Luton Angling Club - Weekly News Reports: August 2022

Here is all this weeks news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club.

North House Lake

Bailiff Brian Turner and his son Kieran waited all day and night for a fish during their 24hr session on Thursday and then like buses, two came along at the same time. A 21lb 4oz mirror and a 20lb 2oz Common. The Mirror is 2017 stockie number 4

Kieran Turner (left) 21lb 4oz and Brian Turner (right) 20lb 2oz

2017 Stockie Number 4

Patryk Maćkowiak had one of the newer stockies from North House Lake. It is Stockie number 10 that was 8lb when introduced to the lake in October last year and its current weight was reported at 12lb.

Patryk Maćkowiak - North House Mirror (2021 Stockie 10)

Stockie 10 at 8lb in November 2021

We know quite a few fish are being caught at North House and not being reported whilst there is no requirement to report your catches, Regular catch reports are very important for the club as we need to maintain a healthy membership and your catch reports help to promote the club and it’s waters. We also need to keep up to date with the performance of the venue as this influences a number of factors including re-stocking and maintenance budgets.

Beckerings Reservoir

Ethan Griffiths had the Half Lin from Beckerings with the weight reported at 31lb 12oz.

Ethan Griffiths - Half Lin at 31lb 12oz (Beckerings)

Ethan Griffiths - Half Lin at 31lb 12oz (Beckerings)

Brett Collins had a common at 19lb 10oz it was caught on five star bananaz boilies

Brett Collins - Beckerings 19lb 10oz Common

Bailiff Neil Cox proved that having a walk round and finding the fish at Beckerings pays off. He found some fish feeding in the margins and placed a bait in the area and bam 5-10mins later this beauty graces the net, he didn’t weigh it but estimated it was probably around 17-18lb. A stunning fish caught on a madbaits wafter and a light lead.

Neil Cox - Beckerings Mirror

Paul Parkinson had one 24lb carp and two Bream during his 48hr session. He also lost a couple of carp.

Paul Parkinson - 24lb Beckerings Common

Max Beresford had a 19lb 9oz Mirror.

Max Beresford - 19lb 9oz Beckerings Mirror

Patryk Maćkowiak had a Mirror carp on Sunday at around 3am on a "the krill" active boilie. He also had 7 bream and the biggest went 12lb.

Patryk Maćkowiak - Beckerings Bream

Patryk Maćkowiak - Beckerings Mirror

Steve Emery had busy afternoon last Sunday as he had had 13 Bream and 9 Carp. All the carp were Commons and all off the bottom. Biggest went 23lb 6oz, 3 at 21lb one of 20lb and the others between 16 to 19lb.

Steve Emery - Beckerings Common

Steve Emery - Beckerings Common

Steve Emery - Beckerings Common

Steve Emery - Beckerings Common

Match Report Sensas Oakwood Summer League Round 4, 
28th August Grand Union Canal - Town South and Slapton Sections 

The league sent us this report of the latest round, which all the 35 competing anglers really enjoyed fishing.

Anglers fished the 4th Round on Sunday, when A+ B sections were at Slapton and C,D & E on the reopened Town South.

They report the fishing was fantastic, with a total weight of 340lb 10oz caught, averaging out at 9lb 11oz per man.

Catches were made up of Bream, Skimmers and Roach with a few Perch and the fish were taken on a variety of baits, including canal favourites of chopped worm, bread, squatt over groundbait and hemp.

Team Positions on the day were 1st Image Red with 25 Points followed by Local team Barts who tied for second place with Colmic on 23 points

Overall team positions after 4 rounds are :

1st Image Red 93 points
2nd Oakwood Green 86 Points
3rd Barts 82 Points
4th Colmic 81 Points
5th Oakwood Purple 79 Points
6th Oakwood Black 74 Points
7th Image Blue 65 Points

With the final round still to come the competition is still too close to call and we wish all those competing good luck and tight lines.

Match Report, Wednesday 24th August Water End

It always nice to fish a new venue and this week we had arranged to fish an away venue -  the recently refurbished How End ‘canal’ lake fishery at Water End. 

Many of our regulars are still on holiday, and others had other commitments, so our attendance was down to 12 again this week. We missed Tony Hickmott and his usual pre-off treat of Werther’s sweets!

Wednesday’s forecast was very hot, the temperature climbing from 18 C to over 30C through the day, and we had a heavy muggy atmosphere as we started setting up. As the anglers set up the wind picked up, dying away to an almost flat calm from midday onwards. 

The fishing this week was challenging for many, the F1 Carp in this venue giving finicky bites that were not the easiest to connect with. The result was close this week with not much separating the top two.

Jim Tookey our winner fed two open water lines and an additional margin line for late on. His 5-metre line was steady all day, Jim was fishing 4mm pellet for the F1s on this line. He switched lines for the last hour and had a few bigger carp in the margin on corn, ending with 47lb 10oz.

Dudley Frankland fed the margins from the off with micros and dead reds and continued to do this little and often whilst catching ide and rudd ¾ way over in the upper layers. He started feeding maggots once he saw the carp arrive and stayed fishing top kit plus one down the edge using 6m banded pellet over micro & 4m pellets, ending with 44lb 10oz.

Richard Gibbs finished third with a mixed bag of 17lb 15oz, while Dennis Hunt started slowly catching rudd ¾ way across on maggot switching lines when the F1’s arrived to fish banded corn on the inside at 6 Metres, but unfortunately lost several bigger fish during the afternoon when they fell off, finishing with 13lb 8oz!

Thanks to our draw and weigh Stewards who greatly assisted on the day. All our anglers had a great day out this week on a venue where we all want to return, many thanks to Pip and Phil for making us so welcome, we will be back before long I’m sure.

Results
1st Jim Tookey 47lb 10oz
2nd Dudley Frankland 44lb 10oz
3rd Richard Gibbs 17lb 15oz
4th Dennis Hunt 13lb 8oz
5th Sean Leatherland 7lb 13oz
6th Paul Roberts 6lb 6oz
7th Roger Baker 4lb 8oz
8th Andy Norgate 3lb 7oz
9th Richard Darbon 3lb 6oz
10th John Barton 3lb 4oz
11th Ray Burton 1lb 3oz
12th Les Burton 1lb 

Next week we will fish the Ouse at Eaton Ford, so its members only. Meet from 8 in the car park, £5.00 optional pools, and £1.00 Luton peg fee.

How End - Water End "Canal Lake"

If you would like to send us a catch report from a Luton AC Water you can send reports and pictures via our facebook page and other social media accounts, the club website or via what’s app message to 07940 229071. Don’t forget every picture we receive is automatically entered in to our monthly photo prize which is judged by the committee and you could win £25.00. It’s not always the biggest fish that wins so well worth sending in any of your catch reports. Tight Lines Until Next Week! Dave M

Here is this weeks News, Information and Catch Report round up from Luton Angling Club.

River Ouse

David Howell has been targeting the Carp in Luton stretches of the Ouse. He had success catching two carp, a common of 22lb 5oz and the other 18lb 8oz. We've not mentioned the exact stretch as a lot of work and effort goes into these catches. Most of our River Ouse sections hold large carp so well worth a go.

David Howell - 18lb 8oz Ouse Mirror Carp

David Howell - 22lb 5oz Ouse Common Carp

Grand Union Canal

Amer Jawad did a feature recently on the Globe stretch of the Grand Union Canal he was targeting the big bream you can read the article in the August edition of Match Fishing Magazine.

Amer Jawad - Match Fishing Magazine Feature

Grand Union Canal - Junior Championship

The Grand Union South Junior Championship will be held at 3 locks on Sunday 16th October. 

This championship is ideal for any young person aged 7 or over who has been fishing a few times and is keen to learn more and will be a great opportunity for participants in an event against others. More information can be found at the link below

Eventbrite - Grand Union Canal - Let's Fish Junior Championship- 16/10/22

Let's Fish Event

North House Lake

Carlo Borromeo sent us a message saying "I had a great overnighter on North House Lake with my son and his Grandad - I had 4 takes and 3 fish were landed the biggest being a 25lb Common"

Carlo Borromeo - North House Common Carp

Beckerings Reservoir

Fishing last weekend on 14th August Neil Cox had a Common off the surface at around 9am he didn’t weigh it (quick photo and released back asap)but easily a mid double and an awesome looking bronze coloured fish.

Neil Cox - Beckerings Bronze Common

This weekend he fished the reservoir again and had four Commons, Three were caught on madbaits and the fourth on tiger nuts.

Neil Cox - Beckerings Common

Neil Cox - Beckerings Common

Neil Cox - Beckerings Common

Junior member Kyle Parkinson fished a 48hr session with dad Paul at the weekend and had a superb roach weighing in at 2lb 10oz.

Kyle Parkinson - 2lb 10oz Roach

Kyle Parkinson - 2lb 10oz Roach (Scale Shot)

Paul had a Roach, a small Pike, a Bream and two commons one at 19lb 2oz and the other slightly bigger at 21lb 4oz.

Paul Parkinson - Bream

Paul Parkinson - Common

Paul Parkinson - Common

Paul Parkinson - Small Pike

Paul Parkinson - Roach

Another Junior member, 9 year old Frankie, caught his PB from Beckerings after a 48hr session with dad Darren. This fish was caught on the final morning. It was too heavy for him to pick up safely on his own so a mat shot was taken then Darrren picked it up for a better photo. Frankie ended the session with the 1 carp and 50 or so small perch.

9 Year Old Frankie with his PB Carp

Darren holding Frankie's PB Carp.

Liam Murphy had 7 carp from Beckerings and finished the session off with a 60lb catfish.

Liam Murphy - Mirror Carp

Liam Murphy - 60lb Catfish

South Lagoon Wyboston

The swim refurbishment works around the lagoon are progressing well and what an improvement improvement with the quality of the swims. They are now much safer to access via new steps and more comfortable to fish from. Unfortunately though someone does not respect the club or other anglers and obviously does not appreciate the money spent and efforts made by the club as they felt it acceptable to leave a huge pile of rubbish for the bailiffs to clear away. The Wyboston lakes complex has excellent CCTV coverage so we hope to identify those responsible and they will no longer be welcome at the venue.