This week’s roundup brings together the latest catch highlights, match results, club news, and important updates. The Bank Holiday weekend along with the fine weather provided a welcome opportunity for members to enjoy extended time on the bank.
River Ouse
Mark North fished one of our water share stretches of the River Ouse at Blunham, He fished using Hemp and Tare at 5m and ended up with 7lb of quality Roach.
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| Mark North - River Ouse |
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| Mark North - River Ouse |
South Lagoon
John Botfield has had a couple of good sessions recently. A lovely 21lb 4oz common along with 85lb of Bream caught from peg 24. He Also fished Peg 2 and had six carp for a total of 69lb 2oz with the biggest being 16lb 2oz along with 15lb 13oz of mixed small fish and 99lb of bream. All Bream and Carp caught using feeder tactics. He used multiple keepnets for the Bream the biggest weigh was 43lb all kept within the 50lb net limit.
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| John Botfield - 21lb 4oz Common |
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| John Botfield - 21lb 4oz Common |
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| John Botfield - Bream - South Lagoon |
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| John Botfield - Bream - South Lagoon |
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| John Botfield - Bream - South Lagoon |
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| John Botfield - Bream - South Lagoon |
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| John Botfield - Bream - South Lagoon |
BLUE GREEN ALGAE - WARNING TO MEMBERS
The Environment agency recently informed us of the presence of Blue Green Algae on the South Lagoon. These blooms typically appear in late summer after warm, settled weather and can pose serious health risks.
Risks to Humans Include: - Eye irritation, skin rashes, joint/muscle pain
- Gastroenteritis, pneumonia, liver damage
- In rare cases, neurological conditions
Anglers – Please Take Precautions: - Never put wet lines or tackle in your mouth
- Wash hands thoroughly before eating and after fishing
- Cover cuts/grazes with waterproof plasters
The algae can also affect the dissolved oxygen levels in the lake, often with low oxygen over night and high oxygen during the day. So please keep an eye out for fish in distress.
More info on Blue Green Algae can be found here
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| Blue Green Algae at South Lagoon |
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| Blue Green Algae at South Lagoon |
North House Lake
We have had a few reports from North House this week. During a 48hr session fishing Wednesday and Thursday night, Kyle Thompson Parkinson had a Common of 22lb.
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| Kyle Thompson Parkinson - NHL Common |
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| Kyle Thompson Parkinson - NHL Common |
Kyle's dad Paul had a Common and also a Bream which was a surprise after the one toner it gave him on his bite alarm.
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| Paul Parkinson - North House Common |
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| Paul Parkinson - North House Bream |
Rod Gladston's session produced two commons one mid afternoon and one early morning. Both weighing around 16lb.
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| Rod Gladston - North House Common |
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| Rod Gladston - North House Common |
Paul Trew had a 22lb Mirror.
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| Paul Trew - 22lb North House Mirror |
Tommy Fisher had one of the 2021 stockies at 14lb, This fish (Stockie 15) was just over 8lb when it was stocked back in October 2021.
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| Tommy Fisher - 14lb Mirror |
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| Stockie 15 in October 2021 at the time of stocking. |
Bailiffs Andy Smith and Barry Emery continue their maintenance work at North House Lake, This week removing snags from peg 8. Some substantial branches were removed from underwater. They would like to thank Club member John Gibson for kindly helping them in getting the branches out of the lake.
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| Work at North House Lake |
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| Work at North House Lake |
Beckerings Reservoir
Richard Boulter had a short but productive session at Beckerings on Thursday evening. He had three Commons in the 20s and another at 18lb.
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| Richard Boulter - Beckerings |
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| Richard Boulter - Beckerings |
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| Richard Boulter - Beckerings |
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| Richard Boulter - Beckerings |
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| Richard Boulter - Beckerings |
MATCH REPORT - Wednesday 20th August – River Ouse, Wyboston
The day started cloudy and overcast, with a trace of dampness in the air, the initial temperature being 13°C. The river had some flow but little colour. We did our pairs draw and draw for swims, then set off to find swims and set up ready for the off.
The winning pair comprised Richard Gibbs and Andy Frankum. Richard said he set up two whips with totally different end rigs—one with a 2grm float set just off bottom at around 7ft, the other a 4 x 14 bleak rig to fish around 18 to 24ins deep. He caught consistently on the heavy rig for the first two hours but had to alternate between swims at 5, 7.5 and 9 metres, constantly feeding hemp, tares and maggot. Surprisingly, he had hardly any bleak. Most of his fish were small dace, roach and rudd up to 4–5oz. When the swims went quiet, he switched to the light rig set at 18 to 24ins and caught mostly rudd. After three hours and to the end of the match, it was a case of continually switching lines, methods, and hookbait to find bites and fish. Richard caught on single and double red or white maggot to a size 20 hook, ending with 6lb 2oz 8drm. Partner Andy, who opted to fish loose-fed hemp and casters between 7 and 9 metres, fished caster or fluoro maggot on the hook to take 3lb 5oz—giving the winning pair (F) a combined weight of 9lb 7oz 8drm.
Second pair was Dennis Hunt and Richard Darbon, with Richard taking his fish on a waggler. He said he was constantly changing baits between corn, caster and maggots, and fishing at different distances from 6 to about 20 metres to keep the bites coming, finishing with 2lb 14oz. Dennis chose to fish a whip at 8 metres, feeding maggot and hemp, with maggot on the hook taking a mixed bag of small rudd, chublets and bleak. Dennis had fish taken by one of the resident pike on three occasions, which put a significant bend in his whip and resulted in a broken hooklength each time! He ended 1oz behind Richard with 2lb 13oz, giving the second pair (D) a total weight of 5lb 11oz.
Third pair (E) was Barry Roper and Graham Stringer. Barry reported problems with unseen weed restricting where he could run his float through the swim, but found a few short runs and fished between them using maggot, catching mainly small roach to bag 2lb 2oz. Graham, framing for the first time, managed 2lb 10oz, giving a total pair weight of 4lb 12oz.
Fourth pair (B) consisted of junior Jack O’Brien and Beckerings Bailiff Mark Sessions. Jack started by balling in groundbait on a line with seven sections of pole, filled with hemp, maggots and chopped corn (later adding chopped worm to the mix), and caught most of his 44 fish on this line throughout the day—mostly bleak and roach. He tried a feeder with groundbait, chopped worm and maggot about three metres from the far bank a few times in the match for a bonus fish, but only caught a few small perch and gudgeon. After a slow spell on both lines, he tried fishing pinkie on the hook on his pole line as a change bait, which helped him catch a few more fish and keep the net ticking over on a hard but enjoyable day. Jack weighed in 2lb 4oz 8drm. Mark had a tough day, contributing a mere 7oz to his partner’s total, promising to do better next time! Pair (B) ended with 2lb 11oz 8drm.
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Results (Pairs) 1st (F) Richard Gibbs & Andy Frankum – 9lb 7oz 8drm
2nd (D) Richard Darbon & Dennis Hunt – 5lb 11oz
3rd (E) Barry Roper & Graham Stringer – 4lb 12oz
4th (B) Jack O’Brien & Mark Sessions – 2lb 11oz 8drm
Individual Results 1st Richard Gibbs – 6lb 2oz 8drm
2nd Andy Frankum – 3lb 5oz
3rd Richard Darbon – 2lb 14oz
4th Dennis Hunt – 2lb 13oz
5th Graham Stringer – 2lb 10oz
6th Jack O’Brien – 2lb 4oz 8drm
7th (Joint) Colin Holmes & Barry Roper – 2lb 2oz
9th Sam Rose – 1lb
10th Tony Hickmott – 15oz
11th Terry Vickers – 10oz
12th Mark Sessions – 7oz
13th Ray Burton – 2oz
DNW: Simon Foulkes
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Unfortunately, we didn’t get many pictures this week as we were too busy working out the pairs results! As usual, thanks to all who helped with the admin and weigh-in.
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Next Match: Wednesday 27th August – Oaks Lake, Wold Farm Poddington 
Draw at the venue: 8.30am Fish: 10.00am – 3.00pm 
£5.00 optional pools + £2.00 Luton pegging fee 
All attending must book day tickets individually for Oaks Lake in advance via the Wold Farm Fishery website.
New to the matches? Please message us before attending so we know you're coming—this helps us manage the pegging. Bring your club membership book with you, as it must be shown on your first appearance.
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| River Ouse at Wyboston |
Let's Fish Events
If you’ve ever wanted to try fishing but didn’t know where to begin, come along to our Let’s Fish! events owhich are being held regularly during the summer holidays.
We are hosting several sessions in various locations and other clubs are running their own events all around the country. Our coaches will show you the ropes and help you catch your very first fish - a perfect day out for all ages! Visit https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/things-to-do/fishing/lets-fish to find and book a place on a planned event in your area
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| Let's Fish Events - Canal and River Trust and Luton AC |
Litter
Once again we find ourselves having to deal with Littering! - Club Bailiffs Andy, Barry and their little super star helper Luke spent over 2 hours on Saturday cleaning other people’s rubbish up on South Lagoon, wet wipes, toilet paper, cans, bottles and so on. This issue appears to be getting worse and is totally unacceptable. We will be taking photos of number plates and keeping a log of who was on what swim, with photos of the swim and anyone leaving litter will be named and shamed along with a life time ban please stop doing this it’s not fair on others or the wildlife - This is definitely more of an issue on our Day Ticket waters, and if it continues this could jeopardise the future of Day ticket angling at these waters - TAKE YOUR RUBBISH HOME.
That's us caught up for this week, as always if you catch anything from any of our waters (big or small) we'd love to hear about it. Send in your catch reports and pictures via our social media pages, the club website or directly from your phone via whats app to 07940 229071.
Tight Lines
Dave M
Luton Angling Club
