Angling records of Europe

This list is of the heaviest European freshwater fish caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line.

Drina River in Foča-Ustikolina municipality, East Bosnia. Venue for the capture of the 58 kg European record Huchen (Hucho hucho) in 1938

The criteria for inclusion on this list is that the species, weight, date and venue have been published by a recognized publisher with a genuine photograph and a link to that publication is referenced here. The list is intended to include all categories of coarse and game fish caught by sport anglers.

Current records

Image	Species	Weight kg	Weight lb oz	Captor	Date	Water	Country	References / Notes
	Allis Shad - Grand alose / Maifisch (Alosa alosa)	3 kg	7 lb	Mr. Michou	2008	Blavet River	France	[1]
	Asp - Aspe / Aspio / (Leuciscus aspius)	10.3 kg	22 lb 11 oz	Miroslav Šajdák	2008	Vah River, Nosicky Canal	Slovakia	[2]
	European Eel - Aal - Anguille - Anguilla (Anguilla anguilla) Note 1	6.04 kg	13 lb 5 oz	G. Cadora	1991	Niepkuhle	Germany	[3][4]
	Silver Bream - Güster / Björkna / Brème bordelière - Blicca (Blicca bjoerkna)	1.48 kg	3 lb 4 oz	Ulf Ahlinder	2010	Dal River	Sweden	[5]
		1.474 kg		Gareth Evans	21 May 2012	Mill Farm Fishery, Bury, West Sussex	England	[6][7]
	Bream / Brachse / Braxen / Brème / Abramide (Abramis brama)	10.3 kg	22 lb 11 oz	Scot Crook	17 April 2012	Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire,	England	[6]
	Common Barbel - Barbe (Barbus barbus)	9.59 kg	21 lb 2 oz	Colin Smithson	7 November 2019	Sussex River, Sussex	England	[6]
	Common Iberian Barbel - Barbo Común ibérico (Luciobarbus bocagei)	11.5 kg	26 lb 6 oz	Mr. Felix	2007	Lagunas de Ruidera, Guadiana river	Spain	[8]
	Comizo Barbel - Comizo (Luciobarbus comizo)	16.8 kg	37 lb	David Aldana	1 March 2017	Lago Penarolla	Spain	[9]
	Andalusian Barbel - Barbo andaluz andalusische Barbe - barbeau andalouse (Luciobarbus sclateri)	4.1 kg	9 lb 1 oz	Peter Staggs Netherlands	2000	Las Tortugas Lake, Nueva Andalucía	Spain	[8]
	Burbot - Quappe - Lake - Barbotte - Bottatrice (Lota lota)	8.5 kg	18 lb 12 oz	Margit Agren	22 Oct 1996	Angenmanelren	Sweden	[10][11]
	Chub - Döbel / Färna / Chevaine / Cavedano (Squalius cephalus)	5.72 kg	12 lb 10 oz	Franz Wutte	1991	Gurk River	Austria	[12]
	Crucian carp - Karausche / Carrassin / Carassio (Carassius carassius)	3.64 kg	8 lb	B. Spörlein	2005	Lake at Strössendorf	Germany	[3]
	Goldfish - Goudvis / Poisson rouge / Carassio (Carassius auratus)	3.2 kg	7 lb 1 oz	Brian Jensen	2006	Lake in Denmark TBC	Denmark	[13]
	Bighead Carp - Cardona / Tolstolobec pestrý / Grootkopkarper / carpa testa grossa (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)	77.5 kg	170 lb 14 oz	Diem János	14 July 2009	Lake Tisza (hu:Tisza-tó), (Kisköre Reservoir)	Hungary	[14]
	Carp - karpfen / Karpe / Carpe / Carpa - Common, Mirror, Leather (Cyprinus carpio)	51.2 kg	112 lb 14 oz	Michel Schoenmakers Netherlands	23 Nov 2018	Euro Aqua Fishery, Nemesvita	Hungary	[15]
	Silver Carp - Carpe d'argent / srebrny karp / zilveren/ Silberkarpfen (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)	41.5 kg	91 lb 8 oz	Werner Schwingenschlögl	2018	Baggersee Schweitzer Grube	Austria	[16]
	Dace - Hasel / Stäm / Leuscico comune (Leuciscus leuciscus)	0.76 kg	1 lb 11 oz	Mario Grill	2007	Attersee	Austria	[17]
	Ide or Orfe Aland / L'ide. (Leuciscus idus)	5.5 kg	12 lb 2 oz	V. Korotkovs	1989	Lubāns	Latvia	[18]
	Grass Carp - Graskarpfen / Amur bílý / Graskarper (Ctenopharyngodon idella)	40.5 kg	89 lb 5 oz	Diem Szeles Sándor	21 Aug 1993	River Danube	Hungary	[14]
	Grayling - Äsche - Ombre - Temolo (Thymallus thymallus)	3.175 kg	7 lb	H. Baumann	1 May 1975	Danube	Germany	[19]
	Huchen (Danube salmon) - Hödekin -salmón del Danubio (Hucho hucho) Note 2	58 kg	127 lb 14 oz	Halil Sofradžija	1938	Drina river, Dragojevic buk, Foča-Ustikolina	Bosnia	[20] photo does not confirm the weight
	Mullet - Thin-Lipped Grey / Meeräsche / mulle / triglia (Liza ramada)	3.45 kg	7 lb 9oz	Shaun Sillett	20 August 2012	Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk	England	[21]
	Common Nase - Nose / nasus (Chondrostoma nasus)	3.4 kg	7 lb 8oz	Dieter Lindemann	10 Feb 2006	Rhine	Germany	[3]
	Perch - (Fluß) Barsch / Abborre / Perche / Persico (Perca fluviatilis)	3.75 kg	8 lb 4 oz	Stephan Gockel	2010	Meuse River	Netherlands	[22]
	Pike - Hecht / Gädda / Brochet / Luccio (Esox lucius)	26.7 kg	58 lb 14 oz	Lukas Matejka	October 2019	Lake in Bohemia	Czech Republic	[23]
	Prussian carp - Silver or Gibel karpfen / Karpe / Carpe / Carpa (Carassius gibelio)	4.84 kg	10 lb 11 oz	Jan Zablocki	2009	Kocher River, Germany	Germany	[24]
	Roach - Rotauge / Mört / Gardon / rutilo (Rutilus rutilus)	2.625 kg	5 lb 12 oz	M. Müller	1981	Weser	Germany	[3]
	Black Sea roach - Perlfisch / Pärlfisk (Rutilus meidingeri)	6.57 kg	14 lb 8 oz	Cosimo Radler	2015	Wolfgangsee	Austria	[25]
	Cactus roach - Neitsisärg (Rutilus virgo)	3.34 kg	7 lb 6 oz	Peter Sagl	2021	Danube River	Austria	[26]
	Danube Roach - Frauennerfling / Gardon galant / pigo (Rutilus pigus)	2.56 kg	5 lb 10 oz	Jurgen Perl	3 July 2016	Danube River, Bavaria	Germany	[27]
	Rudd - Rotfeder / Sarv / Gardon Rouge / Scardola (pinne rosse) (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)	2.7 kg	5 lb 15 oz	S.Nagel	1976	Weser	Germany	[3]
	Tench - Barn / Sutare / Tanche / Tinca (Tinca tinca)	6.899 kg	15 lb 3 oz 6 dr	Darren Ward	June 2001	Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton, Middlesex	England	[6][28]
	Atlantic Salmon - Atlantischer Lachs / Lax / Saumon / Salmone (Salmo salar)	35.89 kg	79 lb 2 oz	Henrik Henriksen	1 Jan 1928	Tana River	Norway	[11][29]
	Wels Catfish Europäischer Wels / Mal / Silure glane / Siluro (Silurus glanis)	134.97 kg	297 lb 9 oz	Attila Zsedely Hungary	11 March 2010	River Po	Italy	[30] [31]
	Siberian sturgeon - Sibirischer Stör / Esturión siberiano / Esturgeon sibérien / Storione siberiano (Acipenser baerii) Note 2	32 kg	70 lb 8 oz	catcher ?	2012	Fishing paradise, Pielachtal	Austria	[16]
	Adriatic sturgeon - Adriastör / Adriatisk stör / Esturgeon de l'Adriatique / Storione (Acipenser naccarii) Note 1	19 kg	41 lb 14 oz	Josef Hotzl	2012	Fishing paradise, Pielachtal	Austria	[32]
	Sterlet - Kleiner Stör / Sterlett / Esturgeon du Danube / Storione sterleto (Acipenser ruthenus)	7.85 kg	17 lb 5 oz	Gábor Burián-Kozma	2002	River Danube	Hungary	[33]
	European sturgeon - Europäische Stör / Esturgeon d'Europe / Sturys (Acipenser sturio) Note 1	176 kg	388 lb	Alec Allen	1932	River Towy, Nantgaredig, Carmarthenshire	Wales	[34] [35]
	Trout, Brown - Seeforelle / Truite De Lac / Trota Di Lago / Insjööring (Salmo trutta)	17 kg	37 lb 8 oz	Kurt Stenlund	16 Oct 1991	Storsjön, Gällivare kom Lappland	Sweden	[10]
	Vendace - Kleine Maräne / Corégone blanc / Muikku (Coregonus albula)	0.55 kg	1 lb 3 oz	unknown	1 Oct 2004	Inarijärvi	Finland	[36]
	Vimba - Zährte / Vimma / Vimbe (Vimba vimba)	2.325 kg	5 lb 2 oz	J. Müller	21 May 1975	Weser	Germany	[3]
	Whitefish - Renke / Sik / Siika (Coregonus lavaretus)	7.08 kg	15 lb 10 oz	Markku Taponen	15 July 2000	Sodankylä	Finland	[36]
	Zander - European Pikeperch / Gös / Sander / Luccioperca (Sander lucioperca)	18.7 kg	41 lb 4 oz	Friedrich Kraus	1990	Danube	Austria	[37]
	Ziege - Rasoir / Garda / Ožka (žuvis) (Pelecus cultratus)	0.91 kg	2 lb	Markku Pesonen	2008	Saimaar Lake	Finland	[38]
	Zingel - Tsingeli / Magyar bucó / Czop czarny (Zingel zingel)	1.23 kg	2 lb 11 oz	Gregor Käfer	2011	River Danube	Austria	[39]
	Blue Bream - Zope (Ballerus ballerus)	2.2 kg	4 lb 14 oz	Alexander Schulz	2022	Elbe	Germany	[40]

Previous records

Image	Species	Weight kg	Weight lb oz	Captor	Date	Water	Country	References / Notes
	Barbel (Barbus barbus)	9.58 kg	21 lb 1 oz	Grahame King	22 April 2006	Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire	England	[41]
	Carp - karpfen / Karpe / Carpe / Carpa - Common, Mirror, Leather (Cyprinus carpio)	49 kg	108 lb	Marco Eichner Austria	21 Oct 2017	Euro Aqua Fishery, Nemesvita	Hungary	[42]
		48 kg	105 lb 13 oz	Thomas Krist Czech Republic	May 2015	Euro Aqua Fishery, Nemesvita	Hungary	[43]
		45.93 kg	101 lb 4 oz	Roman Hanke Austria	2 June 2012	Euro Aqua Fishery, Nemesvita	Hungary	[44]
		45.49 kg	100 lb 8 oz	Colin Smith England	April 2013	Etang La Saussaie, Champagne (province)	France	[45][46]
		44.91 kg	99 lb	Ambrose Smith England	5 June 2010	Les Graviers, Dijon	France	[47]
		42.64 kg	94 lb	Martin Locke England	6 January 2010	Rainbow lake, Bordeaux	France	[48]
		41.28 kg	91 lb	Nick Greenall England	April 2009	Les Graviers, Dijon	France	[49]
		41.28 kg	91 lb	Andre Komornicki England	April 2009	Les Graviers, Dijon	France	[50]
		40.09 kg	88 lb 6 oz	Graham Slaughter England	22 May 2007	Rainbow lake, Bordeaux	France	[51]
	Pike - Hecht / Gädda / Brochet / Luccio (Esox lucius)	25.3 kg	55 lb 12 oz	Petar Filipov	January 2019	5 hectare Lake Bulgaria	Bulgaria	[52]
		25 kg	55 lb 1 oz	Lothar Louis	16 October 1986	Lake of Grefeern, Buhl	Germany	[3][53]
	Wels Catfish - Europäischer Wels / Mal / Silure glane / Siluro (Silurus glanis)	113.5 kg	250 lb 3 oz	Roberto Godi	5 Feb 2010	River Po, Mantua, Lombardy	Italy	[54]
		112 kg	246 lb 14 oz	Christophe Dubreuil France	September 2009	River Ebro, Mequinenza, Province of Zaragoza	Spain	[55]
		110 kg	242 lb 5 oz	Jakub Vagner Germany	5 February 2009	River Po	Italy	[54]

See also

Angling records in the UK

Notes

Note 1 - European eel (Anguilla anguilla), Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii) and European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) are listed as Critically Endangered species (IUCN) status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Any of these fish caught, must be photographed, then returned to the water immediately.

Note 2 - Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) and Huchen (Danube salmon) (Hucho hucho)are listed as Endangered species (IUCN) status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Any of these fish caught, must be photographed, then returned to the water immediately.