Barbel fishing has become an increasingly popular branch of angling, with big fish being more accessible than ever. Now is the time to get out there and catch some of these majestic creatures, but you ...

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 ...

For many river anglers, the 2025/26 season will be remembered as one largely scuppered by the adverse weather conditions, but if big barbel are your thing, it was one for the history books! Not only ...

Turkey on Thursday hailed the unexpected sighting of the leopard barbel fish—listed as one of the most endangered in the world—in the Tigris River. Environmentalists say the spotted carp-like fish was ...

THE future of fish stocks remains in good health as hundreds of tagged barbel were released into the river, improving opportunities for anglers and scientific study. Two hundred and fifty barbel fish ...

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Anglers want to banish otters amid depleting fish stocks after 20lb barbel dragged out of River Ivel in Bedfordshire and has its throat torn out Big Lady in 2013 when it weighed 21lbs and was ...