The 41-year-old full-time single dad from Hawick, Scottish Borders explained: “I grew up near Cambridge so often travel down the country to fish and see my friends. “It has been…
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Biggest barbel of the season!
Craig Lander has landed the biggest barbel of the year and showed why Nottinghamshire’s River Trent is now being rated the best venue in the UK. The 27-year-old angler landed…
Countryfile TV cameras to showcase revival of ‘Fred Crouch weir’
Countryfile cameras are due at Kings Weir Fishery in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, showing the unique barbel rearing project in which fingerling barbel are being grown on in a tank. The venue…
2 giant barbel landed at the same time
Richard Easom of top bait firm 3 Foot Twitch took Aaron Choat and Paul Holder out for a night session and Aaron had the stunning 16 lb 10 oz barbel.…
Baiting campaign pays off with huge barbel
The 42-year-old forklift driver kept trickling in Trent Baits’s Freshwater Shrimp 16 mm boilies and then targeted barbel over four 48-hour weekend sessions. The action kept getting better. Nottingham-based Paul…
River Tees giant barbel ends run of blanks
Glynn Brown proved persistence pays off when he ended a run of around 25 blanks on the River Tees with this PB 12 lb 10 oz barbel. And then he…
Two giant Thames barbel for nearly 33 lb
The stunning Thames barbel pair came when Garry returned to the same stretch of the middle reaches to smash his PB with a giant of 17 lb 9 oz (pictured…
Big barbel: 6 top tips to catch them!
Slice into barbel Big barbel love areas that provide cover and shade, yet getting bait to them without making a disturbing noise can be tricky, almost impossible. A neat solution…
Top tips for autumn bass fishing
Many anglers target bass throughout July and August but come September and October the number of bass anglers dwindle. I don’t understand why because autumn is still a fantastic time…
Giant barbel after three-year break
The Angling Trust voluntary bailiff beat his old best of 13 lb 2 oz with the stunning specimen that fell to his legered meat approach. Security officer Chris, 32, from…