Here is the weekly news information and catch report round up from Luton Angling Club.
Friday saw the start of the River fishing season and our members will be glad to get back fishing on the rivers. Our River bailiffs have been hard at work over the past couple of weeks ensuring all our stretches are in tip top condition. Please send in any of your river catch reports from any of our river stretches via facebook, the club website or what's app to 07940 229071. All pictures are entered in to our monthly photo competition and one will be chosen to receive a £25.00 cash prize. May's winner was Gary Waller with his 11lb Bream from Beckerings.
Eaton Ford
Edward Allen and his son Dexter fished the river at Eaton Ford. They arrived at around 15:30 and started with a little bit of jigging for perch. Edward only had one small perch, and Dexter had a couple of hits but no fish.
They then set up the ledgering gear at around 18:00 once most of the boat traffic had dropped off and they fished across with pellet and meat, which produced an early bream for Dexter and an eel each plus several missed bites. Edward also had a warrior bream on the inside feeder line on corn and groundbait. On the right gear he said they fight like hell!
Grand Union Canal
Jak Barr had a good day catching Perch on the Grand Union Canal on Tuesday 6th June, The biggest one was 1lb 8oz, and measured 34cm. It was his first time fishing this specific stretch and he was happy with the result. The fish were caught using a 5cm spiky shad fast jig retrieve.
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| Jak Barr - Grand Union Canal |
Edward Allen popped down the canal last Saturday evening with the perch jigs hoping for a few Perch but only had one bite, and it wasn't a perch! a little jack grabbed his white crayfish pattern on the drop.
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| Edward Allen - Jack Pike - Grand Union Canal |
North House Lake
After a year off the Luton ticket, Jason Wilson had a 28lb 1oz Common on his first session back at the venue.
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| Jason Wilson 28lb 1oz from North House |
Beckerings Reservoir
With the continued warm weather and the need for irrigation the water levels continue to fall with levels now around 800mm down and are approaching what I call the awkward stage. Please take care as the banks to the side of the platforms can be quite slippery until they dry out. A reminder that when water levels fall sufficiently below the platforms members are then permitted to sit/bivvy up directly in front of the platforms.
Nick Lynch had a 20lb 12oz mirror from Beckerings last Friday just after midnight it was his first 20+ fish from a Luton water. He also had a 6-7lb bream but didn't photograph it. Fish were caught on Mamba Baits papi-nut boilies.
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| Nick Lynch 20lb 12oz Beckerings |
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| Nick Lynch 20lb 1oz Beckerings |
A member who had just returned to angling after a few years off had the big catfish on Saturday morning I am not sure on the exact weight but was in the high 60's.
‘Lets Fish’ Alders Farm.
Alders Farm fishery held an open day on Saturday 10th June, attended by many large tackle companies, and Canal and River Trust were invited to participate by organising a ‘Let Fish’ event, along with coaches from Guru.
Luton Angling club’s coaching team were asked by CRT to coach and man the reception desk for the event. Saturday was the hottest day of the year so far, and with the help of Guru’s coaches, we were able to give approximately 60 youngsters an introduction to fishing, with all of them catching a fish.
Luton coach Mark Brooks had one of his pupils catch a carp early on, but the highlight of the day must go to a young lady called Sophia, who at the very end of her session asked if she could catch another fish and hooked a carp.
Sofia was able to play it for 25 minutes on light elastic and a carp of approximately three and a half pounds was successfully landed.
The day was very busy, and some of the participants expressed an interest in joining our club junior section, so we will hopefully see them again.
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| Sophia with her Carp at the Let's Fish Event at Alders Farm |
Wednesday Match Report 14th June Mill Cotton, Ringstead
This week we had arranged to fish Mill Cotton Ringstead, a super well stocked lake, with lots of features and lily pads, which belongs to WNDAC. They very generously allowed us to hold our match here this week.
Andy Frankum was our winner this week with 32lb 15oz. Andy had a great day, he initially fed the middle with caster and hemp, and had few small fish and a carp, and when this dried up he then feed the far bank with micro pellets and caster, fishing worm on the bottom, switching later to fishing shallow with caster about a foot deep to take his bag.
Richard Gibbs took second with 18lb 9oz starting on a pole down the middle and had a pound and a half chub straight away on dead maggot over hemp. He got pestered by small roach, and after catching a small crucian, the swim died. He then switched to fishing a small hybrid feeder filled with micro pellet and a fjuka wafter on the hook, feeding loose tares and pellet over the top and landed several more crucians, two carp and two tench.
John Grey took third with 15Lb 11, catching on pinkie over a bed of hemp at 3 metres.He had one bigger carp which weighed 5lb 7oz and took 40 minutes to land on no. 4 elastic. During the fight his no.7 pole section slipped onto the lake, so he had to go swimming to get it back. Good job it was a hot day!
Paul Carr took fourth framing for the first time with 9lb 8oz. He started on single pinkie close in and had a skimmer first bite followed by a few roach. When that dried up he moved to the middle, where he caught lovely crucians and a couple of tench on double red maggot, with a couple more on pellet and one on worm. The only bigger carp he hooked got away snagging him and breaking the hook length in the process.
A big thank you to Wellingborough for allowing us to use their facility, and to all those who assisted with the draw and weigh in, a very hot, but enjoyable day.
Results
1st Andy Frankum 32lb 17oz
2nd Richard Gibbs 18lb 9oz
3rd John Grey 10lb 15oz
4th Paul Carr 9lb 8oz
5th Richard Darbon 8lb 3oz
6th Dennis Hunt 8lb 2oz
7th Sean Leatherland 7lb 8oz
8th Terry Vickers 7lb 3oz
9th Tony Hickmott 3lb 14oz
10th Malcolm Ogden & Nuala Grey 2lb 3oz
12th Les Burton 0lb 13oz
For anyone thinking of joining us on a Wednesday for the first time can we ask you message us so we know you are coming before turning up, so we can ensure we have room as this will allow us to better manage the pegging. You will be asked to produce your Club book at first appearance, so please have it with you.
This week we will fish the Grand Union Canal at Cooks Wharf meet for 8-30 draw in the Car park £1 Wednesday peg fee, £5-00 optional pools.
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| Mill Cotton - Ringstead WDNAC |
Thats all we have for now...
Tight Lines Until Next Week!
Dave M
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