In 1997, when Goliath was captured by Richard Garner from Wizzy Pool, Bedfordshire, he weighed 62 pounds and was returned alive to the lake. He was accepted by BRFC as the largest catch in Britain and named after the Bible giant. 19th. 2021
What is the largest British fish?
The largest coastal catch is a 169-pound 6-ounce skate caught in 1994 (see below for details on this catch), and the largest catch record is Lorenzo Henry Mitchell off Whitby. It is 851 pounds of Tanny (bluefin tuna) caught by. In 1933, it maintained the largest rod-and-line catch in history in the British waters.
What is the largest fish in a river in the UK?
The largest fish ever caught by Rod and Line in an English river was the giant 414-pound sturgeon caught in the Severn in 1903. A few years later, in 1911, another sturgeon was caught on the River Frome, a 9-foot fish monster.
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