A history of British barbel river records (created 09/09/08) – Last updated 19/03/2019
|
River
|
Weight (lb/oz)
|
Date Captured
|
Picture
|
Name of Angler
|
|
Aire
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
6.15
|
19th September 2011
|
Dalvinder Halawell
|
||
|
6.03
|
14th August 2011
|
Rob Halawell
|
||
|
2.14
|
October 2010
|
Rob Halawell
|
||
|
Anker (Staffs)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
15.10
|
5th October 2012
|
John Turner
|
||
|
15.04
|
January 2012
|
Phil Smith
|
||
|
15.03
|
18th November 2011
|
John Turner
|
||
|
13.06
|
December 2007
|
Peter Malys
|
||
|
Arun (Sussex)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
11.02
|
November 2003
|
Brian Ayling
|
||
|
Arrow (Warwickshire)
|
||||
|
Avon (Bristol)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
15.09 1/2
|
1998
|
Stuart Morgan
|
||
|
Avon (Hampshire) * |
Previous record
|
|||
|
16.15
|
14th March 2016
|
Phil Nixon
|
||
|
16.11
|
30th September 2010
|
Ben Hutchinson
|
||
|
16.08
|
January 2008
|
Matt Day
|
||
|
16.07
|
September 2005
|
Leanne Jaynes
|
||
|
Avon (Warwickshire)
|
||||
|
Blackwater (Berks)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
11.12
|
October 2009
|
Alan Stagg
|
||
|
11.04
|
August 1999
|
Bob Vince
|
||
|
Bourne (Surrey)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
10.06
|
December 2007
|
Virginia Rushmer
|
||
|
Cherwell (Oxon)
|
||||
|
Colne (Lancs)
|
||||
|
Colne (Middlesex)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
17.02
|
August 2008
|
Eddie Edwards
|
||
|
Coppermill Stream
|
||||
|
Culm
|
||||
|
Dane (Cheshire)
|
||||
|
Dearne
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
15.04
|
9th September 2014
|
Wayne Hopkinson
|
||
|
11.01
|
October 2011
|
Michael Takacs
|
||
|
10.04
|
January 2008
|
David Preston
|
||
|
Derwent (Derbyshire)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
16.12
|
15th July 2013
|
Ian Hartley
|
||
|
16lb 3oz
|
12th October 2012
|
Red Darling
|
||
|
15lb 12oz
|
29th July 2012
|
Brian Johnstone
|
||
|
15.09
|
9th March 2012
|
Ken Broughton
|
||
|
15.08
|
January 2012
|
Chris Martin
|
||
|
15.02
|
July 2005
|
Darren Goodwin
|
||
|
Derwent (Yorkshire)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
12.06
|
September 1989
|
Jon Wolfe
|
||
|
Don (Yorkshire)
|
Previous records
|
|||
| 13.10 |
February 2007
|
Paul Scott
|
||
|
Dove (Staffs)
|
Previous Records
|
|||
|
18.04
|
29th February 2012
|
James Bell
|
||
|
17.11
|
10th March 2011
|
Karl Phillips
|
||
|
17.10
|
2nd November 2010
|
Simon Asbury
|
||
|
17.06
|
January 2008
|
Jim Ufton
|
||
|
Drapers Osiers Bed |
||||
|
Ember (Surrey)
|
||||
|
Enborne
|
||||
|
Evenlode
|
||||
|
Exe (Devon)
|
Previous Records
|
|||
|
9.00
|
August 2005
|
Matthew Martin
|
||
|
Frome (Somerset)
|
||||
|
Goyt
|
Previous Records
|
|||
|
13.12
|
18th February 2011
|
Stephen Bourke
|
||
|
12.14
|
27th October 2010
|
Jerry Gleeson
|
||
|
12.08
|
22nd September 2009
|
Jerry Gleeson
|
||
|
12.02
|
13th March 2008
|
Paul Bennett
|
||
|
Holybrook
|
||||
|
Hull (Yorkshire) ***
|
||||
|
Ivel (Beds)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
17.15
|
27th December 2010
|
Keith Speer
|
||
|
16.08
|
October 2008
|
Eric Frewin
|
||
|
15.14
|
September 2007
|
Paul Elt
|
||
|
Itchen
|
Previous Records
|
|||
|
14.8
|
October 2014
|
James Van Gowler
|
||
|
12.15
|
10th November 2011
|
Andy Childs
|
||
|
12.12
|
25th September 2011
|
Roman Vann
|
||
|
12.08
|
23rd February 2008
|
Andy Nellist
|
||
|
Kennet (Berks)
|
||||
|
Lea
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
15.15
|
3rd March 2008
|
Max Towner
|
||
|
Leam (Warks)
|
||||
|
Loddon (Berks)
|
||||
|
Lugg (Herefore)
|
||||
|
Marden
|
||||
|
Mease (Staffs)
|
||||
|
Medway (Kent)
|
||||
|
Mole (Surrey)
|
||||
|
Nene (Northants)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
18.03
|
4th August 2016
|
Nigel Bryans
|
||
|
17.08
|
November 2012
|
Nigel Bryans
|
||
|
15.14
|
18th September 2010
|
Vince Sparrow
|
||
|
15.12
|
11th March 2009
|
Alex Green
|
||
|
15.08
|
28th February 2009
|
Vince Sparrow
|
||
|
15.04
|
August 2008
|
Steve Teeson
|
||
|
14.15
|
17th October 2008
|
Nigel Bryans
|
||
|
14.10
|
September 2007
|
Steve Teeson
|
||
|
Nidd (Yorkshire)
|
||||
|
11.10
|
January 2007
|
Dan Birkett
|
||
|
(Great) Ouse
|
||||
|
Ouse (Sussex)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
15.11
|
9th March 2013
|
Michael Wickens
|
||
|
14.05
|
March 2009
|
Richard Howard
|
||
|
13.15
|
8th November 2008
|
Robin West
|
||
|
12.12
|
14th February 2008
|
Fred Bishop
|
||
|
Ouse (Yorkshire)
|
||||
|
Ouzel
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
13.10
|
21 September 2007
|
Adrian Busby
|
||
|
Potts Stream
|
||||
|
Ribble (Lancs)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
15.14
|
January 2008
|
George Cowan
|
||
|
Rother (Sussex)
|
revious records
|
|||
|
15.03
|
23rd February 2007
|
Martin Eyres
|
||
|
St Patricks Stream
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
17.15
|
27th February 2007
|
Alan Oliver
|
||
|
Severn
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
16.05
|
10th March 2009
|
Andrew Allard
|
||
|
16.03
|
November 1997
|
Howard Maddocks
|
||
|
Soar (Leics)
|
||||
|
Sow (Staffs)
|
||||
|
Stour (Dorset)
|
||||
|
Stour (Kent)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
13.05
|
16th January 2009
|
Iain McDonald
|
||
|
9.06
|
June 2002
|
Carl Allman
|
||
|
Stour (Suffolk)
|
||||
|
Swale (Yorks)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
Taff (Wales)
|
||||
|
Tame (Mersey)
|
||||
|
|
10.02 | 18th August 2018 | See picture | Steve Phythian |
|
Tame (Staffs)
|
||||
|
13.10
|
January 2006
|
Phil Bennett
|
||
|
Tees
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
13.07
|
August 2009
|
Dave Wilmott
|
||
|
13.00
|
August 2007
|
Richard Harris
|
||
|
Teme
|
||||
|
Thame
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
16.02
|
30th September 2015
|
Steven Ross
|
||
|
15.00
|
07th August 2010
|
Stephen Harris
|
||
|
12.03
|
September 4th 2006
|
Phil Smith
|
||
|
Thames |
Previous records
|
|||
| 20.02 |
23rd September 2018
|
See picture |
Simon Cook
|
|
| 18.02 |
November 2005
|
See picture |
Guy Rob
|
|
|
Trent
|
||||
|
Ure (Yorks)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
11.10
|
August 12th 2010
|
Gage Whyte
|
||
|
11.02
|
July 20034
|
Martin Meechan
|
||
|
Wear (Durham)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
12.15
|
September 14th 2006
|
Nigel Collins
|
||
|
Welland (Lincs)
|
||||
|
Wensum (Norfolk)
|
||||
|
Wey (Surrey)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
16.10
|
Unknown
|
Andy Little
|
||
|
Wharfe (Yorks)
|
||||
|
Windrush (Oxon)
|
||||
|
Witham (Lincs)
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
9.14
|
March 2000
|
Colin Wilson
|
||
|
Wye
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
Wandle
|
Previous records
|
|||
|
12.04
|
25th September 2008
|
Andrew Shaw
|
||
|
12.02
|
July 2006
|
Mike Garrett
|
||
|
Yare (Norfolk)
|
||||
If your name appears on this list and you would like to include a photo with the entry, please contact Andy F.
No part of this list should be published or duplicated in either print or digital form without prior permission from bfw.