It’s ninth time lucky for big Severn barbel
After blanking eight times on the Lower Severn, Adam Coterill returned for a ninth to claim this 15lb 10oz barbel.
The Worcester angler fished a 15ft-deep slack just before darkness with a free-running feeder outfit complete with pellets, groundbait and double 15mm boilies on the hook.
Said Adam: “After a missed bite I put the rod back on the rest and five minutes later the personal-best fish bolted downstream.”