Good point Froth…plus many lakes are stream fed so does that make them part of a “river” too ? I fish some lagoons that are connected to rivers…the fish I catch in the lagoons I consider as still water and those from the river channel as river caught…then again what about canals …river or Stillwater ? …Arrr my head is spinning!
Your right, I guess it’s impossible to officially split rivers and lakes and we will only have one record for both. However I think there is an unofficial grapevine out there that does put the tag “Stillwater” or “river” caught…in many cases it will be pretty clear cut which is which.
Anyway Reason I asked was because the World record 4 or 5 fish back was the 37Kg fish from the Seine in the 80s…that was clearly a river fish from around the confluence of 2 big rivers. Its still the biggest I have heard of…I wondered if anyone had heard of a bigger “river” fish since then?