In a warm winter flood, don’t forget about a little-used tactic nowadays, rolling meat, as barbel love it! For rolling meat, I like to use a weighted hook. I use either a size 2 or 4 Continental Boilie hook and place a piece of shrink tube on the shank which I… Read more
The River Thames barbel record has been smashed with a 19lb 8oz specimen. Barbel fishing fanatic Dave Broady made angling history and landed what he described as ‘the fish of his life’ when the only bite of a session on the famous waterway produced the fish that beats the current… Read more
Paul Rogers proved the pulling power of luncheon meat when it comes to catching big winter barbel when he banked this huge 16lb 14oz specimen. The Reading-based specialist only needed a couple of hours on the River Kennet to beat his barbel personal best with a size 16 hook. It’s… Read more
One of the biggest barbel from the Great River Ouse in recent times has topped an impressive list of specimens for big fish fishing ace Tony Gibson. The Chairman of the Northampton Specimen Group emphasised the importance of keeping mobile when a handful of the short evening session on the… Read more
Paste-wrapped boilies have accounted for their fair share of big barbel this season and it was this combination that Matthew Fernandez used to land a fish he won’t forget in a hurry. Fishing a low-stocked and difficult river in the south, the Southampton-based specialist wrapped a Dynamite Baits Source boilie… Read more
Another angler to smash his personal best was Darrel Hughes during a visit to the Hampshire Avon. He banked one fish and it also topped the scales at 16lb 8oz and was fooled with a paste-wrapped boilie that was coupled with a stringer of free offerings and in a swim… Read more
