Chalk steams are famed for their crystal-clear water, but James Champkin made the most of one when flooded and heavily coloured to tempt three huge barbel over two sessions. On his first trip, he managed fish of 16lb 12oz and 15lb 12oz, but he went one better on his second… Read more

Mark Woodage has just enjoyed a fantastic run of form on the Hampshire Avon, landing barbel of 14lb, 15lb 3oz, and 16lb 14oz in just four sessions. It’s great fishing by any standard, but on the tricky Avon, his result is all the more impressive. With the river’s barbel heavily… Read more

The Warwickshire Avon is in stunning form this season, with the barbel record for the venue just being smashed by this enormous 19lb 4oz fish. It was landed by Dave Thornley, a man that doesn’t do much barbel fishing as he spends the little time he gets on the bank… Read more

Finding the Dorset Stour running high and coloured after heavy rain, Ben Fairweather was confident the river’s barbel would be feeding. He settled into a swim with a large near side slack and used two rods with matching hookbaits. These were 14mm fishmeal boilies, wrapped in Ben’s homemade paste and… Read more

Having started fishing the Trent over a year ago, Dean Bradshaw has had some great results with the venue’s barbel, but none better than this 18lb 4oz fish. He was fishing a double 12mm boilie hookbait when he had a screaming take early in the morning, and he picked up… Read more

The River Anker may not be the most famous barbel venue in the world, but it certainly holds some specimen fish, such as this 16lb 6oz specimen landed by Roger O’Malley. It’s believed to be a new record for the Staffordshire venue, that’s a tributary to the River Tame, a… Read more