Didn't realise there was so many big barbel 2 minutes from home, met a polish guy last night, caught 80+ barbel on the local stretch of the river last season, he was in a mag for getting a 20lb 9 ounce barbel here,verified on two different sets of scales by a few different witnesses, and he hooked a decent Wels which got off at the bank, showed me loads of fishing pics on his phone, nice guy, barbel addict.