New bait lands double figure barbel
Alfie Naylor and Brian Skoyles have enjoyed some incredible barbel sport of late whilst testing a new bait from Nutrabaits, which is designed specifically for the species. Using the River Trent as the location for testing, the pair recently filmed a session to remember.
Alfie described the session to Angling Times.
He said: “The Plan was to introduce a bit of the bait and alternate between one of us fishing whilst the other filmed.
“The action began quickly, and Brian landed a Barbel around 8/9lb early on in the session.
“We got the rod back in position and it was soon my turn…It wasn’t long before we had another take.
“This one was a totally different fight to the first fish, as the barbel stayed very deep in the main flow.
“I knew it was a better fish, but as always when playing a hard fighting barbel, it’s a tense time as you pray the hook doesn't come out.
“We finally got the barbel in the net and I remember turning to Brian and saying, “Wow this is lump.”
“We both stood there staring into the net with massive grins on our faces at this impressive barbel weighing 13lb 15oz.
“Next it was Brian’s turn.
“The wind was becoming increasingly powerful, making filming very difficult, however this didn’t deter the fish and Brian caught another Barbel of about 9lb.
“For the next hour or so we had some lunch and a couple more brews whilst the rods sat motionless.
“Suddenly, the left hand rod ripped off again as line was taken at an alarming rate but unfortunately we lost this one due to hook pull.
“The wind was getting much worse by this point and with that in mind we were about to call it a day then the rod hooped over with an absolutely amazing bite and once again it was my turn.
“The fight was very similar to my first, staying deep plodding around pretty much taking me wherever it wanted.
“I managed to finally get the fish under control and slipped it into my net.
“We stood in amazement, another immaculate double weighing 12lb 9oz.
“This one was a very aggressive fish that stuck its dorsal fin up the whole time we were taking the pictures.
“It was an amazing sight of the beautiful creature.”
To watch the short film of Alfie and Brian’s recent session on the Trent see the video below.