Barbel are well known for their aggressive takes and ripping rods of its rest but that isn’t always the case, as Stewart Rogers found with this 16lb 9oz Hampshire Avon specimen. The fish was landed by Ringwood angler Stewart, who’s recently turned his attentions to rivers after years of targeting… Read more

Quick sessions can prove extremely rewarding at times, yet they don’t come much better than James Denison’s recent trip to South Yorkshire’s River Don, where in just three hours fishing, he blew the river record out the water with this 15lb 4oz fish. James had the fish on rolled meat,… Read more

After several unsuccessful months, Buckinghamshire angler George Slingsby finally managed a barbel from the Thames, in the shape of this 17lb 3oz fish. He’d been fishing three times a week without any joy, but knowing the barbel in the stretch were big, he remained motivated. This fish fell to a… Read more

A simple piece of hair-rigged luncheon meat has produced this almighty 18lb 6oz Warwickshire Avon barbell, the joint biggest ever to be caught from the venue. The fish was banked by Birmingham anger Dean O’Brien, who also holds the unofficial River Severn record, with an 18lb fish. The 18lb 6oz… Read more

Former Drennan Cup winner Alan Stagg is no stranger to a big barbel ot two and has recently been on the hunt for a big’un from the Hampshire Avon. After nine evening trips, he finally managed the fish of this dreams at 18lb 1oz. Since a young age, the Basingstoke… Read more

The River Trent is no stranger to big barbel and is the river of choice for many anglers. It normally produces its bigger fish during the winter period, whilst the fish start to bulk up ahead of their spring spawn, however Ken Hunt’s latest capture certainly changed that when he… Read more