“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

“I hit into what I thought was a small chub that snagged me solid” Lifelong angler Phil White recently landed one of the biggest ever braces of barbel from the Hampshire Avon, banking this 16lb 9oz fish alongside one of 15lb 7oz. It’s fair to say that the banks were… Read more

“A screaming take and an epic battle with the fish over shallow water” Whilst the Dorset Stour is currently best known for its immense chub, local angler Paul Potter managed this belting barbel from the famous Throop fishery, weighing in at exactly 16lb. Fishing a 13mm boilie of his own… Read more