1. This fish was reported in the Angling Times 17th Jan 1996. It would have broken the current record comfortably. No photographs were taken and apart from his pal Thomas had no other witnesses. It is such a huge fish there has to be a certain amount of doubt over its true weight.

2. Reported in the Angling Times 11th Oct 1996. Steve is quoted thus: "I'm just not interested, the whole record thing is just a joke". He goes on to say that he fished the water since he had "caught two tench with their tails clean off". There was no photograph and since this would trounce the current record it is difficult to take seriously without a picture.

He then reported a 5.01 fish in the same month. No pictures despite the fish being highly notable.

A further fish which would break the record at 5.11 was caught Nov 1996. The only witness was the fishery owner. There are photographs but doubt was expressed in the press to the size of the fish. His claim to the record will be based on the use of a conversion scale which allows the calculation of a fish's size using the diameter of the eye. It is likely that this fish will be rejected by the record fish committee.

3. Members of furnace pond have grave doudts about the capture of this fish.