Luton Angling Club - Weekly News Reports: January 2017

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report 22/1/2017

22nd January 2017

We haven't had much to report since the new year with the cold weather many of our venues have been frozen over resulting in few reports please remember to drop us a message if you manage to get out fishing,

After losing a huge chub at the net earlier in the month Andrew Upton returned to Lavendon Mill and with the water level up and running fast he managed a 5½lb chub

At Beckerings this week when part of the reservoir was not frozen over bailiff Mark Sessions caught a 22lb Common Carp along with another of 19lb 12oz

At the Spinney on the River Ivel at Blunham. Stuart the owner of London Colney Tackle reports that it is a bite a chuck fishing on the stick float with lots of Roach around 12oz and also some decent Dace.

We will shortly be announcing this years work party schedules and we would really like to see a few more volunteers coming to help out this year instead if the same few faces. There is no way the club could afford to pay to get the maintenance work carried out without a significant increase in membership costs so we rely on volunteers to assist us with the work.

The work parties are a good social event and we usually fire up the barbecue and the kettle is always on the boil. So if you want that platform repaired or swim cleared or tree cut back in your favourite peg come along and help us out!

MATCH RESULTS

Abbey Lads fished in horrid conditions on the 15th January on the Grand Union Canal behind Tesco but the weights were good.

1st D Smith 12-11 skimmers +roach

2nd K Ward 8-7 skimmers+roach

3rd D Whillock 7-3-8 perch+roach
4th P Deppe 6-4 roach+perch

Mark Sessions 22lb Common Carp from Beckerings

Beckerings Frozen Over

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Predator Match Round 3 Lavendon Upstream 2/1/2017

Predator Match Round 3 Lavendon Upstream

The third round of our predator series was planned to be held at Lavendon Mill Upstream on New Years Day - Watching the weather reports we could see that the outlook for the 1st January was for torrential rain all day - therefore it was decided and agreed by all the competitors to bring forward the match by one day as the weather on New Years Eve was forecast as dry.

Only three anglers fished this round and despite a number of tactics and methods being used no fish were caught. Hopefully the next round at North House Lake on 5th February will be more successful.

A good day was had by all and more money was raised for charity, If you want to fish the next round which will be held on 5th February at North House Lake then please get in touch with Steve Sharp via phone or text on 07704 462635 entry is £10.00 with all proceeds going to Keech Hospice. There is a trophy awarded to the winner of each round so you can fish one or as many rounds you want with points awarded at each round which count toward the final result

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report 1st January 2017

We would like to start 2017 by wishing all our members and friends a Happy New Year and we hope 2017 brings lots of fish to your landing nets!

Predator Match Series Round 3 Lavendon Mill Upstream

The third round of the predator series was held on Lavendon Mill Upstream on 31st December only four anglers fished and no fish were caught despite the best efforts of the participants, The next round is at North House on 5th February and there are spaces available so let us know if you want to take part entry is £10.00 with all money raised going to Keech Hospice.

The Two that Got Away - Lavendon Mill Downstream

Also at Lavendon on the 31st December was member Andrew Upton who fished the downstream section here is his story

“While fishing a tiny thumb sized cage feeder with liquidised bread and a piece of sliced bread I should have landed one pike who clearly couldn’t resist the lump of bread but dislodged the hook literally at my feet……….it looked like a nice pike easily 80cm long.

Then a move down to second from last swim.......and this grown man could have cried. Two light twitches and them wallop I was into some thing heavy and rocketing for the margin snags, this fish had my 1.25lb rod doubled over and I honestly thought the rod was going to snap.

Did I get to see the fish.....yes and my god what a Chub, if this fish weighed less than 6lb I would be shocked, I cant guess in reality what this fish weighed but its power was incredible, no amount of side strain could stop this angry fish.

It finally beat me by going for the fallen tree snag and again it came to the surface before slipping the barbless hook.I then moved upstream and I never caught but I was happy and just being out in the fresh air was enough for me.

So to those who tell me these sections of the river are not worth the effort........you couldn't be more wrong. Moving water is my thing when it comes to fishing and after spending way too many years away from fishing I am so glad to be back.”

Club Awarded Coaching Grant by Sport England

The Club certainly had a welcome visit from Santa just prior to Christmas as through a lot of hard work in the past few months we have been awarded a Sport England lottery grant of just under £8000.

This money has to be used for the specific purposes laid out in the grant application to train coaches and regenerate the Junior section of the Club recently renamed to the Luton Kingfishers, but it basically provides all the funding we need to provide more angling ‘Taster’ sessions, Cast Courses, run the Kingfishers and fund promotional activities to gain more members.

We currently need to train 6 new Volunteer Level 1 angling coaches, we have 4 selected so a further 2 funded places exist. If you are interested in obtaining the accreditation and qualification please contact us straight away using the contact us page or send us a message on Facebook.

We would then interview you within the next few weeks with a possibility of getting you on a training course in mid February, but applications need to be in to Angling Trust before the end of January.