The same fish for Ian Potts at 16lb 13oz and then only two days later at 17lb 1oz! Macclesfield based angler Ian Potts couldn’t believe his luck when he banked a new personal best barbel at 16lb 13oz, to only go and catch it again two days later at 17lb… Read more

The biggest recorded barbel from the river Trent this year was banked by Carl Salisbury after an epic battle. The river Trent’s barbel sport has shown no sign of slowing down as proven by a number of big-fish catches – topped by this exquisite 16lb 12oz specimen. The fine barbel… Read more

3 Foot Twitch & NxtGen Baits boss Richard Easom caught this colossal 16lb 3oz barbel from a stretch of the middle Trent. Fishing just 12ft from the bank the 39-year-old was standing next to his rods in the hours of darkness, when one of them sprung to life with the… Read more

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