Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 25th November 2018

SOUTH LAGOON

Wojciech fishing with Team Ceks had a good weekend at the South Lagoon catching 3 pike to 15lb 5oz and an 11lb zander





BECKERINGS RESERVOIR
Dennis Pratley kept up his run of good catches with a 24lb 7oz mirror.

MATCH RESULT
Enfield Highways visit to the Globe section of the Grand Union Canal was rather patchy
1st W Fisher 12-08 inc a 2-11 perch
2nd B Keens 7-02
3rd J Fisher 3-06
The remainder caught less than 3lb each with 2 blanks

Steve

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 18th November 2018

LUTON ANGLING CLUB - VACANCY

After 10 successful years our current Match Booking Secretary is retiring and we are able to offer the position to a member looking to involve themselves with the running of the club.
The successful applicant will book all matches on LAC waters liaising with the various match groups, club bailiffs, outside groups such as the Canal and River Trust ,the EA and others as required. There are other duties which will be discussed on application.
This is a full Board position and you will be required to attend a monthly Board meeting (4th Thursday evening of each month in Flitwick) with the opportunity to influence the running of the club on all issues.

This is a voluntary position, but certain expenses could be paid with approval from the board.

Please email our Club Secretary 
john.morris@lutonanglingclub.co.uk

BECKERINGS RESERVOIR
Some excellent fish caught from the reservoir this week. Mark Sessions led the way catching the mirror known as the Prehistoric at 29lb 9oz which is thought to be the oldest carp in the venue. 


Dennis Pratley upped his personal best to 29lb when he slipped the net under the strangely named mirror Donkey Head. 

On the predator front Tackle Shed owner Les Reed caught a decent pike.


GRAND UNION CANAL
Callum age 12 used red maggot under a perch bobber made by his Dad to catch perch, skimmers, roach and gudgeon.
Callum lost a really decent perch after a long battle when the size 18 hook came out.








MATCH RESULT
Abbey Lads visited Grove Lock Marina on the GUC where wind and moored boats along the towpath made fishing difficult but weights were still good for November
1st L WILLIS 29-13 BREAM ROACH +1 HYBRID ABOUT 2LB
2nd K WARD 12-4 BREAM +ROACH
3rd P DEPPE 9-13 BREAM ROACH +1HYBRID ABOUT 2LB
4th D SMITH 9-12 BREAM +PERCH
 5th D WHILLOCK 7-1 BREAM+ROACH +PERCH

Hanwell fished the GUC at Pitstone a week back Sunday where the going was patchy at best.
Eight fished with a top weight of 9-3-0 being caught from first pound half way before swing bridge. Second 5-12-0 from opposite tree just before lock. Both weights mainly skimmers. After this weights dipped from 2-14-0 to as little as 0-5-0 from their current club champion fishing just past the swing bridge.

Steve

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 11th November 2018

BECKERINGS RESERVOIR

Mark Sessions has been catching steadily from the reservoir recently with a 24lb 10oz mirror caught this week being the largest.


SOUTH LAGOON
Simon Heath has sent us photos of a couple of zander captures with the best one tipping the scales at 10lb 2oz. 


Also fishing the Wyboston complex was Wojciech fishing with Team Ceks his 4lb pike wasn't the biggest hes had but is his 28th pike from Wyboston this season.


GREAT OUSE BIDDENHAM
John Morris found the pike in an obliging mood on Saturday. Lamprey was the favoured bait but sadly the good day was spoilt when a large specimen pike was lost at the net.



GRAND UNION CANAL EVENTS
To be avoided
Saturday 17th November 2018 Dirt Running 800 (eight hundred!) runners Stoke Hammond - Town South (Tiddenfoot)
Saturday 1st December 2018 - Santa Dash 100 runners Green Bridge to Black Bridge Town South (Tiddenfoot)

Steve

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 4th November 2018

GRAND UNION CANAL

Callum age 12 fished the Grand Union Canal with his dad and caught plenty of perch, roach, hybrids and gudgeon in just a few hours at the Black Bridge. Successful tactics were red maggot on a size 18 hook & small insert waggler float. The fishing was great until sadly dozens of canoes 'ploughed' through the swim and it soon went dead.



BECKERINGS RESERVOIR
Gareth Evans caught a lean 8lb pike.


MATCH RESULTS
Abbey Lads were at Stoke Hammond on the GUC where Dave Whillock cruised it
1st Dave Whillock 18-14-0 bream and perch
2nd Liam Willis. 5-13-0
3rd Dave Smith. 4-15-0

Only 4 turned out for Edmonton & Tottenhams visit to the GUC at Chelmscote. Described as fishing poor 7lb 2oz won with 6lb 8oz second with the mudflats failing to deliver the expected big weights of bream.

VENUE CLOSURE
The river at Wyboston will be closed on Sunday 18th November for our annual predator match. The match was snowed off last December but Dave Brosnan who won in 2016 will be hoping to defend the trophy this year. We have a waiting list for this event so anyone wanting to fish it in 2019 should message us through the usual channels. 

Steve

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 28th October 2018

BECKERINGS RESERVOIR

Junior member Alex Lovell caught a 20lb 5oz pike known as yellow spot from Beckerings Reservoir last Sunday. Alex was fishing dead bait close in the weeds and this is the largest pike caught by a junior this season.




GRAND UNION CANAL
The canal is still fishing well for carp between Grove & Ivinghoe despite the drop in temperature. Now is the perfect time to go after the carp with the boat traffic dropping off. As with a lot of waters keep the bait going in and the carp will feed all winter.

MATCH RESULT
Enfield Highway fished the Grand Union Canal at Bragenham Side (Dolphin Lane) on Sunday 21st October
1st R Reeves 11lb 8oz skimmers & perch
2nd A Brett 5lb 10oz skimmers
3rd B Keens 4lb 12oz skimmers

This week the disciplinary team has given a six month ban to a member for leaving his rods unattended. This member also thought it acceptable to leave a large amount of litter which the bailiff had to clear away. This type of behaviour will not be tolerated and any infraction of the club rules will dealt with accordingly.


Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 21st October 2018

 BECKERINGS RESERVOIR

Jack Rose landed a 22lb 6oz common


GREAT OUSE
Fegal O'Kane fished the Great Ouse and tempted a near 40cm perch which he said regurgitated a crayfish claw.

More work is being planned for our Wyboston Ouse stretch and we are hope to have a further few hundred metres of fishable bank opened up by the Spring

MATCH REPORT - 3lb 7oz PERCH CAUGHT
Hanwell Prince of Wales AS fished the Ouse at Biddenham in torrential rain on Sunday here is their report-
'We had 8 out on a very cold and wet day. Two went home at midday, soaked through and cold. Gary fishing the (shhh swim) had 17lbs of mainly perch on chopped worm with the biggest at 3-7-0. The rest of us mortals had 4lbs down to 1-8-0'

MATCH RESULT
Enfield Highway switched todays GUC Ivinghoe match to the Globe but had to fish through constant heavy rain
1st C Palmer 25lb 5oz 1x carp 8lb 3oz, bream & silvers.
2nd J Fisher 4lb 13oz
3rd B Keens 4lb 8oz

LETS FISH 2018
Three Locks Stoke Hammond weekend before last saw our last scheduled Canal and Rivers Trust ‘Lets Fish’ event of 2018, it was a resounding success with over 40 people of all ages coming to try fishing with us for the first time.
We had super weather, and all who came really enjoyed the experience in the sunshine, finding it very peaceful by the water. Many people had not experienced the Canalside environment before and found the general atmosphere with the boats, birds and trees extremely relaxing Several new Club memberships were sold, and nearly everyone who came caught fish, nice Perch, Bream and Roach showing well. It’s amazing how far people travel to come to our events, the furthest last week coming from Sutton in London, so our reputation is spreading fast!
This year the Club have run six events for CRT using three locations, and over 200 people have tried fishing with us. We also ran a special event for a Cub pack, which all who came enjoyed and the leaders thought went very well. We are always happy to do these special events given enough notice to organise the coaches and venues, so if you have a group that would like to give fishing a go please contact us, and we will see what we can do. Our Coaches also supported CRT events at Middleport, Tring, St Neots and Fobney Island near Reading, adding considerably to the total numbers introduced to fishing.
Next year we hope to be running more local events using additional venues to deliver this, and we have several coaches taking training courses funded by Sport England and the Angling Trust through the winter, so watch for next year’s program announcement. Our aim is also to provide an enhanced offer for our own Kingfisher members with coaching and some competitions.
A big thank you is due to all who have supported us this year, a special mention is due Browns Angling in Leighton Buzzard for their extremely generous bait sponsorship, and Amer Jawad of Rive UK for turning up and helping with coaching and giving us the material needed to elasticate our whips, and everyone else who has donated surplus tackle and accessories
We also of course need to thank all our own Club members, wives and friends who have helped with the booking in and all general administration tasks that need to be done to make the events run smoothly. Without this help we would not have been able to make this year a success. There are too many to individually name, but I’m sure you know who you are. We should also thank the ‘Guest’ coaches from Milton Keynes, Tring and further afield who have assisted us this year, without their generous help and working in partnership with these Clubs and individuals we could not have delivered the results, so a big thank you everyone.
DENNIS HUNT - LUTON AC CHAIRMAN



Steve

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 14th October 2018

The very changeable weather this week has kept many anglers indoors and catch reports have been few and far between


LETS FISH
We've received a couple of great photos from Sunday 7th October Lets Fish event on the Grand Union Canal at the Three Locks which was the last of 2018. Looks like the perch were in an obliging mood despite the overnight frost. Great to see happy smiling faces & we know it makes the many unpaid hours our qualified coaches and other volunteers put in each year so worthwhile.



GREAT OUSE
Myles Tommey fished the Ouse and was rewarded with stunning perch caught while drop shotting.

 
Wojciech Dunaj used a lure to tempt a nice pike.


BECKERINGS RESERVOIR
Gareth Evans fished during the strong winds and was rewarded with an 8lb pike



Steve

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week Ending 7th October 2018

 KEMPSTON LAKE

Paul Tidmarsh & Dave Oxborough fished Kempston Lake with Paul having a 29lb 2oz mirror, 12lb mirror & 14lb common and Dave landing a 21lb mirror






BECKERINGS RESERVOIR
Callum had a 15lb pike on a bunch of maggots whilst reeling in his float at Beckerings Reservoir.
 
John Dennis tempted five carp to 20lb 11oz



NORTH HOUSE LAKE
Joseph Polfrey & Dave Brown enjoyed a nine fish session with five over 20lb to 24lb 11oz.


 
Leon Bagenal tempted a 24lb 6oz common and one of last years stockies at 9lb



GREAT OUSE
Wojciech Dunaj caught a 17lb 10oz pike 


with Team Ceks members Pawel, Wojciech & Zbigniew landing pike & chub. 




Adrian Jaworski caught an 8lb 7oz pike


SOUTH LAGOON
Jim Higginson banked a 16lb 14oz common


MATCH RESULT
Abbey Lads fished on the Ouse at Eaton Ford on Sunday 30th September and despite an overnight frost weights held up well
1st S MARSH 14-4-0 ROACH +CHUB
2nd L WILLIS 13-12-0 ROACH
3rd D SMITH 10-0-0 ROACH +PERCH

MATCH REPORT
Toddington Fishing Club visited the Ouse at Wyboston on Saturday 29th September and here is their report -
'The match was enjoyed by us all and although there was no colour there was some extra flow which helped. We fished the first 10 pegs by the roadway and everyone caught fish but some do struggle with 10 feet of weedy water. There were plenty of small roach feeding but no real size. One or two reasonable net perch and for the first time no-one reported pike activity. There were also a lot of very small dace and chub probably yearlings. Top weight was Phil Gander with 9lbs dead, second Dave Britton with 7lbs 15ozs and third Jon Carberry with 3lbs 15ozs. Will look to book some further Saturday knock ups in 2019'

Steve