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Three barbel river records smashed in one week

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Angling Times, 27 August 2010 11:30

An unprecedented three barbel river records have potentially been shattered in just a week, Angling Times can exclusively reveal. Increased rainfall has reinvigorated the country’s rivers following months of low, clear conditions, with three different water systems throwing up huge specimens to prove that the fish are back on the feed. The first to fall was the Thame, with Oxford ...

 

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Three barbel river records smashed in one week

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27 August 2010 11:30

An unprecedented three barbel river records have potentially been shattered in just a week, Angling Times can exclusively reveal. Increased rainfall has reinvigorated the country’s rivers following months of low, clear conditions, with three different water systems throwing up huge specimens to prove that the fish are back on the feed. The first to fall was the Thame, with Oxford ...

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Record eel claim has been thrown into doubt

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Angling Times, 20 August 2010 16:00

The angling community has this week been buzzing with rumours of a new British record eel. Reported to weigh in at a monstrous 13lb 9oz, the big fish is thought to have come from a Colne Valley stillwater and, if genuine, would dwarf the current record that has stood for 32 years, by an unprecedented 2lb 7oz. Further speculation points ...

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Biggest bream of this season landed at 17lb

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Angling Times, 20 August 2010 16:00

The biggest bream caught this season has been taken by an angler who had spent the first three days of his trip waiting for a bite. Targeting slabs on his local 17-acre Hasse Fen in Soham, Kevin Lord, whose biggest previous bream weighed 8lb, had the shock of his angling career when the huge 17lb specimen broke his frustration. Starting ...

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Hants Avon produces biggest number of double barbels

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Angling Times, 06 August 2010 16:00

Anglers’ prayers for rainfall were answered this week and the river sport that followed didn’t disappoint, as a host of the UK’s best barbel venues produced the best catches of the season so far. One of the first to take advantage of the nationwide feeding spell was Andy Myers, whose 16lb 8oz personal best from the River Kennet marked the ...

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Marathon drives result in huge Fenland brace of rudd

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Angling Times, 30 July 2010 16:00

If there was a weekly award for dedication, Gareth Goldson would surely win it hands down after making two five-hour round trips before work to catch a trio of massive rudd from the Fens. In the first of his three-hour sessions, the 28-year-old took a superb specimen weighing 3lb 8dr, before returning a couple of days later to net a ...

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Paul Garner continues his fine Warwickshire Avon barbel form

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Gofishing.co.uk, 22 July 2010 11:40

Dr Paul Garner is continuing his fine run of form on the Warwickshire Avon with a latest overnight catch that included three eleven pound barbel. Using two 10mm Marine Halibut pellets on the hair wrapped in Marine Halibut paste, Paul fed a gallon of Frenzied Hemp, 1 kilo of 6mm Marine Halibut Pellets and 250 grams of 10mm Source Boilies ...

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Paul Garner ends a superb Warwickshire Avon session with a 13lb barbel

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Gofishing.co.uk, 19 July 2010 09:51

With the weather being absolutely perfect for barbel fishing Paul Garner decided to sneak out on Friday night for an overnight session on his local Warwickshire Avon. Earlier in the week Paul had an evening on a previoiusly unvisited stretch but never had a touch, so rather than potentially waste the ideal conditions on a stretch that might not hold any fish he decided to tackle ...

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Stunning overnight haul of eels taken in Hertfordshire

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Angling Times, 09 July 2010 15:00

This 6lb 7oz eel was the pick of a stunning overnight haul from a Hertfordshire gravel pit by Neil Stephens. After putting his faith in lobworm hookbaits suspended just below the surface, the London-based rod also took eels weighing 4lb 2oz, 4lb 12oz, 4lb 15oz and 5lb 9oz during hot and humid conditions. “I wanted to make the most of ...

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Amazing gravel pit haul topped by 9lb 10oz eel

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Angling Times, 02 July 2010 16:30

Steve Ricketts brought ‘a terrible year’ to a spectacular end by taking the finest catch of big eels in history, topped by a massive 9lb 10oz fish. With just a handful of small eels to show for more than 25 nights fishing leading up to the bumper session, the 48-year-old decided to head to a ‘rock hard’ venue he hadn’t ...

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World record carp smashed by 99lb giant

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Angling Times, 18 June 2010 15:00

This is a picture of the biggest carp ever caught on rod and line, and a new world record carp, weighing in at a colossal 99lb. The captor, British angler Ambrose Smith, admitted he ‘felt like doing a somersault’ after catching the new world record carp from The Graviers fishery, near Dijon, in France. As well as smashing the former ...

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