Irish Record Fish – Freshwater Species
In freshwater, the majority of records date from the 1990’s. Others including perch, river brown trout and river pike were established in the 1940’s, 1950’s and the 1960’s respectively.
Although the salmon and lake trout records date from the late 1800’s, the ISFC satisified itself as to the veracity of these claims.
| Species | Weight | Date of Capture | Place of Capture | Captor | ||
| Bream | 6.07 kg | 24/06/2012 | Ballywillan Lough Fisheries, Co. Down | Bryan Robinson | ||
| Carp | 14.24 kg | 26/10/2014 | Loughgall, Armagh | Aaron Cummins | ||
| Dace | 1 lb | 2 ozs | 08/08/1966 | River Blackwater, Cappoquin | John T. Henry | |
| Eel | 6 lbs | 15 ozs | 12/06/1979 | Lough Droumenisa, Bantry | J. Murnane | |
| Gudgeon | 51.02g | 26.2.2022 | Portna Cana | Terry Jackson | ||
| Perch | 5 lbs | 8 ozs | 1946 | Lough Erne | S. Drum | |
| Pike (Lake) | 42 lbs | 12 ozs | 25/09/2005 | White Lake | Larry Kelly | |
| Pike (River) | 42 lbs | 22/03/1964 | River Barrow | M. Watkins | ||
| Roach | 1.425 kg | 06/10/2002 | Drumacritten Lake | Terry Jackson | ||
| Roach/Bream Hybrid | 3.376 kg | 3/5/2013 | Monalty Lake, Co. Monaghan | Jason Dingle | ||
| Roach/Rudd Hybrid | 2.1 kg | 05/05/2009 | River Lagan, Co. Antrim | Terry Jackson | ||
| Rudd | 4 lbs | 8 ozs | 05/09/1996 | Coney Lake | Hugh Gough | |
| Rudd/Bream Hybrid | 7 lbs | 10 ozs | 19/10/1996 | Monalty Lake | Brendan Doran | |
| Salmon | 57 lbs | 1874 | River Suir | M. Maher | ||
| Tench | 8.15 lbs | 20/06/1995 | Ballyeighter Lake | Nick Parry | ||
| Brown Trout (Lake) | 26 lbs | 2 ozs | 15/07/1894 | Lough Ennell | Wm. Mears | |
| Brown Trout (River) | 20 lbs | 22/02/1957 | River Shannon, Corbally | Major Hugh Place | ||
| Sea Trout | 16 lbs | 6 ozs | 29/10/1983 | Shimna River, Co. Down | Thomas McManus | |