Here is the weekly news and information round up from Luton Angling Club for the week ending 28/4/2024
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South Lagoon - Wyboston
Wieslaw Lewandowski and his son Simon had a good haul of bream from the South Lagoon at the weekend. South Lagoon Wyboston is available to Luton Angling Club members and also on a Day/Night ticket for non-members.
Grand Union Canal
Dave Nicholson said it was a challenging day on the canal with the cold weather. There were a few missed bites, but he managed to get 3 Bream in the net on the feeder. It's the first time he's fished there and will be back soon for another session.
Fergal O'Kane fished also fished the Grand Union Canal for a short evening session as he wanted to try out a new rod. He would have been happy to catch anything, he was thinking about moving location after not having any luck, but then got a follow on a spinner and clearly saw a big perch, so he persisted, after chucking a crayfish lure out after a boat went through, he felt a thump and the rod started to bend and he had this 43cm Perch, it was his only fish of the evening, but well worth the journey.
Wednesday Match Group - Report 24th April Twinlakes Biddenham.
This week we were fishing Jack’s Lake, the bigger lake of the two at Twinlakes a commercial fishery at Biddenham to add a bit of variety to our program.
he venue always makes us very welcome and 20 of us gathered in the car park for our draw, after which we collected our fishery nets and made our way to the swims for the day.
The overnight weather had been chilly at 4C, and during the day the temperature warmed, dipped and then rose again, although it was fine with no rain, but at times we did get a few threatening clouds.
We all enjoyed the day, and plenty of fish were caught, fish falling to waggler, pole and feeder tactics. The Carp really didn’t show until after lunch when the weather warmed with our biggest fish of the day a 12lb common taken by Andy Norgate. There were also plenty of good fish hooked and lost during a day in which 895 lbs of fish were landed, an average off 44lbs each.
Heaviest bag of the day was 120lb 14oz taken by Steve Lathwell on fishery peg 22. He fished a method feeder to the island to catch the lakes Barbel and the pole to catch the Carp later in the day. Steve was using 6 & 8 mm Pellet as bait.
Bart Bonito ran Steve a close second with his bag of 113lb 12oz. Bart fished a pole for the start of the match and then switched to a feeder using red maggot on the hook while feeding fishery micro’s later.
Third man was Sean Leatherland with 83lb 6oz. Sean fished his pole at top 2 plus 3 sections, using double red maggot and expander pellet on the hook while loose feeding red maggot.
Our fourth place man was Andy Frankum with 73lb 1oz. Andy was fishing three lines, one midway to the island and margin swims left and right of the platform. He fed caster and groundbait and used worm or double caster on the hook to take his fish.
A big thank you this week to Richard Darbon and Ray Burton for assisting at the draw and Adrian and Tracy, who weighed in recorded and the results, no mean task with multiple weighs per angler!
Results
1st Steve Lathwell 120Lb 14oz
2nd Bart Bonito 113Lb 12oz
3rd Sean Leatherland 83lb 6oz
4th Andy Frankum 73lb 1oz
5th Andy Norgate 71lb 8oz
6th Dudley Frankland 66lb 10oz
7th Les Burton 66lb 4oz
8th Dennis Hunt 52lb 9oz
9th Naula Grey 51lb 3oz
10th Adrian Smith 40lb 0oz
11th Richard Gibbs 29lb 3oz
12th Dave Ridley 28lb 4oz
13th Richard Darbon 23lb 11oz
14th Ray Burton 22lb 8oz
15th Roger Baker 18lb 9oz
16th Pete Smith 15lb 2oz
17th Micheal Barnard 9lb 120z
18th Malcolm Ogden 8lb 9oz
DNW Terry Vicker & John Grey
Our next Match is on Wednesday 1st May and is at Three Locks on the GUC.
Draw 8.30 at the venue £5-00 optional pools £1.00 Wednesday peg fee.
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, as we need to 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.
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
Luton AC
