BRITISH SEA FISH RECORDS - Over 1-pound
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 British coarse & game fish records |
 British sea fish records, under 1-pound |
 British sea fish records, over 1-pound |
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Almaco Jack(Boat) C. Torode. West Coast of Guernsey. 2007. - 1lb 7oz 12drams (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - ?
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Angler Fish (Boat) S. M. A. Neill. Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland. 1985. - 94lb 12oz 4drams (Shore) H. Legerton. Canvey Island, Essex. 1967. - 68lb 2oz
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Bass (Boat) P. McEwan. Off Reculvers, Herne Bay, Kent. 1987. - 19lb 9oz 2drams (Shore) D. L. Bourne. Southern Breakwater, Dover, Kent. 1988. - 19lb
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Blackfish (Boat) J. Semple. Off Heads of Ayr, Scotland. 1972. - 3lb 10oz 8drams (Shore) S. Ostler. Aldbrough Beach, East Yorkshire. 1998. - 5lb 14oz 8drams
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Bluemouth (Boat) Anne Lyngholm. Loch Shell, Stornoway, Scotland. 1976. - 3lb 2oz 8drams (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 1lb
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Blue Runner (Boat) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - ? (Shore) O. Tinklin. Glenthorne Beach, Lynmouth, Devon. 2007. - 1lb 4oz
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Bogue (Boat) K. McBride. Eddystone Reef. 1981. - 1lb 13oz (Shore) S. G. Torode. Pembroke, Guernsey, Channel Island. 1978. - 1lb 15oz 4drams
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Bonito (Boat) J. Parnell. Torbay, South Devon. 1969. - 8lb 13oz 4drams (Shore) P. Blanning. St. Brides Bay, Pembroke, Wales. 1996. - 2lb 10oz 5drams
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Bream (black) (Boat) J. A. Garlick. From Wreck off South Devon Coast. 1977. - 6lb 14oz 4drams (Shore) Rosanne Guille. Creux Harbour, Sark, CI. 2001. - 6lb 8oz 6drams
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Bream (couch's sea) (Boat) Stephen Condick. On the Quies off Newquay. 2001. - 4lb 14oz 4drams (Shore - Intrim) Mark Hooper. St Peter Port Breakwater, Guernsey. 2003. - 2lb 4oz 8drams (Shore) Andrew Gilbert, St Peter Port Harbour, Guernsey. 2003. - 2lb 6oz 9drams
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Bream (gilthead) (Boat) C. J. Bradford. Salcombe Estuary, Devon. 1991. - 9lb 15oz 8drams (Shore) Colin Carr. Salcombe Estuary, Devon. 1995. - 10lb 5oz 8drams
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Bream (pandora) (Boat) C. Stone. Newquay Coast, Cornwall. 1997. - 3lb 6oz 12drams (Shore) Phillip Jewell. Helford River, Cornwall. 2001. - 1lb 8oz 7drams
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Bream (ray's) (Boat) L/Cpl J. Holland. West of Barra head Hebrides, Scotland. 1978. - 6lb 3oz 13drams (Shore) G. Walker. Crimdon Beach, Hartlepool. 1967. - 7lb 15oz 12drams
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Bream (red) (Boat) B. Reynolds. From Wreck off Mevagissey, Cornwall. 1974. - 9lb 8oz 12drams (Shore) A. Salmon. Alderney Lighthouse, Channel Islands. 1979. - 4lb 7oz
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Bream (white sea) (Boat) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - ? (Shore) S Gavey. Jersey, Channel Islands. 2003. - 1lb 7oz 4drams
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Brill (Boat) A. Fisher. Derby Haven, Isle of Man. 1950. - 16lb (Shore) B. M. K. Fletcher. Nr. Vason Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands. 1980. - 7lb 7oz 8drams
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Bull Huss (Boat) M. L. Hall. Minehead, Somerset. 1986. - 22lb 4oz (Shore) G. Ebbs. Pwllheli Beach, Gwynedd, Wales. 1992. - 19lb 14oz
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Catfish (Boat) S. P. Ward. 5-Miles out from Whitby, Yorkshire. 1989. - 26lb 4oz (Shore) G. M. Taylor. Stonehaven, Scotland. 1978. - 12lb 12oz 8drams
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Coalfish (Boat) D. Brown. South of Eddystone from wreck. 1986. - 37lb 5oz (Shore) M. Cammish. Filey Brigg, Yorkshire. 1995. - 24lb 11oz 12drams
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Cod (Boat) Noel Cook. North Sea off Whitby, North Yorkshire. 1992. - 58lb 6oz (Shore) B. Jones. Tom's Point, Barry, Wales. 1966. - 44lb 8oz
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Comber (Boat) Master B. Phillips (age 10). Off Mounts Bay, Penzance, Cornwall. 1977. - 1lb 13oz (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 14oz
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Conger (Boat) V. Evans. From Wreck S.E. Berry Head, South Devon. 1995. - 133lb 4oz (Shore) M. Larkin. Devil's Point, Plymouth. 1992. - 68lb 8oz
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Dab (Boat) Master R. Islip. Gairloch, Wester Ross, Scotland. 1975. - 2lb 12oz 4drams (Shore) M. L. Watts. Morfa Beach, Port Talbot, Wales. 1936. - 2lb 9oz 8drams Darren Parrott (1fish staff PB). Beach fishing from Clacton. 2001 - 8oz
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Dogfish (black mouthed) (Boat) J. H. Anderson. N. W. Poll Point, Loch Fyne, Scotland. 1977. - 2lb 13oz 8drams (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 12oz
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Dogfish (lesser spotted) (Boat) G. Griffiths. Off Port Logan, Galloway, Scotland. 1994. - 4lb 6oz 8drams (Shore) S. Ramsey. Abbey Burnfoot, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. 1988. - 4lb 15oz 3drams Darren Parrott (1fish staff PB). Boat trip from Weymouth. 2001 - 3lb 8oz
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Flounder (Boat) A. G. L. Cobbledick. Fowey, Cornwall. 1956. - 5lb 11oz 8drams (Shore) B. Sokell. River Teign, South Devon. 1994. - 5lb 7oz
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Forkbeard (greater) (Boat) Miss M. Woodgate. Falmouth Bay, Cornwall. 1969. - 4lb 11oz 4drams (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 1lb
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Garfish (Boat) A. Saunders. Mounts Bay, Penzance, Cornwall. 1994. - 3lb 9oz 8drams (Shore) F. Williams. Porthoustock, South West Cornwall. 1995. - 3lb 4oz 12drams
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Greater Weever (Boat) R. Pope. Porthcurno, Lands End, Cornwall. 1999. - 2lb 2oz 7drams (Shore) K. Gilbert. Porthcurno, Cornwall. 2002. - 1lb 8oz 10drams
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Guinean Amberjack (Boat) G. Staples. Noir Pute, East of Hern, CI. 2000. - 1lb 6oz 10drams (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 1lb
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Gurnard (grey) (Boat) D. Swinbanks. Caliach Point, Mull, Scotland. 1976. - 2lb 7oz (Shore) P. EI-Balawi. Newquay Headland, Cornwall. 1989. - 1lb 10oz 8drams
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Gurnard (red) (Boat) Benjamin Le Noury. Havre Gosselin, Sark, Channel Islands. 1995. - 2lb 13oz 11drams (Shore) D. Johns. Helford River, Glebe Cove, Cornwall. 1976. - 2lb 10oz 11drams Darren Parrott (1fish staff PB). Boat trip from Weymouth. 2001 - 2lb 8oz
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Gurnard (streaked) (Boat) M. Adams. Poole Bay, Dorset. 1994. - 1lb 2oz (Shore) H. Livingstone Smith. Loch Goil, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. 1971. - 1lb 6oz 8drams
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Gurnard (yellow or tubfish) (Boat) C. W. King. Wallasey, Cheshire. 1952. - 11lb 7oz 4drams (Shore) G. J. Reynolds. Langlan Bay, Wales. 1976. - 12lb 3oz
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Haddock (Boat) G. Bones. Off Falmouth, Cornwall. 1978. - 13lb 11oz 4drams (Shore) G. B. Stevenson. Lock Goil, Scotland. 1976. - 6lb 12oz
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Haddock (norway) (Boat) T. Barrett. Thames Estuary, 2 miles off Southend on Sea, Essex. 1975. - 1lb 13oz 8drams (Shore) F. P. Fawke. Southend Pier, Essex. 1973. - 1lb 3oz
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Hake (Boat) R. Roberts. Loch Etive, Scotland. 1997. - 25lb 12oz 14drams (Shore) W. S. Parry. Morfa Beach, Port Talbot, Wales. 1984. - 3lb 8oz 2drams
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Halibut (Boat) C. Booth. Dunnet Head, off Scrabster, Scotland. 1979. - 234lb (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 10lb
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Herring (Boat) Master B. Barden. Off Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. 1973. - 1lb 1oz (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 1lb
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John Dory (St. peter's fish) (Boat) J. Johnson. Off Newhaven, E. Sussex. 1977. - 11lb 14oz (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 3lb
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Ling (Boat) J. Webster. Off Bridlington, Yorkshire. 1989. - 59lb 8oz (Shore) K. Smith. Seasons Point, Plymouth, Devon. 1994. - 21lb 10oz
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Lumpsucker (Boat) J. McCoy. River Tyne Estuary. 1986. - 10lb 12oz 10drams (Shore) Andrew Perry. Weymouth, Dorset. 1987. - 20lb 9oz 12drams
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Mackerel (Boat) W. J. Chapple. 1.5 miles off Penberth Cove, W. Cornwall. 1984. - 6lb 2oz 7drams (Shore) M. A. Kemp. Berry Head Quarry, Brixham, Devon. 1982. - 5lb 11oz 14drams Darren Parrott (1fish staff PB). Boat trip from Weymouth. 2001 - 1lb 4oz
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Mackerel (spanish) (Boat) K. Johnson. Cadgwith Cove, Nr Helston, Cornwall. 2001. - 1lb 5oz 4drams (Shore) Sean Coulson. Princess Pier, Torquay, Devon. 2003. - 1lb 10oz 10drams
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Megrim (Boat) Master P. Christie. Gairloch, Scotland. 1973. - 3lb 12oz 8drams (Shore) F. J. Williams. Porthcurno, Cornwall. 1987. - 2lb 6oz 1drams
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Monkfish (Boat) C. G. Chalk. South of Shoreham, Sussex. 1965. - 66lb (Shore) G. S. Bishop. Llwyngwril Beach Gwynedd, N. Wales. 1984. - 52lb 14oz
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Mullet (golden grey) Joint
Record (Boat) J. Case. Brixham Harbour, S. Devon. 1999. - 2lb 13oz 6drams (Shore) J. Reeves. Old Man's Nose, E. Coast of Alderney, Channel Is. 1991. - 3lb 4drams (Shore) D. Heward, Christchurch Harbour, Dorset. 1994. - 3lb 4drams
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Mullet (red) (Boat) M. T. Hamel. Petils Bay, Bordeaux, Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands. 1981. - 3lb 7oz (Shore) A. Wright. Longy Bay, Alderney, Channel Islands. 1996. - 3lb 15oz
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Mullet (thick lipped grey) (Boat) P. C. Libby. Portland, Dorset. 1952. - 10lb 1oz (Shore) R. S. Gifford. The Leys, Aberthaw, Glamorgan, Wales. 1979. - 14lb 2oz 12drams
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Mullet (thin lipped grey) (Boat) Mrs. Ann Copley. River Medway, Kent. 1991. - 5lb 15oz (Shore) N. Mableson. Saltside, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk. 1991. - 7lb
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Opah (Boat) A. R. Blewett. Mounts Bay, Penzance, Cornwall. 1973. - 128lb (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 20lb
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Pelamid (bonito) (Boat) J. Parnell. Torbay, South Devon. 1969. - 8lb 13oz 4drams (Shore) P. Blanning. St. Brides Bay, Pembroke. 1996. - 2lb 10oz 5drams
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Perch (dusky) (Boat) D. Cope. Off Durlston Head, Dorset. 1973. - 28lb (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 7lb
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Plaice (Boat) H. Gardiner. Longa Sound, Scotland. 1974. - 10lb 3oz 8drams (Shore) R. Moore. Southbourne Beach, Bournemouth, Dorset. 1989. - 8lb 6oz 14drams
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Pollack (Boat) W. S. Mayes. Dungeness, Kent. 1987. - 29lb 4oz (Shore) C. Lowe. Abbotsbury Beach, Dorset. 1986. - 18lb 4oz
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Pouting (bib, pout) (Boat) R. Armstrong. Off Berry Head, Devon. 1969. - 5lb 8oz (Shore) R. Andrews. Pembroke, Guernsey, Channel Islands. 1991. - 4lb 9oz
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Puffer Fish (Boat) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 4lb (Shore) S. Atkinson. Chesil Beach, Abbotsbury, Dorset. 1985. - 6lb 9oz 4drams
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Ray (blonde) Joint Record (Boat) Ian Dobson. Nab Tower, off Isle-of-Wight . 2000. - 38lb 9oz (Shore) C. M. Reeves. Mannez Targets, S E. Coast, Alderney, Ch. Islands. 1986. - 32lb 8oz (Shore) K. Frain. Grosnez, N. Coast of Jersey, Channel Islands. 1994. - 32lb 8oz
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Ray (bottle-nosed) (Boat) R. Bulpitt. Off The Needles, Isle of Wight. 1970. - 76lb (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 15lb
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Ray (cuckoo) (Boat) V. Morrison. Off Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland. 1975. - 5lb 11oz (Shore) C. Wills. North Cliffs, Cornwall. 1981. - 4lb 10oz
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Ray (eagle) (Boat) R. Lewis. Off St Catherines Bay, Isle of Wight. 2004. - 101lb 14oz 6drams (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 15lb
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Ray (electric) (Boat) N. J. Cowley. Off Dodman point, Cornwall. 1975. - 96lb 1oz (Shore) Master M. A. Wills. Porthallow, Cornwall. 1980. - 52lb 11oz
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Ray (marbled, electric) (Boat) R. Ryan. Mid Shingles, Western Solent. 2000. - 10lb 6oz 8drams (Shore) M. E. Porter. North Coast of Jersey, Channel Island. 1990. - 13lb 15oz 11drams
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Ray (sandy) (Boat) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 2lb (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 2lb
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Ray (small eyed) (Boat) Mrs. Susan Storey. Watchet Harbour, North Somerset Coast. 1991. - 17lb 8oz (Shore) N. J. Wood. South Wales. 1991. - 15lb 3drams
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Ray (spotted) (Boat) A. Hodge. Whitsands Bay, Cornwall. 1998. - 8lb 10oz 8drams (Shore) G. D. Bowen. Mewslade Bay, S. Wales. 1980. - 8lb 5oz
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Ray (sting) (Boat) P. Burgess. River Blackwater, Essex. 1996. - 72lb 2oz (Shore) T. Back. Whitstable, Kent. 2003. - 59lb 12oz 9drams
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Ray (thornback) (Boat) J. Wright. Liverpool bay. 1981. - 31lb 7oz (Shore) S. Ramsay. The Ross, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. 1985. - 21lb 12oz
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Ray (undulate) (Boat) S. Titt. 4-Miles South St. Aldhelms Head, Swanage, Dorset. 1987. - 21lb 4oz 8drams (Shore) K. Skinner. St. Catherine's Breakwater Lighthouse, Jersey. 1983. - 21lb 4oz
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Rockling (3-bearded) (Boat) C. Hurst. South of the Isle of Wight. 1992. - 3lb 4oz 4drams (Shore) M. Negus. The Lizard, Cornwall. 2001. - 3lb 12oz 14drams
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Rockling (shore) (Boat) J. Simmonds. Off Redcliff Point, Dorset. 2000. - 12oz 10drams (Shore) D. Lane. Chesil Cove, Dorset. 1992. - 1lb 9oz 12drams
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Salmon (coho) (Boat) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 1lb (Shore) R. J. McCracken. Petit Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. 1977. - 1lb 8oz 1drams
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Scad (horse mackerel) (Boat) M. A. Atkins. Torbay, S. Devon. 1978. - 3lb 5oz 3drams (Shore) R. Dillon. Cockenzie Power Station, Scotland. 1981. - 3lb 14drams
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Sea Scorpion (short spined) (Boat) R. Stephenson. Keppell Pier, Great Cumbrae Isle, Scotland. 1973. - 2lb 3oz (Shore) B. Logan. Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear. 1982. - 2lb 7oz 8drams
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Shad (allis) (Boat) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 2lb (Shore) P. B. Gerrard. Chesil Beach, Dorset. 1977. - 4lb 12oz 7drams
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Shad (twaite) (Boat) D. Protheroe. Barry, S. Wales. 1985. - 2lb 4oz 2drams (Shore) J. Martin. Garlieston, Wigtownshire, South West Scotland. 1978. - 2lb 12oz
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Shark (blue) (Boat) N. Sutcliffe. Looe, Cornwall. 1959. - 218lb (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 40lb
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Shark (mako) (Boat) Mrs. J. M. Yallop. North West of Eddystone Light. 1971. - 500lb (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 40lb
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Shark (porbeagle) (Boat) C. Bennett. Dunnet Head, Scotland. 1993. - 507lb (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 40lb
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Shark (six-gilled) (Boat) F. E. Beeton. Penlee Point, Plymouth, Devon. 1976. - 9lb 8oz (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 5lb
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Shark (thresher) (Boat) S. Mills. 6-Miles South Nab Tower, off Portsmouth, Hants. 1982. - 323lb (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 40lb
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Skate (common) (Boat) R. Banks. 8-Miles off Tobermory, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. 1986. - 227lb (Shore) G. MacKenzie. Breasclete Pier, Loch Roag, I. of Lewis. 1994. - 169lb 6oz
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Smoothound (starry) (Boat) A. Bowering. Off Minehead, Bristol Channel. 1998. - 28lb 2oz (Shore) D. Carpenter. Beach at Bradwell-on-sea, Essex. 1972. - 23lb 2oz
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Smoothound (Boat) A. T. Chilvers. Heacham, Norfolk. 1969. - 28lb (Shore) P. Orchard. hillhead Sea Wall, Hampshire. 2000. - 20lb 3oz
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Sole (Boat) W. Butler. Off Teignmouth. 2004. - 4lb 2oz 8drams (Shore) N. V. Guilmoto. South Coast Boulders, Alderney, Channel Island. 1991. - 6lb 8oz 10drams
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Sole (lemon) (Boat) J. Gordons. Loch Goil Head, off Loch Long, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. 1976. - 2lb 2oz (Shore) W. N. Callister. Victoria Pier, Douglas, Isle-of-Man. 1980. - 2lb 7oz 11drams
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Spurdog (Boat) P. Barrett. Off Porthleven, Cornwall. 1977. - 21lb 3oz 7drams (Shore) R. Legg. Chesil Beach, Dorset. 1964. - 16lb 12oz 8drams
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Sunfish (Boat) T. Sisson. Off Saundersfoot, Wales. 1976. - 108lb (Shore) M. Merry. Fisherman's cove, North Cliffs, Cornwall. 1976. - 49lb 4oz
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Tadpole-Fish (Boat) S. Bishop. Off Christchurch, Dorset. 1991. - 1lb 4oz 4drams (Shore) N. Conn. Seaham Beach, Co. Durham. 1990. - 1lb 5oz 12drams
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Tope (Boat) R. Chatfield. Off Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex. 1991. - 82lb 8oz (Shore) R. J. White. Baggy Point, North Devon. 1982. - 58lb 2oz
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Torsk (Boat) D. MacKay. Pentland Firth, Scotland. 1982. - 15lb 7oz 2drams (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 3lb
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Trigger Fish (Boat) P. J. Phillips. 0.5 mile off Tywyn Beach, Wales. 2002. - 6lb 4oz 14drams (Shore) K. Lydiard. Lynmouth rocks, North Devon. 1995. - 5lb 14oz 8drams
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Tunny (Boat) L. Mitchell-Henry. Whitby, Yorkshire. 1933. - 851lb (Shore) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 40lb
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Tunny (big eyed) (Boat) QUALIFYING WEIGHT. - 30lb (Shore) A. Pascoe. Newlyn Harbour, Cornwall. 1985. - 66lb 12oz
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Tunny (long finned) (Boat) B. Cater. Salcombe Estuary, Devon. 1990. - 4lb 12oz (Shore) VACANT
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Turbot (Boat) R. Simcox. Salcombe, Devon. 1980. - 33lb 12oz (Shore) J. Dorling. Dunwich Beach, East Suffolk. 1973. - 28lb 8oz
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