Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area. Week Ending 12th July 2020

JUNE PHOTO PRIZE

The winner of the June photo competition was Rod Gladston with a picture of his Grandson Charlie who caught a Small Tench at North House Lake. The photo was chosen by the judges as it is not often we see small Tench but also the beaming smile on Charlie's face goes to show how pleased he was to catch it even though its not the monster carp he is used to catching! Rod says he is putting the £25 prize towards a 3 night fishing session for him and Charlie in Norfolk later this month. All catch photos from Luton AC waters sent in to us are automatically entered and are judged by the committee at the end of each month – As you see from June’s winner it’s not always the biggest fish that wins so send in any of your catch pictures to enter.

NORTH HOUSE LAKE

Bailiff Brian Turner fished on 6th July and had an amazing result catching the Common Carp known as Shadow at 34lb 9oz this is a new PB for Brian and needless to say he was absolutely buzzing as a result. This is the second time we have reported Shadow in as many weeks a very greedy fish at the moment.

Daniel Keefe also fished North House on Monday night and was the only angler booked on. This paid off as he reports catching a nice 26lb Common in the early hours of the morning

Do you remember the first carp you ever caught? Sam Cervano certainly will with a 22lb 6oz Common caught from North House Lake on Thursday morning.

BECKERINGS RESERVOIR

Becoming a familiar face on our weekly reports is young Charlie Albone this week with a stunning looking Mirror from Beckerings a couple of great photos of the fish were captured by Grandad Rod Gladston who also sent in a picture of Beckerings with an accompanying caption of "You don't have to be a fisherman to enjoy this view but it helps"

GRAND UNION CANAL

Tim Grover fished the Grand Union on Monday and had a 16lb 5oz Common Carp.

Wyboston River Ouse

Mariusz had a good sessipn on the River Ouse at Wyboston catching some nice Roach and 2 Zander.

Biddenham River Ouse

Peter Donnison enjoyed an entertaining afternoon session on the river at Biddenham with Rain, Rain and more Rain however it was worth braving the wet weather as a nice variety of fish were caught including Small chub, Roach, some nice Perch and a Small Pike.

Wednesday Knock Up Match Report.

No Formal match report this week as only two fished on the feeder at Eaton Ford on Wednesday, Roach and Chub were caught but the disappointingly the Bream, the intended target failed to show.

Next Wednesday 15^th July we will fish the river at Wyboston. Meet behind North House lake for 9am Draw, fish 10 till 3. There is a £5.00 optional pools for those who wish to enter.

Potential Inter Club Match.

Luton Angling Club have been challenged by St Neots Angling and Fish Preservation Society to a one off  Inter-club match with two legs, one home and one away. If successful this could  become an annual event against our neighbour club.

 

Before accepting the invitation, we would like to know if we have enough members interested representing the Club. A Team would consist of between 6 and 10 anglers. The dates will be confirmed once we know we can muster a team but the matches would be at the weekend. Entry would be free but there would of course be optional pools.

We have already had a few angler’s express interest but would like to know if anyone else would like to join in.

Could anybody interested please contact us via facebook via or via the contact form on our website www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk.  Don't be afraid if you aren’t the most experienced Match angler, register your interest come along, join in and have some fun. 

Send in your catch reports, pictures, stories via facebook, email or Whats app to 07940 229071. We welcome content from our members whether it be videos, a story of your days fishing  or pictures of the venues or wildlife you have seen or pictures and reports of the fish you have caught.

That's it for this week - Until next week Tight Lines!

Dave

Luton Angling Club

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area. Week Ending 5th July 2020

Here is this weeks round up of club news and catch reports received from Luton AC waters. We really appreciate any information, reports and stories from any of our waters and you don't have to catch a monster sized fish to feature in our weekly reports. We would really like to see some more reports,videos stories and pictures from our River venues so please send them in if you get out fishing.

North House Lake

At North House Lake this week Charlie Albone was catching small perch and also managed to catch this small tench, as you'll see from the picture it doesn't have to be a monster to bring a smile to Charlie's face. We have seen some great catch photos from Charlie and he's becoming a very good young angler.

Charlie also fished North House again on Saturday and had a long common weighing in at 18lb.

Matthew Scott returned  to North House Lake after 4 years and had one of the lakes largest residents, a common carp that is known as Shadow weighing 34lb. He last caught Shadow in 2015 at a similar weight.

Beckerings

On Monday evening we received reports from the bailiff of a large tree that had fallen across the track by Peg 12 during the strong winds so early Tuesday morning one of Luton AC’s trained chainsaw operators Mark Brooks assisted by David Murdoch and bailiff Mark Sessions cut up and moved a very large Poplar tree that had cracked at the base causing it to fall.

 

After moving the tree they stayed on and did a bit of fishing with Mark Brooks catching several of the Ide that were stocked by the club over the last few years. We are pleased to report they are growing on well. Dave hooked a carp while fishing for the roach on light tackle but unfortunately the light tackle was no match for the carp and it was lost after a short battle.

Tyler Dungey fished the reservoir on Wednesday and started off with 3 huge Bream, He then went on to capture his first Beckerings Carp which was caught in the margins on a pink pop up. He then finished off the session with another Common of 18lb 5oz.

Alfie Miller had a fantastic 24 hour session catching 7 carp including a double take resulting in a brace of commons

George Griffiths also had a good result on Beckerings and landed a nice 26lb Mirror carp which I am led to believe is a new personal best for him.

Wyboston River Ouse

Howard Hornby caught a nice Rudd estimated at around 2lb it's a fish we don't see too many of these days so great to see. It was caught float fishing the margins with sweetcorn. Andy Ayres also caught a Rudd of a similar size. We don't often get reports of Rudd from the river so 2 of a good size in one week is a good sign that they are making a return let us know if you've caught one.

Kempston Lake

Jordan Phillip reported a lovely dark coloured Common at 24lb caught from Kempston lake last Thursday.

Eaton Ford

The river at Eaton Ford continues to produce decent sized Bream and this is a venue to watch as it is really starting to produce some nice fish. The venue was not very popular for a number of years and it became very overgrown and unmanageable. Thanks to a grant from the Angling Trust and hard work of the work party team along with further and continuing development and maintenance work by member Glen Daniels and the bailiff Stuart over the last couple of years it is really looking great and starting to fish well so we recommend giving it a try.

Biddenham

Wednesday Knock up Match Report 1st July 2020 - report by Dennis Hunt 

On Wednesday four anglers fished on the Ouse at Biddenham and it was heartening to see another new face join us for the first time. I am annoyed to report that on arrival we found general litter hidden in the bushes by peg 6, which we cleared before leaving. It should be clearly understood by members that anyone identified as leaving litter will be BANNED for life.

All who came had a good time in challenging conditions with little flow on the river in the deeps.

Various tactics and baits were used during the match, stick float, feeder, Long Whips and Pole.

Dean was smashed mid river by a good fish on a single grain of corn, and Dennis had a roach taken by a huge perch, which was clearly seen in the water and also lost two other large fish (unseen) in the lilies by the edge.

Darren worked hard catching numbers of Bleak and small fish for his winning weight, well done Darren, we hope to see you again.

Results

1st Darren Savage
4lb 12oz
Bleak/Small Fish

2nd Dennis Hunt
3lb 4oz
Roach and Dace

3rd Dean Beach
2lb 14oz
Small Fish

4th Barry Roper
Perch and Small Fish.
2lb 10oz

Next week the group will fish the river at Eaton Ford again, meet in the car park for 9 am draw £5.00 optional pools. If you fancy coming along to our Wednesday Knock ups any club member is very welcome, the idea is to have some fun with a bit of competition thrown in.

Why don’t you come and give it a go? If you need any more information then send us a message and we will put you in touch with Dennis the organiser.

Please submit any catch reports or pictures if you go fishing you can message us via our facebook page or upload pictures and reports via our website or whats app from your phone to 07940 229071.

Regards,

David Murdoch 

Luton Angling Club 

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area. Week Ending 28th June 2020

WEDNESDAY KNOCK UP MATCH

The Wednesday Knock Up match this week was at The River Ouse at Wyboston here is Dennis Hunt's report from the day...

"We had a cracking day out today with everyone enjoying themselves. Five fished including Dean Beach a St Neots angler who purchased a day ticket to fish with us.  We had arrived at Wyboston to find the river looking in perfect shape with good colour and nice flow, so expectations were high on what was obviously going to be a hot, bright day.  I personally had a slow start spending a biteless first hour on a feeder before switching to a 6 No5 stick float down the edge fishing hemp which proved to be a successful tactic.  Others either stuck to the feeder or switched between feeder and float throughout the day Dean had a nice chunky Bream, Naula Grey suffered with pike and Barry Roper hooked a huge fish that bent his rod double before eventually breaking him"

Results

1st Dennis Hunt

7lbs 6oz All Roach

2nd Dean Beach 

7lbs 2oz Bream and other small fish

3rd Nuala Grey 

4lbs 4oz

Barry Roper 

3Lbs 11oz

Next week we will be at Biddenham, no day tickets this time as its members only but any member interested in joining us will be very welcome, meet in the car park for a 9am draw, fish 10 till 3 with £5.00 optional pools

CATCH REPORTS

GRAND UNION CANAL

A new canal PB Common was caught by Tim Grover. 

BECKERINGS

Steve Lindop caught one of the Beckerings cats at 50lb 12oz.

Andy Onacko caught a 20lb 8oz from Beckerings Reservoir

NORTH HOUSE

Barry Emery on his first session at North House caught his first proper carp at 21lb 3oz.

Dean Brittain managed to get 'Pecs' out and caught off the surface at a nice weight of 28lb 6oz.

THE GREAT OUSE

Wojciech Weremij with a chunky river bream at 10lb 2oz from the Wyboston stretch.

Trevor Bunnage fished the Eaton Ford stretch of the River Ouse describing it as an unbelievable venue. He had 19 Bream in all with the smallest at 3lb and the largest around 7lb.

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area. Week Ending 14th June 2020

CLUB NEWS
Hardworking Lavendon Bailiffs Bob and Roger were out strimming and preparing the swims on the upstream section of Lavendon Mill ready for the 16th June.

NORTH HOUSE LAKE

Following a visit and tests from Kye the EA Officer this morning and the confirmed case of Blue Green Algae, we are acting on his best advice and will be closing North House for a week to allow things to recover. Not ideal at this busy time but a lake with no fish will be useless.  We have been told that fish are likely to be very stressed and anglers are unlikely to catch, and if they do, fish that are stressed are open to infection if damaged. They have suggested we close the lake for a week and assess on a weekly basis from then on. This will reduce nutrient input from anglers, (bait), and reduce the chances of further stressing fish if captured.  We will be monitoring the oxygen levels on a daily basis as advised by the EA and have plans in place should an oxygen crash occur and fish become distressed.  

The club has also replaced its aging DO meter with a brand new OxyGuard Handy Polaris which isn't cheap but an essential piece of kit for any fishery and will allow us to carefully monitor the dissolved oxygen levels during hot weather to ensure the wellbeing of our fish

EATON FORD

The Eaton Ford Team Glen Daniels and Stewart Thornton and also new member David Freeman, have been hard at work preparing the river and backwater ready for June 16th. They have cleared the swims on the main river and the backwater. 

CATCH REPORTS

SLIPE LANE

Charlie Albone had a Common from Boot Pit at Slipe Lane.  Although not a monster, but it's his first carp from the new pits.  Nice to see some catch reports from the new waters.

Charlie Hornby had a 21lb Common from Railway Pit at Slipe Lane.

BECKERINGS

Scott Shuckford fished a short 5-hour session and had one of the larger cats out at 62lb 3oz.

Dariusz Blahuta caught 'Yellow Spot' from Beckerings last Tuesday. Although it wasn't weighed this time, it was last out at just over 21lb 10oz.

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area Week Ending 7th June 2020

Membership has now completely sold out for the 2020/21 season.

MONTHLY PHOTO COMPETITION WINNER - MAY 2020

Mason Lougher won the May Monthly Photo Competition with a 32lb stunner from Kempston Lake. £25 goes to Mason for the photo. 

CATCH REPORTS

BECKERINGS

Paul Donald caught 'Donkey Head' at 34lb 8oz.

Neil Cox caught four carp at 21lb 6oz, 15lb, 16lb & 20lb 3oz.

George Dowley only had his rods in the water for 5 mins before catching a stunning 18lb common.

GRAND UNION CANAL

Amer Jawad was out on the Grand Union Canal for a Match Fishing magazine feature last week on the not so aptly named ‘cyanide straight’ at Three Locks. He said, 'Willow fluff galore made life very difficult at times but what a stretch of canal that Luton Angling club have. 35lb of mainly skimmers, one large hybrid that thought it was a carp and two big bream over 3lb made today’s feature quite a memorable day in the heat!'  The feature is out in the July issue of Match Fishing magazine.  

Roy Wright caught a nice Mirror from the GUC. 

KEMPSTON 

Chris Gregory caught a super PB Tench in the early hours of the morning at 10lb 1oz.  He said it was a beautiful fish and certainly the biggest Tench he has ever caught!

4th June 2020 - Membership is Full

 MEMBERSHIP FOR THE 2020/21 SEASON IS NOW FULL & WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERS OR RENEWALS