The last couple of months have seen some impressive barbel caught from all over the country as they feed up for what could potentially be a long, cold winter. Like all freshwater species, barbel are ...

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 ...

Immediately I knew this was a big barbel.

Gone Fishing: Fancy a big chub? Then go barbel fishing How I wish I had a ‘fiver’ for every thumping great chub that has come way over the years not only from local rivers but flowing water all over ...

On Christmas Eve 2015, I caught my first barbel on fly, and I have been hooked ever since. It was in one of the dams in Delta Park in Johannesburg – where fishing is now banned – and it had been a ...

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 ...

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 ...