Luton Angling Club - Weekly News Reports

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - 13th September 2026

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

South Lagoon

Bill and Steve had a good day on the South Lagoon saying fishing is good with plenty of fish being caught.

Bill & Steve - A nice catch from South Lagoon

Bill & Steve - A nice catch from South Lagoon

Great Result for the Juniors & Cadets

Luton Angling Club heard this week that our Junior team (ages 12-16) came top and our Cadets (ages 6-11) came second in the Daiwa sponsored Home Counties 'Lets Fish' league. This was a tight result as our Juniors drew on points with Wellingborough, but as Luton had the highest aggregate weight, they took the title.

This result means that our Juniors have bagged a place at the Daiwa 'Grand Final', where they will fish against the winners of all the other Daiwa 'Lets Fish' leagues from around the country at an event which will be held at Blythe Waters in the Midlands early next year

The Club would like to thank all the parents for their support, and we should all be very proud of these young anglers and what they have achieved, fishing against some very strong opposition.

Our commiserations go to Daniel Carr who at one time was leading two of the leagues, but due to a terrible day on Sunday lost his first place in the Home Counties Junior league to Pheobe Banaszak of Wellingborough by just 3 points!

Well done Daniel it's still a great performance and one to be proud of

River Ouse - Wyboston

Paul Webb a regular angler at our Wyboston venues fished the river and after a half hour battle he had this stunning 17lb 5oz mirror carp in the net. He was over the moon with this one.

Paul Webb - Wyboston River Ouse

He also sent us pictures of some of his recent Tench catches also from the River, These three Tench were 5lb 6oz, 5lb 4oz and 5lb 3oz. He used a mixture of prawns and lobworms over groundbait. He said all three were in lovely condition.

Paul Webb - Tench, River Ouse at Wyboston

North House Lake
Carlo fished North House Lake and managed a stockie mirror and a hard fighting Common.  Madbaits Nutz+ doin the do.
Carlo - North House Lake
Carlo - North House Lake
Beckerings Reservoir
Damien Fitzpatrick sent in pictures from his last 5 sessions at Beckerings the red letter session was in peg 5 and was a short 12 hour overnight session just as the water started to drop. He landed 14 carp from 20lb up to 27lb on that session.

At one point he had 4 commons in a row all weighing 26lb.

All fish from that session were caught using a voodoo baits dark spell wafter topped with a citrus spell dumbbell topper
Damien Fitzpatrick - Beckerings
Damien Fitzpatrick - Beckerings
Damien Fitzpatrick - Beckerings

Damien Fitzpatrick - Beckerings

Match Report 9th September 2026 Stanborough South Lake, Welwyn

This week we fished Stanborough South Lake in Welwyn, courtesy of Welwyn Garden City Angling Club. With some much needed rain last week, and condensation evident on cars as we left home in the morning, autumn now seems to be quickly approaching, and temperatures generally cooling, however the water temperature at Stanborough is still currently 18C.

Eleven of us met in the car park to fish the Police HQ bank, and many had set their sights on targeting the big Bream, but Gerald, the Welwyn Chairman who met us, advised that a lot of the colour had dropped out of the water due to the recent rain and the Bream appeared to have switched off, but there were plenty of Roach and Perch to be caught. The day was initially warm with little wind, but we had several spells where the wind stiffened and black clouds appeared threatening rain. We all feared we may be in for a soaking; it was a Luton Wednesday after all, but fortunately the rain stayed away this week.

Colin McBeth set his stall out to catch the Bream from the off using his new feeder rod and reel. He started by putting out 10 bait-up feeders of groundbait laced with caster, corn, worm and dead reds at about 35 metres. Colin fished over this all day using a medium sized feeder with worm tipped with dead red maggot on the hook.

He had all 4 of his big Bream in a feeding spell between 12 noon and 1:30pm. Colin also had 2 Perch using the same tactics. Colin remarked the fish were not really having it, so he missed a few bites. He did however end with a nice net of 4 dark Bream and the 2 Perch to weigh in 22lb 15oz.

Stephen Holiday started by fishing close using a top 2 from his pole catching Roach. He then increased his distance to 6 metres, and continued catching small Roach, loose feeding maggot.

After a spell doing that, he reduced the distance and used a top 3, feeding maggot and slop groundbait, and following this he upped the feed again and started to catch better quality Roach, and a solitary 6-inch Carp. He also commented that the fishing wasn't that easy, but he had really enjoyed the day and put 12lb 7oz on the scales.

Third place was taken by Colin Holmes whose plan before going was to catch nice-sized Roach. Initially he tried a feeder put out about 8 wraps with 2 bits of corn as bait. He left this for 40 minutes while he put a few balls of groundbait, maggots and hemp out at about 18 metres to fish the waggler. After a fruitless 40 minutes with no indication on his feeder he changed to his waggler line.

He found small Roach on every bait he tried, so he put his feeder back out and set up a top 2 + 1 on his pole. Colin still had nothing on the feeder, so he changed to his pole again catching the small Roach. He then decided to fish closer in and set his gear to mid-depth. Using his top 2 to hand he had a bite every put in but only succeeded in hooking about every third bite, ending with 9lb 9oz of mostly small Roach. Colin really regretted forgetting his tares!

Despite the challenging fishing we all had a great day out and it’s a venue we will return to in the future.

Many thanks to all who helped those among us who are not so able, did the admin and helped at the weigh-in, your assistance is invaluable, and it was great to see Roger Baker, who is recovering from a recent stroke, out with us again and really enjoying his day. Well done Roger.

Results

1st Colin McBeth 22lb 15oz
2nd Stephen Holiday 12lb 7oz
3rd Colin Holmes 9lb 9oz
4th Dave Ridley 8lb 8oz
5th Richard Gibbs 8lb 7oz
6th Graham Stringer 7lb 4oz
7th Terry Vickers 6lb 10oz
8th Tony Hickmott 4lb 7oz
9th Dennis Hunt 3lb 6oz
10th Sam Rose 3lb 3oz
11th Roger Baker 0lb 6oz

Our next match is Wednesday 16th September and is on the GUC at Slapton. Meet for an 8.30 draw as usual. Luton £2.00 peg fee, £5.00 optional pools. Fish 10.00am to 3.00pm.

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 Group

Match Group Charity Donation - British Heart Foundation.

Our Wednesday match group who are out on the bank most Wednesdays charge a small pegging fee which funds the cost of things the group need such as Trophies, repairs to their scales, any equipment needed along with any other costs incurred with the organisation and running of their matches. They also fund their annual Christmas celebrations that follow their Christmas match.

Occasionally they have a surplus of funds and they will make a donation to a relevant charity... the most recent one being a £100 donation to the British Heart Foundation.

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.

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - 6th September 2026

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

Beckerings Reservoir

Beckerings Reservoir continues to fish well for the carp with members reporting some great sessions recently.

Brothers Adrian & Mariusz Jaworski fished 2 separate 48-hour sessions at Beckerings, landing a total of 45 carp between them.

The first 48-hour session got off to a great start. With Adrian landing 8 carp, the biggest weighing 21 lb 4 oz. Mariusz added another 5 carp and set a new personal best with an impressive fish weighing 29 lb 2 oz.

When they returned for their second 48-hour session, the action moved up another level. Adrian landed 22 carp, with the biggest weighing 24 lb 6 oz. Mariusz caught 10 carp and smashed his PB again with a superb 30 lb 8 oz fish, his first carp weighing over 30 lb.

They both used the same setup throughout: a combi multi Slip-D rig tied with a size 2 hook. Our hookbaits were the new Mad Baits Nutz STP wafters. Each one was topped with a carefully trimmed piece of pink Pandemic pop-up, helping the hookbait presentation stand out on the lakebed. The spots were baited with a mixture of boilies and pellets soaked in glug and oil.
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir
Beckerings Reservoir

Beckerings Reservoir

Andi Pasniciuc fished the reservoir on Saturday and caught 3 fish, one was a new pb for him and was 20lb.

Andi Pasniciuc - Beckerings

Daiwa UK CRT Regional Match
On Saturday Luton hosted the second and last of our Daiwa sponsored ‘Lets Fish’ Regional Celebration events this year at Three Locks.  This was the final weekend before the National Celebration in Shropshire next week, when nearly 500 young anglers will fish the Shropshire Union around Market Drayton, to try and win among all the other prizes the most coveted one of all, this year’s Guru sponsored Gudgeon Mug.
We had 21 young anglers taking part in the Cadet, Junior and Youth categories, some of the youngsters travelled long distances to compete.  The weather was kind, a warm autumn day with the sun shining. The GUC had good colour, and the boats that passed slowed down and kept to the middle of the track. The Canal fished very well, and our boys and girls enjoyed themselves and we had no dry nets. Our Luton anglers fishing in the Cadet and Junior categories acquitted themselves very well, great effort everyone.
In the Cadets, who fish for 3 hours first place went to Leo Sherwood- Ince of Northampton Nene with a weight of 1 Kilo 430 Grams, while Luton’s highest place was Molly Gregory, who came 4th overall with a weight of 540 Grams.
In the Juniors section, who fished for 4 hours,  Luton’s Daniel Carr took 1st place with 2Kilo 910 grams taking a good mixed bag which included an extremely nice Perch. Second was taken by another Luton angler, Daniel Murphy Snape who weighed in 1Kilo 780 grams which included a small Carp which he did extremely well to land.  We also had Haroon Khan in 7th, Alex Ropke in 9th and Dylan Carr in 11th places.
In the team event Luton took 1st place in the Juniors, with Wellingborough second and Northampton Nene third. Many of those fishing will have fished again on Sunday when the final league and individual places for the Eastern Region will be decided.
All who came enjoyed the event, received their trophies in the presentations in the car park  and picked from the many prizes that had been generously donated to the Club and those donated by Daiwa UK
A big thank you to CRT and especially John Ellis who attended the match, all the Luton Coaches and others who turned out to assist in the running of the event by doing the admin, pegging the venue, helping those competing and assisting with the weigh in and prizegiving afterwards. 
Without the full team effort we couldn’t deliver this sort of event, and some of those assisting today started off in our Junior ranks a  few years ago and are now looking to take their own coaching qualifications.
Coaching can be extremely rewarding, but does demand hard work and commitment, however for suitable individuals who are  interested in joining our coaching team and furthering the sport, bursaries to obtain the required qualifications are available, so please let us know you would be interested by messaging the Club, we really do want to hear from you. 
Regional Celebration - Three Locks
Regional Celebration - Three Locks
Regional Celebration - Three Locks
Regional Celebration - Three Locks
Regional Celebration - Three Locks
Regional Celebration - Three Locks
Regional Celebration - Three Locks
Daniel Carr's own report from the regional Celebration
Daniel Carr had a win at the regional celebration at Three Locks on Saturday. He set up two lines today one 3meters out on the whip feeding squat and groundbait and the other on the edge of a tree on the far bank. 

He fished on the whip for the first hour and half and was just catching skimmers, perch and roach  he occasionally topped up with groundbait until it slowed.

After it slowed he moved over to the far bank and was catching little roach and the occasional skimmer for another hour and a half but unfortunately for the last hour it slowed and he kept having to rotate lines to catch fish he was able to catch a nice perch about 2 and a half pounds  after getting it free from a snag from under a tree.

He ended the match with 2kilos 910 for the win and twenty points to the regional table

Daniel Carr - Regional Celebration
Daniel Carr - Regional Celebration
Daniel Carr - Regional Celebration
Daniel Carr - Regional Celebration

Pick and Choose Result - Dennis Hunt/Sean Leatherland

Our successful head to head match is now nearing the final with Dennis Hunt and Sean Leatherland completing the last remaining semi final to determine who would go up against Pete Mills in the final. They fished their match at Grove Church on Friday and the morning started windy, with drizzle and heavy showers but the wind dropped and it turned into a nice warm but slightly overcast day. Swims were selected and the anglers set up looking forward to fishing against one another for a place in this year’s final.

Both anglers had a great start fishing pinkies over groundbait at around 4 Metres, with fish coming from this line from the off until a boat messed it up.

Sean then went to 10.5 Metres, a line that he had fed from the start and continued to catch on red maggot until the end of the match.

Dennis, who ended with 70 fish in the net was catching Roach and some Perch over small nuggets of groundbait with some loose fed hemp on his 4 Metre line. He later switched to fishing big red maggot which he found more effective on this line after trying a line at 11 Metres which didn’t produce much.

Both anglers really enjoyed the day out, but were plagued the whole time by Red Signal Crayfish ending with 5 each, which were duly despatched as landed.

Dennis ended with 5lb 8oz and Sean ended with 11lb 7oz.

Sean now goes forward to the final against Pete Mills to decide this year’s Pick and Choose champion. Good luck to both of them!
Dennis Hunt - Pick and Choose
Dennis Hunt - Pick and Choose

Wednesday Match Result - Biddenham River Ouse

With the weather finally cooling, and autumn quickly approaching, and with some much needed light rain forecast we had 19 anglers turn out to fish at Biddenham this week.

The drizzle was falling as we met for the draw on what was quite a warm humid morning, and many not thinking the rain was going to come to much left their waterproofs in the cars, a decision many were to regret later on when we had some heavier showers.

After doing the admin and our swim draw by the river at peg 6, we set of to our swims with high hopes of a good day and plenty of fish. The river had reasonable colour and a slight flow which did pick up slightly during the match. The resident flock of parakeets broke the peaceful silence flying around chattering noisily as we set up.

Sean Leatherland was back on form this week, catching fish on his pole at 10 Metres from Peg 20, fishing single red maggot over groundbait. Sean caught a net consisting of mostly of Roach and Dace with a few bonus skimmers thrown in and took 1st place with 10lb 2oz.

Second Man Dave Ridley fished Peg 2 in the woods. Dave fished his swim shallow at 4m with a whip for the first hour and catching Bleak & Chublets. After this he had a change of tactics and fed the swim heavily with groundbait, pinkies, red maggots & hemp, switching to rod and line using a float but still fishing the same line as before but only 3m deep. He stated catching Roach and Perch. Dave found it best to alternate tactics switching back to the whip for short periods, whenever the roach & perch disappeared, to end with 8lb 7oz.

Third place man Richard Gibbs was trying to combat allegations from his fellow piscators that he only adopts a 'Bleak Bashing' tactic when fishing rivers, so he set up a 4grm flat float using his pole fished at 11.5 metres. His swim (3) was around 10ft deep, and he fed it heavily at the start with 5 large balls of river groundbait. Using caster as hookbait he caught roach steadily from the start for the duration of the match, topping up with groundbait when bites slowed. His catch was all Roach, which included some decent netters, apart from a solitary skimmer, two bleak and two perch. Richard weighed in a creditable 5lb 12oz.

The fourth place was taken by Simon Foulkes who fished his pole at 11m to take mainly roach and dace on hemp and elderberry, an old fashioned but often when in season a deadly bait picked from the riverside bushes before the match started with a few Perch later on maggot to weigh 4lb 10oz.

Commiserations to Tony Hickmott who lost a very large fish early on, which took his entire rig halfway across the river before he parted company with his unseen river monster! Tony was particularly upset about losing one of his superb homemade floats on its first outing!

We were also quite intrigued to see the large scorch marks and burning visible on the trunk of a tree by Peg 5, which looks like it’s been subjected to a recent lightning strike.

Many thanks to all who helped those among us who are not so able, did the admin and helped at the weigh in, your assistance is invaluable.

Results
1st Sean Leatherland 10lb 2oz  
2nd Dave Ridley 8lb 7oz  
3rd Richard Gibbs 5lb 12oz  
4th Simon Foulkes 4lb 10oz  
5th Chris Howard 4lb 8oz  
6th Barry Roper 3lb 8oz  
7th Terry Vickers 3lb 3oz  
8th Graham Stringer 2lb 11oz  
9th Pete Smith 2lb 8oz  
10th Malcolm Ogden 2lb 7oz  
11th Stephen Holiday 2lb 5oz  
12th Dennis Hunt 1lb 13oz  
13th Dave Whillock 1lb 11oz  
14th Sam Rose 1lb 5oz  
15th Ray Burton 1lb 2oz  
16th Les Burton 0lb 15oz  
17th Tony Hickmott 0lb 10oz  
Andy Frankum, Dudley Frankland, DNW (Tipped back)

Our next match is Wednesday 9th September and is at Stanborough South lake Welwyn, meet for an 8.30 draw as usual, Luton £2-00 peg fee £5.00 optional pools, £6-00 peg fee Fish 10.00am – 3.00 pm.

Wednesday Match at Biddenham

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.