Weight: 12lbs 2oz
Specie: barbel
Weight: 12lbs 2oz
Location: River Kennet I last seriously fished for barbel a couple of autumn/winters ago. That season was a very successful one and amongst the many barbel I had was this one of 12lbs 2oz, from the River Kennet. This was a “last cast” fish – there was one swim I nearly always used to fish for 5 or 10 minutes before going home. I moved into the swim at about 11 pm, sat touch legering for about 5 minutes before I felt that electric pull on the braided line. The fish put up a terrific fight, and I remember I almost got stuck in the river returning it. I’d climbed down a steepish bank, and stood in the water for a while nursing the fish in the beam of the head-torch. After the fish had swum off, I had great difficulty in getting back up the bank!