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Trent level at Torksey tonight breaking the all time record from 2000 by 7cm. Shocking just how wet it’s been for what seems like forever.

Collingham AA have posted today that the levels on Carlton Ferry Lane have gone above the marks from the floods of 1973 and 2000. :oops:

The Trent at North Muskham is currently 18cm off the highest level ever recorded.

MB‘s statement confirms it’s him in the video, so that’s not speculation. The question is, why wouldn’t your statement simply say that you have never re-hooked a Barbel, unless you have? It’s very politician like and not coming across well at all.

I wonder what the reaction would be on here if it was Ali Hamidi caught doing it and not MB.

I’m pretty shocked at some of the replies here tbh. You think it’s ok to stick a hook back in a Barbel, chuck it back in and play it again for a video? Would you do it if you were sponsored, fish at all costs and all that? And that it’s somehow equivalent to prebaiting a swim or fishing out of...

Yep. Denial doesn’t affect any legal action one bit, you simply say ‘it‘s not me in the clip, and I’m taking legal action so can’t say any more than that at the moment’. Yet MB so far hasn’t denied it’s him which doesn’t look good. I hope it isn’t him as I enjoy his stuff.

Looks like the hook has gone through the lip, caught in the net and the weight of the fish hanging down has pulled the line through its mouth down to the anti tangle sleeve. If the twig was caught in the net the weight of the fish would pull away from it towards the hook. The twig is a useless...

Barbel Society stretch (Sutton) has a waiting list. Only fishing opposite is on the first bend, where the Scunny stretch finishes, then the Barbel Society control both banks but there’s only fishing from the Sutton side. Collingham banning night fishing on day tickets along with the loss of...

Bit of a faff to be tying various knots in the middle of the night though. I’d rather have a load of short looped braid hook sections tied up, then just cut the old one off and loop-to-loop the new one on.

In many situations, hook points turn over on rocks and gravel far more often than the hooklink material gets damaged, and it’s a massive waste to be throwing away 2-3ft of braid/fluoro every time. It’s certainly a lot more expensive than tying up short sections to make a combi rig, or using...

Okuma Inception 6000. Brilliant reels, I have 6 now and use them for all my Barbel and Carp fishing except for small rivers. Crank in 10oz leads no bother at all, excellent quick drag out of the box and a solid bail arm click which gives you confidence when you’ve got a big lead plus pva bag...

Rocky areas constantly turning over the hook point? I go through a ton of hooks on the tidal Trent, doesn’t matter if they’re straight point or beaked, some swims are so rocky that I can go through a packet of hooks in 24 hours. I usually use a combi rig and have a load of short braid hook...

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On the Trent in daytime clear water I’ve always struggled for a bite on boilies 14mm+. 8mm pellets are much better, and I’ve caught a few recently after trying double 8mm ‘zinger’ boilies (2 of those are still a very small bait). So for me it seems to be the size of bait rather than boilies full...

The point with modern setups is you don’t want a breakage full stop, so use everything strong enough to avoid that. It’s the boom section thats more likely to be damaged on rocks etc, but making the hook section weaker is just adding a potential point of failure (I’m talking about snaggy or...

Depends where you fish though. There was a bit of extra water on the tidal Trent a couple of weeks ago, I’d only taken my 2.25 rods but chose a swim with a 40 yard cast and I needed 8oz to hold bottom. Big mistake not taking the 13’ 2.75 rods, I did manage ok but the tools weren’t really up to...

Fishing the tidal Trent in rocky, snaggy swims I haven’t had a cut off yet using 18lb Korda Kontour fluoro as the boom section of a combi rig. It’s 0.37 diameter from memory.

Depends when you go, I’ve been the only one on there in winter! Had Barbel to 14lb, double figure Carp, double figure Pike, good Perch (they’re right under your feet, 1.5lb+). Let the flip flops and weed brigade disappear, and there’s some great fishing to be had.

Yep, it’s all got a little crazy. There have been multiple reports recently of 1,000lb+ catches in 5 hour matches. An average of over 3lb for every minute fished. Nobody is telling me that there is any fish care at all there, they are dragged out as quickly as possible, unhooked and chucked in...