Please note: These records above are listed by the International Game Fish Association as the official all-tackle world record for each species, caught under the rules set down by the IGFA. Due to discrepancies in the ways in which records are verified and recorded there may be situations where the official BRFC British shore caught record is a larger catch than the IGFA world record. Similarly, there may be species above which have no world record listed but do have a British record. In these cases this may be because the catch was never submitted to the IGFA for verification. As the IGFA only consider fish which are over 1lb in weight for all-tackle records many of the mini species which have British records are omitted from this list.
| Species |
Scientific Name
|
Weight (lb-oz) |
Year Caught | Angler | Location of Capture |
| Angel Shark | Squatina squatina |
57lb 4oz | 1989 | Jim Dooley | Tralee Bay, Ireland |
| Bass | Dicentrarchus labrax | 22lb 6oz | 1999 | Phillipe Boulet | Pirou, France |
| Black Bream | Spondyliosoma cantharus | 4lb 3oz | 2002 | Patrick Sebile | Bonifacio, France |
| Blue Shark | Prionace glauca | 528lb | 2001 | Joe Siedel | Montauk Point, USA |
| Brill | Scophthalmus rhombus | Listed as vacant | – | – | – |
| Bullhead (Sea Scorpion) | Myoxocephalus scorpius |
1lb 7oz | 2017 | Elsi Hoffman | Sudavik, Iceland |
| Bull Huss | Scyliorhinus stellaris | No record listed | – | – | – |
| Coalfish | Pollachius virens | 50lb | 1995 | Thor-Magnus Lekang | Salstraumen, Norway |
| Cod | Gadus morhua | 103lb 10oz | 2013 | Michael Eisele | Sørøya, Norway |
| Conger Eel | Conger conger | 133lb 4oz | 1995 | Victor Evans | Wreck off Berry Head, England |
| Dab | Limanda limanda | 2lb 11oz | 2018 | Tommy Soder | Sörvaer, Norway |
| Dogfish | Scyliorhinus canicula | 11lb 10oz | 2002 | Jacques Andre | Guerande, France |
| Flounder | Platichthys flesus | 6lb 7oz | 2004 | Anne Karin Lothe | Maurangerfjorden, Norway |
| Garfish | Belone belone | 2lb 9oz | 2002 | David Mesure | La Teste, France |
| Greater Forkbeard | Phycis blennoides | 7lb 12oz | 1997 | Susan Holgado | Strait of Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Gurnard (Tub) | Chelidonichthys lucerna | 6lb 11oz | 2011 | Guillaume Fourrier | Dieppe, France |
| Gurnard (Red) | Chelidonichthys cuculus | 3lb 2oz | 2011 | Emma Hodge | Falmouth Bay, England |
| Gurnard (Grey) | Eutrigla gurnardus | 1lb 10oz | 1998 | Lars Kraemer | Kattegat, Sweden |
| Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | 14lb 15oz | 1997 | Heike Neblinger | Saltraumen, Norway |
| Hake | Merluccius merluccius | 32lb 10oz | 2019 | Detlef Brandl | Etnefjord, Norway |
| Halibut | Hippoglossus hippoglossus | 418lb 13oz | 2004 | Thomas Nielsen | Vannaya Troms, Norway |
| Herring | Clupea harengus | 2lb 4oz | 2011 | Guillaume Fourrier | Dieppe, France |
| Ling | Molva molva | 88lb 6oz | 2002 | Gareth Laurenson | Shetland Islands, Scotland |
| Mackerel | Scomber scombrus | 3lb 8oz | 2015 | Lorenzo Roca | L’Ampolla, Spain |
| Megrim | Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis | No record listed | – | – | – |
| Monkfish | Lophius piscatorius | 126lb 12oz | 1996 | Gunnar Thorsteinsen | Sagnefiorden, Norway |
| Mullet (Red) | Mullus surmuletus | No record listed | – | – | – |
| Mullet (Golden Grey) | Chelon aurata | No record listed | – | – | – |
| Mullet (Thick Lipped Grey) | Chelon labrosus | 7lb 12oz | 1996 | Frits Kromhout vander Meer | Zuid Pier, Holland |
| Mullet (Thin Lipped Grey) | Chelon ramada | 7lb | 2012 | Steven Maliska | Malpas, England |
| Plaice | Pleuronectes platessa | No record listed | – | – | – |
| Pollock | Pollachius pollachius |
27lb 6oz | 1986 | Robert Milkins | Salcombe, England |
| Porbeagle Shark | Lamna nasus | 507lb | 1993 | Christopher Bennett | Penland Firth, Scotland |
| Pouting | Trisopterus luscus | 2lb | 2011 | Guillaume Fourrier | Boulogne Sur Mer, France |
| 2lb | 2015 | Steven M. Wozniak | Portsmouth, England | ||
| Ray (Spotted) | Raja montagui | 3lb 4oz | 2015 | Steven M. Wozniak | Portsmouth, England |
| Ray (Blonde) | Raja brachyura | 31lb 8oz | 1989 | John Thompson | Jersey, Channel Islands |
| Ray (Thornback) | Raja clavata | 16lb 12oz | 1988 | John Thompson | Jersey, Channel Islands |
| Ray (Small Eyed) | Raja microcellata | 14lb 3oz | 2014 | Ross Macklin | Youghal, Ireland |
| Silver Eel | Anguilla anguilla | 7lb 14oz | 1992 | Christoph Lave * | River Aare, Buren, Switzerland |
| 7lb 14oz | 1988 | Luis Rasmussen * | River Lyckeby, Sweden [* joint record] | ||
| Skate (Common) * | Dipturus batis | 214lb | 1968 | Jan Olsson | Scapa Flow, Scotland |
| Smoothhound | Mustelus mustelus | No record listed | – | – | – |
| Sole (Dover) | Solea solea |
1lb 12oz | 1997 | P. C. Ouwendijk | North Sea, Netherlands |
| Sole (Lemon) | Microstomus kitt | 3lb 15oz | 2004 | Robert Stalcrona | Andorja, Norway |
| Spurdog | Squalus acanthias | 15lb 12oz | 1989 | Horst Muller | Kenmare Bay, Ireland |
| Sunfish | Mola mola | No record listed | – | – | – |
| Tope | Galeorhinus galeus | 72lb 12oz | 1986 | Melanie Feldman | Parengarenga Harbor, New Zealand |
| Triggerfish | Balistes capriscus | 13lb 9oz | 1989 | Jim Hilton | South Carolina, USA |
| Turbot | Scophthalmus maximus | Listed as vacant | – | – | – |
| Whiting | Merlangius merlangus | 6lb 13oz | 1997 | John Kofoed | Dypdalen, Norway |
| Wrasse (Ballan) | Labrus bergylta | 9lb 9oz | 1983 | Bertrand Kron | Clogher Head, Ireland |
| Wrasse (Cuckoo) | Labrus mixtus | 1lb | 2014 | Steven M. Wozniak | Lastovo, Croatia |