Please note: We endeavor to keep these lists of record fish as accurate and up to date as possible. However, claims for new record fish are submitted on a regular basis and the process of verifying a record is lengthy, requiring the British Record Fish Committee to meet in London to decide fish which have been submitted as British records. It can take up to a year between a fish being submitted for a claim and being verified by the committee. We aim to keep these lists as accurate and up to date as possible.
| Species | Scientific Name | Weight (lb-oz-dr) |
Year Caught | Angler | Location of Capture/Port Sailed From |
| Angel Shark | Squatina squatina |
66-00-00 | 1965 | C. Chalk | Shoreham, Sussex |
| Bass | Dicentrarchus labrax | 19-9-2 | 1987 | P. McEwan | Herne Bay, Kent |
| Black Bream | Spondyliosoma cantharus | 6-14-4 | 1977 | J. Garlick | Off the South Devon Coast |
| Brill | Scophthalmus rhombus | 16-0-0 | 1950 | A. Fisher | Derby Haven, Isle of Man |
| Bullhead | Taurulus bubalis | 2-3-0 | 1973 | R. Stephenson | Greater Cumbrae Island, Scotland |
| Bull Huss | Scyliorhinus stellaris | 22-4-0 | 1986 | M. Hall | Minehead, Somerset |
| Coalfish | Pollachius virens | 37-5-0 | 1986 | D. Brown | Eddystone (over wreck) |
| Cod | Gadus morhua | 58-6-0 | 1992 | N. Cook | North Sea, Whitby |
| Conger Eel | Conger conger | 133-4-0 | 1995 | V. Evans | Berry Head, South Devon (over wreck) |
| Dab | Limanda limanda | 2-12-4 | 1975 | R. Islip | Gairlock, Wester Ross, Scotland |
| Dogfish | Scyliorhinus canicula | 4-9-0 | 2005 | M. Donnelly | Irish Sea, out of Fleetwood, Lancashire |
| Flounder | Platichthys flesus | 5-11-8 | 1956 | A. Cobbledick | Fowey, Cornwall |
| Garfish | Belone belone | 3-9-8 | 1994 | A. Sounders | Mount Bay, Cornwall |
| Gurnard (Tub) | Chelidonichthys lucerna | 11-7-4 | 1952 | C. King | Wallasey, Cheshire |
| Gurnard (Red) | Chelidonichthys spinosus | 2-14-10 | 2005 | G. Shields | Porthleven, Cornwall |
| Gurnard (Grey) | Eutrigla gurnardus | 2-7-8 | 2013 | K. Quenault | English Channel, Plymouth (over wreck) |
| Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | 13-11-4 | 1978 | G. Bones | Falmouth, Cornwall |
| Hake | Merluccius merluccius | 25-12-14 | 1997 | R. Roberts | Loch Etive, Scotland |
| Halibut | Hippoglossus hippoglossus | 234-0-0 | 1979 | C. Booth | Dunnet Head, Scrabster, Scotland |
| Herring | Clupea harengus | 1-1-0 | 1973 | B. Barden | Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex |
| Ling | Molva molva | 67-5-0 | 2013 | J. Isbister | Muckle Flugga, Shetland Isles |
| Mackerel | Scomber scombrus | 6-2-7 | 1984 | W. Chapple | Penberth Cove, Cornwall |
| Megrim | Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis | 3-12-8 | 1973 | P. Christie | Loch Gairloch, Scotland |
| Monkfish | Lophius piscatorius | 94-12-14 | 1985 | S. Neill | Belfast Sea Lough, Northern Ireland |
| Mullet (Red) | Mullus surmuletus | 3-7-0 | 1981 | M. Hamel | Petils Bay, Guernsey |
| Mullet (Golden Grey) | Liza aurata | 2-13-6 | 1999 | J. Case | Brixham Harbour, Devon |
| Mullet (Thick Lipped Grey) | Chelon labrosus | 10-1-0 | 1952 | P. Libby | Portland, Dorset |
| Mullet (Thin Lipped Grey) | Liza ramada | 6-15-0 | 2014 | G. Gavey * | Unknown |
| 6-15-0 | 2014 | D. Kane * | Unknown* Joint record | ||
| Plaice | Pleuronectes platessa | 10-3-8 | 1974 | H. Gardiner | Longa Sound, Scotland |
| Pollock | Pollachius pollachius | 29-4-0 | 1987 | W. Mayes | Dungeness, Kent |
| Poor Cod | Trisopterus minutus | – | – | – | No data available |
| Porbeagle Shark | Lamna nasus | 507-0-0 | 1993 | C. Bennett | Dunnet Head, Scotland |
| Pouting | Trisopterus luscus | 5-8-0 | 1969 | R. Armstrong | Berry Head, Devon |
| Ray (Spotted) | Raja montagui | 8-10-8 | 1998 | A. Hodge | Whitsands Bay, Cornwall |
| Ray (Blonde) | Raja brachyura | 39-10-2 | 2006 | S. Underwood | Brixham, Devon |
| Ray (Thornback) | Raja clavata | 31-7-0 | 1981 | J. Wright | Liverpool Bay, Merseyside |
| Ray (Small Eyed) | Raja microcellata | 17-8-0 | 1991 | S. Storey | Watchet, North Somerset |
| Rockling (Three Bearded) | Gaidropsarus vulgaris | 3-4-4 | 1992 | C. Hurst | Isle of Wight |
| Rockling (Four Bearded) | Enchelyopus cimbrius | – | – | – | No data available |
| Rockling (Five Bearded) | Ciliata mustela | – | – | – | No data available |
| Rockling (Shore) | Gaidropsarus mediterraneus | 0-12-10 | 2000 | J. Simmonds | Redcliff Point, Dorset |
| Sandeel | Hyperoplus lanceolatus | – | – | – | No data available |
| Scad | Trachurus trachurus | 3-5-3 | 1978 | M. Atkins | Torbay, Devon |
| Silver Eel | Anguilla anguilla | – | – | – | No data available |
| Skate (Common) | Dipturus batis | 227-0-0 | 1986 | R. Banks | Tobermory, Inner Hebrides |
| Smoothhound | Mustelus mustelus | 28-0-0 | 1969 | A. Chilvers | Heacham, Norfolk |
| Sole (Dover) | Solea solea | 4-6-0 | 2005 | M. Le Moignan | Lepe Beach, Western Solent |
| Sole (Lemon) | Microstomus kitt | 3-4-14 | 2006 | G. Newcombe | Teignmouth, Devon |
| Spurdog | Squalus acanthias | 25-4-0 | 2017 | S. Salmon | Hastings, Sussex |
| Sunfish | Mola mola | 108-0-0 | 1976 | T. Sisson | Saundersfoot, Wales |
| Tope | Galeorhinus galeus | 82-8-0 | 1991 | R. Chatfield | Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex |
| Turbot | Scophthalmus maximus | 33-12-0 | 1980 | R. Simcox | Salcombe, Devon |
| Tusk | Brosme brosme | 15-12-11 | 2005 | H. Foster | Shetland Islands |
| Weever (Lesser) | Echiichthys vipera | – | – | – | No data available |
| Weever (Greater) | Trachinus draco | 2-2-7 | 1999 | R. Pope | Porthcurno, Cornwall |
| Whiting | Merlangius merlangus | 7-6-0 | 2012 | M. Curtis | English Channel, Plymouth (over wreck) |
| Wrasse (Ballan) | Labrus bergylta | 9-7-12 | 1999 | A. Heart | Jersey, Channel Islands |
| Wrasse (Cuckoo) | Labrus mixtus | 2-7-12 | 1998 | K. Marden | Dungeness, Kent |
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