The British boat caught blue shark record – which had stood for 58 years – has been smashed with an incredible 250lb+ fish taken ten miles off Cornwall. The predator fell to the rod of South Kelsey, Lincolnshire angler John Dines who was fishing with a group of friends under the guidance of Bite Adventures, […]
New 250lb plus British record blue shark safely released
900lb Shark Landed Off County Clare
Irish Luke Aston has tracked down this massive six gill shark off Carrigaholt, County Clare for one of his customers Ben Carter, on only his second day after them of the season in his popular boat Clare Dragoon. The huge fish, estimate at 900lb, was of course safely unhooked and swam off strongly. Email: lukeaston@eircom.net […]
Big Rig British Record carp record claim and Loch Earn trout claim rejected: Both ‘Cultivated’
News from the British Record (rod-caught) Fish Committee meeting The British Record (rod-caught) Fish Committee met at Fishmongers’ Hall, London, on 29th November 2016. Present were: Nick Simmonds (Secretary), Oliver Crimmen (Scientific Advisor, Natural History Museum), Nigel Hewlett (Scientific Advisor, Environment Agency), Andrew Nellist (Freshwater specialist) Chris Clark (Sea fish specialist) and Paul Coulson (Freshwater […]
Bluefin tuna landed off the coast of Wales
A Bluefin tuna estimated at over 300lb has been caught off the coast of Wales. The mighty fish was landed by Kent angler Andy Griffith aboard ‘White Water II’ skippered by Andrew Allsop out of Milford Haven. It took a deep diving home-made lure and took an hour to bring to the boat. The fish was […]
