Another incredible week for barbel has seen an 18lb 1oz fish that topping a list of huge specimens banked from rivers across the UK. Colin Douglas made the drive down from the Scottish borders to fish the prolific River Trent worthwhile when he banked his first-ever double figure barbel in… Read more
Millington’s Tackle in Chorley recently held a brilliant charity fishing day for BBC Children in Need at Whitmore Fisheries in Lancashire. Ian and Stuart Humphrey, Neil Spedding and Alan Ashworth were fortunate to win an auction for a day’s fishing with England stars Alan Scotthorne and Stuart Conroy. They were soon catching fish on a mixture… Read more
John Horsey landed this impressive specimen pike weighing 32lb 8oz from Blagdon on the recent pike fly fishing trails.
Bob Hornegold proved why there couldn’t be a better time to catch a huge perch when he banked the biggest river specimen of the season. The mint-conditioned fish weighed 4lb 11 oz and topped an impressive list of fish also caught in another prolific week for the species. He described… Read more
This is the biggest barbel of the season topping the scales at 18lb 14oz. It sets a new personal best for Vortex Bait-backed Craig Lander and was caught from a middle section of the River Trent in Nottinghamshire. The 27-year-old from Kirkby-in-Ashfield began his four-hour evening session at 7:30 pm… Read more
A simple leger rig with a big chunk of meat is all Ray Kent needed to tempt this huge 16lb River Lea barbel. The Barbel Society, Records Officer, bagged the prize fish after waiting three hours without a bite on the legendary day-ticket fishery, Kings Weir. Fishing a centerpin reel… Read more
