Here is this week’s news, catch reports and information round up from Luton Angling Club for the week ending 1st September 2024.
Beckerings Reservoir
John Knewstubb fished Beckerings on Friday morning and had this Roach which was 2lbs 3oz (a personal best) it was caught on pellet at 30m using feeder tactics.
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| John Knewstubb - 2lb 3oz Roach - Beckerings |
Paul Martin did 24hrs on Beckerings (Saturday night) and landed 5 fish, from 6 takes, The biggest was a mirror at 26lb 12oz. He also had one Bream.
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| Paul Martin - Beckerings |
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| Paul Martin - Beckerings |
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| Paul Martin - Beckerings |
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| Paul Martin - Beckerings |
Work Party - Beckerings
There is a planned work party on Sunday 8th September so the venue will be closed from 7am until 5pm. Anyone fishing Saturday night will need to vacate the venue by 7am on Sunday morning. Please do not ignore the closure or you will be asked to pack up and leave.
Lavendon Mill - River Ouse (Upstream)
Wojciech Weremij fished the River at Lavendon on the upstream section and had a 4lb perch (it was 47cm)
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| 4lb Perch - Wojciech Weremij - Lavendon Mill |
Ian Orbell fished the canal behind Tiddenfoot on Wednesday this week. He caught a fish every chuck on pinkie over groundbait. Then, late on in the session, he had some dumpy roach on casters. He said the canal is definitely fishing well at the moment.
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| Ian Orbell - Grand Union Canal |
Biddenham - River Ouse
Biddenham bailiff Terry had a good days fishing at Biddenham on bread punch he had a good few roach about 6-7lb in total.
Wyboston - River Ouse
Jason Osborn had a fantastic day yesterday on the river at Wyboston, the first time he has fished it in over 10 years, he had a good mixture of chub roach perch and skimmers and a jack pike , as he brought in a small roach, a perch took a liking to it so he got two fish for the cast of one
No photos were taken. However, any catch reports with or without pictures are very much appreciated.
Coaching - Luton AC - School summer holiday coaching activities.
This week saw the cumulation of the 2024 summer holiday ‘Lets Fish’ taster sessions. The #canalandrivertrust ‘Lets Fish’ project is recognised as being the best quality coaching program available and delivers a ‘one on one ‘ taster experience to a prospective angler, with a structured coaching program available for those who wish to learn more and take it further.
Over the course of the holidays, our qualified club coaches have delivered ten events, two events per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and have given nearly 180 people the opportunity to try an angling taster session. This has resulted in numbers of positive enquiries to the club via our QR code requesting more information, and we have had a good few sign up for our follow-on Kingfisher coaching program.
With the continued long-term decline in rod licence sales and the existing angling population getting older, which can be evidenced by the growth in the ‘Concession’ Licence category, currently this is the only growth area in rod licences sales, so introducing young anglers into our fantastic sport must be a priority and be a major survival strategy.
As well as delivering the ‘Lets Fish’ taster sessions we have continued our regular Saturday afternoon Club ‘Kingfisher’ coaching sessions, both on the Canal and at commercial venues, and have supported our young anglers at several CRT regional events.
We are currently preparing to support our 11 young anglers aged from 6 to 15 who have entered the CRT National Celebration to be held on the Shropshire Union and Trent and Mersey Canals in the next few weeks.
We are very confident they will do extremely well, coming home with prizes and hopefully some more trophies.
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| Summer Coaching |
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| Summer Coaching |
Wednesday Match Report 28th August Sams Lake - Twinlakes
This week, 16 of us fished Sam’s Lake on the Twinlakes complex at Biddenham, and it was nice to see some old familiar faces returning to fish with us. It was a much cooler, overcast morning with little or no wind. However, the temperature rose during the day to a very sticky afternoon peak of 27C.
Our winner this week was Dave Ridley with 68lb 1oz. Dave fished two lines, one up against the island and one down the edge. All his fish were caught from hard against the island, using a method feeder with fishery micro-pellets & red maggots. Dave fed red maggots & 6mm fishery pellets constantly throughout the match. When the tight over swim died, Dave tried the edge for 30 minutes in the last hour but had no fish on this line.
Andy Frankum took second place using his pole. He fed the far bank against the Island with groundbait worm and dead red maggot, taking most of his fish with worm and red maggot on the hook, but he switched to sweetcorn a few times during the match, which bagged another fish, finishing with 57lb 3oz.
Third place man was Sean Leatherland who caught most of his fish close on his pole using a top two plus two sections, He was loose feeding fishery pellet and red maggot, and using double red maggot on the hook, Sean took a nice bag of 31lb of silvers and 6 Carp to finish with 56lb 4oz.
The lake did prove to be quite challenging and the weights were lower than perhaps expected from this venue, but we all enjoyed the day out, however many of us couldn’t wait to get back in the car with the aircon running and a quick shower when we got home!
Thanks again to all those who assisted with the admin and weigh in, and distribution and return of fishery nets, it’s very much appreciated by our less mobile members.
Results
1st Dave Ridley 68lb 1oz
2nd Andy Frankum 57lb 3oz
3rd Sean Leatherland 56lb 4oz
4th Simon Foulkes 47lb 2oz
5th Naula Grey 47lb 1oz
6th Andy Norgate 36lb 1oz
7th Richard Gibbs 30lb 4oz
8th Ray Burton 29lb 6oz
9th Richard Darbon 21lb 14oz
10th Colin Holmes 20lb 12oz
11th Adrian Smith 18lb 3oz
12th Dennis Hunt 17lb 1oz
13th Paul Carr 16lb 11oz
14th John Grey 10lb 5oz
15th Les Burton 9lb 4oz
16th Malcolm Ogden 7lb 15oz
Our next Match is on Wednesday 4th September and is on the river at Biddenham.
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 we1st 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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| Sam's Lake at Twinlakes |
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| Sam's Lake at Twinlakes |
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
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