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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. [229] Not caught by rod and line.
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]
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
Ballantine retains the record for the largest rod caught salmon. [6] A watercolour painting by A. J. Rennie depicting the fish hung in the dining room of the Flyfishers Club in London, despite the fact that Ballantine, as a woman, would not be admitted to the gentlemen's club. [7]
Big-game fishing effectively started in 1930 when Lorenzo "Lawrie" Mitchell–Henry, when fifty miles offshore, landed the first tunny caught on rod and line weighing 560 pounds (250 kg). After a poor season in 1931, the following year saw Harold Hardy of Cloughton Hall battling with a tunny about 16 feet long for over seven hours before his ...
Italian fisherman Dino Ferrari caught a 280-lb. Wels Catfish Thursday in Italy's Po Delta river, setting a new record. The U.K. Mirror reported that the catch is the world's largest wels catfish ...
The fish, a linear mirror carp, was actually caught on a split cane rod that Richard Walker had made in 1955. Current and previous UK angling records can be found at Rod Caught Fish Records UK. [3] The pool probably dates from the 1600s, but the carp fishing interest began in 1934 when the then owners of the estate instructed a fish supplier by ...
This is a list of fish found in and around Great Britain, in both fresh water (lakes, rivers, streams and man-made pools) and salt water. This list includes species that are native to Great Britain , as well as those which have been introduced from other countries.