Having spent the day fishing hemp and casters, something told Julian Barnes that he should change to a lump of luncheon meat as darkness descended, and an hour after doing so, he banked this colossal 19lb 14oz fish. It was caught from the River Lea at Kings Weir, a fishery… Read more

It’s already been a season to remember on the big barbel front, with the Dorset Stour now chipping in with its own landmark fish after Alfie Lane banked an 18lb 3oz specimen. The fish equals the river record and was caught on a trimmed-down boilie fished over a mixture of… Read more

Whilst barbel fishing on the Thames, Darius Joel certainly had a trip to remember as he banked this stunning 18lb 12oz barbel! Whilst fishing with a couple of friends Omar and Sam, the trio had their work cut out as the freezing temperatures and icy margins wasn’t helping the fishing… Read more

After producing a new British Record barbel, the River Lea at Kings Weir has continued its blistering form, this time throwing up a 19lb 8oz barbel for Nathan Buckingham. Yet another barbel over the sensational twenty-pound mark has been landed from Kings Weir Fishery on the River Lea, after Nathan… Read more

After producing a new British Record barbel, the River Lea at Kings Weir has continued its blistering form, this time throwing up a 19lb 8oz barbel for Nathan Buckingham. It was caught from a swim that many anglers walk past, with no prior form for the species. Nathan had been… Read more

The barbel British Record has been blown out of the water by this 22lb 1oz specimen, landed by James Crosby from the River Lea at Kings Weir! It’s been an exceptional year for big fish, with several British Records already broken, however not many people would have believed that the… Read more