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- ↑ Henry Milward (1939). Record Fish Caught by Fair Angling in the British Isles 1939 - Henry Milward & Sons (Editor). A.N.Holden & Co.Ltd.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "December 1966 Coarse fish record list". bobrobertsonline.co.uk. 16 December 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "BRFC Coarse Fish Records" (PDF). anglingtrust.net. 2019.
- ↑ "BRFC Game Fish Record List June 2019" (PDF). BRFC. 2019.
- 1 2 "Britains biggest carp denied official record". Angling Times. 2016.
- ↑ "BRFC Game Fishing Records - Dec 2016". Angling Trust. 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "***Captain Jack not accepted as a record!***". Carpfeed. 1 December 2017.
- ↑ "83lb 4oz British carp banked from Wingham in Kent". Carpfeed. 2017.
- ↑ "Aims and Procedures for Records". fishing.co.uk. 2001.
- ↑ "The BRFC met remotely via online meeting facility on 19th July 2021". anglersnet.co.uk. 20 July 2021.
