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This is an impartial (not implicitly biased to a single governing body, the BRFC) and comprehensive record list of 310 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 ...
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]
But on the same site, British Records (rod-caught) Fish Committee Archived 2016-11-12 at the Wayback Machine page, BRFC Coarse Fish Record Listings(PDF (as of 05/12/2011) Archived 2014-05-06 at the Wayback Machine): gives a slightly different weight: Bowles 4 lb. 4 oz. 9 dr., 2.085 kg record. FAS (2010). "Crucian Carp". Farnham Angling Society.
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, weight, date and venue have been published by a recognized publisher with a genuine ...
The record was beaten by another Redmire fish when, on 16 June 1980, Chris Yates caught the then record UK carp of 51.5 lb (23.4 kg). 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 Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus Thynnus) (or "tunny" as it was known in Britain at the time) is a large and powerful fish, arguably the strongest fish in the world, which is frequently the target of big-game fishermen. Off the Yorkshire coast in that era various records were made (including a world record) for size of tunny caught with rod ...
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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.