This list is the top weights of freshwater fish caught by rod and line from the flowing River Thames. It was created from available historical information and is updated with the new records as they are confirmed.
If you have a fish which makes this list, please email the TAC at: admin@rivertac.org
List as at February 2018
Species | Weight | Captor | Date | Link |
Barbel | 19lb 8oz | Dave Broady | January 2018 |
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Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) |
3 oz 8 dr | N D Sizmur | 1963 | Walton-on-Thames ref. Angling records in the UK |
Bream – common | 10lb 13oz | Rob Inns | November 2015 | ![]() |
Bream – silver | 1lb 14oz | Stuart Manwaring | January 2015 | ![]() |
Chub (Squalius cephalus) |
9lb 4oz | Dylan Docherty | 2007 | (From the top 50 Chub list) |
Carp – common | 40lb 5oz | Duncan Green | September 2011 | ![]() |
Carp – crucian | 4lb 2oz | Justin Gray | September 2014 | ![]() |
Carp – mirror | 48lb 7oz | Steve Shenfield | June
2017 |
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Carp – grass | 30lb 1oz | Tim Hughes | August 2009 | Angling Times |
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) |
1lb 3oz 0dr | R. Page | January 1964 | |
Eel | 8lb 5oz | Matthew Kendall | August 2016 | ![]() |
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) |
4oz 8dr | G.Cedrick | 1933 | Datchet ref. Angling records in the UK |
Perch | 6lb 4oz | “Bill” | March 2014 | Anglers Mail (Previous mark – 5.09 Andy Crossley December 2010 Anglers Mail) |
Pike | 34lb 2oz | Colin House | December 2011 | ![]() |
Roach | 3lb 5oz | David Booth | Staines, 1927 | |
Roach/Bream hybrid | 5lb 14oz | Gary Campbell | January 2018 | ![]() |
Rudd | unknown | entries invited | ||
Rudd/Bream hybrid | 1lb 14oz | Bill Rushmer | 22nd October 1986 | |
Ruffe | 6oz | Paul Sullivan | August 2011 | ![]() |
Salmon | 14lb 5oz | Michael Hargrave | August 1993 | ![]() |
Sturgeon Common or European (Acipenser sturio) |
66lb | Lewis Gibson | May 1867 | Putney ref. Angling records in the UK |
Tench | 8lb 11oz | Duncan Green | June 2013 | ![]() |
Wels Catfish (Silurus glanis) |
64lb | Jamie Drylie | August 2010 | |
Zander | 13lb 12oz | Ashley Stockbridge | November 2009 | ![]() |