Here is a round up of this weeks news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club.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.
Daiwa Global Celebration Event 2025.
Our young Luton Anglers and coaches have just returned from the Daiwa sponsored Global Celebration event, held on Saturday 18th October where again, the young Luton anglers did extremely well. This event, held on the Shropshire Union Canal, and headquartered at Harper Adams University is kindly sponsored by tackle giant Daiwa, who provide the prizes.
The event starts in the morning with a parade of teams carrying their national flags. The event was fished by over 240 young anglers of over 40 different nationalities, divided by age groups and made into teams of three.
The weekend was fine with no rain, but the weather had turned much colder, and there was a cold breeze blowing, making the fishing much more challenging than earlier in the year, but all the 240 odd young anglers fishing managed to catch fish and weigh in.
We went back to the hall at Harper Adams for the presentation and awards ceremonies, and found Luton Anglers had done very well, all adding good points to their respective team scores.
Joris fishing for team Lithuania had both a great team and individual result, the team coming 10th out of 35 teams and Joris getting the trophy for highest weight in the team as well as his Daiwa prize. Joris was very excited and says he cannot wait for next year’s event!
Luton cadet Leo representing France unusually struggled this time, but still really enjoyed the event adding valuable team points to his team score enabling them to secure 25th place.
Alex fished in the Young Juniors and in this category his team came 10th, while in the full Juniors, Jacks team came 15th, and Daniel and Kaden who were in the same team were placed 14th.
Daniel, who was fishing on his birthday got the trophy for the highest weight on the team together with his prize from Daiwa.
One of the highlights of the ceremony was Jack O’Brien getting recognition for being the most improved Junior fishing CRT events for 2025 and gaining his trophy. Well done, Jack, a brilliant achievement in winning what is a national award and richly deserved.
All of us really enjoyed the event, but we were told there was some very questionable singing taking place in some of the cars in the traffic jam on the M6 on the way home. Those involved know who they are.
All the Luton coaching team and Luton Angling Club are very proud of these young anglers who are a delight to help and consistently do extremely well, they out-fished many more experienced anglers from around the country this weekend.
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| Daiwa Global Celebration Event |
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| Daiwa Global Celebration Event |
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| Daiwa Global Celebration Event |
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| Daiwa Global Celebration Event |
South Lagoon at Wyboston
Kletos has made a recent comeback to the sport and he has been fishing at South Lagoon for about 6 weeks now, having some great days with his son.
He managed 3 Pike at 10lb 4oz, 10lb 8oz and 12lb 8oz and ended the day with a Perch bang on 2lb. Shame it wasn't the Predator Match!
He thanks the Bailiff for taking the pics of the two held Pike (10lb 8oz and 12lb 8oz). He did say to the Bailiff that he was considering a change of tactics and that's what brought the Perch later in the day.
A really interesting fact he mentioned is that it was almost 33 years to the day that he caught a former Club Junior Perch Record in 1991 with an almost identical sized Perch on the GUC (2lb 4oz 4dr) during one of the Luton Junior Matches with Pete Goode at Grove Lock.
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| Kletos - Perch, South Lagoon |
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| Record Entry from an old club book showing Kletos' former record Perch |
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| Chris Elliman - Pike, South Lagoon |
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| Andrew Elliman - Carp, South Lagoon |
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| Chris Elliman - Carp, South Lagoon |
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| Andrew Elliman - Carp, South Lagoon |
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| Chris Elliman - Carp, South Lagoon |
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| Bream, South Lagoon |
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| Chris Elliman - Carp, South Lagoon |
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| Andrew Elliman - Bream, South Lagoon |
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| Chris Elliman - Carp, South Lagoon |
River Ouse
Jason Mash was back out on one of or sections of the Ouse and he said it was a tough day, the hard work was worth it as this Perch went 3lb 9oz, an absolute stunner of a fish and great photography. He added that all his predator fishing is done using single hooks and a completely crushed barb. He never uses trebles and says it has no effect on his hook up rates.
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| Jason Mash - River Ouse Perch |
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Grand Union Canal
Lee Waring had a successful session on the canal Thursday evening, in a session lasting just over two hours.. Along with a couple of 'slimers', He also landed around seven decent Perch, from 8oz , a few around the 2lb mark and one a shade under 3lb, all were caught from the same swim on ledgered worms..
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| Lee Waring - Perch, Grand Union Canal |
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| Lee Waring - Perch, Grand Union Canal |
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| Lee Waring - Perch, Grand Union Canal |
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| Lee Waring - Bream, Grand Union Canal |
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Nick Lynch had a good week last week during his 2 night sessions at Beckerings he had great results with numerous catches.
The second night resulted in a 61lb Cat, 3 full linear mirrors at 15lb 23lb 24lb, and a common of 17lb and all were caught on Papi- Nut and Shrimp + Pepper boilies.
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| Nick Lynch - Beckerings Catfish |
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| Nick Lynch - Beckerings Carp |
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| Nick Lynch - Beckerings Carp |
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| Nick Lynch - Beckerings Carp |
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| Nick Lynch - Beckerings Carp |
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| Nick Lynch - Beckerings Carp |
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| Nick Lynch - Beckerings Carp |
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| Nick Lynch - Beckerings Carp |
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| Duncan Pettican - Beckerings Carp |
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| Duncan Pettican - Beckerings Carp |
Wednesday Match Report - Lakeside Farm Cublington, Top Lake – 15th October 2025
This Wednesday dawned damp and overcast with no wind after a chilly night, and autumn was very much in evidence, with trees shedding their leaves in large quantities. The greens, browns and golds of autumn were certainly lying in the gutter dead! The air temperature was struggling to make 10°C and we had very high air pressure to contend with—never great for fishing.
We met at Lakeside, a venue that many of our regulars know well, to find the lake was about 18 inches down due to the recent low rainfall. It still had some colour, though some swims were carpeted in fallen leaves. When the cold, fitful wind did appear later, floating leaves were blown around—sometimes clearing a swim, only to return and cover it again—making presentation extremely difficult for some.
The twelve fishing knew we were in for a challenging day with those conditions, but some did manage to find fish. Regular Simon Foulkes fished two lines: a waggler at four rod lengths out and his pole at 12m. He introduced two large balls of groundbait laced with dead reds and hemp on the pole line from the off, then spent the first hour on the waggler, spraying reds every third cast. This produced small perch and roach and three net roach. Simon then had a look on the pole line, which produced a steady flow of small perch plus a bream around the 2lb mark. All his fish were caught on either single or double red maggot. Simon weighed in 5lb 7oz to take 1st place.
Second was Sean Leatherland, who fished his pole at 11 metres over a bed of groundbait and dead red maggot, using single red maggot on the hook. Sean had one decent bream and a lot of small perch, mainly taken in the first half of the match, finishing with 4lb 11oz for second place.
Dave Ridley took third, fishing a 4m whip with red maggots and pinkies. He caught steadily for the first half of the match, and then, like many, the bites dried up. His catch was mainly perch, but he did have a couple of nice roach in his bag, ending with 3lb 9oz.
Sam Rose started by trying a method feeder with soaked micros and groundbait mixed, and had nothing. She then switched to a maggot feeder—again, nothing. She tried the pole at 12m and had a couple of bites, but they bumped off. She went down to five sections where the shelf drops off, fishing about 3ft deep, and caught another perch and several roach. She tried letting the bait sink slowly to see if any fish were biting higher up in the water column, getting bites off the bottom only when she cupped in a small amount of the method mix and a few maggots. Red maggot was her primary hook bait. Sam weighed 1lb 4oz for 4th.
Thanks to all who muck in and help with the admin and weigh-in—we couldn’t run our Wednesday outings without you.
Results:
1st Simon Foulkes – 5lb 7oz
2nd Sean Leatherland – 4lb 11oz
3rd Dave Ridley – 3lb 9oz
4th Sam Rose – 1lb 4oz
5th Colin Kidd – 1lb 2oz
6th Chris Howard – 1lb 0oz
7th Pete Smith – 0lb 15oz
8th Tim Watts – 0lb 14oz
9th Ray Burton – 0lb 9oz
10th Terry Vickers – 0lb 8oz 8drm
11th Dennis Hunt – 0lb 7oz
12th Richard Darbon – 0lb 6oz
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Next Match:
Wednesday 22nd October 
Venue: GUC at Three Locks 
Draw at the venue: 8.30am 
Fish: 10.00am – 3.00pm 
£5.00 optional pools + £2.00 Luton pegging feeIf you're thinking of joining us for the first time, please message us in advance so we know you're coming—this helps us manage the pegging. Don’t forget to bring your club membership book, as you’ll be asked to produce it on your first appearance.
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| Wednesday Match - Top Lake, Cublington |
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| Wednesday Match - Top Lake, Cublington |
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| Wednesday Match - Top Lake, Cublington |
Luton AC Predator Match - SOUTH LAGOON Sat 25th October - Last call for entries.
This is a final call for entries to book a place on our Predator Challenge Match next Saturday on South Lagoon. We still have some places available and it would be nice to get the numbers up. The match is open to both members and non-members(day ticket required). Visit www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk/predator to find out more and enter.
NOTE THAT THE SOUTH LAGOON IS CLOSED FOR THIS MATCH FROM 8AM TO 4PM
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| Predator Challenge Match - 25/10/25 |
WYBOSTON TRACK - IMPORTANT NOTICE
Members are respectfully reminded to ONLY use the designated track when accessing South Lagoon, The River Ouse and North House Lake. Driving across the grass is strictly prohibited.
While we acknowledge that the track may not be in perfect condition, it is perfectly suitable for use when driven slowly and with care. Continued driving on the grass is causing significant damage to the ground, and there have been instances where vehicles have become stuck.
Please be advised:
Members who disregard this guidance and cause damage may be held liable.
Non-compliance may result in disciplinary action.
CCTV is in use across the complex.
This directive has been issued at the request of the complex owners, and we appreciate your co-operation
Thank you for your understanding and support.
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| KEEP OFF THE GRASS |
That is all we have for this week,
Tight Lines,
Dave
Luton Angling Club
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