Luton Angling Club - Weekly News Reports: Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area

Here is all of the news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club for the week ending 24th September 2023.

North House Lake - Wyboston

Neil Cox had a couple of fish from North House Lake this weekend, one of the 2017 stockies, weighing 19lb 12oz which was a proper scrapper, This fish has been identified as number 3 which was just 6lb 3oz when stocked back in October 2017 its great to see these fish piling on the weight and they are in superb condition. At 1am a common woke him up to a single toner, both fish were taken on madbaits pop ups fished over silt and dead silk weed.

Neil Cox - Stockie 3 from North House 19lb 12oz

Neil Cox - 16lb 14oz Common from North House

Brett Collins had the Mirror carp known as The Wanderer at 27lb and a 21lb common. We haven't seen the Wanderer for some time so nice to see it is still doing well.

Brett Collins with the Wanderer at 27lb

Brett Collins with a 21lb North House Common

Beckerings Reservoir

Darren Savage fished on Monday evening and had a 23lb Mirror and a 24lb Common.

Darren Savage - Beckerings 23lb Mirror Carp
Darren Savage - Beckerings 24lb Common Carp

Daniel Hussey caught his first ever Catfish from Beckerings today it's weight was 59lb.

Daniel Hussey - 59lb Catfish from Beckerings

Daniel Hussey - 59lb Catfish from Beckerings

Jason Mash fished the reservoir on Wednesday and he had 3 takes off the top, with one fish landed, a lovely looking common.

River Ouse Eaton Ford

Nobby Clarke fished a swim he hadn't fished before. The river had good flow and colour and he was pleased to finally bag a few decent Roach, he said it’s been poor so far this season with plenty of small roach but no quality ones. He thinks the rain we're getting at the moment has brought them on. He only fished a few short hours today and thinks he was the only angler on the stretch. It took a while to get them onto his usual hemp and tares.

Nobby Clark - Eaton Ford Roach

Mark North fished the stretch on Tuesday, he arrived at 7am and fished until 2:30pm and fishing the pole at 7m he had a decent mixed bag of fish for a total weight of 11lb 8oz, all were caught on single caster.

Mark North - Eaton Ford

2023 National Celebration of Young People and Fishing

The Luton coaches and young anglers have just returned home from the CRT 2023 National Celebration of Young People and Fishing, the event was held on the Shropshire Union Canal around Newport in Shropshire.

On Saturday, it was the Youth and Cadets category, and on Sunday, Young Juniors and Full Juniors.

It was the biggest fishing event for young anglers CRT has put on so far and the biggest junior angling event in the country this year. It was a remarkable success and gets better every year with more competitors entered. The weather stayed kind for the weekend, with no rain, although on Sunday the wind in some pegs was very awkward.

The fact that most of these young anglers started their journey by attending a ‘Lets Fish’ event not so long ago, and have progressed to this level, some in only a few months is truly astonishing.

We had four Cadets (6-10Yrs) compete on Saturday and Leo, Logan and Uthmaan the Luton Whippersnappers team, and Hugo did fantastically well, all winning their Gudgeon mugs.

The Whippersnappers came a very creditable 18th out of 38 teams entered. Leo aged 7 was our highest placed angler and weighed in 1 Kilo 450 Grams and came 17th out of the 105 Cadets who fished, Well done Leo, and very bad luck on losing the huge Perch that took you under the boat on the far bank.

On Sunday it was the turn of both Junior classes, Young Juniors aged 11-13 and Full Juniors aged 13 -16. Our Young Junior team the Luton Rising Stars consisting of Daniel, Dylan, and Lilly-May came 7th out of the 30 Teams in their age group, both Dylan and Lilly-May weighing 1Kilo 250 grams, coming Joint 23rd out of 82. Dylan and Daniel were both slightly unlucky on Sunday as they both lost a decent bream, which had they been landed would further have boosted the team and individual placing.

Our full Junior teams, the Luton Lock Lads and Luton Allstars consisted of Alfie, Cody, Kayden, Louis, Jack, and Blake who also acquitted themselves very well coming 13th and 27th out of 37 teams. Highest place was the very talented Cody who weighed in 1 Kilo 980grams to take 17th place out of 115, a really great performance.

All our young anglers really enjoyed the Celebration, gained their medals, Gudgeon mugs and goodie bags at the presentations done by Kayliegh Dowd, an English ladies full international angler on both days, and they should be very proud of themselves for representing the club so well. They are a credit to us, and most can’t wait to go again next year.

We should of course record a big thank you to all the parents who take our competitors to these events for your enthusiasm and support, and the coaches who attend to help organise and support our young anglers, without their active participation we wouldn’t be able to do it.

Do you have an aspiring young angler who would like to attend our coaching and winter classroom sessions, and perhaps enter the competition next year? If so, please get in touch with the club.