Drina River in Foča-Ustikolina municipality, East Bosnia. Venue for the capture of the 58 kg European record Huchen (Hucho hucho) in 1938

This list is of the heaviest European freshwater fish caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line.

The criteria for inclusion on this list is that the species, weight, date and venue have been published by a recognized publisher with a genuine photograph and a link to that publication is referenced here. The list is intended to include all categories of coarse and game fish caught by sport anglers.

Current records

Image Species Weight kg Weight lb oz Captor Date Water Country References / Notes
Allis Shad - Grand alose / Maifisch (Alosa alosa) 3 kg 7 lb Mr. Michou 2008 Blavet River  France [1]
Asp - Aspe / Aspio / (Leuciscus aspius) 10.3 kg 22 lb 11 oz Miroslav Šajdák 2008 Vah River, Nosicky Canal  Slovakia [2]
European Eel - Aal - Anguille - Anguilla (Anguilla anguilla) Note 1 6.04 kg 13 lb 5 oz G. Cadora 1991 Niepkuhle  Germany [3][4]
Silver Bream - Güster / Björkna / Brème bordelière - Blicca (Blicca bjoerkna) 1.48 kg 3 lb 4 oz Ulf Ahlinder 2010 Dal River  Sweden [5]
1.474 kg Gareth Evans 21 May 2012 Mill Farm Fishery, Bury, West Sussex  England [6][7]
Bream / Brachse / Braxen / Brème / Abramide (Abramis brama) 10.3 kg 22 lb 11 oz Scot Crook 17 April 2012 Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire,  England [6]
Common Barbel - Barbe (Barbus barbus) 9.59 kg 21 lb 2 oz Colin Smithson 7 November 2019 Sussex River, Sussex  England [6]
Common Iberian Barbel - Barbo Común ibérico (Luciobarbus bocagei) 11.5 kg 26 lb 6 oz Mr. Felix 2007 Lagunas de Ruidera, Guadiana river  Spain [8]
Comizo Barbel - Comizo (Luciobarbus comizo) 16.8 kg 37 lb David Aldana 1 March 2017 Lago Penarolla  Spain [9]
Andalusian Barbel - Barbo andaluz andalusische Barbe - barbeau andalouse (Luciobarbus sclateri) 4.1 kg 9 lb 1 oz Peter Staggs  Netherlands 2000 Las Tortugas Lake, Nueva Andalucía  Spain [8]
Burbot - Quappe - Lake - Barbotte - Bottatrice (Lota lota) 8.5 kg 18 lb 12 oz Margit Agren 22 Oct 1996 Angenmanelren  Sweden [10][11]
Chub - Döbel / Färna / Chevaine / Cavedano (Squalius cephalus) 5.72 kg 12 lb 10 oz Franz Wutte 1991 Gurk River  Austria [12]
Crucian carp - Karausche / Carrassin / Carassio (Carassius carassius) 3.64 kg 8 lb B. Spörlein 2005 Lake at Strössendorf  Germany [3]
Goldfish - Goudvis / Poisson rouge / Carassio (Carassius auratus) 3.2 kg 7 lb 1 oz Brian Jensen 2006 Lake in Denmark TBC  Denmark [13]
Bighead Carp - Cardona / Tolstolobec pestrý / Grootkopkarper / carpa testa grossa (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) 77.5 kg 170 lb 14 oz Diem János 14 July 2009 Lake Tisza (hu:Tisza-tó), (Kisköre Reservoir)  Hungary [14]
Carp - karpfen / Karpe / Carpe / Carpa - Common, Mirror, Leather (Cyprinus carpio) 51.2 kg 112 lb 14 oz Michel Schoenmakers  Netherlands 23 Nov 2018 Euro Aqua Fishery, Nemesvita  Hungary [15]
Silver Carp - Carpe d'argent / srebrny karp / zilveren/ Silberkarpfen (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) 41.5 kg 91 lb 8 oz Werner Schwingenschlögl 2018 Baggersee Schweitzer Grube  Austria [16]
Dace - Hasel / Stäm / Leuscico comune (Leuciscus leuciscus) 0.76 kg 1 lb 11 oz Mario Grill 2007 Attersee  Austria [17]
Ide or Orfe Aland / L'ide. (Leuciscus idus) 5.5 kg 12 lb 2 oz V. Korotkovs 1989 Lubāns  Latvia [18]
Grass Carp - Graskarpfen / Amur bílý / Graskarper (Ctenopharyngodon idella) 40.5 kg 89 lb 5 oz Diem Szeles Sándor 21 Aug 1993 River Danube  Hungary [14]
Grayling - Äsche - Ombre - Temolo (Thymallus thymallus) 3.175 kg 7 lb H. Baumann 1 May 1975 Danube  Germany [19]
Huchen (Danube salmon) - Hödekin -salmón del Danubio (Hucho hucho) Note 2 58 kg 127 lb 14 oz Halil Sofradžija 1938 Drina river, Dragojevic buk, Foča-Ustikolina  Bosnia [20] photo does not confirm the weight
Mullet - Thin-Lipped Grey / Meeräsche / mulle / triglia (Liza ramada) 3.45 kg 7 lb 9oz Shaun Sillett 20 August 2012 Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk  England [21]
Common Nase - Nose / nasus (Chondrostoma nasus) 3.4 kg 7 lb 8oz Dieter Lindemann 10 Feb 2006 Rhine  Germany [3]
Perch - (Fluß) Barsch / Abborre / Perche / Persico (Perca fluviatilis) 3.75 kg 8 lb 4 oz Stephan Gockel 2010 Meuse River  Netherlands [22]
Pike - Hecht / Gädda / Brochet / Luccio (Esox lucius) 26.7 kg 58 lb 14 oz Lukas Matejka October 2019 Lake in Bohemia  Czech Republic [23]
Prussian carp - Silver or Gibel karpfen / Karpe / Carpe / Carpa (Carassius gibelio) 4.84 kg 10 lb 11 oz Jan Zablocki 2009 Kocher River, Germany  Germany [24]
Roach - Rotauge / Mört / Gardon / rutilo (Rutilus rutilus) 2.625 kg 5 lb 12 oz M. Müller 1981 Weser  Germany [3]
Black Sea roach - Perlfisch / Pärlfisk (Rutilus meidingerii) 6.57 kg 14 lb 8 oz Cosimo Radler 2015 Wolfgangsee  Austria [25]
Cactus roach - Neitsisärg (Rutilus virgo) 3.34 kg 7 lb 6 oz Peter Sagl 2021 Danube River  Austria [26]
Danube Roach - Frauennerfling / Gardon galant / pigo (Rutilus pigus) 2.56 kg 5 lb 10 oz Jurgen Perl 3 July 2016 Danube River, Bavaria  Germany [27]
Rudd - Rotfeder / Sarv / Gardon Rouge / Scardola (pinne rosse) (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) 2.7 kg 5 lb 15 oz S.Nagel 1976 Weser  Germany [3]
Tench - Barn / Sutare / Tanche / Tinca (Tinca tinca) 6.899 kg 15 lb 3 oz 6 dr Darren Ward June 2001 Sheepwalk big pit, Shepperton, Middlesex  England [6][28]
Atlantic Salmon - Atlantischer Lachs / Lax / Saumon / Salmone (Salmo salar) 35.89 kg 79 lb 2 oz Henrik Henriksen 1 Jan 1928 Tana River  Norway [11][29]
Wels Catfish Europäischer Wels / Mal / Silure glane / Siluro (Silurus glanis) 134.97 kg 297 lb 9 oz Attila Zsedely  Hungary 11 March 2010 River Po  Italy [30]

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Siberian sturgeon - Sibirischer Stör / Esturión siberiano / Esturgeon sibérien / Storione siberiano (Acipenser baerii) Note 2 32 kg 70 lb 8 oz catcher ? 2012 Fishing paradise, Pielachtal  Austria [16]
Adriatic sturgeon - Adriastör / Adriatisk stör / Esturgeon de l'Adriatique / Storione (Acipenser naccarii) Note 1 19 kg 41 lb 14 oz Josef Hotzl 2012 Fishing paradise, Pielachtal  Austria [32]
Sterlet - Kleiner Stör / Sterlett / Esturgeon du Danube / Storione sterleto (Acipenser ruthenus) 7.85 kg 17 lb 5 oz Gábor Burián-Kozma 2002 River Danube  Hungary [33]
European sturgeon - Europäische Stör / Esturgeon d'Europe / Sturys (Acipenser sturio) Note 1 176 kg 388 lb Alec Allen 1932 River Towy, Nantgaredig, Carmarthenshire  Wales [34]

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Trout, Brown - Seeforelle / Truite De Lac / Trota Di Lago / Insjööring (Salmo trutta) 17 kg 37 lb 8 oz Kurt Stenlund 16 Oct 1991 Storsjön, Gällivare kom Lappland  Sweden [10]
Vendace - Kleine Maräne / Corégone blanc / Muikku (Coregonus albula) 0.55 kg 1 lb 3 oz unknown 1 Oct 2004 Inarijärvi  Finland [36]
Vimba - Zährte / Vimma / Vimbe (Vimba vimba) 2.325 kg 5 lb 2 oz J. Müller 21 May 1975 Weser  Germany [3]
Whitefish - Renke / Sik / Siika (Coregonus lavaretus) 7.08 kg 15 lb 10 oz Markku Taponen 15 July 2000 Sodankylä  Finland [36]
Zander - European Pikeperch / Gös / Sander / Luccioperca (Sander lucioperca) 18.7 kg 41 lb 4 oz Friedrich Kraus 1990 Danube  Austria [37]
Ziege - Rasoir / Garda / Ožka (žuvis) (Pelecus cultratus) 0.91 kg 2 lb Markku Pesonen 2008 Saimaar Lake  Finland [38]
Zingel - Tsingeli / Magyar bucó / Czop czarny (Zingel zingel) 1.23 kg 2 lb 11 oz Gregor Käfer 2011 River Danube  Austria [39]
Blue Bream - Zope (Ballerus ballerus) 2.2 kg 4 lb 14 oz Alexander Schulz 2022 Elbe  Germany [40]

Previous records

Image Species Weight kg Weight lb oz Captor Date Water Country References / Notes
Barbel (Barbus barbus) 9.58 kg 21 lb 1 oz Grahame King 22 April 2006 Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire  England [41]
Carp - karpfen / Karpe / Carpe / Carpa - Common, Mirror, Leather (Cyprinus carpio) 49 kg 108 lb Marco Eichner  Austria 21 Oct 2017 Euro Aqua Fishery, Nemesvita  Hungary [42]
48 kg 105 lb 13 oz Thomas Krist  Czech Republic May 2015 Euro Aqua Fishery, Nemesvita  Hungary [43]
45.93 kg 101 lb 4 oz Roman Hanke  Austria 2 June 2012 Euro Aqua Fishery, Nemesvita  Hungary [44]
45.49 kg 100 lb 8 oz Colin Smith  England April 2013 Etang La Saussaie, Champagne (province)  France [45][46]
44.91 kg 99 lb Ambrose Smith  England 5 June 2010 Les Graviers, Dijon  France [47]
42.64 kg 94 lb Martin Locke  England 6 January 2010 Rainbow lake, Bordeaux  France [48]
41.28 kg 91 lb Nick Greenall  England April 2009 Les Graviers, Dijon  France [49]
41.28 kg 91 lb Andre Komornicki  England April 2009 Les Graviers, Dijon  France [50]
40.09 kg 88 lb 6 oz Graham Slaughter  England 22 May 2007 Rainbow lake, Bordeaux  France [51]
Pike - Hecht / Gädda / Brochet / Luccio (Esox lucius) 25.3 kg 55 lb 12 oz Petar Filipov January 2019 5 hectare Lake Bulgaria  Bulgaria [52]
25 kg 55 lb 1 oz Lothar Louis 16 October 1986 Lake of Grefeern, Buhl  Germany [3][53]
Wels Catfish - Europäischer Wels / Mal / Silure glane / Siluro (Silurus glanis) 113.5 kg 250 lb 3 oz Roberto Godi 5 Feb 2010 River Po, Mantua, Lombardy  Italy [54]
112 kg 246 lb 14 oz Christophe Dubreuil  France September 2009 River Ebro, Mequinenza, Province of Zaragoza  Spain [55]
110 kg 242 lb 5 oz Jakub Vagner  Germany 5 February 2009 River Po  Italy [54]

See also

Angling records in the UK United Kingdom

Notes

Note 1 - European eel (Anguilla anguilla), Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii) and European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) are listed as Critically Endangered species (IUCN) status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Any of these fish caught, must be photographed, then returned to the water immediately.

Note 2 - Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) and Huchen (Danube salmon) (Hucho hucho)are listed as Endangered species (IUCN) status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Any of these fish caught, must be photographed, then returned to the water immediately.

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