Matt Atkins targeted some slack stretches of the Hampshire Avon.. ..with a light maggot feeder tactic recently and was rewarded in style with this lovely 1b dace, his second ever of the species. Matt backed up the big dace with a handful of other dace and roach to 2lb 2oz.
“Out of nowhere my rod just took off and just about flattened my rod rest..” 70 year old John Hennessy landed himself a new pb barbel from Kings Weir in the shape of this stunning 17lb 8oz specimen. He told us “I got down to Kings Weir around 9am and… Read more
After weighing the fish I realised that I had totally smashed by PB by over a pound 51 year old specimen angler Paul Faint from Waltham Abbey recently achieved his target of a new pb from the River Thames with this 8lb 8oz beauty.Paul explains “It was just before dusk… Read more
Adrian Busby has landed his biggest ever barbel from the River Anker in Staffordshire.. After fishing it for the past 7 years. Adrian caught this lovely 16lb 2oz specimen on a recent session on a trout pellet fished on a size 12 Drennan Specialist Barbel hook.
Stour success for Nigel! Stour success for Nigel! After recently landing himself a new pb barbel from the Hampshire Avon, Nigel Kennard decided to switch his attention to the Dorset Stour in search of chub. Nigel told us “I had been baiting up 3 stretches for a few weeks and… Read more
A single hookbait proved to be the winning tactic for Matthew Harris when he landed this lovely 16lb 14oz personal best barbel. Matthew told us “I decided to do a quick session after work for the evening starting at last light into darkness. I decided to fish a rather narrow… Read more
