Freshwater & Coarse Fish PBs (UK)
Species | PB Weight | Photo | Date of Capture | Venue | Bait / Method |
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Barbel | 14lb 12oz | 09-08-2019 | Middle Trent | Straight lead with PVA stocking of pellets & 2 x boilie hook bait | |
Bream (Common / Bronze) | 7lb 15oz | 22-05-2013 | Higham Farm Specimen Lake | Legered maggot medusa | |
Carp (King) [Leather] | 24lb 9oz | 24-04-2013 | Forgotten Lake | Legered 12mm pineapple pop-up boilie with PVA stick over a raked-out swim | |
Carp (Crucian) | 1lb 14oz | 29-04-2010 | Carr Vale Pond, Bolsover | Groundbait feeder with lobworm & sweetcorn | |
Carp (Grass) | 12lb 4oz | 06-06-2012 | Sutton Lawn Dam | Freelined bread crust | |
Catfish (Wels) | 13lb 10oz | 29-05-2008 | Willowcroft Fisheries | Popped-up “Wormedusa” lobworms | |
Chub (Bait Caught) | 5lb 13oz | 14-11-2003 | Derbyshire Derwent | Legered sardine | |
Chub (Fly Caught) | 4lb | 06-2003 | River Dove | Fly (forgotten the pattern!) | |
Chub (Lure Caught) | 4lb 2oz | 07-2003 | Middle Trent | Mepps Aglia Long | |
Eel | 3lb 6oz | 05-05-2018 | Notts. Gravel Pit | Legered bunch of worm pieces | |
Grayling | 2lb 7oz | 20-02-2019 | Northern Spate River | Trotted maggots | |
Orfe (Golden) | 1lb 9oz | 2003 | Private Derbyshire Lake | Freelined breadflake | |
Perch (Bait Caught) | 3lb 4oz | 19-02-2013 | Derbyshire Derwent | Maggot swimfeeder & lobworm hookbait | |
Perch (Fly Caught) | 2lb 15oz | 21-07-2010 | Derbyshire Derwent | Kev Miles “perch fry” fly on Nash Fang size 4 barbless | |
Perch (Lure Caught) | 3lb 9½oz | 20-08-2007 | Derbyshire Derwent | Lure – Storm Naturistic Perch | |
Pike (Bait Caught) | 21lb 3oz | 18-11-2005 | Cambs. Drain | Float-legered sardine deadbait | |
Pike (Lure Caught) | 15lb 9oz | 03-08-2005 | River Dove | Lure – Mepps Aglia Long | |
Roach | 1lb 8oz | 15-01-2009 | Barlow Fishery – Cabin Pond | Feeder-fished maggots sprayed with Scopex | |
Rudd (Bait Caught) | 1lb 8oz | 24-07-2016 | Little Ouse, Cambs | Trotted maggots | |
Rudd (Fly Caught) | 1lb | 2000 | Carsington Reservoir | Tadpole fly | |
Salmon (Atlantic) | 15lb approx | 11-2003 | River Tweed | Fly – (Red & Black Tube Fly) | |
Tench | 5lb 10oz | 10-05-2018 | Notts. Gravel Pit | Feeder-fished bunch of worms | |
Trout (Brown) (Bait Caught) | 6lb 2oz | 20-11-2014 | Chew Valley Lake | Float-Legered Deadbait | |
Trout (Brown) (Lure Caught) | 4lb | No Photo | 08-07-2005 | River Dove | Lure – Rebel Ultralight Jointed Minnow |
Trout (Rainbow) | 4lb 7oz | 08-04-2011 | Errwood Reservoir, near Buxton | Fly | |
Zander (Bait Caught) | 13lb 4oz | 03-01-2022 | River Trent | Legered Roach | |
Zander (Lure Caught) | 4lb 8oz | 18-02-2010 | Tidal Trent | Storm Softbait | |
Other Species Caught: | Bleak, Bullhead, Carp (Ghost), Dace, Goldfish (Brown), Goldfish (Orange), Tench (Golden), Ruffe, Stickleback (3-Spined) |
Freshwater Fish PBs (Overseas)
Species | PB Weight | Photo | Date of Capture | Venue | Bait / Method |
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Barb (Hempala) [“Sebarau / Jungle Perch”] | 2lb 8oz | 04-2002 | Sungai Tombeling, Taman Negara, Malaysia | Touch-Legered Cricket | |
Bass (Australian) | 1lb 12oz | 12-2001 | Goolmangar Creek, NSW, AUS | Lure – Big S Plug | |
Bass (Largemouth) | 4lb 7oz | No Photo | 1996 | Bay Lake, FL, USA | Freelined Shiner |
Bass (Smallmouth) | 2lb | 05-2009 | Potomac River, VA, USA | Lure – Mepps Aglia Long | |
Barramundi | 8lb | 01-2002 | Sunshine Coast, NSW, AUS | Stalked on Floating Pellet | |
Carp (Common) | 10lb | 09-2001 | Peel River, NSW, AUS | Stalked with Sweetcorn | |
Catfish (Channel) | 8lb | 06-2009 | Potomac River, VA, USA | Touch-Legered Worm | |
Catfish (Wels) | 66lb | 15-09-2011 | River Ebro, Riba Roja, Spain | Legered Roach | |
Mahseer (Himalayan Golden) | 40lb (42.5 inches) | 05-2005 | Ramganga River, Uttar Pradesh, India | Legered Ragi Flour Paste | |
Perch (Golden) [“Yellowbelly”] | 3lb 2oz | 10-2001 | Chaffey Dam Outflow, NSW, AUS | Legered Worms | |
Roach | 1lb 4oz | 13-09-2011 | River Ebro, Riba Roja, Spain | Feeder-fished maggots at range | |
Sturgeon (White) | 130lb | 09-2006 | Fraser River, Chilliwack, Canada | Legered Smelt | |
Zander (Bait Caught) | 6lb 10oz | 11-09-2011 | River Ebro, Riba Roja, Spain | Legered Bleak | |
Zander (Lure Caught) | 5lb 8oz | 12-09-2011 | River Ebro, Riba Roja, Spain | Blue & silver rubber shad on jig head | |
Other Species Caught: | Crappie [USA], Perch (Silver) [AUS], Pickerel (Chain) [USA], Pumpkinseed [USA], Northern pikeminnow (“squawfish”) [CAN], Sunfish [USA] |
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