan Cooper	7 July 2023	Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley	Surrey	2 years	[166] * Note 8
		53 lb 12 oz	David Beagley	23 August 2018	Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley	Surrey	5 years	[167][168] * Note 8
		52 lb 10 oz	Martin Bowler	2 July 2016	Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley	Surrey	2 years	[169] * Note 8
		52 lb 8 oz	Eddie Lancaster	3 August 2012	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	4 years	[170] * Note 8
		46 lb	Ollie Gurr	3 August 2011	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	1 year	[170] * Note 8
		44 lb 8 oz	Philip Kingsbury	2006	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	5 years	[2]
		39 lb 2 oz	Kevin Ballard	19 June 2002	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	4 years	[16][39][171][172]
		36 lb 8 oz	Colin Nash	10 June 2001	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	1 year	[18][172][101]
		33 lb 12 oz	Simon Lavin	1999	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	2 years	[173]
		31 lb	Del Smith	1997	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	2 years	[172]
		28 lb 12 oz 8 dr	S Dolman	1995	Horton Church Lake, Horton	Berkshire	2 years	[111]
		25 lb 4 oz	D Buck	1993	Honeycroft fisheries Tonbridge	Kent	2 years	[172][111]
		9 lb 12 oz	G.W Gwilt	1983	Llyn Trawsfynydd, Trawsfynydd	Gwynedd, Wales	10 years	[52][122]
	Grayling (Thymallus thymallus)	4 lb 4 oz 8 dr	Paul Mildren	2009	River Frome, Dorchester	Dorset	10 years	[48][174]
		4 lb 3 oz *(equalled)	M Loughton	1993	River Frome	Dorset	16 years	[174]
		4 lb 3 oz	S. R. Lanigan	1989	River Frome	Dorset	20 years	[16][33][18]
		3 lb 12 oz	M.T Hooper	1988	River Frome, Loudsmill, Dorchester	Dorset	1 year	[62]
		3 lb 10 oz	I White	1983	River Allen (Dorset), Wimborne Minster	Dorset	5 years	[122]
		2 lb 13 oz	P.B Goldsmith	1981	River Test, Romsey	Hampshire	2 years	[127]
		2 lb 12 oz	B Wade	14 January 1936	Throop Fishery, River Stour	Dorset	45 years	[175]
	Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)	4 oz 4 dr	M Bowen	1977	Ebbe Vale Pond, Ebbw Vale	Blaenau Gwent, Wales	13 years	[52][112]
		4 oz	M Morris	1971	Susworth Roach Ponds Susworth	Lincolnshire	6 years	[96]
		4 oz 4 dr *(equalled)	J.D Lewtin	1950	River Soar	Leicestershire	21 years	[63][114] Note 2 *
		4 oz 4 dr * (equalled)	W.R Bostock	1935	Hoggs Pond, Shipley	Derbyshire	36 years	[63][114] Note 2 *
		4 oz 4 dr *	G.Cedrick	1933	River Thames, Datchet	Berkshire	38 years	[63][114] Note 2 *
	Ide (natural) (Leuciscus idus)	7 lb 6 oz	Ian Green	4 August 2017	River Trent	Nottinghamshire	4 years	[176] * Note 8
		6 lb 10 oz	Colin Hebb	11 July 2017	River Hull	Yorkshire	Less than one month	[177][178] * Note 8
		6 lb 3 oz	Colin Hebb	1 March 2016	River Hull	Yorkshire	1 year	[179] * 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	[180]
		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	[127]
		5 lb 11 oz	D Knowles	1975	River Rother (East Sussex)	East Sussex	6 years	[93]
	Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)	13 dr (23 grams)	R Merrifield	1981	River Calder (Lancashire)	Lancashire	17 years	[127]
		11 dr (19.5 grams)	I.S Colinge	1979	River Calder (Lancashire)	Lancashire	2 years	[56]
		9 dr (16 grams)	R Guy	1978	River Rother (West Sussex), Midhurst	West Sussex	1 year	[112]
	Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus)	8 lb 4 oz	Norman Agnew	April 2000	Lymm vale	Cheshire	Less than 1 year	[181] * Note 8
		8 lb 1 oz	Kev Shore	March 2000	Lymm vale	Cheshire	Less than 1 year	[181] * Note 8
		7 lb 14 oz 8 dr	Mick Pardoe	1998	Lymm vale	Cheshire	2 years	[55][68]
		7 lb 7 oz	D Smith	1995	Horton Pool, Horton	Berkshire	3 years	[111]
		4 lb 12 oz	J Moran	1986	Burton Towers, Rossett, Wrexham	Denbighshire, Clwyd, Wales	9 years	[62]
		4 lb 3 oz 8 dr	D.R Charles	1983	River Kennet	Berkshire	3 years	[122]
		4 lb 3 oz	Brian Mills	1976	River Test	Hampshire	7 years	[93]
		3 lb 14 oz 8 dr	D Stephens	1973	Winford Brook, Chew Magna	Somerset	3 years	[182]
		3 lb 2 oz 7 dr	Bill Penny	21 July 1937	Virginia Water Lake, Windsor Great Park, Borough of Runnymede	Surrey	36 years	[183]
	Perch (Perca fluviatilis)	5 lb 15 oz	Les Brown	17 February 2006	Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough	East Sussex	5 years	[25][58]
		5 lb 9 oz 8 dr	Dean Rawlings	28 March 2002	Glebe Lakes, Fringford	Oxfordshire	4 years	[16][25][39][18]
		5 lb 9 oz	John Shayler	6 March 1985	Furnace Pond, Horsmonden	Kent	17 years	[25][92][101][69]
		4 lb 14 oz 12 dr	Mrs Ethel Owen	1984	Kings Lake, Romsey	Hampshire	1 year	[122]
		4 lb 12 oz	Sid Baker	1962	Oulton Broad, Lowestoft	Suffolk	22 years	[96][184][64]
		4 lb 2 oz 8 dr	G Butler	14 November 1932	Hobhole Drain, Witham Navigable Drains	Lincolnshire	30 years	[185]
	Pike (Esox lucius)	46 lb 13 oz	Roy Lewis	October 1992	Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth	Monmouthshire, Wales	32 years	[16][186][187][18]
		45 lb 6 oz	Gareth Edwards	March 1990	Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth	Monmouthshire, Wales	2 years	[187]
		44 lb 14 oz	M.Linton	4 January 1987	Ardleigh Reservoir, Ardleigh near Colchester	Essex	3 years	[52][187]
		42 lb 2 oz	Derek Amies	August 1985	River Thurne, near Potter Heigham	Norfolk	2 years	[187][92][69]
		41 lb 6 oz	N.Fickling	February 1985	River Thurne, near Potter Heigham	Norfolk	Less than 1 year	[187][92]
		40 lb 4 oz	K.Vogel	1972	Loch Ken	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland	15 years	[187]
		40 lb	P.Hancock	February 1967	Horsey Mere, Horsey	Norfolk	5 years	[187][123]
		47 lb 11 oz *	Tommy Morgan	July 1945	Loch Lomond	Dumbartonshire, Scotland	22 years	[3][63] Note 2 *
		39 lb 7 oz	G.F Parrott	March 1909	Dorset Stour	Dorset	58 years	[123]
		37 lb	Alex Jardine	1879	Shardeloes Lake, Amersham	Buckinghamshire	30 years	[188]
		36 lb	G.Forbes	1875	Luton Hoo, Luton	Bedfordshire	4 years (joint)	[123]
		36 lb	G.Keen	March 1874	Rapley Lake, Bagshot	Berkshire	5 years	[123]
	Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) Note 3	1 lb 7 oz	J.M Ryder	1972	Loch Lomond	Dumbartonshire, Scotland	34 years	[52][93]
		1 lb 5 oz 12 dr	D.J Warren	1970	Loch Lomond	Dumbartonshire, Scotland	2 years	[96]
		11 oz 12 dr	F. Buller	1968	Loch Lomond	Dumbartonshire, Scotland	2 years	[64]
	Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)	5 oz	Duncan Charman	21 May 2003	Sway Lakes, Sway	Hampshire	Less than 1 year	[68][88]
		4 oz 9 dr	Daniel L Wallace	28 June 1987	Whessoe Pond, Darlington	Co.Durham	16 years	[52][88][104][18]
		2 oz 10 dr	A Baverstock	1977	GLC Highgate pond, Hampstead Heath	London	10 years	[112]
	Roach (Rutilus rutilus)	4 lb 3 oz	Ray Clarke	27 October 1990	Dorset Stour, Corfe Mullen	Dorset	16 years	[16][18][189][190][191]
		4 lb 1 oz	R G Jones	16 June 1975	Colwick Country Park, Colwick	Nottinghamshire	15 years	[52][192][69]
		3 lb 13 oz	Bill Penny	6 September 1938	Lambeth reservoir, Molesey	Surrey	37 years	[68][114][116][64]
		3 lb 10 oz	Wilfred Cutting	5 August 1917	Hornsea Mere, Beverley	East Yorkshire	21 years	[114][116][142]
	Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)	4 lb 10 oz	D Webb	28 Sept 1986	Pitsford Reservoir, Pitsford	Northamptonshire	15 years	[52]
		4 lb 8 oz	Reverend Edward C Alston	1933	Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford	Norfolk	53 years	[55][95][114][142][64]
	Ruffe (pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua)	5 oz	P Barrowcliffe	1977	River Bure	Norfolk	3 years	[112]
		4 oz	B.B Poynor	1969	River Stour	Warwickshire	8 years	[96]
		3 oz 9 dr	A Cartwright	1963	River Mease	Border of Leicestershire and Staffordshire	6 years	[63]
	Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar)	61 lb 8 oz	Mr T Stewart	October 1907	River Tay	Perthshire, Scotland	15 years	[116]
		61 lb	Mr J Haggart	1870	River Tay	Perthshire, Scotland	37 years	[116]
	European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) Note 3.	66 lb	Lewis Gibson	May 1867	River Thames, Putney	London	65 years	[193]
	Schelly (skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus) Note 3	1 lb 10 oz	W Wainwright	1976	Ullswater	Cumbria	10 years	[93]
		1 lb 7 oz 8 dr	Geoff Byrne	1973	Ullswater	Cumbria	3 years	[182]
		1 lb 5 oz 10 dr	S.A Smith	1972	Ullswater	Cumbria	1 year	[95]
		1 lb 1 oz	P.F White	1969	River Eden	Cumberland	3 years	[96]
	Stickleback (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculeatus)	4 dr (7 grams)	Dennis Flack	1998	High Flyer Lake, Ely	Cambridgeshire	20 years	[16][18][50]* Note 10
		3 dr	M. Drinkwater	1995	River Calder, Brighouse	West Yorkshire	3 years	[111]
	Tench (Tinca tinca)	14 lb 7 oz	Gordon Beavan	Sept 1993	Bury Lake, Rickmansworth	Hertfordshire	8 years	[68][101]
		14 lb 3 oz	Phil Gooriah	20 August 1987	Wraysbury 1 Lake, Wraysbury	Berkshire	6 years	[52][37][194]
		12 lb 8 oz 11 dr	Alan Wilson	1985	Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs	Hertfordshire	2 years	[98][195]
		10 lb 1 oz 4 dr	Tony Chester	1981	Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs	Hertfordshire	4 years	[98]
		10 lb 1 oz 2 dr	Lewis Brown	1975	Peterborough brick pits	Cambridgeshire	6 years	[98]
		9 lb 1 oz	John Salisbury	1963	Eggetts Lake, Hemingford Grey	Cambridgeshire	12 years	[63][95][98][114][64]
		8 lb 8 oz	Maurice Foode	1950	Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal	Leicestershire	13 years	[98][114]
		7 lb (equalled)	Reverend Edward C Alston	July 1933	Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford	Norfolk	13 years	[116][196]
		7 lb	Mr Stacey	1882	Pottery Pits, Weston-super-Mare	Somerset	68 years	[116]
	Trout, brook (Salvelinus fontinalis)	6 lb	D Caisley	1996	Fontburn Reservoir	Northumberland	2 years	[111]
		5 lb 13 oz 8 dr	Alan Pearson	13 August 1981	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	Less than a year	[52][122]
		5 lb 6 oz	Alan Pearson	1979	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	2 years	[56]
		4 lb 15 oz	Stephen Bedford	18 June 1923	Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley,	Somerset	56 years	[197][198] * Note 8
	Trout, brown (Salmo trutta)	30 lb 8 oz	Ken Oliver	20 July 2000	Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish	Argyll, Scotland	2 years	[199]
		25 lb 5 oz 12 dr	Andrew Finlay	1996	Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish	Argyll, Scotland	4 years	[200][201][111]
		19 lb 9 oz 4 dr	J.A.F Jackson	1978	Loch Quoish, Inverness-shire	Scottish Highlands, Scotland	18 years	[52][112]
		19 lb 4 oz 8 dr	Tommy Chartres	1974	Lower Lough Erne, Enniskillen	Fermanagh, Northern Ireland	4 years	[202]
		18 lb 2 oz	K.J Grant	1965	Loch Garry, Fort William	Perthshire, Scotland	9 years	[96][64]
		12 lb 12 oz	Reverend S.E.V Filleul	11 Sept 1907	River Frome, Dorchester	Dorset	58 years	[203][204]
		7 lb 4 oz	W. Knight	5 May 1900	River Thames, Caversham Lock Caversham	Berkshire	7 years	[205]
	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	[206]
		24 lb 2 oz 13 dr	J Moore	1990	Penine Trout Fishery, Littleborough	Lancashire	4 years	[111]
		21 lb 4 oz 4 dr	D Graham	April 1986	Loch Awe	Argyll, Scotland	4 years	[52][92]
		20 lb 7 oz	Peter Cockwill	April 1986	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	less than 1 month	[92]
		19 lb 8 oz	Alan Pearson	1977	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	9 years	[188]
		19 lb 2 oz	Roy Hopkins	April 1977	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	Less than 1 year	[207]
		18 lb 7 oz	Alan Pearson	April 1977	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	Less than 1 year	[207]
		18 lb	Alan Pearson	1976	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	1 year	[93]
		18 lb 4 oz	Richard Walker	April 1976	Avington Trout Fishery, Avington	Hampshire	1 year	[208] * Note 8
		13 lb 2 oz	Doctor W Drummond	1974	Hampshire Avon, Downton	Wiltshire	2 years	[202]
		8 lb 8 oz	Colonel Creagh Scott	1924	Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley,	Somerset	50 years	[197][209][64]
		5 lb 12 oz	Ernest S Halfold	1923	River Test, Newton Stacey, Test Valley,	Hampshire	1 year	[210]
		4 lb	K M Bignall	8 October 1908	Frog Hollow Lake, Belvoir Castle Estate,	Leicestershire	15 years	[211]
	Trout, sea (Salmo trutta)	22 lb 8 oz (equalled)	Mr. S Burgoyne	22 July 1989	River Leven	Dunbartonshire, Scotland	3 years	[212][111]
		22 lb 8 oz	S.R Dwight	1946	River Frome, Bindon	Dorset	46 years	[114][213] * Note 8
	Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)	143 lb	Darren Reitz	29 April 2024	Chigborough Fisheries, Maldon	Essex	6 months	(record as recognised by the BRFC)[214]
		147 lb	Paul Fyson	7 June 2020	Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster	Essex	4 years	[215] * Note 8
		145 lb	Matthew Smith	24 January 2019	Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster	Essex	1 year	[216] * Note 8
		144 lb	James Jones	30 July 2012	Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster	Essex	7 years	[217][218][219]* Note 8
		130 lb	Chris Wade	June 2005	Witch Leisure lake, Hockwold cum Wilton, Thetford	Norfolk	7 years	[220] * Note 8
		87 lb	Allan Jackson	June 2000	Willow Bank Fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey	Lincolnshire	6 years	[221] * Note 8
		86 lb 8 oz	Brian Close	May 2000	Willow Bank Fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey	Lincolnshire	Less than 1 year	[221] * Note 8
		62 lb	Rich Garner	June 1997	Withy pool, Henlow	Bedfordshire	3 years	[16][18][101]* Note 10
		57 lb 4 oz	R Coote	1995	Withy Pool, Henlow	Bedfordshire	2 years	[222]
		49 lb 12 oz	Steven Pointz	1993	Homersfield Lake, Homersfield	Suffolk	2 years	[223]
		43 lb 8 oz	Richard Bray	1970	Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs	Hertfordshire	23 years	[94][224][225][69][223]
		33 lb 12 oz	Reg Hutt	1961	Claydon Middle lake, Steeple Claydon	Buckinghamshire	9 years	[225]
	Zander (Sander lucioperca)	21 lb 5 oz	James Benfield	24 June 2007	Upper Lode Lock, River Severn, near Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	3 years	[2][226][227][17]* Note 10
		19 lb 5 oz 8 dr	Dave Lavender	March 1998	Middle Level Fenland drain	Cambridgeshire	9 years	[16][55][104][228][229][101][18]
		18 lb 10 oz	Ray Armstrong	March 1993	River Severn	Worcestershire	5 years	[228][229][111]
		18 lb 8 oz	Bob Meadows	March 1988	Roswell Pits, Ely	Cambridgeshire	5 years	[228][229]
		17 lb 12 oz	Dave Litton	October 1977	(GORC)	Buckinghamshire	10 years	[228][229]
		15 lb 5 oz	Bill Chillingworth	1971	(GORC)	Buckinghamshire	6 years	[96]
		12 lb 13 oz	Neville Fickling	1971	(GORC), Stowe	Buckinghamshire	Less than a year	[230]
		12 lb 6 oz 8 dr	Neville Fickling	1971	Great Ouse Relief Channel (GORC), Stowe	Buckinghamshire	Less than a year	[231]

Ambiguous record claims (no venue given / not accepted / expunged)

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

• 5 oz 8 dr bleak caught by David Selley on the River Lark 2017.^[232] Rejected as a hybrid by BRFC.^[233]
• 38 lb Ferox brown trout caught by old Willie Maule. Evidence destroyed by fire.
• 8 lb burbot largest ever recorded in England, caught from the river Trent around 1700–1800. No date/also method of capture unknown.
• 83 lb 4 oz mirror carp called Big Plated caught from Wingham syndicate carp lake in Kent, November 2017. No record claimed - angler wanted no publicity.
• 10 lb 8 oz chub caught from the River Annan in 1955 by Dr. J. A. Cameron. Not authenticated with photo or body scales for examination.
• 5 lb 2 oz crucian caught by Mick Phillips at an undisclosed club lake in Hampshire, August 2021. Assume no DNA presented.
• 1 lb 6 oz dace caught from a Nene tributary February 2016. Angler's name unknown and no record claimed.
• 13 lb 1 oz eel caught by Dave Saunders at Idenwood Fishery, East Sussex in 2010. No independent witnesses.
• 9 lb golden orfe (estimated) caught by Bob Roberts at Anglers Paradise, Devon in February 2009. Not weighed.^[234]
• 5 lb grayling caught by Dave Williams from the River Severn near Newtown, Wales, in 2010. Captor ate the evidence with chips and no independent witnesses.
• 6 oz gudgeon caught by Ashley Bennett from the River Wandle in 2016. Not weighed.
• 1 lb 3 oz 4 dr lamprey (river) caught by S.Clews from River Severn in May 1924. No confirmation this fish was caught by rod and line method.
• 6 lb  oz perch caught by angler known as Bill from River Thames in March 2014. Assumed reason is lack of independent witnesses.
• 70 lb pike (the largest ever) found dead at River Endrick/Loch Lomond in 1934.^[235] Not caught by rod and line.
• 5 lb 2 oz rudd caught by Adrian Cannon from a fenland drain 2012.^[236] No independent witnesses.
• 69 lb 12 oz salmon caught by William Home, 8th Earl of Home from the River Tweed in 1730.

Video footage of chub and carp records

• Dean Fletcher's 68 lb 1 oz British record carp, called The Parrot, about to be weighed, January 2016 courtesy of Twitter.
• Neill Stephen's 9 lb 5 oz British record-equaling chub of 2012 at the weigh in, courtesy of YouTube.
• Oz Holness's 67 lb 8 oz British record carp, named Two Tone, being weighed in, 2008 courtesy of YouTube.

Non-indigenous (invasive) alien species

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),^[237] largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu), Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii), sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva), sunbleak (Leucaspius delineatus),^[237] and walleye (Sander vitreus).^{[citation needed]}

• Note that this does not apply to non-indigenous fish which are included on the main record list which are carp, crucian carp, goldfish, grass carp, ide, orfe, pumpkinseed, rainbow trout, wels catfish, and zander, which are now considered to be naturalized.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

• Note 1 see Angling records of Europe.
• Note 2 * - This is possibly one of the many records rejected by the BRFC when it was decided to nullify most of the existing British record fish in the purge of 1968, due to lack of creditable evidence.
• Note 3 This fish is listed as either extinct in the UK only , critically endangered species IUCN status , endangered species IUCN status , vulnerable species IUCN status , by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
• Note 4 - It is assumed that wels catfish records were suspended by the BRFC in 2000 due to suspected importation of a fish near to or over the British Record, which could also quite possibly be an infringement of Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980.
• Note 5 - No records have been found for pollan (Coregonus pollan) which are found only in Northern Ireland, listed as an endangered species IUCN status .
• Note 6 - No records have been found for spined loach (Cobitis taenia).
• Note 7 - See non indigenous (invasive) species above.
• Note 8 - This record is or was not recognised by the BRFC.
• Note 9 - Natural river species (chub, barbel, grayling) will not be recognized when caught in Stillwater, as considered cultivated in a non-natural environment.
• Note 10 - No photographic evidence has been published.
• Note 11 - Possible misidentification of species by BRFC, as similar fish caught 21 years later identified as Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus).