Here is all of this week's news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club. If you want to send in your pictures and catch reports you can what's app them to 07940 229071 or send in to us via the club website or our social media pages.
South Lagoon
Dexter Allen worked his socks off today - he and dad Edward started at Eaton Ford and fished for 4 hours and then spent 3 hours on North House Lake and then the last bit of the session on the South Lagoon. His perseverance and hard work paid off as he had this fantastic 2lb 10oz Perch on a 10cm Zander Pro Shad. Edward had some small perch on a 5cm worm jig.
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| Dexter Allen - 2lb 10oz Perch from the South Lagoon |
Wojciech had a good session on the South Lagoon catching 3 pike to 16lb, 2 decent sized Perch and a Bream.
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| Wojciech with a South Lagoon Pike |
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North House Lake
Some good catches this week with Sean Watts and Max Beresford both beating their PB's
Sean was absolutely buzzing after netting his PB Mirror Carp at 33lb 3oz. A conflict of opinions on the Facebook page saying it's either the fish known as "The Wanderer" or Terry's Mirror looking at previous pictures of both fish I can confirm it is indeed Terry's Mirror.
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Max had his New PB a Common of 28lb 1oz. He also had another Common of 17lb 8oz while packing away at the end of the session.
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| Max Beresford PB Common 28lb 1oz from North House |
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| Max Beresford Common 17lb 8oz from North House |
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| Charlie with a North House Common |
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| Ethan with a North House Common |
On another session Ethan had a nice Mirror Carp which he said is the Pretty Lin.
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| Ethan with the Pretty Lin from North House |
Eaton Ford
Junior Dexter Allen fished Eaton Ford last weekend and had this superb 2lb 5oz 8dr Perch.
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| Dexter Allen with a 2lb 5oz 8dr Perch from Eaton Ford |
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| Dexter Allen with a 2lb 5oz 8dr Perch from Eaton Ford |
Nobby Clarke reported it was hard going this week with one Roach of around 8oz and a small chub not even a pound however we heard that another member fishing Eaton Ford this weekend managed a chub of around 4lb and a Pike approaching double figures.
Beckerings Reservoir
Kyle Thompson Parkinson had a Pike on a Lure last weekend.
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| Kyle Thompson Parkinson with a Lure caught Perch |
Match Report, Wednesday 16th November 2022 GUC Cooks Wharf
After heavy rain on Tuesday, Wednesday morning dawned damp but clear as we gathered to fish the Canal at Cooks Wharf. The towpath in this area isn’t the best and after the rain, it was slippery and quite muddy, and we held our draw just past Bridge 125, the West Coast rail bridge.
Due to the numbers fishing and many moored boats, our peggers had trouble fitting us all in, and some had long walks to their pegs this week. The morning brightened, and the sun came out bringing some welcome warmth before disappearing again about midday when the temperature noticeably dropped, and it clouded over.
Fortunately, the rain stayed away until we all got home, and nobody got wet this week!
We had no boats for the first hour and had 5 in the second, one of which was a double-breasted pair that stirred up the water considerably through the narrows. After this disturbance, there were no more boats for the rest of the day. Most anglers saw the pair of Kingfishers working the far bank and the Muntjac watching us from the wood opposite.
With the recent cold rain entering the canal and colour in the water most anglers opted to start using bread punch which proved by far the best bait of the day, although bites from the roach were often frustrating affairs being a slight dip or half sink of the bristle. Most of the roach came from the inside line at about 5 metres. The bigger bream failed to show, although our winner Ian Wing had a nice net of skimmers at 14 metres. Only odd perch were caught, smaller ones on maggot and pinkie, larger ones generally on chopped worm.
Our winner this week was Ian Wing with 11lb 10oz with Richard Darbon second with 6lb 15oz. Third was taken by Dave Smith with 5lb 2oz and in fourth place was Terry Vickers and Simon Faulkes tied with 3lb 9oz. It was tight in the middle again this week with ounces between anglers.
There weren’t any pictures of catches this week due to long walks and gathering darkness!
Results
1st Ian Wing 11lb 10oz
2nd Richard Darbon 6lb 15oz
3rd Dave Smith 5lb 2oz
4th (tied) Simon Faulkes & Terry Vickers 3lb 9oz
6th Colin McBeth 3lb 8oz
7th Dave Willock 3lb 7oz
8th Dennis Hunt 3lb 5oz
9th Sean Leatherland 2lb 10oz
10th Chris Howard 2lb 2oz
11th Dudley Frankland 1lb 15oz
12th Richard Gibbs 1lb 14oz
13th Keith Ward 1lb 8oz
14th Ray Burton 1lb 4oz
15th Andy Norgate 1lb 2oz
16th Malcolm Ogden 14oz
17th Les Burton 8oz
Bart Bonito had a disaster of a day and entered DNW!
Many thanks to and to all those who assisted with both the draw, pegging out, and weighing in this week. Without the team effort it would be difficult to run these matches.
Next week, we will fish the River at Eaton Ford, so members only meet in the car park for 8-30 draw fish 10 till 3, £5.00 optional pools, and £1.00 Luton peg fee.
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| The Canal at Cooks Wharf |
IFM Fisheries Management Workshop
Over the weekend, club representatives Brian Turner and Dave Murdoch attended a fisheries management workshop at the EA's national fisheries laboratory at Brampton.
The 2 day course was delivered by the IFM (Institute of Fisheries Management) on behalf of the Environment Agency. We had the opportunity to learn about a whole range of topics around Fisheries Management including fish biology and health, water quality testing, stocking and fish habitats, invasive species, and predation. We found the event extremely interesting and came away with lots of useful knowledge that will help us manage our waters and keep our fish happy and healthy.
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| The National Fisheries Lab at Brampton |
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| Fisheries Management Course at Brampton |
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| Hands on with the Water Quality Testing Kits |
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| Hands on with the Water Quality Testing Kits |
That's all we have for this week,
Tight Lines
Dave M
Luton AC
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