Alfie Lane has enjoyed a great season on southern rivers, and he ended it in fine style with this 18lb 12oz fish from the Hampshire Avon. Having seen that water temperatures were creeping up, he arrived on the river and was surprised to find his stretch of choice empty. Settling… Read more

Having spent two nights without a bite, Alan Taylor’s efforts paid off in style when he landed this 19lb barbel mid March. Alan was fishing on the River Trent at Bob’s Island, where he sat it out in the popular point swim. Despite cold nights, Alan persevered with the fishing,… Read more

Phil White’s river campaign had, in his own words, been a poor one, until his tip pulled around one evening session at the end of the season and he landed this barbel of 21lb 5oz. It’s the second biggest ever reported and would have been a new British Record if… Read more

Fernando Costa hadn’t fished much over the last few seasons due to work commitments and some health issues, but early March he visited the Colne and landed this 16lb 5oz barbel. Fishing with his friend Rui Pedro (both are London-based chefs, originally from Portugal), the pair arrived on Saturday morning,… Read more

Although it was once Britain’s premier big-barbel river, we now hear of few barbel being caught from the Great Ouse. However, there are still a few fish in the waterway.. ..with some specimens included, as Hugh Trayte showed with this 17lb 3oz fish, caught on his birthday before the end… Read more

What had already been an all-time great barbel season got even better when this fish of 20lb 13oz was landed by Andy Gray towards the end of the river season. The fish was caught from the British Record-breaking King’s Weir Fishery on the River Lea and is, amazingly, the third… Read more