Heavy rain may not be the nicest to fish in, but it can certainly bring big fish out to play, as Ian Green found during a session on the Trent, where he landed this 18lb 8oz barbel. The Specimen fell to a 20mm dumbbell boilie fished over mixed sized boilie… Read more

There are few barbel fisheries with a reputation as impressive as Gunthorpe on the River Trent, where PBs are shattered every year. That was the case for Nottinghamshire angler James O’Reilly, who’s just caught this superb 17lb 7oz fish from the venue. After balling in some pellets, he fished a… Read more

Jerry Brown was left ‘buzzing for hours’ after landing this superb 18lb 10oz barbel from King’s Weir on the River Lea.. It’s a venue that’s produced big fish non-stop over recent months, with anglers catching on everything from maggots to boilies. Although, Jerry did things slightly differently, tempting this specimen… Read more

After his alarm went off at 3:30am, Yorkshire angler Aaron Smith made the long journey south to the River Lea’s in-form King’s Weir, where he landed this superb 18lb 12oz barbel. He settled on a swim by the weir itself, and after finding a deep hole to target, casting regularly… Read more

Just a few ounces short of the venue record! Pensioner Mike Holcombe landed one of the biggest barbel ever reported from one of Britain’s premier fisheries, in the shape of this 17lb 2oz barbel. The 83-year-old was fishing the lower Severn with his son, Alan, when he landed the impressive… Read more

One rule that many specimen anglers live by is to spend as much time at the venue as possible, and at times that can mean long hours and lots of journeys. Stockton-on-Tees angler Danny Hewitt had to do just that to reach the River Trent, with a 240-mile round trip… Read more