CARP RECORD TIMELINE

1902 17lb 8oz, Otto Overbeck, Croxby Pond 1916 20lb 3oz, John Andrews, Cheshunt Reservoir 1926 21lb 10oz, A. E. Wyatt, Warren Pond 1930 26lb, Albert Buckley, Mapperley Reservoir 1951 31lb 4oz, Bob Richards, Redmire Pool 1952 44lb, Richard Walker, Redmire Pool. This massive common, named Ravioli by Dick, became known as Clarissa when it was put on display at London Zoo Aquarium. 1980 51lb 5oz, Chris Yates, Redmire Pool. This is an unofficial record, as the British Record Fish Committee’s rules at the time stated the fish must be inspected. Photographic evidence was not deemed enough for an official record, but Dick Walker asked for it to be formally accepted. He said of his own capture: “It is now second best. There is no satisfaction being a record-holder if you have been fairly beaten.” 1995 53lb 15oz and then 55lb 6oz, Roddy Porter and Alex White, Mid Northants Fishery. The fish, known as the Scaly One, broke the record twice in a year at Duncan Kay’s famous venue. 1996 55lb 13oz, Terry Hearn, Wraysbury. This capture of the mirror known as Mary will go down as one of the most iconic of the modern era, and firmly established Terry as an angling great. “None of us knew what the exact record was,” said Terry at the time. “When I heard I’d broken the record I couldn’t believe it.” 1998 56lb 6oz, Kev Cummins, Wraysbury. Kev’s second capture of Mary beat the record by 9oz. 2001 59lb 7oz, Terry Glebioska, Conningbrook. The first capture of Two Tone, a fish that was to break the record no fewer than eight times. 2001 59lb 12oz, Mark Toland, Conningbrook 2001 61lb 2oz, Gary Bayes, Conningbrook 2002 61lb 7oz, Lee Jackson, Conningbrook 2004 64lb 5oz, John Pack, Conningbrook 2005 64lb 14oz, Simon Bater, Conningbrook April 2008 67lb, John Bird, Conningbrook August 2008 67lb 8oz, Oz Holness, Conningbrook. Last record held by Two Tone, which died two years later January 2016 68lb 1oz, Dean Fletcher, Cranwells. This is the current record and was set by the Parrot, which died last week September 2016 69lb 13oz, Tom Doherty, the Avenue. Not ratified by the BRFC due to the high weight the fish was stocked at October 2016 71lb 4oz, Robby Harrison, the Avenue. No record claim submitted following the decision regarding the Tom Doherty capture