After capitalising on a mild spell with the capture of a 16lb 1oz barbel from a small southern river, Adam Riches was keen to return. But, when he arrived this time, he the Northamptonshire Specimen Group member was greeted with low, clear conditions – far from ideal for the species…. Read more

Barbel catch reports generally drop off at this time of year, but if there was one venue that’d produce a fish it had to be King’s Weir on the River Lea.. The stretch has been in blistering form this season, with Andy Childs being one of the latest to capitalise… Read more

Throop fishery on the Dorset Stour is best known for its chub these days, but there are some huge barbel there too, as venue regular Paul proved with this 17lb 13oz fish. It’s the biggest barbel ever caught from the famous stretch of river and was taken whilst the water… Read more

A trip to the Warwickshire Avon paid off in style for Gloucestershire angler James Benfield, who landed this 17lb 6oz fish alongside two other doubles. Usually, James fishes the lower Severn – which is incidentally the venue he caught his 21lb 5oz British Record zander from – but on this… Read more

A session on a flooded River Lea resulted in this superb 18lb 4oz barbel for in-form angler Dave Robinson. The Suffolk rod hit the river after heavy rain and employed his tried and trusted approach of roving with big cubes of luncheon meat, fished on 15lb fluorocarbon hooklinks and size… Read more

Not long ago, barbel fanatic George Cornwell banked a new barbel PB at 15lb 7oz from the Hampshire Avon. Well, he’s gone and smashed that fish out the park with this 17lb 2oz beauty. It was caught from the same venue and fell to a paste-wrapped boilie fished alongside a… Read more