Notable Fish List

Updated 28th November 2025

Species	Estimated Weight	Length	Girth (G) or wingspan (W)	Boat or shore-caught	Caught by	Date	Location	Image
Common Skate	229lb	92 inches 234cm	70 ½ inches W 179cm	Shore	Roy Anderson	13th June 2012	Rackwick, Orkney	N/A
Striped Bass	Unknown (Includedas the first recorded capture of the speciesin uk waters)	Unknown Unknown	Unknown	Shore	Martin White	25th August 2013	Dover Breakwater	N/A
Common Skate	226lb	87 inches 221cm	74 inches 188cm	Shore	Craig Mackay	5th June 2014	East Coast of Scotland	N/A
Common Skate (Male)	146lb	84 inches 213.5cm	63 inches 160cm	Shore	Craig Mackay	25th July 2015	East Coast of Scotland	N/A
Blue Shark	253lb	100 inches 254cm	45 inches 114.5cm	Boat	James Fellows	18th August 2016	Off Milford Haven	N/A
Rainbow Trout	34lb 12oz	38 inches	26.25 inches	N/A	Michael Mitchell	2nd October 2016	Loch Earn	N/A
Common Skate	188lb	84 inches 213.5cm	66 inches 167.5cm	Shore	Duncan Paul	30th September 2016	North Coast of Scotland	N/A
Bass	Confirmed 21lb 5oz	Unknown	Unknown	Shore	Guntars Zukovskis	25th February 2020	Lilstock, Somerset	N/A
Porbeagle Shark	Unknown	63 inches (overall length) 160cm	35 inches 89cm	Shore	Liam Warder	17th June 2022	North Cornwall	N/A
Imperial Scaldfish	3oz (Weighed on boat)			Boat	Sean McSeveney	13th October 2022	Off Penzance, Charter boat 'Lo Kie Adventures, Skipper Kieren Faisey'	N/A
Imperial Scaldfish	113 Grams (Weighed on boat)			Boat	Roy Shipway	9th May 2025	Off Newlyn, Charter boat 'Unleashed fishing Charters', Skipper Kieren Faisey	N/A
Imperial Scaldfish	101 Grams (Weighed on boat)	Unknown	Unknown	Boat	Tony Churton	16th July 2026	Off Porthcurno, Charter boat 'Unleashed fishing Charters', Skipper Kieren Faisey