Prior to the river season ending and the forecast showing an upcoming mild spell, TV star Dean Macey was torn between travelling to the Trent for a barbel or staying local and going for bream.. He decided on the latter, and was pleased he did after landing this 16lb 4oz… Read more
“The float was going mad for a good 10 minutes before I received the take so the pike must have been stalking it for quite a while before attacking it.” When he was 12 years old, Duncan Hayward caught a 21lb 4oz pike on a lure that’s been his PB… Read more
Some rivers hold one big fish that gets caught more often than it probably should, and that’s been the case on the Warwickshire Avon over recent seasons, where one very large barbel has hit the bank on multiple occasions.. But there are other very large fish in the venue, as… Read more
It’s fair to say that the Thames is one of Britain’s premier barbel rivers, and anglers travel from far and wide to fish it.. One man who made a long journey to the venue towards the end of the season was Chris Mutton. Travelling from his home in North Wales,… Read more
A change of stretch proved productive for Alan Ibbotson, who landed this 18lb 4oz lovely barbel from the River Trent at the back end of the season. He headed to an area he knows has good form for the species and, just 10 minutes after starting, had landed a low… Read more
Whilst the Norfolk Broads are famed for big pike, they’re not the only large predators in the region, as 23-year-old Peter Savory proved with this 4lb 8oz specimen. It was caught on a short session on a tidal stretch of the River Bure before the season ended, where he used… Read more
