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My Specimen List

My Specimen List - The funny thing about this page, is that there aren't any specimens! When I stopped fishing back in 1990, this was the list of fish I had.

As a young angler, I would drool over my favourite angling publication Angler's Mail and be amazed at the specimen filled pages. I would dream of catching a 20lb carp or a 2lb Roach, but it never happened. I enjoyed trying for them, but had limited funds and if I am fair to myself, I would fish waters where I didn't have a cat in hell's chance of catching a specimen!

The beauty of this page is it can now be organic as it will change and if you're interested, you'll be able to see how I am getting on by revisiting this page to see if any of the records have been broken. Well here we go, you can now take a look and see how well I didn't do and hopefully, how I've improved!

Barbel
about 2 ounces from the Trent at Farndon, Notts

Bronze Bream
2lbs 10 ounces, from a stillwater in Nottinghamshire somewhere!

Chub
2lbs 8 ounces from the Smyte nr.Newark, Notts

Common Carp
About 1 ounce from the Trent at Farndon, Notts

Broken in season 2007/08 at a new record of 9lbs 2 ounces!

Crucian Carp
I have never caught one!

Broken in season 2007/08 at a whopping 4 ounces!

Dace
4 ounces from the Trent at WInthorpe, Notts

Eel
2lbs 4 ounces from the Water's Meet Hotel, Glos

Grass Carp
I have never caught one!

Gudgeon
2 ounce approx. from the Trent at East Stoke, Notts

Leather Carp
I have never caught one!

Minnow
We've all caught a few with a tiddler net!

Mirror Carp
16lbs 14 ounces from Marlborough Lake, Oxon

Perch
Approx. 1lb from a Lincolnshire stillwater

Pike
6lbs from Revesby Park, Lincs

Broken in season 2007/08 at a new record of 12lbs 12 ounces!

Roach
10 ounces from a Lincolnshire stillwater

Rudd
8 ounces from a Lincolnshire stillwater

Ruffe
I have never caught one!

Silver Bream
I have never caught one!

Spined Loach
I have never caught one!

Stone Loach
A few of these went in the tiddler net!

Sturgeon
I'd love to have a go at one!

Tench
2lbs 8 ounces from the Water's Meet Hotel, Glos

Broken in season 2008/09 at a new record of 6lbs!

Wels Catfish
Another species I've not tackled!

Wild Carp
Difficult to find I haven't seen many!

Zander
I love predator fishing, so I'll hunt the Lincolnshire drains for one of these!