After spotting a few barbel during a grayling session on the River Itchen, John Jeffries rushed back to the car, grabbed a feeder rod and some pellets, and landed this specimen of 17lb 2oz! He was on a birthday session with his friend, Tom Kelly, and whilst walking the stetch… Read more

During a grayling session on a southern chalk stream, Andrew Wells changed his tactics after spoting a big barbel and soon after caught this specimen of 16lb 1oz. The Dorset angler was on the lower Itchen fishery with a few mates, where he started the day trotting maggots. However, having… Read more

Having arrived at Bob’s Island fishery on the River Trent, Matthew Green’s session didn’t get off to the best of starts, when he found the swim he had planned to fish occupied. Having a good look along the stretch, he settled in a swim where there are trees on the… Read more

Eight years ago, Greg Dempster started fishing at King’s Weir on the River Lea, and he’s just caught his very first barbel from the venue in the shape of this 18lb 2oz stunner. Fishing two small pieces of luncheon meat on a size 12 hook, he had a savage bite… Read more

Martin Walker has enjoyed some spectacular barbel sport on the River Trent’s Gunthorpe Fishery on two sessions over a recent week, landing two seventeen-pounders and no shortage of back-up fish. On his first trip, Martin was on the bank for 48 hours, during which time he landed 23 fish, 17… Read more

On a trip to the iconic King’s Weir fishery on the River Lea, Keith Woods managed to catch one of the stretch’s largest residents in the shape of this 19lb 7oz barbel. Fishing the weir pool, he hooked the fish in the early hours of the morning, which smashes his… Read more