360-mile trip for a PB barbel - Ricky Hoskins

(PLEASE NOTE - THE FOLLOWING CATCH REPORT WAS PROVIDED PRIOR TO THE SECOND ENGLAND COVID-19 LOCKDOWN)

“IT WAS a 360-mile round trip from my Swindon home to the River Trent, but it was worth it because I caught a PB barbel of 16lb 10oz.
“Despite opening my account with a 13lb 10oz fish on the first night, I ended up moving swims in the morning as I’d lost countless rigs and a decent fish to an annoying snag.
“I soon settled into a new swim and fed four huge balls of Clubmix groundbait laced with hemp, mixed pellets and matching glug to a crease. My feeders were quickly filled and each rig was cast out.
“I was just about to take a sip of my brew when my left-hand rod cranked over and I leaned into a big fish. After a tense fight this hugeframed barbel slipped into the net and I just knew it was a PB. I backed this up with another barbel at 13lb 1oz and left a very happy angler.”