Luton Angling Club - Weekly News, Information and Catch Report Roundup - Week Ending 10th August 2025

🎣 Luton Angling Club – Weekly Roundup

Week Ending: 10th August 2025

🏞️ North House Lake

James Wing landed a superb 22lb Mirror Carp, believed to be No.10 from the 2017 stock. These stock fish continue to thrive, and are showing excellent growth and condition — a testament to our stocking programme and lake management.

James Wing - North House Lake

🌊 South Lagoon, Wyboston

Paul fished on Wednesday and enjoyed a productive session, catching Bream up to 6lb.

Paul - Bream - South Lagoon

Steve fished the Lagoon on Sunday and had a mixed bag of quality Bream and Roach on swim feeder with dead maggots. He also had a surprise when a personal best 16lb Zander took his bait. Though the photo isn’t perfect (Steve prioritised a swift release), the catch speaks for itself — a cracking fish and a memorable moment.

Steve - 16lb Zander - South Lagoon

🌾 Beckerings Reservoir

Ray Dempsey made his first visit of the season and chose to feeder fish for Bream. His first cast produced an 8lb 3oz Bream, setting the tone for a brilliant session. Over five hours, he landed 15 more Bream, all between 6lb and 8lb 12oz. Sadly, his landing net gave out on the final fish — a dramatic end to a rewarding day.

Ray Dempsey - Beckerings

John Bolger also fished the feeder and landed 16 Bream, most in the 7lb bracket, with one standout at 8lb 6oz. A great example of the consistent sport Beckerings continues to offer.

John Bolger - Beckerings

John Bolger - Beckerings

🚸 Junior Angler Spotlight – Daniel Carr

Daniel Carr, one of our talented junior anglers and a success story from our Let’s Fish sessions, visited a new stretch of canal for a focused practice session. Here’s Daniel’s own report:

“I wanted practice on the accuracy of my feeding, so I only set up one line about 7m out. I fed pinkie and used maggot on the hook. This worked as I caught well.
As the session went on, I noticed that when I topped up the swim with groundbait, skimmers and roach came onto it instantly. So every time I caught, I put a little bit of groundbait into a pole pot and started catching quicker.
Then I started changing my shots around to see if they liked it on the drop or just having it on the bottom as quick as possible. Through this, I found out they liked it on the bottom, not it dropping down on them.
Overall, it was a great day for practice as my accuracy and precision definitely got better.”

Daniel’s thoughtful approach and willingness to experiment show real maturity — a bright future ahead!

Daniel Carr - Grand Union Canal

🏆 Match Report – Wednesday 6th August 2025

Venue: Dani’s Lake, Howe End A lively turnout of 10 seasoned anglers, 4 younger members, and 2 juniors gathered for this week’s midweek match. Though Dennis Hunt was away enjoying a well-earned holiday in Cornwall, Colin Holmes stepped up to manage the day’s logistics, assisted by Jim Tookey and Ray Burton (who helped with prep despite being unable to attend). A big thank you to all involved.

We were especially pleased to welcome juniors Jack O’Brien and Daniel Carr, who both impressed with their skill and composure. Also joining us was Sam Rose, taking a break from wedding preparations — best wishes to Sam from all of us!

The day was warm with a gusty breeze, and although water levels were lower than usual, fish activity was high. Everyone caught, with Carp and silver fish showing well.

There were a few hiccups — Richard Darbon forgot to thread his line through all the rod rings, then knocked over his table. His lines spent more time on the bank than in the water before lunch, but spirits remained high (😂😂😂).

Match Highlights:

🥇 Jack O’Brien (Junior) – 117lbs 5oz from peg 14. After experimenting with pellet and feeder tactics, Jack found success in the margins using dead maggots and groundbait. A fantastic performance and a credit to his coaches and family.
🥈 Colin Kidd – 95lbs 6oz, with plenty of Carp landed (and a few lost).
🥉 Jim Tookey – 75lbs 11oz, despite losing four Carp when a net slipped into the water.
4️⃣ Bart Bonito – 71lbs 4oz
Special mention to Daniel Carr (Junior) – 31lbs 2oz using Chocolate Orange boilies, beating his dad by nearly 14lbs!

Full Results:

Position	Name	Weight
1st	Jack O’Brien (J)	117lbs 5oz
2nd	Colin Kidd	95lbs 6oz
3rd	Jim Tookey	75lbs 11oz
4th	Bart Bonito	71lbs 4oz
5th	Sean Leatherland	60lbs 8oz
6th	Andy Frankum	46lbs 7oz
7th	Colin Holmes	43lbs 2oz
8th	Simon Foulkes	38lbs 8oz
9th	Graham Stringer	35lbs 1oz
10th	Daniel Carr (J)	31lbs 2oz
11th	Richard Darbon	30lbs 15oz
12th	Dave Ridley	22lbs 3oz
13th	Sam Rose	21lbs 5oz
14th	Paul Carr	17lbs 3oz
15th	Terry Vickers	10lbs 6oz
16th	Roger Baker	7lbs 3oz

Next Match:

📍 Grand Union Canal at Braggenham side

🗓️ Wednesday 13th August 2025

🕣 Draw: 8.30am at venue 🎣 Fish: 10.00am – 3.00pm

💷 £5 optional pools + £2 pegging fee

📘 Please bring your membership book and message Dennis Hunt in advance if attending for the first time.

Wednesday Match - How End

🚨 Littering at Wyboston – Unacceptable Behaviour

We regret to report another incident of littering at Wyboston, clearly left by anglers who evaded our bailiffs. This behaviour is disrespectful, damaging, and completely unacceptable. It tarnishes the reputation of our club and the wider angling community.

📸 If you witness littering:

Take a photo
Note vehicle registration
Report it to us directly

We treat these reports seriously and will take appropriate action. Let’s protect the waters we all enjoy — together.

Litter left on the Riverbank at Wyboston

📣 That’s All for This Week

Keep your stories and catch reports coming in! You can send them via:

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Luton Angling Club - Weekly News, Information and Catch Report Roundup - Week Ending 3rd August 2025

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Weekly News, Match Reports & Catch Roundup

Week Ending: Sunday 3rd August 2025

📍 Match Venue Change – Sunday 17th August

Please note: the match originally scheduled for Eaton Ford will now be held at Lavendon Upstream due to the number of swims required. 🔁 Eaton Ford remains open for pleasure fishing on the day.

🏆 Chairmans Shield Match – Lavendon Upstream

Sunday saw the annual Chairmans Shield Match, reserved for Club Committee Officers and volunteers. Eight anglers, including the Chairman and Membership Secretary, gathered at Lavendon Upstream for the 8:30am draw. It was great to see familiar faces back on the bank — notably Dave Murdoch Snr, our chief key tester and envelope stuffer, returning to fishing after several years.

Conditions were warm and overcast with a fitful breeze. The river held good colour but lacked flow due to recent dry weather, making for challenging fishing.

Results:

🥇 Bob Burdiak – 2lb 14oz (Roach, Chublets, Perch, Bleak on maggot & worm)
🥈 Dennis Hunt – 2lb 1oz (Roach and Bleak on whip, hemp & tare)
🥉 Neville Hunt – 1lb 11oz (Mainly Bleak)

While weights were modest, the camaraderie and humour made for a memorable day. Congratulations to Bob — though some say local bailiff knowledge gave him a slight edge! 😄

Bob Burdiak - Winner of the Chairmans Shield 2025

Weighing In - Neville Hunt

Dave Murdoch Jnr's catch

Dave Murdoch Snr & Dennis Vivian

🐟 Beckerings Reservoir

Grayson White had a stellar session with Carp at 17lb, 15lb, 12.25lb, and 12lb, plus an 8.5lb Bream and a surprise 5lb Pike that mistook a boilie for a lure.

Grayson White - Beckerings

Martin Houghton, on his first visit, carefully chose peg 3 after observing the water. In just over 24 hours, he landed 9 Carp and 5 Bream — his best session in 15 years. A great example of watercraft paying off.

Martin Houghton - Beckerings

🌊 River Ouse – Wyboston

Dawid Dziubdziela fished the River Ouse at Wyboston and landed a Perch over 3lb and a superb Tench — a cracking result from this productive stretch.

Daniel Dziubdziela - River Ouse Wyboston

🌊 River Ouse – Water Share

Dennis Vivian caught a 9lb Carp from one of our shared River Ouse venues. Armed with just maggots and a light float rod, he showed that simple tactics can still produce excellent results.

Dennis Vivian - Carp from the River Ouse

🚤 Grand Union Canal

Phil Anderson opted for an early morning session armed with maggots and a light float rod. He started catching from the off — Roach, Perch, Skimmers, and a couple of nice Bream. It was a bite-a-cast session until boat traffic and canoes began passing through. As the towpath grew busier, bites slowed and Phil decided to call it a morning. A lovely few hours of canal sport before the rush!

Phil Anderson - Grand Union Canal

🎓 Let’s Fish – Summer Holiday Introductory Sessions

Our summer Let’s Fish programme is in full swing, with events running every Tuesday in Leighton Buzzard and every Thursday in Berkhamsted through August.

This week:

Our lead coach Mark Brooks gave an interview on 3 Counties Radio
A CRT film crew captured the Berkhamsted event
Every participant caught fish during their one-hour one-to-one coaching sessions

🎣 Know someone who’d like to try fishing? Book a slot via — search for events hosted by Luton Angling Club.

We’ve already welcomed several enthusiastic new Cadet and Junior anglers into our Kingfishers ranks!

👶 Junior Spotlight – Leo at Alders Farm

On Thursday, Leo, one of our talented juniors, took part in the Tackle Guru Celebration of Young Anglers at Alders Farm Fishery, competing in the U14 age category.

Here’s Leo’s full match report:

“I was really excited to fish Alders Farm for the Tackle Guru event. I got set up and was straight into the action — I hooked a Carp right away, but sadly it came off!
I then got into a rhythm catching a steady stream of Perch and Skimmers during the first half of the match. I was fishing maggot over groundbait and kept the feed going in little and often.
In the second half, things slowed down a bit. I hooked two more Carp, but they both got away. I did manage to land a couple more lovely Skimmers though.
I knew I needed a Carp to break into the top three, but I was still really happy with how I fished. I ended up with 6lb 2oz of silvers and won the prize for Best Net of Silvers on my lake!”

A fantastic effort from Leo — composed, focused, and a great ambassador for our Kingfishers. Well done!

Leo at Alders Farm

📝 Match Report – Wednesday 30th July

Venue: River Nene, Barnwell Marina Thanks to Wellingborough A/C for hosting us. Chairman Ivor Stokes even stopped by to say hello — a lovely gesture.

Conditions:

Warm, overcast, minimal flow, clear water
Depth: 5–6ft in boat channel
Water temp: 20°C

Top Performers:

🥇 Richard Gibbs – 7lb 4oz (Waggler, maggot, hemp & tares)
🥈 Mark Sessions – 3lb 12oz (Waggler to pads, maggot)
🥉 Richard Darbon – 2lb 12oz (Stick float, mixed bait)

Traditional rod and line outperformed pole and whip this week. Despite the absence of big fish, everyone enjoyed the venue and agreed it’s worth revisiting.

Full Results:

Position	Name	Weight
1st	Richard Gibbs	7lb 4oz
2nd	Mark Sessions	3lb 12oz
3rd	Richard Darbon	2lb 12oz
4th	Dennis Hunt	2lb 6oz
5th	Dave Ridley	2lb 5oz
6th	Ray Burton	1lb 14oz 8dr
7th	Terry Vickers	1lb 14oz
8th	Tony Hickmott	1lb 0oz
9th	Malcolm Ogden	5oz 8dr

📅 Next Match – Wednesday 7th August

Venue: Danni’s at How End 🕣 Draw: 8.30am at venue 🎣 Fish: 10.00am – 3.00pm 💷 Fees: £5 optional pools + £2 pegging + £9 fishery peg fee

🚫 Please do not arrive before 8.00am to avoid complaints from local residents. 📘 First-time attendees must message us in advance and bring their membership book.

Wednesday Match - River Nene

📣 That’s All for This Week

Keep your stories and catch reports coming in! You can send them via:

📱 WhatsApp: 07940 229071
🌐 The club website
📘 Our Facebook page

Tight lines until next week!

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 27th July 2025

Here is a round up of the catch reports, news and information for the week ending 27th July 2025.

South Lagoon Wyboston
Andy Smith had a mixed bag from the South Lagoon today. The South Lagoon and River Ouse at the Wyboston Lakes Resort are available to Non club members via a Day or Night ticket that can be purchased from the bailiffs. Check out the club website for more details and pictures of recent catches.

Andy Smith - South Lagoon

Andy Smith - South Lagoon

Nathan Porter, a day ticket angler, had a good session Friday night on the Lagoon catching a mirror at 8lb and a lovely looking common at 12lb. He also had a Bream. It was only his 2nd visit to the lagoon and he said he'll definitely be looking at joining as a member next year as he's fallen in love with the complex.

Nathan Porter - South Lagoon

Nathan Porter - South Lagoon

Club members Natalia Dolega, Paulina Trembecka, and Mariusz Dolega had a successful family fishing trip at the Lagoon at the weekend. Special congratulations to 10 year old Natalia, who caught her first eel, weighing 1.75 lb.

Natalia, Paulina and Mariusz - South Lagoon

Natalia - Eel, South Lagoon

Natalia - Eel, South Lagoon

Bream - South Lagoon

Paulina - Bream - South Lagoon

Beckerings Reservoir

Tom Plater had a 24 hour session on Beckerings Saturday-Sunday he had 2 Bream, a Common at 20lb (no picture) and a dark coloured scaly mirror at 22lb.

Tom Plater - Beckerings

Steve Emery had cracking day on the bank at Beckerings with 13 carp landed. The successful session was topped off by a chunky 28lb 13oz mirror and a stunning long 24lb 6oz common that put up a proper scrap! The rest were lovely upper doubles in the 19–20lb range, and just to mix things up… a surprise 10lb+ slab of a bream!

Steve Emery - Beckerings

Steve Emery - Beckerings

Reservoir regular Nick Lynch had of the 2 stockies, an 18lb common and a 60lb cat on Thursday night. All caught on Shrimp + Pepper Boilies

Nick Lynch - Beckerings

Marcus Wolthers also caught one of the catfish. Its weight was 56lb. It was caught on peg 9 using a DNA the bug wafter.Marcus was helped by a fella called Tom, who talked him through playing it and then landed it for him. He would have struggled without his assistance.

Marcus Wolthers - Beckerings

Paul Martin fished Peg 1 this week and lost a big mirror at the net, he landed 3 carp up to 23lb and also had 2 bream.

Paul Martin - Beckerings

Paul Martin - Beckerings

Damien Fitzpatrick had a busy night with the family at Beckerings last weekend He had 9 out in total all on bottom bait, a mix of papi nut and shrimp and pepper using d-rig with u.k.a size 4 curved shank . He was on peg 9 both rods 8 wraps out biggest was 25lb 6 oz mirror, a 20lb common and the rest were mid teens but some lovely mirrors and it was one of his best sessions at Beckerings. He let his daughter Poppy who is a Junior member, play 2 of his fish in, and she had also made all the nova mesh bags for that session and they caught on every one. It was great fun

Damien Fitzpatrick - Beckerings

Damien's daughter Poppy - Beckerings

Damien Fitzpatrick - Beckerings

Grand Union Canal

Steve Lathwell had a productive few hours on the Grand Union Canal this week, He had a nice mixed bag of fish.

Steve Lathwell - Grand Union Canal

North House Lake

Marek Marecki fished North House Lake last Saturday night. He had this 19lb carp around 11 o’clock on Sunday morning. He also lost another one.

Marek Marecki - North House Lake

Report from the 2025 Sunday Series

Round 4 of the LAC Summer Series took place on the GUC at The Globe on Sunday 20th June 2025.

13 anglers took part in the match and whilst there were a couple of light showers, the predicted thunderstorm thankfully did not make an appearance. The canal did not fish as well as hoped, but all caught fish.

Thanks go as always to The Globe Pub for kindly allowing the angler to park for the match. A post match beer is always enjoyed in this great pub.

Winner on the day was Dave Abbot on peg 2. Dave caught two good bream early in the match and a few other fish feeding chopped worm and maggot at 13 metres and fishing dead pinkies on the hook to weigh in 6lb 8ozs.

Daves travelling partner Bart Bonito followed up his recent mid week success and came 2nd with 3lb 14 ozs on peg 9. Bart regularly fed small balls of groundbait laced with worms and caught on pinkie and red maggot.

In third place was Tim Watts on peg 12 who weighed 3lb 8ozs 8drm of mostly small road and a bonus 1lb skimmer.

Peter Mills was 4th with 2lb 10ozs on peg 7. Peter had 4 bites and 2 fish at 4m on breadpunch.

Round 5 will be on 17th August on the River Ouse at Eaton Ford. The draw at 8.30am. £2.00 peg fee and £5.00 optional pools, fish 10am till 3pm. There are 8 matches in the Sunday Series and the best 5 section results from eight count for the final league placings (one of which must be a river match)

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.

LAC Sunday Series

LAC Sunday Series

CRT ‘Lets Fish’ Regional Match Furnace Lane Northampton,

On Sunday two of our young anglers fished another local CRT Regional Match on the Grand Union at Furnace Lane in Northampton. Unfortunately, due to holidays and other commitments, we couldn’t field any more competitors in this match, but the lads that represented us did very well, taking first place in the Cadets and second in the Juniors.

Leo’s Dad said our Cadet Leo was very patient as it proved to be very hard fishing, and the weather was on and off rain for 3 hours but Leo managed to try few different things, starting with just top kit for the first hour, then top kit +1 and top kit +2 at 1.hours into the match but without much luck

The top kit only managed to produce 3 fish in the first hour, and then it was VERY quiet

Leo then decided to "overfeed" in the last hour, putting 3 big balls of ground bait in on topkit+1 and managed a very nice Perch within ten minutes on a single pinkie. It proved to be the last fish of the day and Leo finished 1st with 690gr

Daniel sent us this report of his day.

I fished two lines today a 3m line and 13m line on the edge of some lilies.

For the match we had to fish 3m or less for the first hour, so I started by putting in two balls of groundbait and fished pinkie on the hook. I also fed pinkies which got me catching steadily, then it slowed down, so I switched to red maggot on the hook, which was getting me skimmers and an odd hybrid. After two hours of fishing the 3m line, it dried up, so I decided to move on to my 13m line after potting a cup of groundbait laced with casters in.

This worked well, and for the rest of the match, I caught steadily catching a decent stamp of skimmers with the odd small roach. At the end of match, I finished with 2 kilos 350 grams giving me 2nd place, missing first place by only 100 grams!

This was a great performance by both our lads, very well done to both of you.

CRT Let's Fish Regional Match

CRT Let's Fish Regional Match

Luton Wednesday Group Match 23rd July Section 3 Three Locks / Braggenham side

We had 18 Anglers out on Wednesday to fish Section 3 at the Three Locks. We initially met in the car park at Three Locks to draw our pegs, and those who drew nearer Braggenham side drove to the bridge and parked in the lane. Because of some longer walks we had decided to fish 10-15 to 3-15 this week to allow more time to get to the pegs.

We had decided to split the match into two sections, Section A nearer the Three Locks and Section B at Braggenham side, Leaving out the large bend past the mooring, where know the swims get wiped out with every passing boat. Being holiday season, we had a few of those yesterday, most behaving well!

The weather was pleasantly warm at around 20C, but overcast, with some dark clouds, but we didn’t see any rain. One of the nice things about fishing are the interesting things seen while doing it, Tony Hickmott having a Grey Wagtail land and sit on his pole, and Terry Vickers watching a large and nicely marked Grass Snake swim across the Canal in front of him.

We also all enjoyed the afternoon flying display taking place at nearby RAF Halton, with several Helicopters, a large A400M Atlas and a Spitfire flying over us at very low level during the afternoon.

On section A nearest the Locks Simon Foulkes drew the noted bream peg on the bend. From the whistle he decided to prime a 12.5 meter line for the first hour, introducing small amounts of ground bait ( walnut size) with chopped pinkie and worm every 10/15 mins. During the first hour he fished pinkie over punch crumb at 11mtrs to catch blade roach an, and after the first hour he went over to the 12.5m line and found bream, decent skimmers and perch, alternating between pinkie and worm finishing with 12lb 9oz for 1st in Section and first overall.

Syd Wilson, (who hates the lower section at Three Locks) drew one swim past Simon on the bend. Syd started on bread at 5m which proved a waste of time. He then switched to 11 Metres and caught 2lb bits where he had 3’6” of water but said every boat wiped you out. He caught 2 bream in the last hour tight over, in what he described a horrible peg, ending on 6lb 6oz.

Third in Section A was Colin McBeth on the end peg who took 3lb 2oz

Section B winner was Dudley Frankland, who fished a small tip rod over on the far shelf using a small cage feeder loaded with chop worm and caster, with worm on the hook. This seemed to sort out some of the bigger bream. Dudley finished with 8lb 10oz.

Second in this section was Barry Roper who started on the inside but struggled for bites. He went out to 11m and started to get small roach and skimmers on pinkie. He then hooked a decent bream. For the rest of the match, he kept picking up the small fish and with 10 minutes to go he caught another good bream, to end with 7lb 10oz.

Jim Tookey fished Pinkie over groundbait to take a bag of mostly small skimmer. Jim said the did try a couple of other options during the match but couldn’t get anything else to work, so stuck with the groundbait and pinkie approach to finish with 4lb 15oz.

Thanks to Barry who had his hiking boots on early to do the pegging , and everyone else who assisted with the admin and weigh in yesterday.

Results

1st Simon Foulkes 12lb 9oz

2nd Dudley Frankland 8lb 10oz

3rd Barry Roper 7lb 10oz

4th Syd Wilson 6lb 6oz

5th Jim Tookey 4lb 15oz

6th Sean Leatherland 4lb 5oz

7th Colin McBeth 3lb 2oz

8th Tim Watts 2lb 12oz

9th Pete Mills 2lb 3oz

10th Tery Vickers 1lb 3oz

11th Tony Hickmott & Graham Stringer 0lb 13oz

13th Dave Ridley 12oz

14th Ray Burton 11oz

15th Paul Carr 10oz 8drm

16th Dennis Hunt 10 oz

17th Malcolm Ogden 6oz

18th Roger Baker 4oz

Our next match is Wednesday 30th July. The venue is Oundle Marina, on the river Nene, Draw at the venue at 8.30 as usual, fish 10am till 3pm. £5.00 optional pools plus £2.00 Luton pegging fee, Fish 10.00am – 3.00 pm.

For anyone thinking of joining us for the first time you must message us, so we know you are coming before turning up.

This will help us to manage the pegging of the venue Please bring your club membership book with you as you will be asked to produce it for your first appearance.

Wednesday Match

Wednesday Match

Wednesday Match

That is all for this week. 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.

Tight Lines

Dave M

Luton AC