As it turns out, Mary was at his peak weight and, although Tel didn’t know straight away, he soon learned that the fish he’d banked from the Rocky Barge swim was a new record. He’d been on the lookout for waters with carp potential, and had managed to secure permission to fish the pool from Mrs. Barnardiston, its then owner. 754 likes. It reputedly took him over four hours to land the beast, during which time he had to take to the water up to his waist. A roofer who caught Britain’s biggest ever carp may not claim the record over backlash fears. Bauer Media Group consists of: Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, Company number: 01176085, Bauer Radio Ltd, Company Number: 1394141 A short while after Bob Richards broke the record, angling superstar Richard Walker and his Carp Catcher’s Club gained permission to fish the pool. The IGFA maintains the World Records for all species of game fish. We fish for the pike but on occasion we are drawn to the fish as they swim by in the margins, I've personally seen a couple that I would say are close to 30lb, literally 2 feet from the bank. Rule change after 'record-breaking' carp was hand bred then placed in lake to be captured Save It took an hour of Dean Fletcher's time to bank a prize 68 lb 1 oz carp, The Parrot, in January 2016. Lee’s long campaign for the giant mirror was captured in his diary for Advanced Carp Fishing magazine at the time, so we all felt a sense of relief when Jacko, one of the industry’s best-loved figures, banked his target, and at a new British record too! He carefully flicked out a few pieces of side-hooked corn, with just a blob of plasticine for weight. For specimen-hunters, carp over the magic 20lb mark have been recorded and former Scottish carp record-holders over 34lb were captured on the Forth and Clyde Canal in … The UK’s first recorded twenty was later set-up, and Cheshunt’s fate was no less grim: the beautiful place was tragically filled in for housing in 2004. His ten years at the venue saw him catch many of the lake’s finest, finally topping it all with the biggest of them all, at an eye-watering weight too! Tom Doherty, 33, caught the 70lb 4oz carp known as 'Big Rig' on Monday. After registering a few blanks, Bob made contact with a true monster at 3:30pm on the 3rd October. In the days before the British Record Fish Committee made things a little more official, the record was the fish that was recognised most widely and it does seem that the Wyatt fish, caught from Warren Pond in Epping Forest, achieved that status, but it certainly wasn’t the biggest carp caught up to that point. He and Pete Thomas (who had recently taken the second largest fish ever caught, a mirror of 28lb 12oz, also from Redmire) arrived at the pool late on the 12th. Can there have been a more popular record holder? "I've got no choice but to put the miles in up here! Albert Buckley banked the new British best along with three other carp of 9lb, 11lb and 15lb and the fish, much like most of these early records, was set-up; in fact it would be another fifty years before a record fish was returned to the water that produced it. He’d managed a small carp before sunrise on the 16th, but had to wait until the evening for his next chance, when the fish moved onto the shallows to feed. This mirror, which was weighed at 30lb exactly, came from a Northern Irish venue and looks set to topple the previous 29lb 13oz record which has been held for 16 years. © 1962-2019 Bauer Media Group. The common took 100 yards of line on the first run just before dark, so I knew it was a big fish and I recognised it when it rolled 20 yards out," said the Dynamite consultant and Team Scotland Carp Team member. So, where do we go from here? Record Carp of 25lb caught from Eliburn Reservoir. Now in what all would consider the fishing season, much of the bad feeling towards Roddy Porter’s capture evaporated and Scaley was roundly accepted to be the new British best. During his second stint on the lake, the evening of the 16th June to be precise, he landed a mirror that shattered the near-thirty-year-old best. Moderators: paul.mcl, malkymm, esoxian, icantbuccaneer, keith958328. Carp approaching a colossal 20lb in weight have been recorded, and Firhill Basin in Glasgow is the noted hotspot for this species. "I've seen both of them from a boat and the dark fish seems more cautious and hangs back behind this one. His rig was the rig of the moment, The Ronnie Rig. AMAZED angler John Harvey has posed with his world-record catch — a Siamese carp weighing 232lbs, or 16.5 stone. He championed the slightly questionable electrotherapy for health reasons and became quite wealthy after his electronic ‘Rejuvenator’ sold like hot cakes. An angler is celebrating after catching the heaviest common carp seen in British waters, although his achievement will not be gracing the record books. Company Number: LP003328 Registered Office: Academic House, 24-28 Oval Road, London, NW1 7DT. Why is this? His bait was picked up almost immediately and the next hour saw him patiently play the fish from the bank, then a punt, until he extracted a simply magnificent common from the thick weed. Records correct at time of update 2019 All records on this page are published in good faith for information purposes only. 09 Jun 2017, 06:14. The home of record breaking catches, this fishery is a 200 acre reserve of exceptional nature, beauty, and wildlife. An innovative angler, he caught loads of carp from the private Croxby Pond, in Lincolnshire, many on his special bread paste hookbaits. 3. In the days before the British Record Fish Committee made things a little more official, the record was the fish that was recognised most widely and it does seem that the Wyatt fish, caught from Warren Pond in Epping Forest, achieved that status, but it certainly wasn’t the biggest carp caught up to that point. Well, thankfully, respected carper Dean Fletcher gave us the record that we all wanted, when he slipped his net under The Parrot at its biggest-ever weight on a cold night in January 2016. After brewing up, presumably in one of the many fishing huts on the site, Mr. Andrews made the fateful cast at 5am. Wayne Mansford, 38, reeled in the 75.2 lb mirror carp … The carp record in Scotland has been broken by an angler who first caught the same 45lb 12oz common exactly a year ago to the day!Ben Mir from Glasgow added 4oz to his own unofficial best for the country during an overnight session on Castle Loch, Lochmaben. There are specimen carp at 45lb a Scottish record. By 1980 Chris Yates had already taken a Redmire common carp that shook Walker’s record. Since those early days the group has grown to around one hundred & fifty members and now has five waters to it's name. An angler has caught Britain's biggest carp but won't claim the record amid fears of death threats from fishing purists. Official list’s ‘biggest British carp’ is 68 lb 1 oz. Sadly, it turned out that the beautiful carp, called The Big Plated, was grossly spawn-bound and would not be claimed. Dean banked 87 carp from Cranwells lake before finally bumping into the biggest of them all, smashing his personal best by over 20lb. The fish was initially rejected as a record, on the grounds that it hadn’t been killed, but following pressure from the likes of Richard Walker, it was accepted, and heralded the new era that Walker had instigated, in which fish didn’t have to be killed to be records. Re: daily record [yesterday ] fish of the week seen it yesterday,absoloute pig always said that about loch fad i really think this is where the british record will fall 28 Jun 2008, 19:32 It could be argued that nobody knows Conningbrook better than ‘Little’ Jon Bird. The record was set by Ben Mir from Glasgow, who bagged an impressive 45 lbs 12 oz carp in the waters of Castle Loch. An amusing side note to the capture was that after taking to the boat to land the fish, Gary found himself stranded with no oars and Two-Tone in the net. Toffee Publications Ltd, Dunelm House, 65b Lower Olland Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1BY. It's actually the third time he's banked the impressive fish as he set the old record of 45lb 8oz in September 2016, in addition to first putting it on the bank at 43lb 12oz a month previously. That mighty mirror carp, The Parrot, lived in Berkshire’s Wasing Estate but it has sadly now passed away. A roofer who caught Britain’s biggest ever carp may not claim the record over backlash fears. The claim should be made on a form available from the Fish Recorder of the Scottish Record Coarse Fish Committee (see below). Determined that the fish should not be killed, Walker contacted London Zoo, who dispatched a van to collect the new British Record the next morning. It's a very big fish and could be knocking on 50lb. His solution? Before dawn broke the next day, he’d done the unthinkable and smashed Yatesy’s 15-year-old record with a rather spawn-bound mirror called Scaley. Both Two-Tone and The Parrot are now dead, leaving something of a void behind them, yet it seems certain that the record will tumble again. AMAZED angler John Harvey has posed with his world-record catch — a Siamese carp weighing 232lbs, or 16.5 stone. The list is vital to the future of coarse fishing in Scotland as a way of raising general awareness and confirming the variety and value of Scotland’s coarse fish. When his chance came to capture a fish that looked, “Like a sunken rowing boat” he made it count and following an epic battle and equally dramatic netting, he banked a giant mirror that he’d caught seven years previously: the magnificent Bishop. Need to know. WayneFin Forum Rules, Feedback & Suggestions