It’s not taken long for King’s Weir fishery on the River Lea to rediscover last season’s form, after Gary Newland landed this 18lb 2oz barbel. With warm weather and heavy rain falling, he knew a big fish was on the cards. After heading to the weirpool and introducing a large… Read more

Whilst there have been plenty of smaller barbel reported so far this season, there haven’t been that many specimens reported yet. However, that changed when John Alexander caught this fish of 17lb exactly from a southern river. The fish fell to a Sticky Krill boilie which he fished alongside a… Read more

The River Lea has been in fine form this season, with it hitting the headlines almost every week. One angler to take full advantage of this at the end of the season was Ricky Woolfe as he banked himself this stunning 19lb 12oz barbel.. Getting out of bed before dawn,… Read more

Pellets and boilies rule the roost for most barbel anglers these days, but there’s still a place for the humble maggot, as Mark Saul proved with this 19lb 6oz specimen. It was caught from King’s Weir fishery on the River Lea on a mag-aligner rig, with three red grubs on… Read more

The River Lea has been in fine form this season, with it hitting the headlines almost every week. One angler to take full advantage of this at the end of the season was Ricky Woolfe as he banked himself this stunning 19lb 12oz barbel.. Caught from the prolific stretch at… 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