“A 30-minute battle in biting winds followed, before he slipped the net under what he describes as the fish of a lifetime” The River Trent has been in blistering form all season, and it certainly showed no signs of slowing up for Aydon Marshall, who landed this 19lb 6oz barbel… Read more

“Just weeks after James Champkin banked a 19lb 7oz barbel from the River Lea, local expert Ray Kent has topped that with a 19lb 14oz leviathan” Fishing the Kings Weir stretch, Ray, a bailiff on the venue, found the stretch in great nick after recent floods, with the river about… Read more

“Reward after dozens of sessions plagued by bream and eels” Duncan Hayward’s lifetime goal was to catch a 15lb barbel, but on a recent outing, he absolutely obliterated the target with this 18lb 6oz beast. Fishing the Thames, Duncan used a snowman rig featuring Pepperami and a Alfie Russell Secret… Read more

“Extracting fish of this calibre from tight, snaggy swims on small, overgrown rivers, brings a level of exhilaration that’s hard to match” Braving the extreme weather resulted in this staggering 19lb 7oz River Lea record barbel that wrenched James Champkin’s rod round just two-minutes after casting out. The Hertfordshire specimen… Read more

“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