Richard Isaacs
Senior Member & Supporter
For me personal bests don’t necessarily just mean the biggest of a certain species but they can also mean biggest of a certain species caught in a certain way or on a certain method.
Also to make it clear I don’t count personal bests that are not caught by design…. Ie chub on barbel gear, perch on pike gear, bream on any gear
etc etc
So In this case a barbel weighing a colossal 12lb 14oz. Big fish I won’t disagree but I’ve caught afew bigger…….. however this is probably the most special and rewarding barbel I’ve ever caught as it’s the biggest I’ve had trotting a float.
Big thanks to @John Newman for taking me to this particular private venue. John is an absolute master with a float and pin and it’s always a pleasure to fish in his presence and while I didn’t catch lots of fish the odd few I did get were rather special especially the big girl just a meal away from that magic 13.
Makes up big time for a tough start to my barbel season.
The best of them below
Also to make it clear I don’t count personal bests that are not caught by design…. Ie chub on barbel gear, perch on pike gear, bream on any gear
![Face with tears of joy :joy: 😂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png)
So In this case a barbel weighing a colossal 12lb 14oz. Big fish I won’t disagree but I’ve caught afew bigger…….. however this is probably the most special and rewarding barbel I’ve ever caught as it’s the biggest I’ve had trotting a float.
Big thanks to @John Newman for taking me to this particular private venue. John is an absolute master with a float and pin and it’s always a pleasure to fish in his presence and while I didn’t catch lots of fish the odd few I did get were rather special especially the big girl just a meal away from that magic 13.
Makes up big time for a tough start to my barbel season.
The best of them below
![Smiling face with sunglasses :sunglasses: 😎](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png)
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