Here is this week's news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club for the week ending 28th July 2024.
Lavendon Mill - Upstream
Colin Crane heard there'd been a lot of Roach caught at Lavendon upstream recently, so decided to give it a go. It took a while to get them feeding, but once they did it was non stop action. He fished a waggler float with pellet as bait. Using a clicker to count his catch as he fished, he almost packed up when he'd caught 70. But he decided to go for 100 and a couple of hours later, hit his target, with an estimated 20 lbs in his net, plus a couple of skimmers that weren't counted. A highly enjoyable session.
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| Colin Crane - Lavendon Mill |
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| Colin Crane - Lavendon Mill |
North House Lake
Phil Down had 7 fish to 22lbs, including one really old mirror, a great 24-hour session.
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| Phil Down - North House Lake |
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| Phil Down - North House Lake |
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| Phil Down - North House Lake |
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| Phil Down - North House Lake |
Franky Western had one of the old and chunky warrior Bream which weighed in at 11lb 3oz. A potential new club record if claimed correctly.
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| Franky Western - North House Bream |
Beckerings Reservoir
Jak Barr had a quick evening session on Friday after work.The first hour nothing showed so he went looking for the fish, the last 2 hours produced these 3 carp on a trimmed down pop up on the surface, the largest being the common just shy of 20lb.
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| Jak Barr - Beckerings |
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| Jak Barr - Beckerings |
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| Jak Barr - Beckerings |
Jason Mash had another beautiful common, It was caught in the pouring rain, luckily the rain stopped just in time for the pictures. He also had another run and knew he was into one of the cats, which he unfortunately lost.
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| Jason Mash - Beckerings |
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| Jason Mash - Beckerings |
Carlo had a great session on Friday night. He caught 7 carp amongst numerous bream. This was the best carp of the bunch.
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| Carlo - Beckerings |
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| Liam Murphy - Beckerings |
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| Liam Murphy - Beckerings |
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| Liam Murphy - Beckerings |
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| Liam Murphy - Beckerings |
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| Liam Murphy - Beckerings |
Its Called Fishing - Not Catching!
Mark North went to the Barnet water share venue - on the River Thames at Sonning after the roach, he got there at 6am fished on hemp and tares but sadly had not had a bite by 10 am, so packed up (that's fishing for you)
He said It's a really lovely venue and well worth a visit with a nice car park not too far of a walk to the swims.
He is not put off and will definitely be back as a local chap said the Roach are definitely there!
We appreciate all catch reports good or bad. Your catch reports help us know which of our venues are being used and greatly assist us with managing venue improvements and stocking.
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| The Thames at Sonning |
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| The Thames at Sonning |
LAC Sunday Series - Match Report
The fourth round of the LAC Sunday Series was held at Braggenham Side on the Grand Union Canal.
16 anglers (including one Junior) turned out for the match, which was pegged from Dolphin Bridge up to Stoke Hammond Lock.
The winner was Tim Watts. Drawing noted peg 1 on the reeds as you approach Stoke Hammond lock, Tim struggled to catch in the first half of the match but that soon improved and he caught 5 bream and a number of decent skimmers for 16lb 3ozs 8drms. All Tim's fish were caught at 13m fishing a mix of maggot, worm & pinkies over groundbait.
In second place was Liam Willis with 7lb 9ozs 12 drms. Drawing peg 3, Liam fish at 14.5m with red maggot over groundbait to catch a couple of small skimmers and 2 bream. A switch to chopped worm on the same line at the halfway stage produced a large perch but then the bites died off. But Liam's weight was enough to take the runners up spot.
Chris Howard on peg 10 before the swing bridge came 3rd. Chris had the fastest bite of the day when he cast out his feeder with worm hookbait and caught a decent bream within 30 seconds of the all in. That was followed by a small skimmer the next cast and soon another large bream hit the net with his third cast.
Unfortunately, the bites soon became hard to come by and a few small fish were the result of the next few hours. But his weight of 6lb 4 ozs was more than enough to finish third.
The next Sunday Series match is Sunday 18th August on the River Ouse at Eaton Ford. Meet at the venue for the draw at 8.30am am. £1.00 peg fee and £5.00 optional pools, fish 10am till 3pm. The pegs are limited so please book early. Also, as the pegs are limited, please only book if you are certain you will attend.
For anyone thinking of joining the Series, there are 8 rounds with the best 5 results counting. So, with 4 rounds to go, it is still all to fish for. The matches are open to club members and if you are joining us for the first time can we ask that you message us so we know you are coming before turning up.
You will be asked to produce your Club book at first appearance, so please have it with you.
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| LAC Sunday series |
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| LAC Sunday series |
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| LAC Sunday series |
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| LAC Sunday series |
We met in the car park at Three Locks on a warm sunny morning, the day starting with a clear sky and sun, then going overcast with a rain shower or two, so all the seasons in one day again.
It was great to see one of our promising Luton Junior anglers joining us on Wednesday for the first time.
Simon Foulkes, who took first place pegged on the boats and fished 2 lines both at 11.5m. One was straight in front, and one was to the left at the base of the far shelf. This straight line was the only line to produce, but after 3 hours with only a pound in the net Simon made a decision to try something different, so he put on another pole section and fished 13m at 12 o'clock feeding 2 balls of groundbait laced with dead pinkies and micros around 18 inches either side, letting the constant flow drift the bait pinkie between the 2 balls of ground bait. This resulted in 2 big skimmers a decent perch and a few smaller perch, enabling Simon to weigh 6lb 12oz
Tim Watts took second, pegged on the straight past the bend initially though knowing he would need between 10-15 lb to win, he changed his mind and tactics when it became apparent the canal wasn’t fishing well, and resorted to old white pinkie and double squatt on hook as bait. The very old pinkie deliberately shrunk to size of big squatt, got him a run of 2-8oz Skimmers. He had the best one and bonus Perch late on for 5lb 14oz.
Barry Roper, who took third, found the first part of the match was a struggle with just a few small fish. In the last 90 minutes, he suddenly started to get skimmers on pinkie at 13metres. Then with an hour to go, he caught a decent bream, putting 4lb 6oz on the scales.
Special mention must be made of our Junior Jack O’Brien, who ended in a very creditable 6th place beating many more experienced anglers with 2lb 6oz on a difficult day. Well done Jack.
Thanks as usual, go to all those who assisted with the draw, pegging and weighing in.
1st Simon Foulkes 6lb 12oz
2nd Tim Watts 5lb 14oz
3rd Barry Roper 4lb 6oz
4th Richard Darbon 3lb 15oz
5th Les Burton 2lb 9oz
6th Jack O’Brien (Junior) 2lb 6oz
7th Sean Leatherland 2lb 2oz
8th Syd Wilson 2lb 1oz
9th Dave Ridley 1lb 12oz
10th Dennis Hunt 1lb 7oz
11th Ray Burton 1lb 2oz
12th Roger Baker 0lb 6oz
Terry Vickers DNW
Our next Match is on Wednesday 31st July and is at Barnwell Plantation on the Nene courtesy of Wellingborough A/C. Draw 8.30 at the venue, £5-00 optional pools £1.00 Wednesday peg fee, fish 10am till 3pm.
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.
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| Wednesday Match |
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| Wednesday Match |
A day on the River with Bob Nudd.
Lavendon Bailiff Roger Bland and his mate Andy Pierson had a fantastic day out with Bob Nudd recently on the River Great Ouse at Denver Sluice near Kings Lynn. Roger said that Bob was such a friendly guy, was very informative and had all the time in the world for them.
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| Roger Bland & Andy Pierson with Bob Nudd |
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| Roger with a Perch |
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 into 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
