Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area Week Ending 13th September 2020

Here is this week’s round up of news, catch reports and match results from all Luton Angling Club waters.

Beckerings Reservoir

Kyle Thompson Parkinson fished Beckerings with his Dad Paul on a 48 Hour session. Kyle had a great session catching 7 nice sized bream using CC Moore Livesystem. 

Dad Paul Parkinson had a good size Bream and a carp of 19lb using Wicked white pop ups and a PVA Stick of chopped nut boilies. 

Robert Hall had a 29lb 5oz Mirror Carp during a night session. 

Carlo Borromeo had a very quiet day on Beckerings and thought a blank was on the cards but then a nice 23lb 4oz Mirror showed up and disappointment was avoided. 

Tom Harris caught a stunning 15lb 8oz Mirror. 

Neil Cox had a 25lb 3oz Mirror which he also caught in September last year. He also had a 21lb and 18lb Common all caught using madbaits.

North House Lake

Paul Darvall had a 24lb 3oz from North House and the first fish of a 24hr session. He has been told this may be the fish named "The Pretty One" though several people have since said it’s a different fish known as “The Pretty Lin”

Kempston Lake

Ricky Angell had two nights on Kempston and had four carp out. All were mid doubles and the biggest was 15lb 10oz

Lavendon Mill

The Lavendon bailiffs sent in a picture of a brand new platform that had appeared unexpectedly. The materials were all supplied, and the platform was built at no cost to the club by Mick the owner of the Mill house by the River he also removed a tree stump and has widened the swim and it looks fantastic. Our thanks to Mick for this and the other work he has done at the venue to help us this year including levelling the pathway and mowing and strimming prior to our work party sparing us the usual jungle warfare on the first work party of the year!

Eaton Ford

Bob Burdiak and Mark Brooks were on the River earlier in the week catching some quality Roach and Perch. They also had dace, skimmers and chublets. Both had pike and bigger perch chase fish as they reeled in.

Also at Eaton ford this week Club official Dennis Hunt spent a very pleasant morning in the company of Ellis Selway from the EA and the two extremely hard working Eaton Ford Bailiffs Glenn and Stuart. The purpose of the visit was to discuss possible improvement of the existing backwater. We have been making improvements to this venue over the last few seasons and these works will continue as we are able to source funding.

We hope to slightly enlarge and open the mouth of the backwater, introduce a water flow from the River and also desilt to improve habitat, promote spawning and give some winter fishing.  Also in the current proposal is to open another small pool to give amphibians and invertebrates better habitat. Thanks so much to Ellis and the EA giving such constructive assistance with this. More details will follow as development plans progress.

Wyboston River Ouse

Wyboston regular Wojciech had another Tench weighing 4lb this stretch of River has such a mixed variety of species and sizes of fish and you never know what will show up next.

Wednesday Match Report 9^th September

Due to a few domestic incidents, including unexpectedly taking the dog to the vet, car maintenance issues and waiting at home for a delivery, attendance this week was slightly below expectation!

The three anglers that fished met on the Canal at Ivinghoe on a morning with a surprisingly chilly feel, overcast skies and not a breath of wind.

 

The anglers found the Canal surprisingly clear with a water temperature of 15C, having a mirror surface with no ripple. They expected a ‘bagging session’ from an extremely productive stretch of Canal but unfortunately found the fishing challenging. Luckily the fishing was helped by the passage of the first boat which stirred up the water (a good number come through during the day). First small perch showed, with roach coming later. None of the bigger Bream that are known to be present in the section made an appearance, all the fish were caught close at about 7 to 8 metres.

 

Bites were gentle affairs with the anglers having to use light pole floats to see the indications. A variety of baits were used, including Caster, Squatt, hemp and big maggot and the best combination appearing to be Pinkie over groundbait.

 

Fishing aside the group saw some fantastic sights during the day, a very large Red Kite soaring and swooping low in the still air, the motionless Heron standing on the towpath with intermittent bouts of flight to change position, and two huge flights of Swallow at around midday which put on a fantastic acrobatic aerial display swooping and soaring over the Canal drinking from the surface and taking hatching fly on the wing. These birds won’t be around much longer as they will be off on the migration back to Africa very soon.

 

Results

1st Barry Roper

4lbs 12oz

 

2nd Dennis Hunt

3lbs 12oz

 

3rd Dave Britton

2lbs 12oz

 

Next week the group will fish South Lagoon Wyboston, meet for 9am Draw, fish 10 till 3, £5.00 optional pools.

Non-Members are welcome next week but will need to pay a day ticket fee to the Bailiff.

    

WORK PARTIES

Dave Murdoch, David Farmer, Fergal O Kane and Bob Burdiak attended the first Slipe Lane Pits work party on Sunday 13^th September and assisted some of the T.A.C committee and attendees from other member clubs with Litter Picking and removal of fallen trees and trimming of overhanging trees and undergrowth to open up more swims.

Beckerings Closure – Bridge Replacement

A reminder that next week on Saturday 19/9/20 Beckerings is closed for the day so that the bridge across the stream can be replaced. No night bookings will be taken for Friday 18^th and anyone booked on Saturday night must not arrive at the venue before 5pm. If you are planning to attend and help out please let us know as we have to ensure that relevant social distancing and government rules are adhered to.

 

Slipe Lane Pits

On Sunday 20^th September there is another work party at the Slipe Lane Pits. The work party runs from 08:00 to around 12:00pm. If you’ve not visited these waters yet why not help out and have a look round and find out some tips and advice from the regulars. We are committed to help out at these work parties as part of our fishing agreement so members should make an effort to attend.

 

Tight Lines Until Next Week

 

Dave

Luton Angling Club