“We were sitting down having a chat when a huge fish took the bait..“ Ian Wynter hadn’t been fishing much last due to many health issues, but instead of fishing, he spent the time visiting various reaches of the River Thames and planning his trips for the year ahead. Ian… Read more

“After a tense 25-minute fight the barbel surfaced..” Around a week before the river season started James Helder baited under a bridge on a local stretch of a southern river with a mixture of pellets, luncheon meat cubes and various other baits from previous trips. James told us “On June… Read more

“After a 10 minute battle I was staring at a huge barbel..” Brett Longthorne managed this new personal best barbel of 17lb 6oz from the tidal trent on a recent session. Brett told us “I got to the river Friday afternoon and was happy to find the river was up… Read more

This 18lb 12oz barbel was the biggest of seven-fish hit for Josh Carroll during a recent session at Bob’s Island in Newark, and it absolutely smashed his previous PB of 11lb 5oz. Josh successful tactics included PVA bags of pellet which were just nicked onto his fishmeal boilie hookbait. Josh… Read more

The River Trent barbel record was smashed when Sew Kowalski landed this massive 20lb 6oz beauty.. whilst fishing a completion aimed at integrating foreign anglers with the UK fishing community. Fishing a 48 house match organised by Barbel Team PL/UK, Sew connected with the powerful fish during the early hours…. Read more