Luton Angling Club - Weekly News Reports

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 19th April 2026

Here is all the catch reports, news and information for the week ending 12th April 2026 from Luton Angling Club

Membership Renewal Reminder – Don’t Miss Out!

A quick reminder to all existing members that priority renewal runs until the end of April. After that, any un‑renewed memberships will be released for sale to potential new members.

With demand already high this year, please make sure you renew in good time so you don’t lose your place for the coming season.

For potential new members, now is the perfect moment to register your details so you’re ready when any spaces become available. You can sign up and find full information on the club website:

https://www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk/join

Let’s get everything set for another great season on the bank.

Beckerings Reservoir

Liam Newton had a superb 25lb mirror from Beckerings on Saturday morning.

Beckerings Reservoir

Liam Newton - Beckerings

North House Lake

Richard Boulter turned up to a proper blustery last Saturday afternoon at North House, he took a slow lap of the lake to look for any carp activity, but with not much showing at all, he dropped into Peg 4 for the session. A lead about revealed nothing but blanket weed, so it was a day for keeping things simple: solid bags on a gentle decline at 6.5 wraps, with little-and-often mixed boilies and pellets. It worked a treat as he managed to slip the net under a lovely 22.4lb common, which absolutely made the day. He also met some cracking people on the bank, especially the grandad‑and‑grandson duo he's bumped into a few times now and it's always great to see familiar faces enjoying the place.

Richard Boulter - North House Lake

Harry Albone had a Common last weekend it was 13lb 3oz.

Harry Albone - North House Lake

Sam Rose Sent in a report from a session a few weeks back which was fished during Storm Dave the potential for bad weather conditions did not dissuade her and her partner from having a go. She had this 19.54lb common which caught from peg 15.The fish was caught around 08.30pm. An underarm chuck to the right by an overhanging tree, using a few handfuls of manilla sticky baits boilies and a manilla boilie as the hook bait. The advice from their friend Wayne to come close in at night for the patrolling margin carp worked a charm.

Sam Rose - North House Lake

South Lagoon - Wyboston

Mark North enjoyable few hours on the Lagoon on Tuesday. Fishing an afternoon session from 2pm–6.30pm he put together a cracking 14lb net of Roach. All were taken on the 6m whip, with hemp proving irresistible from start to finish.

Mark North - South Lagoon

Also on the Roach on Tuesday was Nobby Clarke he also had an enjoyable afternoon and early evening session packing up at 6.30pm. He had 8.5 lb in total with hemp and wheat hook baits proving successful. He was then back on the lake on Thursday after the Roach again. He started fishing at just after 10am but could not buy a bite until after 2 pm, even when the bites started he didn’t get many ending up with just 4lb 13oz in total when he packed up at 6:30pm. He commented that during the past week or so South Lagoon has fished very well using wheat and hemp, but today they were not interested in either and all he could get bites on was Tares , It's a crazy place sometimes!

Nobby Clarke - South Lagoon

Wednesday Match Group - Beckerings Reservoir 15th April 2026

We were all looking forward to our last Beckerings trip of the season for 2025/26 this week.

However, we were slightly apprehensive when we met having seen the weather forecast, which said there was a high chance of heavy showers and even thunderstorms in the afternoon. As we met for our peg draw there was slight drizzle in the air and a moderate breeze, but the drizzle soon cleared and apart from a couple of sharp showers we weren’t bothered by rain during the day.

The wind however was another matter. While starting off gently, the wind increased by at least one mile an hour every hour we fished, and the reservoir ended up with significant waves on the surface in the afternoon. For those on the bank facing the wind, conditions became increasingly challenging as the day progressed.

The water had decent colour, and the temperature was measured at 10C.

Simon Faulkes decided to fish two feeder lines, one at 35m and the other at 45m. Simon put seven full bait feeders in on each line loaded with groundbait, dead reds and micro pellets, and started on 35 metres, taking one good bream and a small skimmer in the first hour, and had a couple of line bites which came to nothing. He changed to the longer feeder line but didn’t contact fish in the next 90 minutes, so he decided to change tactics to the waggler line. He had been feeding this waggler line from off and the change produced a steady run of small roach until the end of the match. Simon finished with 11lb 14oz to take first place.

Pete Smith took second catching two bream and some skimmers. Pete used an open‑end feeder with groundbait, maggot and chopped worm. Pete, using a 14 hook, kept changing his hookbait from triple red maggot to worm, ending with 8lb 1oz.

Third was Dave Ridley who also decided to start on the tip, putting out six bait‑up feeders just short of the middle. While this settled down, he fished a waggler with red maggot & pinkie and started catching roach straight away. Rather than change away from a line where he was catching fish, Dave continued this approach throughout, catching roach steadily all the way until the end of the match, his largest roach weighing 1lb 10oz, a beautiful fin‑perfect specimen. Dave ended with 7lb 15oz.

Fourth placed man was Mark Sessions, another angler who opted to fish a waggler float in far‑from‑ideal conditions at three rod lengths out. Mark used double red maggot on a size 16 hook fished over groundbait. His comment was he missed quite a few bites due to the wind but really enjoyed the challenge. He ended up with a mixed bag weighing 7lb 1oz.

Many thanks again to all who did the admin and weighed the sections, again a real team effort on, at times, a very windy day.

Results

1st Simon Faulkes – 11lb 14oz

2nd Pete Smith – 8lb 1oz

3rd Dave Ridley – 7lb 15oz

4th Mark Sessions – 7lb 1oz

5th Dennis Hunt – 6lb 12oz

6th Andy Frankum – 4lb 4oz

7th Tony Hickmott – 3lb 10oz

8th Graham Stringer – 3lb 2oz

9th Sean Leatherland – 1lb 14oz

10th Dave Whillock – 1lb 13oz

11th Terry Vickers – 1lb 10oz

12th (Joint) Chris Howard & Sam Rose – 0lb 9oz

DNW: Colin Holmes, Danny Worth, Dudley Frankland.

Next Match – Wednesday 22nd April – How End

Booking is essential and numbers will be limited and this match is currently oversubscribed.

Meet at the venue promptly for an 8.30 draw as usual. Please do not arrive before 8am.

£5.00 optional pools plus £2.00 Luton pegging fee, plus fishery peg fee.

Fish 10.00am – 3.00pm.

Beckerings Match - 15/04/26

Match Booking Change:-

Our match secretary has informed me of a late match booking that we have taken for Friday 8th May - This will not be in your membership book. This will affect the Cooks Wharf section of the Grand Union Canal. Please always check the online events diary on the club website for any changes/additions to the bookings that are printed in the membership book.

That is all we have for this week. Keep your catch reports coming in. You can send in your catch reports via the club website, via email or via one of the club's social media accounts. All catch reports are greatly appreciated and we love seeing all your catches no matter how big or small. All content helps us promote membership and keep the club in a strong position.

Tight Lines,

Dave M

Luton Angling Club

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 12th April 2026

Here is all the catch reports, news and information for the week ending 12th April 2026.

Our renewals are well underway and many of our members have already renewed their membership for the 2026/27 season which starts on 1st June.

Existing members please note that you have priority to renew during April. Any member who has not renewed by the end of April risks losing their place as on the 1st of May any un-renewed membership is released on general sale to potential new members and with demand high they will sell out fairly quickly.

Please check your emails as you will have received a renewal invitation. You can also access the renewal system via the club website.

Beckerings Reservoir

Don't forget Beckerings is closed on Wednesday this week for a Wednesday Match. The reservoir will re-open at around 4:30pm for anyone wishing to have an evening or overnight session.

Darren Savage caught a lovely Common on Tuesday evening. It looked great in the evening sun.

Darren Savage - Beckerings

Last week after a slow session Kletos said, "There's always next time"...well that statement has certainly proved itself this week as Kletos and his son Nathaniel visited Beckerings and were rewarded with an amazing session.

They managed 4 Carp between them, Nathaniel had two, a Common at 19lb 12oz, which Neil Cox helped us with whilst on his rounds, a Mirror at 17lb 6oz and Kletos managed two Commons 15lb 4oz and 17lb 10oz. They had a couple of Bream around 4lbs too.

To top it off they both had their first ever Catfish, one each, during a mad 40 minute spell just after first light in the morning. Kletos had the first which weighed in at 45lb 7oz, which took about 15 minutes to land.

Then literally 10 minutes later Nathaniel had a great run which resulted in a 20 minute fight with what turned out to be a Catfish weighing 56lb 9oz.

The two Catfish were weighed and witnessed by a nice gentleman named Frank and as such Nathaniel will be putting another Club Record claim in!

He really is on a roll. Both fish are their biggest ever and the latter took some serious team work to get in the net!

Nathaniel 56lb 9oz Catfish

Kletos 46lb 7oz Catfish

Kletos - Common Carp, Beckerings

Nathaniel - Mirror Carp, Beckerings

Mirror Carp, Beckerings

Nathaniel - Common Carp, Beckerings

Beckerings Reservoir

North House Lake

Martin Scholes did a 48hr session on North House he only had one fish. It was caugh using mad baits pandemic with corn and hemp feed and on a 12mm pineapple pop up thanks to Jason Mash for taking the photo.

Martin Scholes - North House Lake

South Lagoon

Nobby Clarke had a decent session on Friday at the South Lagoon here's his report

"I found a few decent roach on the whip 9lb 6oz not a big weight by any means but nevertheless very good sport , I had a nice chat with Barry one of the bailiffs which is always a pleasure never a chore .

The roach are quite rough on the flanks so they have either done the deed or getting ready to.

Most fell to wheat with about 5 on hemp. It's defo worth having a few hours on the lake but you have to pick your swim with care. I fished peg 23 on Wednesday and also had a nice bit of sport , today I was in peg 25 which is the first time I’ve been able to get in that swim as its a popular one.

Nobby Clarke - South Lagoon

Let's Fish Event - Town South - Grand Union Canal

The club ran it's first CRT ‘Lets Fish’ of 2026 today (Sunday 12th April) It took place on the Grand Union Canal at Town South section in Leighton Buzzard and we managed to deliver 16 taster sessions.

The weather was mixed, warm when the sun shone, and quite chilly at times when the wind blew, it put waves on the canal at some points. We even had a couple of light showers!

Despite the conditions the boys and girls attending really enjoyed their sessions and all caught at least one fish, the majority catching some nice specimens. We had Roach Perch and Bream and even some Gudgeon.

We are very hopeful that we will get some sign up for our Kingfisher program and join us on the bank again soon.

For some reason the boys appeared very shy and didn’t want their pictures taken this week but fortunately the girls didn’t seem to mind at all!

Lets Fish - 12th April - Town South

Match Report 8th April 2026 GUC Braggenham Side / Three Locks Upper

Wednesday this week was a beautifully warm spring day, with light winds, one of the warmest of the year so far. We had 20 anglers turning up to fish so had to split the match into two sections using Braggenham side towards Three Locks and Three Locks to Chelmscote bridge.

The canal was holding nice colour, and with the warmer weather we were hopeful of some better catches, but the fish seemed to have other ideas and sport was patchy, perhaps due to fish gathering to spawn. Those fishing above the locks had more consistent sport. There were several boats that passed us during the morning but only a few during the afternoon.

After fishing punch and pinkie down the track without a bite for the first hour and a half, Keith Ward eventually found some Bream, he fed groundbait laced with caster and worm, using worm as bait and after 10 minutes he had his first good bream, followed by a hybrid and then another bream, the swim then died probably due to the amount of boat traffic. Keith weighed in 3 decent fish for 10lb 9oz

Colin McBeth started at 13m over groundbait but had no sign of fish so later in the match he fed with chopped worm and tried down the track and inside again,but again had no bites. He then went across to 14m looking for small fish but still no bites! He then went back to 13m and topped up with a small ball of chopped worm and had a skimmer and nice perch then hooked large bream which took him into a snag and he lost it. Colin had another couple of small fish late on pinkie over groundbait, ending with 2lb 8oz.

Above the Locks Tim Watts went with plan to fish for small Roach on the inside line but this failed to work and he and made mistake of sticking with it too long and with the two anglers to his left getting odd small Skimmers, Tim adapted and went for these instead saying that very different feeding/rigs and patience was needed.

He fished the remainder of match at 11-14 metres, and was well behind but he got some decent Skimmers late on and ended up with 5lb 7oz

Barry Roper took second in section, saying that after a quiet first hour he started to catch small hand sized skimmers at 11 metres on pinkies over groundbait. With an hour to go he was double boated and only had two further fish weighing 3lb 11oz.

Richard Gibbs decided to concentrate on two lines, nearside and right over. He fed punch crumb at 3.5 metres and fished a pinkie. He had a few roach in the first hour and bites tailed off so he went on the waggler to the far side fishing shallow with a 3bb canal waggler, fishing single pinkie to a 22 hook. He had bites straight away and again caught roach and small skimmers until a misplaced cast went in a bush. He continued fishing with the pole over while loose feeding the nearside. By midday things had really slowed up. He took two small perch off the nearside and then stayed on the pole over to take the occasional small fish until the end. Richard said it was the sort of day where you had to continually think about what to do and adapt to get a few bites, so to achieve that he was constantly changing rig depths and shotting patterns which seemed to work. He was still able to take a few small fish in the last hour while those around him were struggling.

Unluckiest Angler yesterday was Dudley Frankland who had a nightmare day! firstly he lost an expensive pole section in the canal, but that was thankfully recovered for him by Bart Bonito. Then later in in the day he got badly snagged on a far bank bush and in pulling to get his gear back the No 3 section snapped leaving part of the No 3 section and his top two snagged in the bush.

Fortunately, the crew of a passing narrowboat ‘The Far Side’ were able to recover the snagged pole sections and return them to much thanks from Dudley and a round of applause from all the anglers.

Many thanks for all who did the admin and weighed the sections, again a real team effort

Results

1st Keith Ward 10lb 9oz

2nd Tim Watts 5lb 7oz

3rd Barry Roper 3lb 11oz

4th Richard Gibbs 2lb 12oz

5th Sean Leatherland 2lb 10oz

6th Bart Bonito 2lb 9oz

7th Colin McBeth 2lb 8oz

8th Dudley Frankland 2lb 4oz

9th Dave Willock 1lb 12oz

10th Dave Abbott 1lb 4oz

11th Chris Howard 0lb 14oz

12th Colin Holmes 0lb 11oz

13th Dave Ridley 0lb 7oz

14th Syd Wilson 0lb 4oz

DNW Richard Darbon, Dennis Hunt, Les Burton, Ray Burton, Simon Faulkes, & Terry Vickers

Our next match is Wednesday 15th April and is at Beckerings which is closed for the duration of the match. This match is now fully subscribed.

Those already booked and taking part - Meet at the venue promptly for an 8.30 draw as usual. £5.00 optional pools plus £2.00 Luton pegging fee, Fish 10.00am – 3.00 pm

anyone who is joining us for the first time please bring your club membership book with you as you will be asked to produce it for your first appearance.

Wednesday Match 8th April

Thank you to everyone who continues to support the club, share their catch reports and keep the club thriving. Please send in any catch reports via our social media pages or the club website as they really do help the club.

Tight lines.

Dave M

Luton AC

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Easter Bank Holiday Weekend - 6th April 2026

Here is all this weeks news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club.

CURRENT MEMBERS (RENEWALS)

We are now accepting renewals from existing club members, Members with an email address on record will have received a renewal invitation by email. Check your spam and junk folders if you havent received one.Members without an email address on our system will receive a letter and renewal form by post. If you are able to renew online, please do—it is much quicker, easier, and helps us process memberships more efficiently.

More information can be found at www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk/renew

NEW MEMBERS

New memberships will be available on 1st May 2026.

Register your interest for NEW MEMBERSHIP via the club website and you'll be contacted on 1st May when they go on sale! Although there is usually a good number avalable the demand for any new memberships is expected to be high, so it is important that:

Existing members renew during April.
Prospective new members act promptly when they receive their notification on 1st May.

South Lagoon

Rory Luke wasnt fooling around on the 1st of April! He had this Tench from South Lagoon at 7lb 7oz. A great catch and a superb picture too.

Rory Luke - South Lagoon Tench 7lb 7oz

Our local EA enforcement officer Tristan Davis visited the lagoon this weekend, He did a full walk round with our bailiff Brian Turner and chatted to the anglers that were fishing. We are pleased to report everything was in order. The EA do visit and patrol our waters regularly ensuring everything is in order, and we know we are able to call upon them for advice at anytime and they will respond quickly if we see or find anything suspicious.

Tristan Davis - EA Patrol

Important Reminder: Bait Boat Restrictions on the Lagoon

Our bailiffs received a report from a disgruntled member of a bait boat being used from the bank marked in the image below, completely ignoring the "No Bait Boats" signs posted in the area and crossing several other anglers swims. This caused significant issues, forcing the member to abandon their swim and go home. This behaviour is unacceptable. Do not use bait boats along this bank.

No bait boats to be used from the bank highlighted

Beckerings Reservoir

Some challenging weather over the easter weekend with Storm Dave passing across the country. Lee Richardson took this picture of the calm before the storm.

The calm before the storm at Beckerings

A couple of pics were sent in by Kletos and his Son Nathaniel from a windy session on the res. Nathaniel wasn't disappointed with his 6lb 9oz Bream and Kletos managed a great looking Mirror Carp at 15lb 1oz. The Mirror Carp immaculate and will be amazing if or when it gets into the 20s.

It's his first Carp from Beckerings Reservoir since 1995 having got back into angling after a long period away from the sport.

They also had a few Bream around 3 or 4lb and lost a bigger Carp too - there's always next time to catch the one that got away!

Kletos - 15lb 1oz Mirror Carp

Nathaniel - 6lb 9oz Bream

Amer Jawad had a few hours at Beckerings on Sunday. He only two pulls on the tip, but one 8lb Bream plus and another at 6lb. He said it was very windy but nice to be out.

Amer Jawad - Beckerings Bream

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Beckerings Reservoir Match & Temporary Closure on Wednesday 15th April

To accommodate the competition, please take note of the following temporary closures to help plan your sessions:

No Night Fishing: There will be no night fishing permitted the night before the match (Tuesday the 14th).

Match Closure: The reservoir will be closed to non-competitors for the duration of the match on Wednesday the 15th April

Reopening Time: We expect the match to be completely cleared and the reservoir re-opened for normal fishing by 4:30 PM at the latest on Wednesday.

Good luck to everyone competing, and a big thank you to all our regular anglers for your patience and cooperation! Please tag your fishing mates or share this post to make sure everyone planning a trip is aware to avoid a wasted journey.

Wednesday Match Report 1st April 2026 Westbrook Mere.

This week due to the generosity of Boxmoor and District Angling Society (BDAS) we were able to fish one of their club waters, Westbrook Mere.

The weather although slightly warmer than the week before was still chilly after a cold night, and the lake surface as we arrived looked like glass. We were met and shown around the venue by the BDAS Match Secretary Keith.

After parking and paying our peg fee and pools the 16 fishing set off to our pegs in high hopes. Alas for some this wasn’t to be as only 5 of us caught on a lake that because its spring fed was very clear, with a water temperature of only 10C. The lack of ripple seemed to accentuate the waters clarity.

The fish that were caught seemed to be approaching spawning condition many Bream showing the distinctive white tubercles they get at this time of year and perhaps starting to gather together to spawn. However, for those that did catch it turned out to be a fantastic day.

Dave Whillock was soon into fish. Dave fished a cage feeder with silver x bream groundbait using worm on a size 16 hook at about 30metres. He ended the day with 6 big bream for 46lbs 8oz the largest of which was a magnificent specimen of 9lbs 6oz, his biggest ever bream. He lost several others due to hook pulls but ended the day an extremely happy angler.

Dennis Hunt also fished a groundbait feeder on a tip rod getting his first bite after about 90 minutes, a strong fish which was played to the edge, and he was preparing to net when the 16 hook pulled out. Dennis changed to a slightly larger 14 hook with a large bunch of red maggots and continued fishing with no further bites until about 45 mins from the end when the tip again pulled round and he netted a large Tench. In the next 20 mins Dennis had 2 more Tench ending up with 3 fish for 14lb 2oz, again a red letter day.

Richard Darbon (sponsored by Tiptree jam) who was fishing a feeder at around 30 metres with maggot as hookbait took an unusual looking fish that after further research was identified as a large roach / Bream Hybrid that weighed 6lb 1oz, again a personal best and a very happy angler.

Fourth this week was Mark Sessions, also using a feeder who started by taking one of the Mere’s resident pike of between 6 and 7lb. After returning this fish which didn’t count, Mark went on to catch one of the lovely resident Tench which weighed 4lb 8oz.

Terry Vickers was perhaps the unluckiest man of all, catching another of the pike of between 6 and 7lb which again didn’t count, bad luck Terry

Our thanks must be recorded to BDAS for allowing us to fish one of their lovely Club waters and especially to Keith for meeting us, making us so welcome and showing us around.

Many thanks also to Richard Gibbs, for doing the admin with our pools and peg fees this week and the assisting with the draw, and all who helped with the weigh in.

Results

1st Dave Whillock 46lb 8oz

2nd Dennis Hunt 14lb 2oz

3rd Richard Darbon 6lb 1oz

4th Mark Sessions 4lb 8oz

Our next match is Wednesday 8th April and is at on the canal at Braggenham Side.

Meet at the venue promptly for an 8.30 draw as usual. £5.00 optional pools plus £2.00 Luton pegging fee, Fish 10am to 3pm.

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 - Westbrook Mere

Final winter league match report:

The 5th and final round of the LAC Winter League was held on Sunday 22nd March on the GUC at The Globe.

Thanks as ever to the Globe Pub for allowing the anglers to use the car park.

15 anglers turned out for the match and, thanks to Bonito and Dave Whillock, was pegged from the pub back towards Leighton Lock. This year's winter league has been tough with fish hard to come by. Thankfully, this time, the angling gods at least allowed everyone to catch. With this being the final round it was close at the top of the leaderboard with a straight shoot out between Tim Watts, Dave Whillock and Chris Howard.

Winner of the match was Chris Howard. Chris has been consistent in the winter league (having also won the previous Sunday Series) Drawing well in the section by the lock, Chris started on the pole at 10m fishing breadpunch and caught a super Hybrid of 3lb 6ozs and followed this up with a bream and some small roach for an overall weight of 5lb 13 ozs.

Graham Fox, fishing his first winter league match with LAC can second. A welcome new addition, Graham drew peg 11 opposite the sewage works and fished the long pole where he caught a huge perch of 2lb 13ozs which added to a few small roach gave him a weight of 3lb. On the next peg was Bart Bonito (peg 12). Bart adopted similar tactics and also caught a large perch and some small roach for 2lb 8ozs 4 dram earning him 3rd place overall. Tim Watts on end peg 1 came forth with 2lb 4 ozs.

Tims fishing was disrupted for a short while as a number of boats navigated the lock at the same time but his weight was enough to give him the points he needed to win the league outright. Chris Howard match winning weight was enough for him to leapfrog Dave Whillock into the runner up spot with Dave finishing 3rd overall.

Winter League Result

Winter League - Overall League Positions

Tight Lines,

Dave M

Luton Angling Club