Just a few weeks after landing a new PB barbel of 17lb 6oz, James Benfield obliterated that mark then he banked this huge 18lb 15oz specimen.
It was caught from the Warwickshire Avon, and fell to a legered pellet hookbait as part of a memorable six-fish haul that also included specimens scaling 13lb 5oz and 11lb 1oz.
Gloucestershire angler James told AT that he was 'absolutely made up' to catch the 'big one' - a known fish on the stretch which he's spent hundreds of hours targeting.
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