In many situations, there is no point in overcomplicating rigs, but there is one key feature to my barbel rigs and that is the use of an anchor point. My go-to barbel rig for most conditions consists of a fluorocarbon hooklink attached to a Uni-Link Swivel and short section of… Read more
A five-year campaign to catch one of the UK’s biggest pike finally ended in success for Chris Darke when he slipped the net under a 41lb 12oz specimen. The giant predator was taken on a free-lined, dead ide hookbait from renowned Northern pike fishing venue, Wykeham Lakes in North Yorkshire…. Read more
Not deterred by rumours that all the big barbel had been predated in the stretch, the London based angler Kenny Massey went on to land this impressive 15lb 9oz fish. Kenny visited a private stretch of the Oxfordshire waterway where he pre-baited several likely looking spots with broken boilies. After arriving… Read more
Three red maggots were the key to the capture of a record-breaking barbel caught from the River Itchen. The huge fish weighed 16lb 10oz and smashes the current river best by 2lb 2oz after 68-year-old, Terry Lathwell targeted a stretch of the lower river. It also sets a new personal… Read more
Another incredible week for barbel has seen an 18lb 1oz fish that topping a list of huge specimens banked from rivers across the UK. Colin Douglas made the drive down from the Scottish borders to fish the prolific River Trent worthwhile when he banked his first-ever double figure barbel in… Read more
This is the biggest barbel of the season topping the scales at 18lb 14oz. It sets a new personal best for Vortex Bait-backed Craig Lander and was caught from a middle section of the River Trent in Nottinghamshire. The 27-year-old from Kirkby-in-Ashfield began his four-hour evening session at 7:30 pm… Read more
