Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area. Week Ending 14th June 2020

CLUB NEWS
Hardworking Lavendon Bailiffs Bob and Roger were out strimming and preparing the swims on the upstream section of Lavendon Mill ready for the 16th June.

NORTH HOUSE LAKE

Following a visit and tests from Kye the EA Officer this morning and the confirmed case of Blue Green Algae, we are acting on his best advice and will be closing North House for a week to allow things to recover. Not ideal at this busy time but a lake with no fish will be useless. We have been told that fish are likely to be very stressed and anglers are unlikely to catch, and if they do, fish that are stressed are open to infection if damaged. They have suggested we close the lake for a week and assess on a weekly basis from then on. This will reduce nutrient input from anglers, (bait), and reduce the chances of further stressing fish if captured. We will be monitoring the oxygen levels on a daily basis as advised by the EA and have plans in place should an oxygen crash occur and fish become distressed.

The club has also replaced its aging DO meter with a brand new OxyGuard Handy Polaris which isn't cheap but an essential piece of kit for any fishery and will allow us to carefully monitor the dissolved oxygen levels during hot weather to ensure the wellbeing of our fish

EATON FORD

The Eaton Ford Team Glen Daniels and Stewart Thornton and also new member David Freeman, have been hard at work preparing the river and backwater ready for June 16th. They have cleared the swims on the main river and the backwater.

CATCH REPORTS

SLIPE LANE

Charlie Albone had a Common from Boot Pit at Slipe Lane. Although not a monster, but it's his first carp from the new pits. Nice to see some catch reports from the new waters.