# Angling records in the United Kingdom

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* Freshwater record fish gallery
* Barbel (Barbus barbus)
* Crucian carp (Carassius carassius)
* Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
* Pike (Esox lucius)
* Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
* 1970 British record wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
This is an impartial (not implicitly biased to a single governing body, the BRFC) and comprehensive record list of 312 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 136 days.

## Current records supported by photographic evidence

| 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 | 66 days | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 22 lb 11 oz | Scot Crook | 7 April 2012 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes | Cambridgeshire | 12 years, 312 days | Note 1 |
| Bream (silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 3 lb 4 oz | Gareth Evans | 21 May 2012 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury, near Pulborough | West Sussex | 12 years, 268 days | |
| Carp, common (Cyprinus carpio {communia}) | 64 lb 6 oz | Chris Caddick | 29 August 2018 | The Avenue, RH Fisheries | Shropshire | 6 years, 168 days | * Note 8 |
| Carp, leather (Cyprinus carpio {corium}) | 54 lb 8 oz | Steve Fudge | 2006 | Car Park Lake, Yateley Complex, Yateley | Surrey | 16 years | * Note 8 |
| Carp, mirror (Cyprinus carpio {speculo}) | 75 lb 2 oz | Wayne Mansford | 12 October 2020 | Meadows Lake, Holme Fen Fishery | Cambridgeshire | 4 years, 124 days | |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 9 lb 5 oz | Neill Stephen | 16 March 2012 | Fishers Green Complex, River Lea, Waltham Abbey | Essex | 12 years, 334 days | * Note 9 |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 14 oz | Adam Broodbanks | 30 October 2024 | Barham Syndicate | Suffolk | 106 days | |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 56 lb 2 oz | Alan Cooper | 7 July 2023 | Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley | Surrey | 1 year, 221 days | * Note 8 |
| Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 4 lb 8 oz | Simon Ellis | 19 February 2019 | River Frome, Ilsington near Puddletown | Dorset | 5 years, 360 days | * Note 8 |
| Golden orfe (Leuciscus idus) | 8 lb 5 oz | Michael Wilkinson | April 2000 | Lymm Vale | Cheshire | 23 years, 303 days | |
| Golden orfe (Leuciscus idus) | 8 lb 5 oz | Lawrence King | 20 May 2018 | Newdigate farms, Newdigate | Surrey | 6 years, 269 days | |
| Ide (natural) (Leuciscus idus) | 8 lb 5 oz | Colin Hebb | 5 February 2021 | River Hull | Yorkshire | 3 years, 364 days | |
| Mullet (thin-lipped grey) (Liza ramada) | 7 lb 9 oz | Shaun Sillett | 20 August 2012 | Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | Suffolk | 12 years, 177 days | Note 1 |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 6 lb 3 oz | Neill Stephen | 12 March 2011 | Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough | East Sussex | 13 years, 338 days | |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 6 lb 3 oz | Ken Brown | 18 Sept 2012 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 12 years, 148 days | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 47 lb 5 oz | Lloyd Watson | 13 February 2024 | Chew Valley Lake, Chew Valley, | Somerset | 1 year, 0 days | |
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | 4 lb 3 oz | Dai Gribble | 24 May 2024 | Brasenose 1, Linear Fisheries | Oxfordshire | 265 days | |
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | 4 lb 3 oz | Ken Fuller | 15 May 2017 | Homersfield Lake | Norfolk | 7 years, 274 days | |
| Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar) | 64 lb | Miss Georgina W Ballantine | 7 October 1922 | River Tay, Glendelvine | Perthshire, Scotland | 102 years, 129 days | |
| Stickleback (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculeatus) | 8 grams (4.5 dr) | Matt Faulkner | July 2019 | Lower Beauvale Ponds, Eastwood | Nottinghamshire | 5 years, 213 days | |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) | 15 lb 3 oz 6 dr | Darren Ward | June 2001 | Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton | Middlesex | 23 years, 238 days | Note 1 |
| Trout, brown (Salmo trutta) | 31 lb 12 oz | Brian Rutland | 15 March 2002 | Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish | Argyll, Scotland | 22 years, 334 days | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 34 lb 12 oz | Michael Mitchell | 2 October 2016 | Loch Earn | Perthshire, Scotland | 8 years, 134 days | |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 150 lb | Shaun Ing | 30 September 2024 | Chigborough Fisheries, Maldon | Essex | 136 days | |
| Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 22 lb | Mick Dolan | 12 March 2010 | Grafham Water, Huntingdon | Cambridgeshire | 14 years, 338 days | |

## Current records not supported by any photographic evidence

| 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 | 29 years, 262 days | * Note 10 |
| Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | 4 oz 9 dr | Dennis Flack | 1998 | River Lark | Border of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire | 22 years | * Note 10 |
| Bullhead (millers thumb) (Cottus gobio) | 1 oz | R Johnson | 16 January 1983 | Green river, Bramley, Shamley Green (near Guildford) | Surrey | 42 years, 28 days | * Note 10 |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 5 oz 2 dr | Simon Ashton | 11 August 2002 | River Wear, Town centre stretch, Durham | Co.Durham | 22 years, 186 days | * Note 10 |
| Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) | 5 oz | D H Hull | 1990 | River Nadder, Sutton Mandeville | Wiltshire | 32 years | Note 1 * Note 10 |
| Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) | 13.5 dr (24 grams) | James Sawyer | 1998 | Whitworth Lake, Spennymoor | Co.Durham | 24 years | Note 1* Note 10 |
| Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) | 4 lb 10 oz | Simon Parry | 7 October 2001 | Clay Lake | County Armagh, Northern Ireland | 23 years, 129 days | * Note 10 |
| Ruffe (pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) | 5 oz 4 dr | R Jenkins | 7 August 1980 | West View Lake | Cumbria | 44 years, 190 days | * 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 | * Note 10 |
| Stone loach (Barbatula barbatula) | 13 dr | Geoffery Green | 1 November 2005 | Windmill Fishery, Bristol | Bristol | 19 years, 104 days | Note 1* Note 10 |
| Trout, brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) | 8 lb 3 oz | E Holland | 1998 | Fontburn Reservoir | Northumberland | 24 years | * Note 10 |
| Trout, sea (Salmo trutta {migrantis}) | 28 lb 5 oz 4 dr | J Farrent | 1992 | Calshot Spit, River Test | Hampshire | 30 years | * Note 10 |

## Record endangered species

| 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, 146 days | * Note 8 |
| Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3. | 11 lb 3 oz | Steve Ricketts | 3 June 2024 | Kent Lake | Kent | 255 days | |
| Gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii) Note 3. (UK only) | 1 lb 4 oz | J Williams | 1965 | Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid), Bala | Gwynedd, Wales | 59 years, 213 days | Note 1 |
| Pollan (Coregonus autumnalis pollan) Note 3 | No record found | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) Note 3 | 3 lb | Robert Fullerton | 24 August 2006 | Carron Valley Reservoir, Nr. Denny | Stirlingshire, Scotland | 18 years, 173 days | 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, 142 days | Note 1 |
| Smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) Note 3 | 1 dr | Peter Christian | 9 January 1977 | River Yare, Buckenham Ferry | Norfolk | 48 years, 35 days | * 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 | 113 years, 226 days | * Note 8 |
| European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) Note 3. | 388 lb | Alec Allen | 1932 | River Towy, Nantgaredig | Carmarthenshire, Wales | 92 years, 203 days | 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 | 19 years, 213 days | * Note 8 |

## Record ornamental sub-species

| 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 | 14 years, 315 days | * 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, 9 days | * Note 8 |
| Golden tench (Tinca aurea) | 8 lb | John Richardson | 26 August 2019 | Lake Geneva, Nar Valley Fisheries, Narborough | Norfolk | 5 years, 171 days | * Note 8 |
| Goldfish (Carassius auratus) | 7 lb 5 oz | Stuart Thurston | 10 August 2010 | UEA Broad, University of East Anglia, Norwich | Norfolk | 14 years, 187 days | * Note 8 |
| Ghost koi carp (Cyprinus carpio spiritus) | 47 lb 14 oz | Joel Dighton | 1 August 2017 | D lake, Nunnery lakes, Thetford | Norfolk | 7 years, 196 days | * Note 8 |
| Mandarin catfish (Silurus glanis) | 64 lb 1 oz | Tony Corbet | 5 Sept 2013 | Crowsheath Fishery, Downham | Essex | 11 years, 161 days | * Note 8 |
| Trout, blue (Oncorhynchus mykiss coerulus) | 19 lb 12 oz | Chris Stephens | 1 July 2006 | Pennine Trout Farm and Fishery, Littleborough, Rochdale | Lancashire | 18 years, 227 days | * Note 8 |
| Trout, golden (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita) | 22 lb 8 oz | David Hillary | 6 April 2008 | Quarry Lake, Raygill Fishing Lakes, Lothersdale | North Yorkshire | 16 years, 313 days | * 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, 59 days | * Note 8 |

## Record non-indigenous (invasive) species

| 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, 47 days | * Note 8 |
| Bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) | 12 dr | Dennis Flack | 1998 | Barway Lake near Ely | Cambridgeshire | 24 years | * Note 10 |
| Blue carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) | 36 lb | Bandan Pizzy | October 2019 | Specimen lake, Hawkhurst Fishery, Hawkhurst | Kent | 5 years, 134 days | * Note 8 |
| Black bullhead (catfish) (Ameiurus melas) | 1 lb 3 oz 1 dr | K Clements | 2001 | Lake Meadows, Billericay | Essex | 21 years | * Note 7 + 10 + 11 |
| Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) | 14 lb | Luke Pike | 4 July 2022 | Lake Meadows Park, Billericay | Essex | 2 years, 224 days | * Note 7 + 8 |
| Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) | 14 oz 2 dr | Bill Rushmer | 8 July 2003 | Tanyards Fishery, Furner's Green | East Sussex | 21 years, 220 days | * Note 10 |
| Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) | 30 lb | Chris Johnson | 2011 | Greaves End Fishery, Eastrington | East Riding of Yorkshire | 11 years | * Note 8 |
| Walleye (Sander vitreus) | 11 lb 12 oz | F Adams | 1934 | River Delph Welney | Norfolk | 88 years | * Note 10 |

## Historical records

| 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 | |
| Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) | 4 lb 13 oz | P Savage | 1987 | Loch Garry | Perthshire, Scotland | 5 years | |
| Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) | 3 lb 5 oz | A Robertson | 1985 | Loch Earn | Perthshire, Scotland | 2 years | |
| Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) | 3 lb 4 oz | S.C Rex | 1982 | Loch Dubh Lochan, Inverness | Inverness-shire, Scotland | 3 years | |
| Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) | 1 lb 12 oz 4 dr | C Imperiale | 1974 | Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish Highlands, Scotland | 8 years | |
| Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) | 1 lb 11 oz | B.A Richardson | 1973 | Lake Windermere, Kendal | Cumbria | 1 year | |
| Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) | 1 lb 3 oz | P Elwood | 1972 | Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish Highlands, Scotland | 1 year | |
| Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) | 1 lb 1 oz 4 dr | J.K Hargreaves | 1971 | Carn Tarsuinn, Cairngorms | Scottish Highlands, Scotland | 1 year | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 21 lb 2 oz | Colin Smithson | 7 November 2019 | River Rother, Fittleworth | West Sussex | 5 years | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 21 lb 1 oz | Grahame King | 22 April 2006 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 13 years | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 21 lb | Grahame King | 9 November 2005 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | Less than 1 year | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 20 lb 14 oz 8 dr | Grahame King | 22 October 2005 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 18 days | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 20 lb 6 oz | Tony Gibson | October 2004 | Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell | Buckinghamshire | 1 year | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 19 lb 6 oz 8 dr | Steve Curtin | 27 October 2001 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 3 years | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 19 lb | Tony Gibson | 4 January 2001 | Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell | Buckinghamshire | Less than 1 year | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 17 lb 13 oz 14 dr | Stuart Morgan | 20 December 2000 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 15 days | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 17 lb 8 oz 15 dr | Stuart Morgan | 11 December 2000 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 9 days | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 17 lb 6 oz 12 dr | Guy Robb | October 2000 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | Less than 1 year | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 17 lb 4 oz | Ray Walton | 3 March 1999 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 1 year | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 17 lb 1 oz | Kevin Newton | 5 February 1999 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 26 days | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 16 lb 11 oz | Martin Bowler | 21 January 1999 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 15 days | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 16 lb 10 oz | David Currell | 3 November 1998 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 3 months | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 16 lb 6 oz | Steve Keer | August 1998 | River Wensum, Taverham Mills Fishery, Taverham | Norfolk | 3 months | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 16 lb 3 oz | Howard Maddox | November 1997 | Lower river, River Severn, Worcester | Worcestershire | Less than 1 year | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 16 lb 2 oz | Peter Woodhouse | June 1994 | River Medway | Kent | 3 years | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 13 lb 12 oz (Why was this a record?) | Joe Day | October 1962 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 32 years | |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 14 lb 6 oz *(equalled) | Mr F.W.K Wallis | 1937 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 25 years | Note 2 * |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 14 lb 6 oz *(equalled) | Aylmer Tryon | 13 September 1934 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 60 years | Note 2 * |
| Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 14 lb 6 oz * | Mr T Wheeler | 1888 | River Thames, Molesey Lock | Surrey | 46 years | Note 2 * |
| Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | 4 oz | B Derrington | 8 October 1982 | River Monnow, Monmouth | Monmouthshire, Wales | 16 years | |
| Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | 3 oz 15.5 dr | D Pollard | 1971 | Staythorpe Pond, Newark-on-Trent | Nottinghamshire | 11 years | |
| Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | 3 oz 8 dr | N D Sizmur | 1963 | River Thames, Walton-on-Thames | Surrey | 8 years | |
| Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | 3 oz 4 dr | J Oliver | 1958 | River Thames, Kingston upon Thames | London | 5 years | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 20 lb 1 oz | Simon Lavin | 2011 | Stoneacres Lake | Oxfordshire | 1 year | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 22 lb 9 oz | Mark McKenna | 11 Sept 2009 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes | Cambridgeshire | 3 years | * Note 8 |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 19 lb 10 oz | James Rust | 2005 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes | Cambridgeshire | 4 years | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 18 lb 15 oz 3 dr | Mark Neal | 1 May 2004 | Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich | Norfolk | 1 year | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 18 lb 15 oz | Tom Huntley | July 2001 | Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich | Norfolk | 3 years | [38][17] [119] |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 18 lb 8 oz | Kerry Walker | 13 May 2001 | Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich | Norfolk | Less than 1 year | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 16 lb 12 oz | Martin Whitmore | 2000 | Swithland Reservoir | Leicestershire | 1 year | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 16 lb 10 oz | Lee McManus | 1999 | Swithland Reservoir | Leicestershire | 1 year | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 15 lb 10 oz | J Knowles | 1985 | Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames | Oxfordshire | 14 years | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 15 lb 6 oz | Alastair Nicholson | 31 August 1984 | Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames | Oxfordshire | 1 year | * Note 8 |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 13 lb 14 oz | Alastair Nicholson | 10 August 1984 | Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames | Oxfordshire | Less than 1 year | * Note 8 |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 13 lb 9 oz | Michael Davidson | July 1982 | Beeston Hall Lake, near Neatishead | Norfolk | 2 years | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 13 lb 8 oz | E.G.Costin | October 1945 | Castle Lakes, Chiddingstone | Kent | 37 years | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 12 lb 14 oz | Mr. C.J Pugh | 28 July 1933 | Tring Reservoirs, Tring | Hertfordshire | 12 years | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 12 lb 12 oz 8 dr | Mr. A.J Fisher | 30 July 1931 | Startops End Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs, Tring | Hertfordshire | 2 years | |
| Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 11 lb 12 oz | Mr. A Pike | July 1882 | River Blackwater | County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | 49 years | |
| 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 | |
| Bream (silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 2 lb 15 oz | Gary Barnett | 9 October 2011 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | Less than 1 year | |
| Bream (silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 2 lb 14 oz | Phil Morton | 8 May 2009 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 2 years | |
| Bream (silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 2 lb 11 oz | Doug Plant | 2009 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | Less than 1 year | |
| Bream (silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 2 lb 8 oz | James Waters | December 2008 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 1 year | * Note 8 |
| Bream (silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 2 lb 2 oz | Christine Smith | 2005 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 3 years | |
| Bream (silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 1 lb 12 oz | Michael Davidson | 26 April 2003 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 2 years | |
| Bream (silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 15 oz | Dennis Flack | 1998 | Grime Spring, Lakenheath | Suffolk | 5 years | |
| Bullhead (millers thumb) (Cottus gobio) | 12 dr | E Whalley | 1981 | Tanyard Beck / Daking Brook / Cawthorne Dike, Cawthorne | South Yorkshire | 2 years | |
| Bullhead (millers thumb) (Cottus gobio) | 10 dr | E Harrison | 1978 | Leeds and Liverpool Canal | North Yorkshire, Lancashire, Merseyside | 3 years | |
| Burbot (Lota lota) in UK only - see Note 3. | 15 oz | Peter Davis | 1960 | Little Ouse, Lakenheath | Suffolk | 9 years | * Note 8 |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 71 lb 4 oz | Robby Harrison | 23 October 2016 | The Avenue, RH Fisheries | Shropshire | 4 years | * Note 8 |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 69 lb 13 oz | Tom Doherty | 26 Sept 2016 | The Avenue, RH Fisheries | Shropshire | Less than 1 month | * Note 8 |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 68 lb 1 oz | Dean Fletcher | 13 January 2016 | Cranwells Lake, Wasing estate, Wasing | Berkshire | Less than 1 year | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 67 lb 8 oz | Austin Holness | August 2008 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 8 years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 67 lb | John Bird | 13 April 2008 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | less than 1 year | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 65 lb 14 oz | Simon Bater | 23 October 2005 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 3 years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 65 lb 8 oz | Dan Marwick | Sept 2005 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 64 lb 5 oz | Jonathan Pack | 21 February 2004 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 1 year | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 61 lb 7 oz | Lee Jackson | 29 August 2002 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 2 years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 61 lb | Gary Bayes | 2001 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 59 lb 12 oz | Mark Toland | 5 Sept 2001 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 59 lb 7 oz | Terry Glebioska | 2 April 2001 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 56 lb 6 oz | Kevin Cummins | Sept 1998 | Wraysbury | Berkshire | 3 years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 55 lb 13 oz | Terry Hearn | November 1996 | Wraysbury | Berkshire | 2 years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 55 lb 4 oz | Alex White | June 1995 | Mid-Northants Fishery | Northamptonshire | 1 year | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 53 lb 15 oz | Roddy Porter | June 1995 | Mid-Northants Fishery | Northamptonshire | 3 weeks | * Note 8 |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 51 lb 8 oz | Chris Yates | 16 June 1980 | Redmire pool | Herefordshire | 16 Years | * Note 8 |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 44 lb | Richard Walker | 13 Sept 1952 | Redmire pool | Herefordshire | 28 Years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 31 lb 8 oz | Bob Richards | 3 October 1951 | Redmire pool | Herefordshire | 1 Year | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 26 lb | Albert Buckley | 24 July 1930 | Mapperley Lake, Shipley Hall, near Mapperley | border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 4 Years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 21 lb 10 oz | Mr A.E.Wyatt | 14 August 1926 | Chingford Lake, Chingford | Essex | 4 years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 20 lb 3 oz | John Andrews | 9 September 1916 | Cheshunt reservoir | Hertfordshire | 10 years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 19 lb 8 oz | Mr H.S Locksmith | 1907 | Wey Navigation Canal, Weybridge | Surrey | 9 years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 17 lb 8 oz | Otto Overbeck | 26 September 1902 | Croxby Pond | Lincolnshire | 5 years | |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 23 lb | George Holden | 1899 | Broadwater Lake, Godalming | Surrey | 31 years | Note - Under further investigation |
| Carp, common (Cyprinus carpio {communia}) | 64 lb | Martin Hopkins | 2005 | Bluebells Lake, Tansor, near Oundle | Northamptonshire | 13 years | * Note 8 |
| Carp, common (Cyprinus carpio {communia}) | 64 lb | Mike O'Neill * (equalled) | 13 October 2017 | The Avenue, RH Fisheries | Shropshire | 1 year | * Note 8 |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 8 lb 14 oz | Gareth Spurgeon | 15 October 2009 | River Lea Relief Channel, Fishers Green | Hertfordshire | 3 years | * Note 8 |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 8 lb 13 oz | Tim Archer | 11 March 2003 | Dobbs Weir Fishery, River Lea, Broxbourne | Hertfordshire | 6 years | |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 8 lb 10 oz | Peter Smith | 1994 | River Tees, Blackwell | Co.Durham | 9 years | |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 8 lb 8 oz | D Deeks | 1951 | River Rother (East Sussex) | East Sussex | 43 years | |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 8 lb 4 oz | Mr G.F. Smith | December 1913 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 38 years | * Note 8 |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 7 lb 6 oz 8 dr | Mr F.W. Smith | October 1906 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 7 years | |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 7 lb 5 oz | Mr E.J Walker | 17 August 1904 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 2 years | |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 7 lb 2 oz | Mr F.W.K Wallis | 1903 | River Trent, Shardlow | Derbyshire | 1 year | |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 7 lb 1 oz | Stanley Mead | Sept 1897 | River Thames, Wargrave | Berkshire | 6 years | |
| Carp, leather (Cyprinus carpio {corium}) | 54 lb 8 oz | Steve Fudge | 2006 | Car Park Lake, Yateley Complex, Yateley | Surrey | 16 years | * Note 8 |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 12 oz | Julian Barnes | 3 May 2021 | Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming | Surrey | 3 years & 5 months | |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 11 oz | Craig Smithson | 3 August 2020 | Milton Abbas Fishery, Milton Abbas | Dorset | 10 months | |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 10 oz | Michael James | 4 May 2015 | Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming | Surrey | 5 years | |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 10 oz | Stephen Frapwell | 10 May 2015 | Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming | Surrey | 5 years | |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 9 oz | Peter Cardozo | 2 May 2015 | Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming | Surrey | 2 days | |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 9 oz | Joshua Blavins | 17 August 2011 | Moor Mill Gravel Pits, Frogmore | Hertfordshire | 4 years | |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 9 oz | Philip Smith | 7 August 2004 | RMC Summer pit, Yateley | Surrey | 7 years | |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 9 oz | Martin Bowler | 16 May 2003 | Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley | Surrey | 8 years | |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 8 oz | Jay Allen | 2000 | RMC Summer pit, Yateley | Surrey | 4 years | |
| Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 11 oz | Mr. H.C.Hinson | 25 September 1938 | Broadwater Lake, Godalming | Surrey | 62 years | Note 2 * |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 4 oz 2 dr | Jack L Gasson | 1960 | Little Ouse near Thetford | Norfolk | 42 years | |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 8 oz 5 dr * | R.W.Humphrey | 1932 | Hampshire Avon | Dorset | 28 years | Note 2 * |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 6 oz 8 dr | S.Corley | 1910 | River Gade, Watford | Hertfordshire | 22 years | |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 6 oz (equalled) | Mr. Hullet | 1907 | Millstream, Sopley, Christchurch | Dorset | 3 years | |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 6 oz | R.Robinson | 1905 | River Beane, Hertford | Hertfordshire | 5 years | |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 4 oz | A.R.Matthews | 1899 | River Beane | Hertfordshire | 6 years | |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 3 oz 8 dr | E. Steinhart | 1889 | River Beane | Hertfordshire | 10 years | |
| Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3. | 11 lb 2 oz | Steve Terry | 24 June 1978 | Kingfisher Lake, Ringwood | Hampshire | 46 years | |
| Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3. | 8 lb 10 oz | Alan Dart | 1969 | Hunstrete Lake, Hunstrete | Somerset | 9 years | |
| Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3. | 8 lb 8 oz | Mr Ward | 1948 | Fritton Decoy, Great Yarmouth | Norfolk | 21 years (shared) | |
| Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3. | 8 lb 8 oz | C Mitchell | 1922 | Bitterwell Lake, Coalpit Heath, Bristol | Somerset | 47 years | |
| Ghost koi carp (Cyprinus carpio spiritus) | 47 lb 12 oz | Steve Lockwood | 1 October 2014 | D lake, Nunnery lakes, Thetford | Norfolk | 3 years | * Note 8 |
| Ghost koi carp (Cyprinus carpio spiritus) | 45 lb 8 oz | Richard Freeman | 2006 | River Trent | Nottinghamshire | 8 years | * Note 8 |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 53 lb 12 oz | David Beagley | 23 August 2018 | Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley | Surrey | 5 years | * Note 8 |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 52 lb 10 oz | Martin Bowler | 2 July 2016 | Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley | Surrey | 2 years | * Note 8 |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 52 lb 8 oz | Eddie Lancaster | 3 August 2012 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 4 years | * Note 8 |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 46 lb | Ollie Gurr | 3 August 2011 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 1 year | * Note 8 |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 44 lb 8 oz | Philip Kingsbury | 2006 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 5 years | |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 39 lb 2 oz | Kevin Ballard | 19 June 2002 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 4 years | |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 36 lb 8 oz | Colin Nash | 10 June 2001 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 1 year | |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 33 lb 12 oz | Simon Lavin | 1999 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 2 years | |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 31 lb | Del Smith | 1997 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 2 years | |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 28 lb 12 oz 8 dr | S Dolman | 1995 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 2 years | |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 25 lb 4 oz | D Buck | 1993 | Honeycroft fisheries Tonbridge | Kent | 2 years | |
| Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 9 lb 12 oz | G.W Gwilt | 1983 | Llyn Trawsfynydd, Trawsfynydd | Gwynedd, Wales | 10 years | |
| Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 4 lb 4 oz 8 dr | Paul Mildren | 2009 | River Frome, Dorchester | Dorset | 10 years | |
| Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 4 lb 3 oz *(equalled) | M Loughton | 1993 | River Frome | Dorset | 16 years | |
| Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 4 lb 3 oz | S. R. Lanigan | 1989 | River Frome | Dorset | 20 years | |
| Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 3 lb 12 oz | M.T Hooper | 1988 | River Frome, Loudsmill, Dorchester | Dorset | 1 year | |
| Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 3 lb 10 oz | I White | 1983 | River Allen (Dorset), Wimborne Minster | Dorset | 5 years | |
| Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 2 lb 13 oz | P.B Goldsmith | 1981 | River Test, Romsey | Hampshire | 2 years | |
| Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 2 lb 12 oz | B Wade | 14 January 1936 | Throop Fishery, River Stour | Dorset | 45 years | |
| Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) | 4 oz 4 dr | M Bowen | 1977 | Ebbe Vale Pond, Ebbw Vale | Blaenau Gwent, Wales | 13 years | |
| Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) | 4 oz | M Morris | 1971 | Susworth Roach Ponds Susworth | Lincolnshire | 6 years | |
| Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) | 4 oz 4 dr *(equalled) | J.D Lewtin | 1950 | River Soar | Leicestershire | 21 years | Note 2 * |
| Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) | 4 oz 4 dr * (equalled) | W.R Bostock | 1935 | Hoggs Pond, Shipley | Derbyshire | 36 years | Note 2 * |
| Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) | 4 oz 4 dr * | G.Cedrick | 1933 | River Thames, Datchet | Berkshire | 38 years | Note 2 * |
| Ide (natural) (Leuciscus idus) | 7 lb 6 oz | Ian Green | 4 August 2017 | River Trent | Nottinghamshire | 4 years | * Note 8 |
| Ide (natural) (Leuciscus idus) | 6 lb 10 oz | Colin Hebb | 11 July 2017 | River Hull | Yorkshire | Less than one month | * Note 8 |
| Ide (natural) (Leuciscus idus) | 6 lb 3 oz | Colin Hebb | 1 March 2016 | River Hull | Yorkshire | 1 year | * 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 | |
| Mullet (thin-lipped grey) (Liza ramada) | 7 lb | N Mableson | 1991 | Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | Suffolk | 21 years | |
| Mullet (thin-lipped grey) (Liza ramada) | 6 lb 4 oz | H Mepham | 1981 | River Rother (East Sussex) | East Sussex | 10 years | |
| Mullet (thin-lipped grey) (Liza ramada) | 5 lb 11 oz | D Knowles | 1975 | River Rother (East Sussex) | East Sussex | 6 years | |
| Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) | 13 dr (23 grams) | R Merrifield | 1981 | River Calder (Lancashire) | Lancashire | 17 years | |
| Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) | 11 dr (19.5 grams) | I.S Colinge | 1979 | River Calder (Lancashire) | Lancashire | 2 years | |
| Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) | 9 dr (16 grams) | R Guy | 1978 | River Rother (West Sussex), Midhurst | West Sussex | 1 year | |
| Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus) | 8 lb 4 oz | Norman Agnew | April 2000 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | Less than 1 year | * Note 8 |
| Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus) | 8 lb 1 oz | Kev Shore | March 2000 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | Less than 1 year | * Note 8 |
| Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus) | 7 lb 14 oz 8 dr | Mick Pardoe | 1998 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | 2 years | |
| Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus) | 7 lb 7 oz | D Smith | 1995 | Horton Pool, Horton | Berkshire | 3 years | |
| Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus) | 4 lb 12 oz | J Moran | 1986 | Burton Towers, Rossett, Wrexham | Denbighshire, Clwyd, Wales | 9 years | |
| Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus) | 4 lb 3 oz 8 dr | D.R Charles | 1983 | River Kennet | Berkshire | 3 years | |
| Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus) | 4 lb 3 oz | Brian Mills | 1976 | River Test | Hampshire | 7 years | |
| Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus) | 3 lb 14 oz 8 dr | D Stephens | 1973 | Winford Brook, Chew Magna | Somerset | 3 years | |
| Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus) | 3 lb 2 oz 7 dr | Bill Penny | 21 July 1937 | Virginia Water Lake, Windsor Great Park, Borough of Runnymede | Surrey | 36 years | |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 5 lb 15 oz | Les Brown | 17 February 2006 | Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough | East Sussex | 5 years | |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 5 lb 9 oz 8 dr | Dean Rawlings | 28 March 2002 | Glebe Lakes, Fringford | Oxfordshire | 4 years | |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 5 lb 9 oz | John Shayler | 6 March 1985 | Furnace Pond, Horsmonden | Kent | 17 years | |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 4 lb 14 oz 12 dr | Mrs Ethel Owen | 1984 | Kings Lake, Romsey | Hampshire | 1 year | |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 4 lb 12 oz | Sid Baker | 1962 | Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | Suffolk | 22 years | |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 4 lb 2 oz 8 dr | G Butler | 14 November 1932 | Hobhole Drain, Witham Navigable Drains | Lincolnshire | 30 years | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 46 lb 13 oz | Roy Lewis | October 1992 | Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth | Monmouthshire, Wales | 32 years | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 45 lb 6 oz | Gareth Edwards | March 1990 | Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth | Monmouthshire, Wales | 2 years | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 44 lb 14 oz | M.Linton | 4 January 1987 | Ardleigh Reservoir, Ardleigh near Colchester | Essex | 3 years | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 42 lb 2 oz | Derek Amies | August 1985 | River Thurne, near Potter Heigham | Norfolk | 2 years | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 41 lb 6 oz | N.Fickling | February 1985 | River Thurne, near Potter Heigham | Norfolk | Less than 1 year | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 40 lb 4 oz | K.Vogel | 1972 | Loch Ken | Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | 15 years | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 40 lb | P.Hancock | February 1967 | Horsey Mere, Horsey | Norfolk | 5 years | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 47 lb 11 oz * | Tommy Morgan | July 1945 | Loch Lomond | Dumbartonshire, Scotland | 22 years | Note 2 * |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 39 lb 7 oz | G.F Parrott | March 1909 | Dorset Stour | Dorset | 58 years | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 37 lb | Alex Jardine | 1879 | Shardeloes Lake, Amersham | Buckinghamshire | 30 years | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 36 lb | G.Forbes | 1875 | Luton Hoo, Luton | Bedfordshire | 4 years (joint) | |
| Pike (Esox lucius) | 36 lb | G.Keen | March 1874 | Rapley Lake, Bagshot | Berkshire | 5 years | |
| Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) Note 3 | 1 lb 7 oz | J.M Ryder | 1972 | Loch Lomond | Dumbartonshire, Scotland | 34 years | |
| Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) Note 3 | 1 lb 5 oz 12 dr | D.J Warren | 1970 | Loch Lomond | Dumbartonshire, Scotland | 2 years | |
| Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) Note 3 | 11 oz 12 dr | F. Buller | 1968 | Loch Lomond | Dumbartonshire, Scotland | 2 years | |
| Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) | 5 oz | Duncan Charman | 21 May 2003 | Sway Lakes, Sway | Hampshire | Less than 1 year | |
| Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) | 4 oz 9 dr | Daniel L Wallace | 28 June 1987 | Whessoe Pond, Darlington | Co.Durham | 16 years | |
| Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) | 2 oz 10 dr | A Baverstock | 1977 | GLC Highgate pond, Hampstead Heath | London | 10 years | |
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | 4 lb 3 oz | Ray Clarke | 27 October 1990 | Dorset Stour, Corfe Mullen | Dorset | 16 years | |
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | 4 lb 1 oz | R G Jones | 16 June 1975 | Colwick Country Park, Colwick | Nottinghamshire | 15 years | |
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | 3 lb 13 oz | Bill Penny | 6 September 1938 | Lambeth reservoir, Molesey | Surrey | 37 years | |
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | 3 lb 10 oz | Wilfred Cutting | 5 August 1917 | Hornsea Mere, Beverley | East Yorkshire | 21 years | |
| Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) | 4 lb 10 oz | D Webb | 28 Sept 1986 | Pitsford Reservoir, Pitsford | Northamptonshire | 15 years | |
| Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) | 4 lb 8 oz | Reverend Edward C Alston | 1933 | Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford | Norfolk | 53 years | |
| Ruffe (pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) | 5 oz | P Barrowcliffe | 1977 | River Bure | Norfolk | 3 years | |
| Ruffe (pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) | 4 oz | B.B Poynor | 1969 | River Stour | Warwickshire | 8 years | |
| Ruffe (pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) | 3 oz 9 dr | A Cartwright | 1963 | River Mease | Border of Leicestershire and Staffordshire | 6 years | |
| Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar) | 61 lb 8 oz | Mr T Stewart | October 1907 | River Tay | Perthshire, Scotland | 15 years | |
| Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar) | 61 lb | Mr J Haggart | 1870 | River Tay | Perthshire, Scotland | 37 years | |
| European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) Note 3. | 66 lb | Lewis Gibson | May 1867 | River Thames, Putney | London | 65 years | |
| Schelly (skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus) Note 3 | 1 lb 10 oz | W Wainwright | 1976 | Ullswater | Cumbria | 10 years | |
| Schelly (skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus) Note 3 | 1 lb 7 oz 8 dr | Geoff Byrne | 1973 | Ullswater | Cumbria | 3 years | |
| Schelly (skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus) Note 3 | 1 lb 5 oz 10 dr | S.A Smith | 1972 | Ullswater | Cumbria | 1 year | |
| Schelly (skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus) Note 3 | 1 lb 1 oz | P.F White | 1969 | River Eden | Cumberland | 3 years | |
| Stickleback (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculeatus) | 4 dr (7 grams) | Dennis Flack | 1998 | High Flyer Lake, Ely | Cambridgeshire | 20 years | * Note 10 |
| Stickleback (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculeatus) | 3 dr | M. Drinkwater | 1995 | River Calder, Brighouse | West Yorkshire | 3 years | |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) | 14 lb 7 oz | Gordon Beavan | Sept 1993 | Bury Lake, Rickmansworth | Hertfordshire | 8 years | |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) | 14 lb 3 oz | Phil Gooriah | 20 August 1987 | Wraysbury 1 Lake, Wraysbury | Berkshire | 6 years | |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) | 12 lb 8 oz 11 dr | Alan Wilson | 1985 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 2 years | |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) | 10 lb 1 oz 4 dr | Tony Chester | 1981 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 4 years | |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) | 10 lb 1 oz 2 dr | Lewis Brown | 1975 | Peterborough brick pits | Cambridgeshire | 6 years | |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) | 9 lb 1 oz | John Salisbury | 1963 | Eggetts Lake, Hemingford Grey | Cambridgeshire | 12 years | |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) | 8 lb 8 oz | Maurice Foode | 1950 | Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal | Leicestershire | 13 years | |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) | 7 lb (equalled) | Reverend Edward C Alston | July 1933 | Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford | Norfolk | 13 years | |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) | 7 lb | Mr Stacey | 1882 | Pottery Pits, Weston-super-Mare | Somerset | 68 years | |
| Trout, brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) | 6 lb | D Caisley | 1996 | Fontburn Reservoir | Northumberland | 2 years | |
| Trout, brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) | 5 lb 13 oz 8 dr | Alan Pearson | 13 August 1981 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | Less than a year | |
| Trout, brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) | 5 lb 6 oz | Alan Pearson | 1979 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 2 years | |
| Trout, brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) | 4 lb 15 oz | Stephen Bedford | 18 June 1923 | Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley, | Somerset | 56 years | * Note 8 |
| Trout, brown (Salmo trutta) | 30 lb 8 oz | Ken Oliver | 20 July 2000 | Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish | Argyll, Scotland | 2 years | |
| Trout, brown (Salmo trutta) | 25 lb 5 oz 12 dr | Andrew Finlay | 1996 | Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish | Argyll, Scotland | 4 years | |
| Trout, brown (Salmo trutta) | 19 lb 9 oz 4 dr | J.A.F Jackson | 1978 | Loch Quoish, Inverness-shire | Scottish Highlands, Scotland | 18 years | |
| Trout, brown (Salmo trutta) | 19 lb 4 oz 8 dr | Tommy Chartres | 1974 | Lower Lough Erne, Enniskillen | Fermanagh, Northern Ireland | 4 years | |
| Trout, brown (Salmo trutta) | 18 lb 2 oz | K.J Grant | 1965 | Loch Garry, Fort William | Perthshire, Scotland | 9 years | |
| Trout, brown (Salmo trutta) | 12 lb 12 oz | Reverend S.E.V Filleul | 11 Sept 1907 | River Frome, Dorchester | Dorset | 58 years | |
| Trout, brown (Salmo trutta) | 7 lb 4 oz | W. Knight | 5 May 1900 | River Thames, Caversham Lock Caversham | Berkshire | 7 years | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 33 lb 4 oz | J Lawson | 2003 | Watercress Trout Fishery, Chudleigh | Devon | 13 years | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 30 lb 12 oz | Tony Flower | July 1994 | Osprey lake, Tavistock Trout Fishery, Tavistock | Devon | 9 years | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 24 lb 2 oz 13 dr | J Moore | 1990 | Penine Trout Fishery, Littleborough | Lancashire | 4 years | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 21 lb 4 oz 4 dr | D Graham | April 1986 | Loch Awe | Argyll, Scotland | 4 years | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 20 lb 7 oz | Peter Cockwill | April 1986 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | less than 1 month | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 19 lb 8 oz | Alan Pearson | 1977 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 9 years | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 19 lb 2 oz | Roy Hopkins | April 1977 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | Less than 1 year | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 18 lb 7 oz | Alan Pearson | April 1977 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | Less than 1 year | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 18 lb | Alan Pearson | 1976 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 1 year | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 18 lb 4 oz | Richard Walker | April 1976 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 1 year | * Note 8 |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 13 lb 2 oz | Doctor W Drummond | 1974 | Hampshire Avon, Downton | Wiltshire | 2 years | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 8 lb 8 oz | Colonel Creagh Scott | 1924 | Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley, | Somerset | 50 years | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 5 lb 12 oz | Ernest S Halfold | 1923 | River Test, Newton Stacey, Test Valley, | Hampshire | 1 year | |
| Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 4 lb | K M Bignall | 8 October 1908 | Frog Hollow Lake, Belvoir Castle Estate, | Leicestershire | 15 years | |
| Trout, sea (Salmo trutta) | 22 lb 8 oz (equalled) | Mr. S Burgoyne | 22 July 1989 | River Leven | Dunbartonshire, Scotland | 3 years | |
| Trout, sea (Salmo trutta) | 22 lb 8 oz | S.R Dwight | 1946 | River Frome, Bindon | Dorset | 46 years | * 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) |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 147 lb | Paul Fyson | 7 June 2020 | Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster | Essex | 4 years | * Note 8 |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 145 lb | Matthew Smith | 24 January 2019 | Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster | Essex | 1 year | * Note 8 |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 144 lb | James Jones | 30 July 2012 | Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster | Essex | 7 years | * Note 8 |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 130 lb | Chris Wade | June 2005 | Witch Leisure lake, Hockwold cum Wilton, Thetford | Norfolk | 7 years | * Note 8 |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 87 lb | Allan Jackson | June 2000 | Willow Bank Fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey | Lincolnshire | 6 years | * Note 8 |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 86 lb 8 oz | Brian Close | May 2000 | Willow Bank Fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey | Lincolnshire | Less than 1 year | * Note 8 |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 62 lb | Rich Garner | June 1997 | Withy pool, Henlow | Bedfordshire | 3 years | * Note 10 |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 57 lb 4 oz | R Coote | 1995 | Withy Pool, Henlow | Bedfordshire | 2 years | |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 43 lb 8 oz | Richard Bray | 1970 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 25 years | [93] [221][222][68] |
| Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 33 lb 12 oz | Reg Hutt | 1961 | Claydon Middle lake, Steeple Claydon | Buckinghamshire | 9 years | |
| Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 21 lb 5 oz | James Benfield | 24 June 2007 | Upper Lode Lock, River Severn, near Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | 3 years | * Note 10 |
| Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 19 lb 5 oz 8 dr | Dave Lavender | March 1998 | Middle Level Fenland drain | Cambridgeshire | 9 years | |
| Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 18 lb 10 oz | Ray Armstrong | March 1993 | River Severn | Worcestershire | 5 years | |
| Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 18 lb 8 oz | Bob Meadows | March 1988 | Roswell Pits, Ely | Cambridgeshire | 5 years | |
| Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 17 lb 12 oz | Dave Litton | October 1977 | (GORC) | Buckinghamshire | 10 years | |
| Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 15 lb 5 oz | Bill Chillingworth | 1971 | (GORC) | Buckinghamshire | 6 years | |
| Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 12 lb 13 oz | Neville Fickling | 1971 | (GORC), Stowe | Buckinghamshire | Less than a year | |
| Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 12 lb 6 oz 8 dr | Neville Fickling | 1971 | Great Ouse Relief Channel (GORC), Stowe | Buckinghamshire | Less than a year | |

## 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:
* 21 lb 2 oz barbel caught by Chris Mack on the Wensum 2008. No independent witnesses to the weigh in.
* 5 oz 8 dr bleak caught by David Selley on the River Lark 2017. Rejected as a hybrid by BRFC.
* 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.
* 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. Not caught by rod and line.
* 5 lb 2 oz rudd caught by Adrian Cannon from a fenland drain 2012. 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), largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu), Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii), sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva), sunbleak (Leucaspius delineatus), and walleye (Sander vitreus).
* 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.