Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 23rd February

NORTH HOUSE LAKE
Bill Mann landed the Wanderer at 35lb this week. 

Brian Turner had a great session with 4 pike from 10lb up to 14lb and a little jack about six inches long.

A quick hour-long session after work, delivered a 3lb jack pike for Dean Brittain. Caught on a Savage Gear 4d Perch lure.

KEMPSTON LAKE

Brad Pearson caught a 20lb 2oz beauty on Tuesday.

GRAND UNION CANAL

Match Result

When only 3 turn up for the match and you catch over 22lb from the GUC in February you would normally expect to be the winner but that wasnt the case today when Abbey Lads fished our Town North section catching 3-4lb bream and roach on bread punch for nearly 55lb between the 3 competitors!

1st D Whillock 24-6 

2nd K Ward 22-11

3rd D Smith 7-11

Over 55s

There were three fishing at the Globe last Wednesday after a cold night with a slight frost on the ground. On arrival, the water was a very funny orange tea colour due to the recent heavy rain and the canal was very full, being about 300mm deeper than usual. Water temperature was a cold 5C with air temp starting at 3C and rising to 7C later.

There was also a cold wind and misting rain during the day. With the challenging conditions, bites were quite hard to come by but newcomer Mark Brooks walked away with the money by managing to put a decent bream with another skimmer bream and some bits on the scales.

1st Mark Brooks 4 Lbs

2nd Dennis Hunt 1lbs 1oz

3rd Barry Roper 13oz

Next Week they will fish Cooks Wharf. Meet in the car park for ‪9am‬ draw and fish 10am till 3pm with a £5.00 optional pools.

We have dropped the requirement to be over 55 as lots of members who work shifts have asked if they could come out with the group. Non-members may fish if they pay the day ticket.

Gareth

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 16th February

BECKERINGS RESERVOIR
With the water level still on the rise and the fish liking stormy conditions Jack Rose took full advantage and caught two cracking fish a 21lb common and a 30lb 8oz mirror.

THE GREAT OUSE - EATON FORD

A lot of work was carried out at Eaton Ford last Friday.  The back water was cleared of snags and some depth added in places as well as swims opened up.  New access was also opened up from car park to back water.  The fallen willow was removed from the access to main river.

Gareth

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 9th February

 MONTHLY PHOTO COMPETITION
Jonny Cox won the £25 January photo competition. Well done to Jonny who caught a stunning 29lb 5oz beast from GUC on January 1st. 

SOUTH LAGOON

Wojciech Weremij caught an amazing 21lb 7oz South Lagoon pike. What a fish!  He also caught a very nice double.

THE GREAT OUSE      

Jack Beresford took a stunning photo from the Wyboston stretch during the week.

NORTH HOUSE LAKE

Water levels at North House are back up to where they were a year ago now, which is great news.

BECKERINGS ROADWORKS UPDATE

Fordfield Road is now fully open in both directions following the roadworks. Please note that there are now new permanent speed limits in place along the road.

Gareth

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 2nd February 2020

Beckerings Reservoir
Mark Ridgeway had one of the larger catfish at 58lb 8oz during an overnight session. 

Welcome news has been received that the farm has started refilling the reservoir this week and the water levels are on the rise. Bivvies will need to be placed on the platforms as the water levels are rising quite quickly. Please remember that Bivvies must not be set up on the grass and must be on the platforms. The reservoir should be completely full within a couple of weeks. 

ROADWORKS UPDATE: According to the Central Beds Council website the roadworks are due to be finished and Fordfield Road will Re-Open fully on 7th February.

North House Lake

The club introduced 21 new carp into North House Lake in December 2017 all weighing between 5 and 8lb. This week Brad Pearson sent us a picture of a 16lb Mirror he caught that he thought maybe one of them. Comparing Brad’s photo to the pictures taken when the fish were stocked quickly identified the fish as number 7 which weighed 7lb 2oz when it was stocked to the lake. As well as its unique scale pattern it has a black mark just below its dorsal fin making it easily identifiable and no doubt the same fish. These fish appear to be growing as well as promised by our supplier and they are piling on the weight. We expect this fish to hit 20lb this year. If you catch any of the stockies please let us know as its great to monitor their growth.

South Lagoon - Wyboston

Predator fishing is still providing good sport for members at Wyboston. Wojciechs efforts were rewarded with a nice sized pike.

 Janusz Kansik also had a really nice Pike which wasn’t weighed but he estimates it at around 14lb.

River Ouse

Luton AC chairman Fergal O Kane was out on the Ouse this weekend and using worms from his wormery was able to tempt a 2lb Perch into taking the bait.

 

Gareth Evans was also after the predators on the Ouse and had two Pike the largest was 9lb 5oz.

Grand Union Canal

Club Angling Trust Level 2 Coach Dennis Hunt and Barry Roper fished Town South on the weekly Luton over 55s Wednesday outing. The day started cold after an overnight frost, and the water temperature stood at 5C. It was a lovely January day to be fishing the canal which warmed as the day wore on and the Canal had better colour, although still quite clear. With the larger fish still seemingly reluctant to feed there was nothing for it but to go for the smaller fish on the 4 Metre line and he managed 65 small silvers on Pinkies, and a couple of bigger bonus Roach on chopped worm across for an estimated 2 1/2 Lbs. If you would like to join them on their weekly outings please let us know and we will pass on your details.

A couple of late match bookings have been received that are not printed in the membership book.

Sunday 9th February there is a match on Canal sections 6b & 7 so these sections will be unavailable to members and day ticket anglers. - NO CANCELLED DUE TO THE GALES FORECAST

Sunday 23rd February the Polish Fishing club will be holding a Lure match at Wyboston on the River Ouse. 20-30 anglers are expected so the River will be unavailable to members and day ticket anglers.

If you do get out fishing do let us know how you get on by sending us a quick report via facebook/email or you can use whatsapp and send pictures and reports to 07940 229071. Don’t forget if you send in a catch picture you are automatically entered in to the monthly photo competition where the best picture of the month (judged by the committee) will win a £25.00 cash prize.