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BRITISH PIKE OVER 40lb SINCE 1950 Picture available Fish marked * have held the British Record as determined by the British Record Fish Committee Latest additions in red

WEIGHT	CAPTOR	VENUE	DATE
46lb 13oz*	R. Lewis	Llandegfedd Reservoir	October 1992
46lb 8oz	A. Stewart	Oaks Fishery, N. Ireland	March 2005
46lb (1)	A. Hewlett	Undisclosed	February 2007
45lb 15oz	D. Willingham	Barnes Fishery	February 1999
45lb 14oz	W. Coole.	Wykeham Lakes	March 2011
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 4oz	T. Balfour	Undisclosed Lancashire Water	March 2011
44lb 2oz	M. Lawrence	Barnes Fishery	February 2000
44lb	S. Gilham	Llandegfedd Reservoir	October 1988
43lb 12oz	T. Knight	Wykeham Lakes	March 2011
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 8oz	C. Humphries	Hickling Broad	March 2010
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 8oz	A. Charmer	Chew Valley Fishery	February 2010
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
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