Recently Caught Fish

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	Scott Parkin holding ‘Cluster’ at a new lake record weight of 43lb 7oz. Added 12th February 2012
	Scott Parkin with a 38lb 14oz mirror caught at Gingerbread Lake. Added 12th February 2012
	A superbly-conditioned 19lb winter common caught by Scott Parkin from Gingerbread Lake. Added 12th February 2012
	Paul Elt with a 6lb 2oz Ivel chub part of a 14 fish haul caught in sub-zero temperatures. Added 12th February 2012
	Paul Elt with a 4lb 5oz Ivel perch caught from one of the club’s stretches of the river. Added 12th February 2012
	Martin Barnatt with a 5lb 13oz Ivel chub. Added 22nd January 2012
	Alan Lawrence with a chub weighing 6lb 3oz caught from the River Ouse. Added 22nd January 2012
	Alan Lawrence with a chub weighing 6lb caught from the River Ouse. Added 22nd January 2012
	Alex Carr’s 21lb 4oz pike caught from a BHAA controlled stretch of the River Ivel. Added 7th January 2012
	Bradley Curtis with a 15lb 3oz mirror carp caught at McGregor Lake in strong winds. Added 7th January 2012
	Bradley Curtis with a 15lb 2oz mirror carp caught at McGregor Lake in strong winds. Added 7th January 2012
	Ollie Jenkinson holding a 19lb 9oz pike he caught from the River Ivel. Added 11th December 2011
	John Smith with a 19lb 2oz pike caught at Gingerbread Lake. Added 11th December 2011
	Alex Smalley with a superbly conditioned 13lb 9oz pike caught at Gingerbread Lake. Added 11th December 2011
	Alexander Smalley with the 11lb 11oz pike he caught using a ledgered smaelt whilst fishing at Gingerbread Lake. Added 27th November 2011
	Chris Tyrell with a 41lb 8oz mirror carp caught at Gingerbread Lake, the second different fish over 40lbs. Added 21st November 2011
	Dave Jones holding a nice common he caught whilst fishing in the factory bsay at Gingerbread Lake. Added 20th November 2011
	Jordan Smith with a 13lb 2oz mirror he caught at McGregor Lake using a homemade boilie. Added 20th November 2011
	John Lincoln holding the 24lb 8oz pike he caught at Sandy Lakes Fishery. Added 15th November 2011
	Barry Fox holding the 18lb 4oz pike he caught recently at Gingerbread Lake. Added 13th November 2011
	Alan Lawrence with the 26lb 5oz pike he caught from a BHAA-controlled stretch of the River Ouse on a float-fished lamprey. Added 6th November 2011
	Conor Young with a 7lb 10oz mirror carp caught at McGregor Lake. Added 30th October 2011
	Conor’s 74 year-old grandad Angus ‘Jock’ Young holding his first ever carp, a 9lb 14oz mirror caught at McGregor Lake. Added 30th October 2011
	Jordan Smith with an 8lb mirror caught at McGregor Lake on a homemade coffee-flavoured boilie. Added 30th October 2011
	South African Thomas Finney with a perch around 3lbs caught from the River Ivel in Sandy. Added 30th October 2011
	Alex Malcolm holding the 29lb 10oz mirror carp he caught at Swan Lake. Added 23rd October 2011
	A big pike caught by Thomas Finney from Swan Lake. The fish was not weighed but estimated to be around 20lbs. Added 16th October 2011
	Alex Lovell with a 13lb 4oz mirror carp he caught at McGregor Lake. Added 9th October 2011
	Conor Young with mirrors weighing 10lbs and 8lb 12oz caught from McGregor Lake. Added 9th October 2011
	Paul Daniels holding one of the sizeable pike he caught whilst fly-fishing at Swan Lake. Added 3rd October 2011

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• Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)

  Carp have scaleless heads and fully scaled bodies. Dorsal fin long based, free edge concave, a stout spine (with serrated rear edges as first ray) Mouth toothless but with 2 barbels at each side, second one longer. The current UK record is 64lb 14oz (all carp).

• Chub (Leuciscus cephalus)

  Chub have a large head, a large mouth with almost rubberlike lips, a black/silver to greenish back, silvery sides, white belly, and fins tinged with yellowish red. Size and length varies depending on water. The British record was broken in May 2007 when Steve White caught a 9lb 3oz Chub.

• The Barbel (Barbus barbus)

  Barbel have elongated bodies, almost round in cross section but flat bellied. Head pointed and scale less, eyes rather small, set high on the sides of the head, lips thick with two pairs of fleshy barbels. The current UK barbel record is 19lb 6oz.