More records tumble...

ALONGSIDE the ratification of Colin Smithson’s British barbel best, the BRFC also announced that records have been broken for four other species.

Among those granted were three sea fish, with the first being a colossal shore-caught tope weighing 77lb 3oz – taken by Ryan Wingfield at a Pembrokeshire mark.

Ben Wallis’ boat-caught streaked gurnard record of 1lb 7oz 15dr also made the list, alongside a shore-caught thin-lipped grey mullet of 8lb 8oz 13dr, caught by Gary Marquis from Guernsey. 

Mat Faulkner’s three-spined stickleback of 8g and taken from Lower Beauvale Ponds near Nottingham completed the line-up.