I thought I would record the various personal best trout I have managed to catch over the years at Anglian Waters four trout fishing reservoirs. I have managed to catch many brownies and rainbows in the 3lb 0oz - 3lb 12oz class which are not really recorded here. I recently found out the the set of scales I use underweight by around 4 to 5 ounces...

These are recorded in a rather random manner based on what I can clearly remember from the details in my Season Ticket Catch records. As a general rule of thumb I return all of my brownies unless they are deeply hooked. I even returned three brownies I caught during the 2010 John Wadham Rutland evening bank competition that would have put me in the running if I had kept the permitted number of two.

Pitsford Water - Bank

• Brownie - 4lb 4oz - Gorse Bank (Weighed and Returned Alive) 2010
• Rainbow - 4lb 0oz - Sailing Club Bay 2010 See Pitsford Personal Best Rainbow Trout
• Rainbow - 3lb 15oz - The Cliffs 2011 See Pitsford 3lb 15oz 06-11-2011

Rutland Water - Bank

• Brownie - Spud Bay - 6lb+ - Size 12 GHRE Floating Line 2010 (Returned Alive Witnessed by RWFF Member Dave Porter)
• Brownie - Normanton - 5lb+ - Orange Booby (Returned Alive) See Rutland 5lb Brownie 12-11-2011
• Rainbow - Gibbets Gorse - 5lb 10oz - Orange Booby (April 16th 2011 - Part of 6 fish for 16lb plus that won the Troutmaster fish off qualifier also included another overwintered fish at 3lb 5oz - Second place was 3 x fish for 6lb) See 5lb 10oz 3lb 5oz Rutland Rainbow Trout Brace
• Rainbow - Tim Appletons - 5lb 5oz - Dry Daddy Floating Line 2010 (Won Rutland Fish of the Week) See Rutland 5lb 5oz Rainbow

Rutland Water - Boat

• Brownie - 4lb+ - Dickinsons Bay - Buzzer Floating Line 2010 (Returned Alive)
• Rainbow - 5lb 14oz - Manton Bay - Orange Booby Intermediate Line 2009 See 5lb 14oz Rainbow Landing Net
• Rainbow - 6lb 2oz - North Arm - White Booby Intermediate Line 2011 See Rutland 6lb 2oz Rainbow Trout 18-11-2011

Rutland Water - Bank Best Brace 2010 (2 x Brownies for 9lb+)

• 5lb+ - Peninsula - Own Suspender Fry Stickleback Variant - Floating Line (Returned Alive)
• 4lb 0oz - Peninsula - Size 12 Black Buzzer Floating Line

Grafham Water - Boat Best Rainbow Brace 2010

• 4lb 2oz - Savages Creek - Grey Boy Buzzer - Floating Line See Best Brace Of The Season From Grafham
• 3lb 12oz - Savages Creek - Black Buzzer - Floating Line

Grafham Water - Boat Brownie

• 6lb 14oz - Kevin Garn - North Shore Stone Jetty Area - Fry Pattern

Grafham Water - Bank Rainbow

• 4lb 15oz - Gaynes Cove - Black Buzzer - Floating Line - Biggest Rainbow in the Troutmasters Final 2011 See Grafham Troutmasters 4lb 15oz Rainbow Trout
• Troutmasters Final May 9th 8 x fish for 19lb+ from the bank including the 4lb 15oz Rainbow above. Nobody else caught 8 x fish off the bank that day. Nearest was 4 x fish off the Dam Wall

Ravensthorpe - When Edward Foster Ran Ravensthorpe

• 6lb 4oz - Rainbow Boat - Coton End - Cats Whisker - Sink Tip Line
• 9lb 6oz - Rainbow Bank - Dam Wall - Pea

Coarse Fish Accidentally Caught on the Fly

• Grafham Boat 2010 - Rick Barlow - Pike 18lb+ on Sparkler Booby
• Rutland Boat 2009 - Bream 7lb 4oz - Barnhill Creek
• Rutland Boat 2009 - Zander 1lb 12oz - Gibbets Gorse
• Pitsford Boat 2010 - Perch 1lb+ - Sailing Club Bay See Those tiny Olive Larvae are back again at Pitsford
• Pitsford Boat - Stephen Flint - Perch 3lb to 4lb class - Pitsford Creek - Black Booby
• Pitsford Bank 2009 - Pike 12lb - Brixworth Bank - Pea on Floating Line
• Pitsford Bank and Boat - Literally scores of Pike in the 1lb to 7lb class