Shortening days act as a catalyst for barbel to begin their big annual feed-up. They’ll be packing on weight to give them the reserves to thrive over the coming winter, and this can see the fish ...

This study explores strategies for successfully fishing barbel on challenging stretches of the River Trent, emphasizing the ...

I have been fishing now for about 1 year - carp fishing - and I joined Wigan DAA this year to fish heapy but there is a magnet in my head that is pulling me to the River Ribble for barbel. Please ...

Dek is fishing between two pubs on the River Ribble...and wants to know if the stretch between them is any good for barbel and chub. Mark from Bury asks... Have you ever fished the River Ribble for ...

Fishing a weekend session with his brother-in-law, at a stretch of the river they’d not tried before, both were hoping to snare their first barbel. Things didn’t start too promisingly, as their first ...

CATCHING the same heavyweight carp twice in three weeks in a commercial fishery is not that unusual. Carp addicts who bivvy-up with enough electronic wizardry to detect a nuclear sub know the markings ...

A Tremendous barbel weighing 12.4.0 has been caught from a local reach of the Thames by Eynsham-based Dennis Fogden, writes Peter Stone. Denis is enjoying a tremendous season with big chub and barbel, ...

JUNE 16 saw the opening day for our rivers and anglers turned out in force on the rivers Crossens, Ribble and Alt. The Ribble turned out to be the best with John Wright from Preston fishing meat at ...