If you’re looking to catch a personal-best barbel, King’s Weir on the River Lea has, over recent seasons, been the place to go, with the venue producing three British Records and a string of twenty-pounders. On a trip to the in-form stretch, Grant Whitlock landed this 17lb 8oz specimen, which… Read more

Over recent years, Leicestershire angler Jarrad Smith has spent a lot of time on a challenging stretch of the middle Trent, but his efforts have just been rewarded in spectacular style with this 19lb 8oz barbel. Faced with what he describes as ‘absolutely perfect’ conditions, with mild weather and floodwater… Read more

Over recent years, Leicestershire angler Jarrad Smith has spent a lot of time on a challenging stretch of the middle Trent, but his efforts have just been rewarded in spectacular style with this 19lb 8oz barbel. Faced with what he describes as ‘absolutely perfect’ conditions, with mild weather and floodwater… Read more

Yet another colossal barbel has been landed from the River Lea, this time by Mark Saul who slipped the net under a specimen of 19lb 10oz. Fishing one of the day ticket pegs at Kings Weir, Mark introduced two pints of hemp and half a pint of maggots with the… Read more

This season, two-time Drennan Cup winner Simon Daley set out to catch a truly big barbel from three different rivers and has just completed the challenge in style with this 16lb 9oz fish. Having already landed fish of 18lb 11oz from the Hampshire Avon and 17lb 9oz from the River… Read more

After landing an 18lb 1oz Hampshire Avon barbel earlier this autumn, Nigel Kennard turned his attention to the Dorset Stour, where a sixteen-pounder was his aim. He’s just smashed that target, not once, but twice, in a single session! Fishing a stretch a short distance from his house, where he’s… Read more