Luton Angling Club - Weekly News Reports: November 2024

Here is the round up of Luton Angling Club news, information and catch reports for the week ending Sunday 10th November 2024.

River Ouse at Wyboston

Wojciech fished the river on Monday night and had a Zander of 7lb 8oz.

Wojciech - 8lb 8oz Zander

River Ouse

Jason Mash fished a Luton section section of the River Ouse and had two nice Perch, he also had a small jack.

Jason Mash - River Ouse Perch

River Ouse – Lavendon Upstream

Fergal O’Kane fished the upstream section at Lavendon he had this pike and also lost another fish. He also tried float fishing but could not get a bite and other anglers said it was hard going.

He reports that the car park is fine and has very recently been mowed by Des. The riverbank is also fine, however the field between the car park and riverbank requires wellies as it is still very waterlogged

Fergal O'Kane Pike from Lavendon

South Lagoon at Wyboston

Andrew Elliman and his brother Leslie fished the South Lagoon, and both had an enjoyable day. Andrew caught two pike it could have been more, but he had three dropped baits. Les caught Bream and Roach.

Andrew Elliman - Pike - South Lagoon

Andrew Elliman - Pike - South Lagoon

Les Elliman - Bream - South Lagoon

Les Elliman - Bream - South Lagoon

Day ticket member Gregorz had a great session last weekend catching two pike both well into double figures

Gregorz - Pike - South Lagoon

Beckerings Reservoir

Matthew Stevens visited the reservoir for the very fisrt time and had a nice mirror carp.

Matthew Stevens - Beckerings Mirror Carp

Grand Union Canal

after a quiet couple of weeks on the canal with nothing great to report Lee Waring was pleased to locate some decent Perch, he had three in the last hour of his session and this was the best one and weighed in at just over 3lb,

Lee Waring - GUC - Perch

Juniors and Coaching Update

a couple of weeks ago we held the first of this year's classroom based sessions which help our Juniors learn about different shotting patterns, making pole rigs and other vital angling skills, following this our lads were desperate to get out on the bank again and try out some of the rigs they had made.

As the weather wasn’t too bad, the coaches hastily arranged a session for them via our Junior WhatsApp group and arranged to meet at The Globe for a brief session on Saturday afternoon.

Jack, Louis, Indy, Alec and Daniel all couldn’t wait to try out the rigs and put what they had learnt about shotting to the test. They all practiced fishing bread punch over liquidised bread, and Pinkie fished over groundbait for a few hours.

Everybody caught well with the lads getting bites from the off, all ending with decent bags of fish, with the best fish taken being Louis’s Perch which fell to pinkie and Indy’s bream which was taken on punch.

Indy, who has only been fishing for a few months attended a Lets fish session in August, joined the Club and has made terrific progress, already fished representing us in Shropshire twice. This was Indy’s best bream and his biggest fish to date at around 2 ½ Lbs, so very well done.

Many of our Juniors enjoy the competitions and we will have a full regional series next year culminating in the CRT Celebration next September, and many of our Juniors have pre booked for that weekend event already.

Indy - GUC - Bream

Juniors on the canal

Tight Lines Until Next Week! Dave M Luton AC

Here is the round up of Luton Angling Club news, information and catch reports for the week ending Sunday 3rd November 2024.

Biddenham - River Ouse

John Gentle visited the Biddenham stretch of the ouse this week and found the river in perfect condition, he had a great session catching a lovely net (18lb) of Roach on bolo, red maggots, and corn.

John Gentle - 18lb of Roach from Biddenham

River Ouse

Jason Mash sent us in pictures of some Perch he had at an undisclosed Luton AC River Ouse venue.He had 4 takes, he landed two fish, and lost another perch at the net which was bigger than the one he's holding.He says thanks to Kieran for taking the picture.

Jason Mash - Perch - River Ouse

South Lagoon Wyboston

South Lagoon continues to produce numbers of small carp we believe are escapees from other venues during the recent flooding.

Scott Sharpe a day ticket angler had two nice carp out of South Lagoon early on this week, a common and a mirror and he also had a bream at 3lb. The common was caught on his last cast

Scott Sharpe - Common Carp - South Lagoon

Scott returned again this weekend and had another little common of 6lb from peg 6, it was again caught on his last cast just as he was about to pack up.

Scott Sharpe - 6lb Common Carp - South Lagoon

Those who are Predator fishing are also getting some good results, Andrew Elliman had 5 pike from peg 26 last Sunday he had a fantastic day and loved every minute of it.

Andrew Elliman - Pike - South Lagoon

Andrew Elliman - Pike - South Lagoon

Andrew Elliman - Pike - South Lagoon

In other news, we are pleased that the South Lagoon has been by the chosen by the Environment Agency to take part in a five year survey to monitor the condition of the water.

This will include a seasonal survey of the bank side and aquatic vegetation, a monthly water condition check they will also take a yearly water sample to establish the fish species that are present in the Lagoon via DNA.

These checks will mean the EA will need to launch a small boat for certain checks, the club will not close the water during the EA visits but they may cause some minor disruption to anglers on the day, we will be advertising the affected days in advance.

South Lagoon - Wyboston

Wednesday Match Group Report - How End Yassi's

Wednesday's match saw the match group return to How End Fishery. This weeks match was on Yassi's

With the drop in temperature, the resident carp did not show in numbers leaving those with barbel, small carp and a decent catch of silver fish making up the main places.

This week's winner was Steve Lathwell. Steve drew peg 4 and decided to concentrate his fishing for the lakes Ide. Fishing about half a metre from the far bank island, Steve fished with a caster to catch mainly Ide and a few small carp fishing shallow. He also caught some barbel in the margin for an overall weight of 42lb 8ozs.

Second was Adrian Smith on peg 15. Having had one of his pole sections broken by a large carp early in the match, he focused the rest of his match by switching between 3 points tight to the far bank rushes. He caught a mixed bag of fish on double maggot before a change to sweetcorn on the hook produced a better run of fish to weigh in 34lb 2oz.

Richard Darbon came third on peg 12. Fishing double maggot and using a top 2 plus one pole section, Richard caught some nice carp which backed up with some chub and silvers gave him a total weight of 26lb 2 ozs.

The next Wednesday match is 6th Nov when the match group fish the River Ouse at Eaton Ford. Meet at the venue for the draw at 8.30am. £1.00 peg fee and £5.00 optional pools, fish 10am till 3pm.

For anyone thinking of joining in with the friendly matches, they 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 and you are very welcome.

Yassi's at How End

Match Result from How End

Luton AC Sunday Series Match report from Sunday 27th October

With recent weather conditions and access taken into consideration the Sunday Series monthly match had a venue change to Town South on the Grand Union Canal.

15 Anglers turned out on a mild day with the odd outbreak of sunshine. Whilst weights were not outstanding, with the drop in overnight temperature, everyone caught fish and the match turned into a tight affair.

Winner on the day was Dave Whillock. Drawing peg 6 on the brambles just past White Bridge, Dave caught a decent bream close in on breadpunch early into the match and then backed that up with a few more skimmers and small fish for a winning weight to 5lb 1ozs.

In Second and beaten by one 1/4 oz was Ian Orbell. Ian was putting in his first appearance on this year's Sunday Series and showed his class to weigh 5lb 0oz 12drm. Drawn on peg 2 opposite the flats Ian alternated pole lines but caught the majority of his mixed bag of fish at 8 metres fishing pinkie.

In third place was Pete Smith. Drawn on peg 5 near to white bridge, Pete caught a nice mixed bag small fish to weigh 4lb 1oz.

The next Sunday Series match is Sunday 24th Nov on the GUC at Town South. We may look to change the venue to a river so keep a lookout for updates. Meet at the venue for the draw at 8.30am am. £1.00 peg fee and £5.00 optional pools, fish 10am till 3pm.

For anyone thinking of joining the Series, there are 8 rounds with the best 5 results counting.

So, with 2 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.

Sunday Series League Positions

Sunday Series Match 6 Results

That's all we have for this week.

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

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