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This is an impartial (not implicitly biased to a single governing body, the BRFC) and comprehensive record list of 308 British record freshwater fish, past and present, involving 60 different species/sub-species of fish caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line. Records to include the angler, species, weight, date, venue, also ...
The British Record (Rod Caught) Fish Committee - (BRFC) is the official organisation taking responsibility for all angling fish records within the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, collectively known as the "British Records". Since 2009 the BRFC has been part of the Angling Trust [1]
The Tunny Club, East Sandgate, Scarborough Harbour, Yorkshire. Big-game tunny fishing off Scarborough was a sport practised by wealthy aristocrats and military officers mostly in the 1930s. The British Tunny Club was founded in Scarborough in 1933 and had its headquarters there. The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus Thynnus) (or "tunny" as it was ...
Angling records of Europe. Drina River in Foča-Ustikolina municipality, East Bosnia. Venue for the capture of the 58 kg European record Huchen ( Hucho hucho) in 1938. This list is of the heaviest European freshwater fish caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line. The criteria for inclusion on this list is that the species ...
In 2020, Neville Fickling joined the board of the Angling Trust, he has held three British records, for the zander twice in 1971 at 12lb 6oz 8dr, and later the same year at 12lb 13oz. In 1985, he landed the British record pike of 41 lb 6 oz in Feb 1985, on the River Thurne. See also. List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom
Georgina Ballantine. Born. 25 November 1889. Died. 12 April 1970. Known for. Landed a 64lb salmon on the River Tay, the largest recorded from a British river with rod and line. Georgina Ballantine (25 November 1889 – 12 April 1970) was a Scottish nurse, registrar and salmon fisher. In 1922, Ballantine landed a 64lb (29kg) salmon on the River ...
Dean Macey. Dean Macey (born 12 December 1977) is an English athlete from Canvey Island. He is best known for competing in the decathlon, which he did from 1995 to 2008, winning the Commonwealth Games decathlon, two World Championship medals, as well as twice finishing fourth in the Olympic Games. Retiring from decathlon due to injury, he ...
Redmire Pool is near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, England.At only 3 acres (1.2 ha) in size it is considered by angling experts to be the home of carp fishing. [1] The earliest sign of its potential was unveiled on 3 October 1951 when a British record carp of 31.25 lb (14.17 kg) was caught by Bob Richards.