Tackle shop owner Paul Nixon finds a giant feeding a gallon of maggots and hemp! One of the biggest barbel of the season has been landed at a colossal 16lb 2oz, from a stretch of the Warwickshire Avon in Bedworth. The impressive specimen fell to ‘Hooked on Carp’ Tackle Shop owner… Read more

A night session for Justin Stoddart proved worth while banking his new pb from the tidal Trent along with 6 other fish. Laying down a big bed of hemp, pellets and chopped boilies proved a wise move during Justin Stoddart’s latest barbel adventure when he slipped the net under this… Read more

An overnight session on the River Trent near Newark has produced the biggest reported barbel of the season in the form a 16lb 6oz beauty. It fell to local angler Tony Stockdale who’d had a bad start to his session which took a U-turn at around 11:30pm – as he… Read more

Further north on the mighty River Trent, Andrew Knots Banked this incredibly fat 15lb 15oz barbel after fishing on four consecutive days from June 16th. He said: “I was fishing with my good mate Alfie Naylor, and most evenings after work both of us went down and put some grub… Read more

The river season couldn’t have ended any better for Julian Barnes when a last-ditched trip to the River Trent produced eight barbel – topped by this 16lb 8oz beauty. The Free Spirit and Ridgemonkey-backed angler braved 45mph winds, sleet and snow to fish a 48-hour session on a tidal stretch… Read more

Arriving at the river for an evening session it took James only two casts before he hooked the giant fish, Arriving at the river for an evening session it took James only two casts before he hooked the giant fish, which is believed to be one of the biggest ever… Read more