“Paste made from John Baker’s notoriously good ingredients”   Conditions as of late have been great for barbel, as Kevin O’Kane found when he landed this immense 18lb 11oz fish from the River Lea. Arriving after work for an evening session, he fished a home-made milk protein boilie wrapped in paste,… Read more

“Battled the jet lag to make the most of good conditions” After flying back from a 20-day Nile perch trip in Uganda, Buckinghamshire angler Gary Newman battled the jet lag to make the most of good conditions and was rewarded in style when he banked this immense 20lb 2oz barbel…. Read more

“The barbel fought violently, staying deep and powering into the midriver” The Hampshire Avon has been in spectacular form for big barbel this season, but few anglers have had a better time on the river than Ringwood angler, Gavin Barrett, who has just landed this 19lb 3oz fish. Fishing a… Read more

“The key to my success was short sessions, being stealthy as possible and leaving the bait out for hours on end, not recasting” TV star Dean Macey has just landed his PB barbel, a fish of 17lb 8oz from a small, low-stock southern river. A single, trimmed down boilie hookbait… Read more

“He’d heard rumours of a colossal fish over 18lb on the stretch” We recently reported an incredible 17lb 14oz barbel that obliterated the Warwickshire Avon record, but it’s already been beaten by this huge 18lb 6oz specimen, landed by Craig O’Brien. He’d heard rumours of a colossal fish over 18lb… Read more

“River record and the fish of Blu’s lifetime” This huge 17lb 14oz barbel from the Warwickshire Avon has well and truly blown the river record out the water. It was landed by Birmingham angler, Blu Bradley, who found the river slowly running off after recent floods. The weather was mild,… Read more