Barbel are among the most thrilling species of coarse fish in the UK that anglers can pursue. With their long, streamlined bodies and impressive strength, the experience of landing your first barbel ...

Hundreds of fish have been released into the River Thames to help boost stocks for anglers. As part of the Environment Agency's (EA) fish restocking programme, 250 barbel have been released at Ferry ...

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 ...

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Fishing groups, Pixham Farm, Clevelode and Beauchamp Court Syndicate, and the Worcester Angling Society have collaborated with the Environment Agency in order to restock the river with barbel fish.

BARBEL, a type of bottom-feeding catfish, is renowned for being terrible-tasting, but many anglers love to catch them because of the massive fight they put up once the hook is set. The bait used to ...

Steve White knew exactly what he was going to do when he drew a peg by the barbed wire fence on Upper Benyons. It is a noted barbel swim, regularly producing some big fish. And White's tactics of ...

THE River Ribble's barbel record has fallen. The captor of the new record, weighing a magnificent 13lbs 10oz, is Accrington's Mark Halstead, holder of the previous biggest from what is now one of the ...

THE River Taff now has a nationwide reputation for big barbel and justifiably so with fish to 17lb caught close to the centre of Cardiff. THE River Taff now has a nationwide reputation for big barbel ...