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
Eddie Wilson was just packing up after a tough session on the Tidal Trent when his alarm screamed in to life, with this 15lb 3oz zander being the resulting fish. He’d been fishing a small roach head injected with predator liquid on a free running leger in a deep section… Read more
A recent afternoon session on Johnsons lake had proved quite quiet for David Pocock’s, but his patience was rewarded this 4lb 2oz crucian.. The Method feeder was the Kingston-upon-Thames angler’s tactic of choice, and he loaded it with a mixture of Green and F1 flavoured Swim Stim groundbait. Switching from… 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
In a week of big perch being reported, Conner Rogerson didn’t disappoint with this 4lb 12oz fish from Grafham Water. “I started off only catching small ‘wasps’ and trout, but with two hours left, I had a few casts by the famous water tower,” he told us. “I flicked a… 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
