Luton Angling Club - Weekly News Reports

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - 11th October 2026

Here is this weeks round up of club news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club.

South Lagoon - Wyboston
Glynn Ward caught a 32lb 4oz Common Carp from the South Lagoon. It was caught on a wafter and solid bag and was hooked just as it was getting dark.


Beckerings Reservoir
Max Miller enjoyed a quick 14 hour overnight session at Beckerings last Friday night. He had 4 carp up to 22lb. His dad Rob had one of the cats at 61lb.
Max Miller - Beckerings
Max Miller - Beckerings
Max Miller - Beckerings

2026 John Morris Memorial Match

Biddenham was looking at its autumnal best as nine anglers met in the car park just before 8:00am on Sunday to fish the annual John Morris Memorial Match. This event is held each year in memory of former club secretary John Morris and is always fished on the first Sunday in October at the venue he loved so much.

After paying our charity peg fee (£10) and pools, we completed the peg draw and made our way to our swims to set up, ready for the 10:00am start.

The day felt cooler than recent mornings with some dew, but the rising sun soon dried the ground, giving welcome warmth and revealing a wonderful day with the venue respondent in the green, reds and golds of autumn. The resident Kingfishers were working the river displaying iridescent flashes of red and blue as they sped by with the Parakeets chattering in the trees. With little wind, the river had a slight colour and a gentle flow.

While not exactly setting the world on fire the river fished steadily and extremely evenly along the length with all participants catching fish, most managing to put weights around 3lb on the scales.

First place was taken by Danny Worth, who I fished 2 lines using his pole, his main line being at 11mtrs, where he was feeding hemp and caching roach on single red maggot. He switched to his alternate margin worm line several times during the day when the 11 Metre line died, picking off quite a few perch in this way. Danny finished with 7lb 2 ounces to win the trophy.

Second was Mark Sessions who fished a 3m and 8m line on the pole. Mark was using a size 18 hook with mixer maggots and casters, feeding groundbait. Mark said most of the perch he caught came on the short line, and the roach on the 8m line. He caught most of his fish on triple maggots or caster and lost a very good fish with an hour to go which smashed him. After this lost fish he only had 2 more bites. Mark finished with 4lb 5oz and that what if feeling!

Myles Tommey, also fishing a pole took third with 3lb 8oz.
Following the match, last year’s winner, Richard Gibbs, presented the trophy to Danny in the car park. 

Everyone who took part thoroughly enjoyed the day, which raised £90.00 for John’s nominated charity Groundwork, which was made up to £100 with a £10.00 donation from the Wednesday groups peg fund.

Full Results
1st Danny Worth 7lb 2oz
2nd Mark Sessions 4lb 5oz (and that what might have been feeling)
3rd Myles Tommey 3lb 8oz
4th Richard Gibbs 3lb 3oz
5th Dennis Hunt 3lb 1oz
6th Sean Leatherland 3lb 0oz
7th Tony Hickmott 2lb 5oz
8th Malcolm Ogden 1lb 15oz
9th Richard Darbon 1lb 7oz
John Morris Memorial Match
John Morris Memorial Match
John Morris Memorial Match
John Morris Memorial Match
John Morris Memorial Match
John Morris Memorial Match
John Morris Memorial Match
John Morris Memorial Match
Match Report 7th October Grand Union Canal ‘The Globe’
One of the remarkable things about our Luton Wednesday group is its ongoing success, I don’t think anyone looking back 8 years ago when we started would believe we would have 22 members on the bank to fish the Canal on a rainy October morning.
It’s also grown to be much more than just a fishing group, it provides friendship, mutual support and much more besides, with everyone united by wanting to help each other get out on the bank, all taking turns mucking in to do the things we need to run our outings successfully. 
This week it was fantastic to see Keith Ward, supported by Dave Whillock and on a short walk peg back out with us just 3 weeks after having a knee replacement, he was determined to get back out on the bank with everyone as soon as he could and putting in a very creditable performance to come 5th in A section.
It was raining when we met at the Globe to do our draw, and the weather forecast wasn’t good, more heavy rain and getting much colder as the day wore on. However we were lucky, the really heavy rain never materialised, and the rain stopped around midday, but it did get noticeably colder. 
The Canal was holding colour, and water temperature was measured at 15C. The pound was noticeably low when we set up, and CRT started running water in about 1pm to bring the levels back up. Being October, we didn’t experience a lot of boats but the heavily laden ‘Jules Fuels’ pair did cause some disturbance. 
Due to the numbers fishing we split into 2 eleven peg sections one above (A)  and one below (B) the Globe.
On Section A Colin Holmes took first place with 8lb 7oz. His plan was to fish the bottom of the track far on the far side but as the whistle went a barge was passing in front of him and because the canal was low it all went muddy. He then went further over on the edge of the far bank branches with 2 pinkies on the hook and had 3 bites straight away. He didn’t connect to anything, and his next 2 bites connected but they were small and fell off on the way back, so he gave up on that. 
He then reverted to plan 1 down the track. When he opened  his red maggot bait box, they were sweating, wet with fairy liquid looking bubbles and smelly so it was unbelievable that 2 of them on an 18 caught most of his fish! He did try worm but only caught a few small skimmers and a nice perch, but only having 8 worms he couldn’t feed any.
Bart Bonito fishing ¾ of the way across came second in A using worm to take Bream and Skimmer, finishing with 7lb 12oz, while Dave Whillock fished at 8m for most of the day using punched bread. He took skimmers and small roach, occasionally trying chopped worm far bank for Perch but only got a few small skimmers on this line ending with 6lb 10oz.
On B section Pete Mills drew a nice feature peg with a tree which pushed the boats to the near side. He fed caster and ground bait on the far side and a hemp line up the shelf. He started on bread punch on the 3m whip line and caught intermittently for an hour and then went over on caster, which produced a proper bream first put in. After this he alternated between near and far side swims for the rest of the match. picking up small skimmers and perch, and finally the hemp line worked and took four roach in the last 20mins. Pete weighed 6lb 11oz for 1st in B section.
Tim Watts was second in B, catching  Perch, Skimmers, and Roach at 12mts using  pinkie / maggot. He landed an 8oz Pike but also was also plagued by one of about 2lb taking hooked Perch. Tim said he had a good start but had next to nothing after double fuel barge went through, ending with 4lb 6oz.
Barry Roper and Andy Francome tied for third place in B, each weighing 2lb 12oz. Barry began by catching perch at 4 m, but the line went quiet after a pair of boats passed. From then on, his only bites came from small roach at 11 m.
A big thank you to everyone who helped yesterday, and of course to the management at the Globe for generously giving us permission to use their car park. We all go in and have a drink afterwards.
Results Section A top 5
1st Colin Holmes 8lb 7oz
2nd Bart Bonito 7lb 12oz
3rd Dave Whillock 6lb 10oz
4th Richard Darbon 6lb 4oz
5th Keith Ward 6lb 2oz
Results Section B top 5
1st Pete Mills 6lb 11oz
2nd Tim Watts 4lb 6oz
3rd  (Joint) Barry Roper & Andy Frankum 2lb 12oz
5th Paul Carr 2lb 8oz
Overall Results top 5
1st Colin Holmes 8lb 7oz
2nd Bart Bonito 7lb 12oz
3rd Peter Mills 6lb 11oz
4th Dave Whillock 6lb 10oz
5th Richard Darbon 6lb 4oz
Our next match is Wednesday 14th October and is away on the Nene at Ringsted, meet for an 8.30 draw as usual, Luton £2-00 peg fee £5.00 optional pools, 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
Wednesday Match
Wednesday Match

That's all for this week,

Tight Lines

Dave M 
Luton AC

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - 4th October 2026

Here is this weeks round up of club news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club.

Our 2026/27 Predator Match has now been confirmed. This will take place on Sunday 25th October on the South Lagoon at Wyboston.

The cost of entry is £10.00 with 50% going in the prize pot and the other to charity. 

This event is open to Club members and Day Ticket Anglers (Day Ticket Required for Non Members) for more info or to enter visit the link below. Places are limited and there are 16 places available.

https://www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk/predator
LAC Predator Challenge - Book your place now!
North House Lake
Gary Fisher did 24 hours on Tuesday the session produced 7 fish in total with 3 cracking mid 20’s. The largest being 26lb.
Gary Fisher - North House Lake
Gary Fisher - North House Lake
Gary Fisher - North House Lake
Gary Fisher - North House Lake
Martin Scholes had a 48hr session on the lake. He had 11 in the first 24hrs and then it really slowed down and he only had another 2 during the rest of the session. They were caught on various pop up hook baits and bait mix of corn pellets and whole and crushed pandemic boilies. 
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Martin Scholes - North House Lake
Carlo only managed this one from this weeks session. He did lose another two to hook pulls.
Carlo - North House Lake
Grand Union Canal
Lee Waring's first three casts on the Grand Union Canal resulted in these three. After that nothing worth showing was caught. All his fish were caught using ledgered worm - one of the Bream is quite distinctive as it has a large chunk missing from the top dorsal area which looks an old wound that has healed over well.
Lee Waring - Grand Union Canal
Beckerings Reservoir
Phil Anderson had a Red letter session this week. He fished Friday night into Saturday morning and had 15 runs and banking 13 in total. 4 were in the 20s and a he had a new PB at 32.8 
All caught over a heavily baited spot and constant spodding throughout the night ensured the bites kept coming.
Phil Anderson - Beckerings
Phil Anderson - Beckerings
Phil Anderson - Beckerings
Phil Anderson - Beckerings
Phil Anderson - Beckerings
Phil Anderson - Beckerings
Phil Anderson - Beckerings
Phil Anderson - Beckerings
Phil Anderson - Beckerings
Phil Anderson - Beckerings
Oscar Harris had a great day at Beckerings catching a new PB - a Mirror Carp weighing 17lb.
Oscar Harris - New PB 17lb at Beckerings
Keith Lake had a 31lb Carp
Keith Lake - Beckerings
Match Report for Wednesday 30th September 2026 River Ouse, Lavendon  
“Cometh the Hour , Cometh the man “is a paraphrased saying taken from Sir Walter Scott’s, novel “Guy Mannering”.  However, this can be paraphrased further to “Cometh the Hour Cometh the Men”. 
The hour was the match stated above and the men were our very own Jack of All Things, Tony Hickmott, for his organisation of finance, draw and weigh sheets plus a report on matters and the Ubiquitous Colin Holmes who had arrived at Lavendon before 8 am to peg the venue for us. 
Both helped to conduct the weigh in and carried out other duties to ensure a good day was had by all. Thank you, Tony and Colin, for your substantial efforts on behalf of all 9 anglers who turned out despite a dodgy weather forecast.      
Colin set Pegs 1- 4 in the first field with pegs 5-9 in the second field to give maximum distance between pegs as dictated by the reed banks present.
In Dennis Hunt’s absence, Tony has stood up to the plate once again and provided all the data required to give a thorough and graphic report of the above competition. Firstly, in his role as Weather and conditions Reporter, Tony described the day as follows: - “Today the water temperature in The Great River Ouse at Lavendon was 17 degrees C.
As we assembled, much of the talk involved speculation on the pending rain showers, which luckily amounted to just a few spots as we were setting up, and at the conclusion of matters as we left the car park. Dennis Hunt must be losing his powers!!
Ahead of the match the weather was overcast and calm, but just minutes before the start a breeze arose, which encouraged the autumn leaf fall onto the water from the trees in a small wood located on the opposite bank. These trees initially protected those present from the breeze during the early part of the match. However, the wind changed direction as the match progressed and a combination of negligible flow in the river following the prolonged lack of rain fall, allowed leaves to drift slowly down river passing through most swims. This persisted until a gap in the trees blew them across the water, and into the bank on the last swim. as the day progressed the wind changed direction again which meant that the bothersome leaves were no longer appearing on the water.
From the off, most caught small Roach or Perch, but minutes into the match the sun appeared high in the sky above us, reflecting on the ripples in the water from the breeze.  Thus, sighting floats became difficult and many missed bites contributed to a low catch rate as the weights below demonstrate. Regularly ringing the changes in methods adopted became the order of the day, as attempts were made to locate better quality fish, by changing between pole, rod and line or feeder.”
The match results appear to reflect a battle of the ounces in the lower ranks, but Simon Foulkes on peg 8 managed to buck the trend fishing one line from the off at 11m, presenting over ground bait laced with hemp caster and red maggot to take small skimmers roach and perch. The lack of flow enabled him to fish directly over the feed. Simon had experienced a grounded barge on the canal at the Division 2 National Competition of the previous Saturday which washed away all his feed. So, with not a canal barge in sight at Lavendon, he managed to bank 5lbs 6 oz of fish for first place in the match. Well done, Simon. One down side was that Simon did turn up in shorts stating how warm it was. Colin Holmes reported that he was hoping that the weather would soon turn colder to avoid having to look at Simon’s legs which are not very comely! 
In second place on Peg 3 was the omnipresent Colin Holmes with 2lbs 12oz, a great effort on a difficult day. He drew peg 3, only arriving there after nearly losing the front wheel of his barrow in some ruts which he described as being big as the Grand Canyon. (Colin never has been one to underplay matters!!)  He started the match with sweetcorn and a cage feeder down the middle of his swim with 3 cricket ball size portions of ground bait at 6 & 11 metres. This approach yielded nothing. Coming closer in on a maggot bait only produced 2 perch. Colin found that going shallower at that distance only produced Bleak, so reverting to full depth he did manage to find a chub. Reverting again to a feeder to the far side produced a perch and another chub. Generally, Colin switched baits ranging from 3 dead red maggots to 2 live red maggots which produced fish intermittently throughout the match. Persistence proving to have its just reward.     
Graham Stringer with 2lbs 5 oz, managed 3rd place from peg 2. He baited up with 6 large feeders of ground bait and chopped worm just past the middle of the river. He potted  groundbait with maggots and pinkies, using a  top kit plus three sections of his pole, fishing that line for the first half an hour. This produced 2 roach and a couple of perch. He then sent out a feeder with worm on the hook which tempted one large skimmer Bream of approximately 1lb from the first cast. The encouragement from this was short lived as no further fish materialised. Undaunted, he continued to ring the changes swapping between the two lines for the remainder of the match but could only pick up the odd fish on the pole. Great endeavour Graham – well done. 
Despite being unplaced Dave Ridley again demonstrated his skills at bagging up on Bleak, which he located at a depth of about two feet, catching approximately seventy-five fish for a weight of 1lb 2 oz (4 fish per ounce). Hard work for little reward, but worthy of praise for effort. 
 At the weigh in several nets held one or two small Chub of around eight ounces, having fallen to maggots, which was encouraging to see although their number was disappointing. 
However, the Army Air Corps did seem to have an interest in our activity on the bank as 2 Apache Helicopters flew over the river at very low level. Rumour has it that it was in response to Pete Smiths erratic casting of a large feeder which had been reported as low flying drones!!  
Thanks are due to Colin Holmes and Tony Hickmott again for conducting the weigh in and the scribing of the results. It is getting increasingly difficult to find suitable words of appreciation for the members of the Wednesday Match Group of the club. Despite the low turnout this week everyone enjoyed a good day due to the unstinting efforts of their colleagues. 
Another difficulty encountered on the day, as well as the quality of the fishing, was crossing the terrain of the field at Lavendon. The ground was heavily rutted in places with many open cracks caused by the recent drought. These elements made getting a barrow loaded with tackle and bait to a chosen swim a real challenge. Matters were exacerbated by Sheep excrement being liberally spread over the whole area which stuck to wheels and transferred to vehicles when they were packed away at the end of the match. These are matters beyond anyone’s control, but any angler planning to fish Lavendon should be aware of these current pitfalls,    
The overall result of the Match was as follows: - 
1st Simon Foulkes   5lbs 6oz   
2nd Colin Holmes 2lbs 12oz 
3rd Graham Stringer 2lbs 5oz
4th Dave Ridley 1lb 2oz 
5th Pete Smith 13oz  
Joint 6th Tony Hickmott & Andy Frankum 11 oz
8th Les Burton 10 oz 
9th Malcolm Ogden 8oz
Our next match is on Wednesday 7th October 2026 which is to be held at The Globe pound of the Grand Union Canal at Leighton Buzzard.
Draw at the venue at 8.30am, with £5.00 optional pools. Fish 10.00am – 3.00 pm. 
For anyone thinking of joining us for the first time please message Dennis Hunt so we know you are coming before turning up.
Please bring your club membership book (With Photograph in place) as you will be asked to produce it for your first attendance

Member Notice:South Lagoon - Wyboston
Members and visitors are advised that blue-green algae is currently present on South Lagoon.
Please take the following precautions:
• Avoid touching the algae or letting children play near affected areas.
• Wash hands thoroughly after fishing, handling equipment, nets, or fish.
Blue-green algae can produce toxins that may cause illness in people and animals. Anyone feeling unwell after contact with the water should seek appropriate medical advice.


That's all we have for this week, Keep all your catch reports coming in via our website and social media pages. 

Tight Lines

Dave M
Luton Angling Club.