Having travelled all the way from Essex to the tidal River Trent for 24hr session, Gary Adams was rewarded in style with this thick set 17lb 10oz barbel. He started the session using traditional tactics, fishing hemp and maggot through a feeder, but hadn’t had a nudge after three hours…. Read more

Craig Colston has focused his efforts on the Warwickshire Avon this season and had been rewarded handsomely for his efforts with several double figure specimens, topped off by this stunning 16lb 13oz beauty. He told us “Over the last decade, barbel fishing has enjoyed a real surge in popularity, with… Read more

In an age where a handful of rivers dominate the barbel world, some smaller waterways are still capable of producing something truly special, such as this 17lb 1oz River Derwent fish. The phenomenal fish was landed by Koi Croydon, who was named after a fish by his lifelong angling dad…. Read more

Barbel are well known for their aggressive takes and ripping rods of its rest but that isn’t always the case, as Stewart Rogers found with this 16lb 9oz Hampshire Avon specimen. The fish was landed by Ringwood angler Stewart, who’s recently turned his attentions to rivers after years of targeting… Read more

Quick sessions can prove extremely rewarding at times, yet they don’t come much better than James Denison’s recent trip to South Yorkshire’s River Don, where in just three hours fishing, he blew the river record out the water with this 15lb 4oz fish. James had the fish on rolled meat,… Read more

After several unsuccessful months, Buckinghamshire angler George Slingsby finally managed a barbel from the Thames, in the shape of this 17lb 3oz fish. He’d been fishing three times a week without any joy, but knowing the barbel in the stretch were big, he remained motivated. This fish fell to a… Read more