Here is all the latest news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club. Wednesday this week was the start of the River fishing season and we are able to fish the rivers again. Just prior to the start of the season our hardworking bailiffs and volunteers were out ensuring our river venues were in tip top condition and they look forward to seeing existing and new members on the banks. If you do try any of the River stretches please send in any catch reports and pictures.
Wyboston South Lagoon
At Wyboston Wojciech Weremij caught a lovely 26lb 8oz common carp from the South Lagoon
North House Lake
His first 48hr session on North House and member Terry caught his first fish of the session at 7:45 on the 15th June weighing 18lb on the nose and then the next morning as he was still asleep Terry was in again, the alarm woke him up at 5:35 with a lovely mirror weighing 22lb 8oz They were all caught on wicked white popup with only a few scattered nutz (mad baits)
On his first night session and on his birthday Robert Sweet had this chunky Common and also a beautifully scaled Mirror.
Members should note that a lock has been fitted to the toilet door at Beckerings to prevent unauthorised use of the facility. The lock can be opened using your club gate key - Please ensure the door is kept locked when the facility is not in use.
Wednesday Match Report - 9/6/2021
10 anglers fished the Wednesday match at Beckerings on 9th June and again we had some new faces who came to join us. We met in the car park on what was to be a hot and cloudless day with little wind, so sun cream was a definite requirement this week!
The lake is full, and currently extremely clear, and we were met with a calm surface with little ripple and very dense bed of weed, which has appeared in the last couple of weeks on the edge of first shelf in about 10ft of water. This makes fishing some platforms extremely difficult.
Some anglers opted to try the feeder over the weed, but others sensing the bream may be reluctant to feed in the calm hot conditions decided on float tactics from the off, fishing towards the weed off the platforms.
Darren Savage started on Sweetcorn, taking some nice roach, and then his bites dried, and he switched to Maggot, taking small perch to weigh in 7lb 3oz. Dennis Hunt started on Maggot having seen perch in the clear water, taking about 5lb on the drop in an hour and a half before the Perch disappeared. He then had a couple of roach and two skimmers before the fishing slowed to the occasional perch in the last couple of hours to end on 8lb 6oz. Colin Holmes also opted for fishing the float on the inside of the weed, again catching Perch to weigh 4lb 12oz.
Special mention must be made of our oldest regular attender Roger this week, who despite having an accident at home resulting in a dozen or more stitches in his left elbow still came to fish with us. We all helped Roger to his peg and he was able to continue to enjoy to his fishing. Roger so enjoys the general company and Banter on a Wednesday he says he wouldn’t miss it for the world, its not all about catching fish, it’s about enjoying a day on the bank among friends.
Results.
Dennis Hunt 8lb 6oz
Darren Savage 7lb 3oz
Colin Holmes 4lb 12oz
Kevin Chadfield 2lb 10oz
Malcolm Ogden 1lb 5oz
Roger Baker 1lb 13oz
Wednesday Match Report 16th June 2021 at Eaton Ford
Nine anglers from the Wednesday Group met at Eaton Ford this week as it was that magical day when the Close season ends and we were able to fish the river again. For many of us because of Lockdowns it was the first time in six months we had been able to fish one.
As the anglers arrived before the draw, they wandered down to view the new backwater enlargements and the river, which looked in good condition with some colour and flow.
All commented on the great amount of hard work that’s been put in at Eaton Ford by our resident Bailiff team, Stuart and Glenn, cutting grass, clearing new and existing swims, the venue looked brilliant, and having known it for over 30 years it’s never ever looked better.
We were looking forward to fishing as we made our way to our pegs but knew the day would be a challenge because of the clear blue sky and soaring temperatures, on a day forecast to be the hottest of the year so far which it proved to be.
Richard Gibbs hooked a big fish presumed to be a bream on a feeder over on the far side early doors, which he unfortunately lost when it weeded him. He then struggled trying to present a Stick float in the wind, and then switched to the pole with more success.
Trevor ‘Bream love me, and I love Bream’ Bunnage our venue expert fished a feeder for about three hours without a bite, increased the size of the feeder and continued to use Worm heads to take two decent bream and bits to weigh 9lb 5oz, losing a bream estimated to have been about 8lb at the net.
I think it is fair to say the rest of the field struggled in the heat, with bait dying in the sunshine.
However, we will be back to Eaton Ford before too long, hopefully on a day when it is not quite so warm!
Results
1st Trevor Bunnage 9lb 5oz
2nd Richard Gibbs 1lb 14oz
3rd Darren Savage 1lb 12oz
There aren’t any pictures this week as it was so hot we forgot to take them!
This week we will be on the Canal at Slapton, meet in the Club car park for a 9am walk off draw, non-members welcome on payment of a day ticket, £5.00 optional pools
Canal Pairs Heat - 13/6/21
Sunday 13th June saw the heat of the CRT National Canal Pairs competition jointly hosted by Luton and The Tring Anglers which attracted an entry from 13 pairs, including some well-known names, and a few of our local Club anglers who wanted to have some fun and give it a go.
The Match HQ where competitors met for the draw and pre match breakfast and afterwards for results was the Anglers Retreat at Marsworth.
Luton pegged and ran Section A, our Section 13 at Ivinghoe, and Tring ran Section B on their Red Lion water. The conditions were far from ideal with a clear blue sky, hot sun and high temperatures making sunscreen an essential for all competitors.
While weights were not high the match was enjoyed by everyone who took part, and three pairs qualified for the Competition final.
Section A was won by the popular James Lewis of the Angling Trust, who has been a great help to us in the past, and weighed 1 Kilo 660. James was partnered by his dad who put in a good enough performance on Section B to see them through to the final in second place, so well-done James.
Some pre match footage was shown on Facebook Live
Luton Coaches along with others from Clubs across the South East were busy at the weekend at a socially distanced on the bank training session at Three Locks.
The session covered some of the finer points of Canal fishing given by Simon Mottram who had travelled from Shropshire specially to give the training before competing in a match in Northampton on Sunday’.
Luton had made our water at Three locks available for the day and two sessions were run with six attendees on each. The sessions were three hours long one in the morning and one in the afternoon and are part of the CRT commitment to ongoing development personal development of those coaches involved in ‘Lets Fish’ so the sessions can continue to deliver the best experience for those attending ‘Lets Fish’ events.
The Club had done most of the organisational work for CRT to enable the sessions to take place, including allocating places to the coaches who attended the sessions.
John Ellis the CRT National Fisheries manager and the driving force behind ‘Lets Fish’ attended to give a Facebook Live Presentation
All of the Coaches who attended went away having learnt a lot about the organisation and running of Lets Fish events and the demonstration by Mottie on how to maximise the lets fish potential of a swim was much appreciated, as well as tips on tackle that can be obtained in most shops.
Well done to Simon and everyone who attended a very enjoyable day. The sky was clear and the weather warm and we all enjoyed the sunshine. Simon dis Ok in his match at Northampton gaining a fifth place with 9lb 15oz so a good weekend all round.
WORK PARTY NOTIFICATION: 26th June 2021 - Venue Closure
Following the renewal of the Otter Fence at North House a work party has been planned for 26th of June. This is to cut up and remove the huge piles of old chainlink fencing and fence posts
The lake will be closed between 9am and 5pm so anyone booked on overnight Friday will need to vacate by 9am and anyone booked on Saturday night will not be able to arrive until 5pm. Anyone booked on who assists with the work will be able to set up earlier if the work is finished before 5pm. There is a small chance the works may also run into Sunday 27th as there is a lot to do.
That's it for this week.
Tight Lines - Dave Luton AC
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