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.…
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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…
Barbel ace clocks up doubles from amazing 30 UK rivers!
Phil, who has been one of the country’s most successful all-round specimen hunters for many years, caught his historic barbel from the River Arrow in Worcestershire. Coventry, West Midlands-based Phil…
Monster hit of double-figure barbel
In a two-day session, John recorded an amazing 31 doubles and five smaller barbel topped by a double-take of the best two at 15 lb 4 oz and 14 lb…
Non-stop giant barbel from in-form Trent
The tidal Trent is where Charles Snowden has had a fantastic season to land 56 doubles, plus countless others. His run was topped by a 14 lb 8 oz sample…