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BRITISH PIKE OVER 40lb SINCE 1950
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Fish marked * have held the British Record as determined by the British Record Fish Committee
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WEIGHT CAPTOR VENUE DATE
46lb 13oz* R. Lewis Llandegfedd Reservoir October 1992
46lb 8oz A. Stewart Oaks Fishery, N. Ireland March 2005
46lb (1) Anonymous Undisclosed February 2007
45lb 15oz D. Willingham Barnes Fishery February 1999
45lb 8oz J. Goble Thurne System February 2009
45lb 6oz* G. Edwards Llandegfedd Reservoir March 1990
44lb 14oz* M. Linton Ardleigh Reservoir January 1987
44lb 8oz C. Garrett Llandegfedd Reservoir October 1988
44lb 2oz M. Lawrence Barnes Fishery February 2000
44lb S. Gilham Llandegfedd Reservoir October 1988
43lb 2oz P. Wright Castle Howard Lake 1988
43lb 2oz B. Ingrams Llandegfedd Reservoir October 1988
42lb 12oz P. Harvey Blithfield Reservoir July 1998
42lb 8oz A. MacPherson Martnaham Loch 1964
42lb 8oz P. Malcolm Loch Fad April 2005
42lb 7oz C. Burdon Midlands Stillwater February 2009
42lb 5oz P. Climo Llandegfedd Reservoir October 1988
42lb 2oz* D. Amies River Thurne August 1985
42lb 2oz J. Rochfort Fermanagh Lough 2005
41lb 12oz J. Costello Undisclosed January 1994
41lb 12oz C. Bailey Bluebell Lakes February 1995
41lb 12oz M. Godfrey Bewl Water January 2000
41lb 12oz M. O' Brian River Bure January 2003
41lb 12oz (1) Anonymous Undisclosed February 2005
41lb 8oz D. Amies Thurne System February 1983
41lb 8oz R. Dixon Bewl Water December 1999
41lb 8oz E. Edwards Blithfield Reservoir October 2001
41lb 7oz M. Cooke Blithfield Reservoir November 2000
41lb 6oz* N. Fickling River Thurne February 1985
41lb 4oz J. Mills River Thurne February 1986
41lb 4oz N. Williams Surrey Stillwater January 2005
41lb 2oz A. McFadyen Gartmorn Dam November 2005
41lb M. Espin Birchmere January 1994
41lb C. Bailey Bluebell Lakes February 1995
41lb D. MacDonald Midlands stillwater November 2007
40lb 12oz N. Williams Bluebell Lakes February 1996
40lb 10oz N. Baxter Private Scottish water January 2008
40lb 10oz S. Davis Boddington Reservoir February 2009
40lb 8oz T. Simpson Bough Beech Reservoir December 1991
40lb 8oz G. Moreland Oaks Fishery, N. Ireland April/May 2005
40lb 6oz M. Hopwood Kent Lake November 1979
40lb 4oz K. Vogel Loch Ken 1972
40lb 4oz E. Raison Rookery Lake February 1994
40lb 2oz S. Marshall Bough Beech Reservoir December 1991
40lb* P. Hancock Horsey Mere February 1967
40lb M. Cooke Llandegfedd Reservoir October 1996
40lb (2) J. Sturge Ravensthorpe Reservoir April 2006
* These fish have held the British Record as determined by the British Record Fish Committee
(1) Both fish caught by same captor. Pictures and stories of captures appeared in Pike and Predators magazine August 2007. Photo of the fish at 46lb on-line here
(2) Bottomed a set of 40lb scales which were later found to be weighing 2oz heavy
