Barbel don’t come much better looking than this long and lean specimen from the River Derwent, landed by local angler Koi Croydon. At 17lb 12oz, it’s the biggest ever reported from the venue, beating the current 17lb 4oz record. Koi, who lives locally, religiously checks the river levels and, noticing… Read more
Over the past few weeks, the River Lea has been in superb big barbel form, with Darren Poole being on of latest to get in amongst the fish with this lovely 17lb 1oz specimen. He was fishing the famous Kings Weir stretch and has already landed numerous other good barbel… Read more
Although specimen fishing can be a waiting game, occasionally results can be gained in a short space of time, as Paul Brooks found when he landed this 3lb 2oz rudd. With a few hours spare after work, he decided to see if he could track down a few fish on… Read more
Barbel are well known for their brutal bites, but occasionally the largest of fish can give relatively delicate indications, as this 15lb 9oz River Derwent fish did for Tom Hague. The West Yorkshire based angler, received a very slow run before hooking the special fish. It took a 15mm boilie… Read more
The biggest tench ever caught by design in Britain has just been reported, after David Pratt slipped the net under this ludicrous fish, weighing 15lb exactly. The Rotherham-based specialist angler had the whopper from a weedy Midlands stillwater on a worm kebab rig. It’s just three ounces off Darren Ward’s… Read more
Rudd are stereotypically a fish of hot, sunny days, but they’re also well worth targeting during the hours of darkness, as Tim Dabrowa found with this 3lb 1oz specimen. He was fishing a Cambridgeshire river, where he’d been feeding for a few hours before the sun set, drawing a few… Read more
