Here is all of the news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club for the week ending 10th September 2023.
It has now been confirmed that a local fishery (NOT A LUTON ANGLING CLUB WATER) has had the KHV virus detected and confirmed. It is vitally important that you completely dry your equipment before visiting any of our venues. Drying equipment in sunlight is by far the most effective way of preventing the spread of any waterborne viruses, whereas disinfectant dips do require a minimum contact time to be effective.
To protect our valuable fish stock and our waters please follow strict biosecurity and ensure all equipment is thoroughly dried between fishing trips.
Beckerings Reservoir
Plenty of reports from Beckerings as usual, Paul Woodward had a couple of day sessions on Beckerings last week the first session produced 3 carp with this 23lb mirror being the best! He returned a couple of days later and had one of the cats out at 47lb. It was not the intended species but nice to catch.
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| Paul Woodward - 47lb Catfish - Beckerings |
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| Paul Woodward - 23lb Mirror - Beckerings |
Nicholas Dunnett had his first Mirror from Beckerings this morning weighing 21lb 12oz it was caught from peg one - 6 wraps out with mainline link boilie chopped in half with a sushi pop up
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| Nicholas Dunnett - 21lb 12oz - Beckerings |
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| Liam Swaisland - Beckerings |
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| Liam Swaisland - Beckerings |
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| Liam Swaisland - Beckerings |
Craig Mahoney caught 6 fish from Beckerings last Sunday night, looks like one of these is stockie number 7 weighing 11.4lb he also had one of the other stockies (number 30) at 10.3lb and another mid-double common which he didn’t photograph.
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| Craig Mahoney - Beckerings Common |
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| Craig Mahoney - Beckerings Mirror |
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| Craig Mahoney - Beckerings Mirror |
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| Craig Mahoney - Beckerings Stockie Mirror |
Neil Cox popped up to Beckerings for a few hours Saturday evening and managed one off the surface it was a hard fighting mid double , successful bait was a mad baits trimmed down pop up.
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| Neil Cox - Beckerings Common caught off the top |
Jason Mash was at Beckerings on Saturday he had 5 runs with 4 fish landed, 2 off the bottom and two off the top, this common went 28.7 off the top. He would of had more but couldn’t take the heat any longer!
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| Jason Mash - 28lb 7oz Common |
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| Jason Mash - 28lb 7oz Common |
Nick Lynch had a new PB at Beckerings with this Common at 25lb 4oz, It was caught on a Papi-Nut Boilie.
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| Nick Lynch - 25lb 4oz - A new PB |
Lavendon Mill - River Ouse
The bailiff reported an angler catching a 1lb 10oz roach this week using a method feeder and 8mm Pellet on the hook.
Wednesday Match Report 6th September Grand Union Canal-Town South
We had 10 fish this week, as numbers of regulars are on holiday, some were unwell, and others cried off because of the heatwave. We met by the white bridge, conducted our draw and set off for our swims on a slightly misty morning, with little wind and temperatures up to 30C forecast so we knew umbrellas acing as sunshades and plenty of fluids to keep us hydrated would be required.
First place this week went to Steve Lathwell who started with pinkie over groundbait, at about 10 metres, taking a few skimmers, perch and roach. As the boat traffic built up over this line, he moved out to 11 metres again taking small skimmers over ground bait with small red worms tipped with a pinkie. When this dried up, he went to the 12-12.5 metre line where he had been feeding chopped worm and caster throughout the day. He again took small skimmers on red worm tipped with a caster, until a barge went over this line, taking out part of the reed bed and it killed the swim. Steve ended with 9lb 9oz.
Barry Roper took second, catching 3 decent skimmers in the first hour but then had a pike take a roach. This led to an hour and a half without a bite. For the rest of the match, he caught two more skimmers and a few bits. All fish came to pinkies between half and three quarters of the way across. He finished with 9lb 3oz.
Sean Leatherland took 3rd place, fishing at about 11.5 metres he took 4 Bream on single Caster along with a few bits and pieces to weigh in 8lb 12oz.
Many Thanks to Barry Roper and the Burton Brothers for doing the pegging and to Roger Baker, who hadn’t fished coming over in the afternoon to do the weigh in.
Results
1st Steve Lathwell 9lb 9oz
2nd Barry Roper 9lb 3oz
3rd Sean Leatherland 8lb 12oz
4th Dennis Hunt 6lb 13oz
5th Terry Vickers 4lb 12oz
6th Richard Gibbs 4lb 6oz
7th Les Burton 3lb 8oz
8th Tim Watts 3lb 3oz
9th Ray Burton 1lb 8oz
Chris Howard DNW
Our next Match on Wednesday 13th September will be on South Lagoon, meet at the front of the Lagoon for the draw at 8.30 am £5-00 optional pools £1.00 Wednesday peg fee, fish 10 till 3.
For anyone thinking of joining us 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.
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| Wednesday Match Group |
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| Wednesday Match Group |
Luton AC - Coaching Round Up
The Club coaching teams have been very active over the school summer holidays and have delivered ten high quality ‘Lets Fish’ taster sessions for people wishing to try angling for the first time. These sessions are extremely popular and have taken place around Leighton Buzzard and Berkhamstead and have been a great success.
Thanks to all the volunteers and coaches that have been involved with this program and Lead coach Mark Brooks has asked me to send special thanks to Richard Gibbs and Neil Williams who saved the day recently when a couple of the other volunteers had to drop out at the last minute due to unforeseen circumstances.
There have been some great fish caught during all of these sessions, one young Mum on Thursday caught a 14oz Roach during a session in Berkhamsted which has been entered into the CRT August ‘Catch of the Month’ competition! We have been supported in delivering the events around Leighton Buzzard by the Whitbread fund, a local charitable organisation.
Several families returned to do more sessions with us after enjoying the original session so much, and Luton have signed up several young anglers wishing to learn more as Junior Kingfisher members into the Club coaching program, however its not just Junior members who we coach, we help lots of adults as well.
As well as the ‘Lets Fish’ taster events we have been busy running a successful CRT Regional Celebration heat at Three Locks in July and coaching our own Club juniors on Saturday afternoons. They have also been out practicing on their own, and recording some good catches, and the Club now have some extremely capable young anglers, some of whom have fished in adult Wednesday matches.
All this effort is certainly paying off, as Club junior membership has increased, and we have a Club record entry of 12 Cadet (6-10) and Junior (11-16) anglers into the CRT National Celebration of Young People and Fishing to be held on the Shropshire Union on 16 / 17th September. We have several competitors going for the second time, and we know our young anglers will do well in this event which all those who have attended before have really enjoyed, and we are hoping for some great results from our teams.
We will continue to run some Let's Fish taster sessions in the autumn and in October we start our winter once a month Saturday afternoon teach in sessions held at a Luton community centre.
Do you know an aspiring young angler, or do you know anyone who would like to train as a qualified volunteer coach and help us? If so, let please us know by getting in touch with the Club.
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| Let's Fish Event |
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| Let's Fish Event |
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