Here is this weeks news, information and catch report round up from Luton Angling Club.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
Existing club members can now RENEW their membership for the 2025/26 season which starts 1st June 2025. Existing members have priority to renew during April. On 1st May any remaining membership will be offered to New Members,
Please renew your membership before the end of April to guarantee your place for the 2025/26 membership year. Existing members that joined online will receive a renewal invitation email - Any member that joined directly with the membership secretary will receive a renewal form in the post (If you are able to please renew online and then ignore the renewal letter as online is our preferred method)
If you are a potential new member be sure to register your interest now on the club website so that you are notified via text and email when books go on sale on the 1st May 2025 - All new membership is first come first serve.
South Lagoon - Wyboston
South Lagoon continues to fish very well. Brian Turner just got back from a 48 hour session,he finally had a very long overdue Common Carp that went 16lb 10z which he was absolutely over the moon with as it's his first Lagoon carp. As well as the carp he had a fantastic time catching 9 bream, one was 12lb 6oz an absolute hog of a bream which would be a new club record however sadly he didn't take any photos of it so cant make a claim. The other 8 Bream were roughly 8-9lb each The other bailiff Barry said it might be good to get some pictures for social media as not everyone is after the carp, so he took a couple of the last 2 Bream.
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| Brian Turner - South Lagoon |
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| Brian Turner - South Lagoon |
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| Brian Turner - South Lagoon |
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| Brian Turner - South Lagoon |
Andy Smith also had success on the lagoon, he caughty five carp from 4lb to 8lb and he also lost 3 better ones. He also had Bream to 5lb and lots of skimmers and Roach for around 45lb he commented that the lake is fishing very well.
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| Andy Smith - South Lagoon |
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| Andy Smith - South Lagoon |
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| Andy Smith - South Lagoon |
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| Andy Smith - South Lagoon |
Scott Sharpe had a couple of carp and Bream
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| Scott Sharpe - South Lagoon |
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| Scott Sharpe - South Lagoon |
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| Scott Sharpe - South Lagoon |
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| Paul Webb - South Lagoon |
Beckerings Reservoir
Martin Scholes sent in pictures of a few fish from two recent 24hr sessions on Beckerings. On the the first session on 23rd of March he had a 15lb 14oz Mirror and on the second on the 31st a 13lb 5oz Common and a 20lb 2oz Mirror all on essential cell boilies
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| Martin Scholes - Beckerings |
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| Martin Scholes - Beckerings |
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| Martin Scholes - Beckerings |
Beckerings Closure 09/04/25 - 07:00hrs - 16:30hrs
The Wednesday group are fishing their match on Beckerings this coming Wednesday. There are 20+ members taking part so the decision has been made to close the reservoir for the duration of the match. Anyone fishing Tuesday night must vacate the venue by 7am. Anyone wishing to fish Wednesday evening or Wednesday night should not arrive until at least 4:30pm as the car park will be busy until then.
The Beckerings bailiffs will be carrying out some strimming, mowing and general tidying up during next week (probably on Tuesday). There will be some noise and disruption around the pegs while this is carried out - Please co-operate with the bailiffs... They put in lots of hard work keeping the venues in good order and it's very frustrating when they are given abuse or negative comments by those fishing about the noise and disruption. We try and minimise full venue closures and prefer to safely work around anyone fishing.
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Grand Union Canal Three Locks
This week’s match took place at the Three Locks We had a brilliant turnout of 23 anglers booked, hoping that with the recent warmer temperatures, the fish would show.
With 11 anglers pegged below and 12 above the flight, the match was split for pools this week. The canal was at a good level and carried a fair amount of colour, and temperature was measured at 13C, which reinforced the grounds for optimism. However, again, the fish thought otherwise, and fish were scarce for most, with several dry nets and known banker swims failing to produce on the day.
The temperature at the draw was 9 C, rising to 21 C on the warmest day so far this year.
The fame of our Werthers sweet distribution at the draw has obviously spread and Werthers very kindly gave us some small gifts to distribute, so we are holding a Willie Wonka style Golden ticket competition for these at the next few matches. Today's Werther’s original golden ticket winners were Dudley Frankland and Simon Faukes. Well done! The golden ticket competition continues next week.
The guys pegged above the locks had a considerable amount of surface scum on the canal to deal with, which drifted around all day, and the weights in this section were very poor. The section was won by Sean Leatherland, who managed to weigh 3lb 14oz. Second was Barry Roper with 2lb 9oz, and third was Tim Watts with 1lb 2oz. In fourth place was Chris Howard, who managed to fish through the scum for a 1lb 1oz, a commendable result in the circumstances.
Malcolm Ogden caught a small Pike, which we initially thought was an Eel until it was in the net. Tony Hickmott never caught until he removed his keepnet from the water to dry, then caught his first fish immediately!
Below the lock Syd Wilson managed 13lb 4oz, Syd caught a skimmer at 5 Meters on bread punch early on and when this swim failed to produce more he alternated between 11 and 13 metres catching bream using pinkie and maggots over groundbait.
Second place was taken by Dave Ridley, who fished single red maggot over groundbait on a 4m whip. Most of Dave’s weight was from 4 decent bream, totalling 11lb, caught before the boats and locks started to have an impact.
Third was Steve Lathwell, who weighed in a creditable 5lb 8oz
Thank you to Barry Roper, Colin Holmes, and Simon for the pegging thank you to Tony Hickmott for the Werthers, Richard Gibbs for organising the financial side, and all those who helped with the weighing in.
Overall, it was another hard day’s fishing, but at least the weather was kind to us, and those in the sunshine were nice and warm. Well done to those who managed to find some decent fish and framed and to the rest for making it a very pleasant day out.
Results
1st Syd Wilson 13lb 4oz
2nd Dave Ridley 11lb 0oz
3rd Steve Lathwell 5lb 8oz
4th Sean Leatherland 3lb 14oz
5th Barry Roper 2lb 9oz
6th Tim Watts 1lb 2oz
7th Chris Howard 1lb 1oz
8th Bart Bonito 0lb 14oz
9th Simon Faulkes 0lb 10oz
10th Andy Norgate 0lb 9oz
11th Mark Sessions & Richard Darbon 0lb 7oz
13th Dave Abbott 0lb 6oz
14th Dudley Frankland 0lb 3oz
15th Dennis Hunt & Tony Hickmott 2oz
16th Colin Holmes 1 oz
Richard Gibbs, Andy Francome, Les Burton, Ray Burton, Roger Baker, Malcolm Ogden DNW
Our next match is Wednesday, 9th April, at Beckerings. Draw at the venue at 8.30 as usual, £5.00 optional pools plus £2.00 pegging fee, Fish 10.00am – 3.00 pm. All places for this match are currently taken
For anyone thinking of joining us for the first time, please message us so we know you are coming before turning up. This will help us to manage the pegging of the venue, which has a finite number of available pegs. Please bring your club membership book with you as you will be asked to produce it for your first appearance.
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| Wednesday Match |
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| Wednesday Match |
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| Wednesday Match |
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| Wednesday Match |
Sunday 23rd March saw the final round of the LAC Winter League 2025 staged on the GUC at The Globe. Thanks as always go to the Globe Pub for their continued kindness in allowing us to use their car park on match days and for the warm welcome we alway receive when we arrive for post match beers.
With Pete Smith leading the overall standings going into the last round and needing to only catch to secure the league title, all eyes were focused on who might win the converted Corkscrew and Screw Top Bottle of Wine for the lowest points score (or as we prefer to call it the - "Top Bottom Place").
A lovely dry and warm day greeted the 15 anglers who turned out for the last round and for the first time this winter league - every angler caught. The pegging for the match ran from just along from the Globe Pub and back to Leighton Lock. Thanks to Bart Bonito and Dave Abbot for pegging out.
This was a close match with less than 3ozs separating the top three. Winner on the day was Richard Darbon. Drawn on peg 2 Richard opposite the sewage works, Richard started fishing bread punch on the pole and within a few minutes had a huge bream of 4lb 14ozs in the net caught. Although bites became hard to come by after that, Richard alternated lines to catch odd fish to end up with a weight of 5lb 15ozs.
The old analogy of a cigarette paper not being able to separate 1st and 2nd place was very apt as Dave Whillock came 2nd with 5lb 14ozs 8drms. Drawn on peg 1, Dave caught a couple of decent skimmers and backed that up with a nice net of smaller roach and skimmers. Unfortunately for Dave, he pulled out of a couple of decent fish that on another day would have proved to be winners.
In third place was Bart Bonito on peg 15 at the other end of the section. Although he had no sizeable fish, Bart maintained a run of catching hand sized skimmers throughout the match to weigh in a lovely net of fish for 5lb 12 ozs 4 drms.
With the match over, we all retreated to the Globe Pub where over a couple of beers the tales of how each caught were relayed while the final league standings were calculated.
Thankfully for Pete Smith, he caught fish to ensure he took the league title for 2025 with 20 points. With the fishing being so tough during the whole league, Pete deserves major credit for catching in 4 out of the 5 rounds. 2nd place went to Dudley Frankland who's section win and two 2nd place sections was enough to get 16 points and separate him from Sean Leatherland and Tim Watts who tied for 3rd place on 14 league points. However, with Sean having the higher overall match points he took 3rd place overall.
But almost as important was the "Top Bottom Place " which got as big a cheer as the league winner and went to Keith Ward.
It was great to welcome last years winner Ian Orbell to award the trophies. No doubt he'll be back next year to try to regain it and thanks to everyone who took part in this years Winter League and to all who helped out with organisation and weighing in.
The 2025/26 Sunday Series will start on Sunday April 27th on the GUC with venue to be confirmed. The draw at 8.30am. £2.00 peg fee and £5.00 optional pools, fish 10am till 3pm.
For anyone thinking of joining in with the friendly matches, they are open to club members and if you are joining us for the first time can we ask that you message us so we know you are coming before turning up. You will be asked to produce your Club book at first appearance, so please have it with you and you are very welcome.
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| Winter League Round 5 Result |
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| Winter League Overall Results |
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| Winter League - Presentation |
If you would like to send us a catch report from a Luton AC Water you can send reports and pictures via our facebook page and other social media accounts, the club website or via what’s app message to 07940 229071. Don’t forget every picture we receive is automatically entered into our monthly photo prize which is judged by the committee and you could win £25.00. It’s not always the biggest fish that wins so well worth sending in any of your catch reports.
Tight Lines Until Next Week!
Dave M
Luton AC
