Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week ending 17th December 2023

Here is all of the news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club for the week ending Sunday 17th December 2023. 

It has been another wet week so a similar story to last week and few reports due to miserable weather and river levels very high and fast flowing. The river at Lavendon was over the banks in the week with a foot of water in the fields however the levels are now slowly getting back to normal. Hopefully the weather will dry up as I know a lot of you must be itching to get out on the rivers.

Beckerings Reservoir
Max Beresford had the first carp of his winter campaign it was a Common which weighed 21lb 3oz and it was caught on DNA baits SLK during a 24hr session at the reservoir.
Max Beresford 21lb 3oz Beckerings Reservoir

The bailiffs reported another common of over 20lb being caught by another member doing a 24hr session. A few small Roach, Skimmers and Perch are also being reported.

South Lagoon
The bailiffs informed me a Pike of around 16lb was caught from Peg 25 on Saturday.

Match Report 13th December
The Wednesday match group can always be relied on to send in some information to bulk out the weekly report, This week they fished at Three Locks (Section 4 Upper) and sent in their usual and detailed match report. Next week will be their last match of the year and then the group will take a break until the first match of 2024 which will be on 31st January. Here is this weeks report....
"This week, we left home on a dark, rainy Wednesday morning for our journey to Three Locks, which was made more difficult by the closure of the motorway which put additional traffic onto many local roads. There was no spectacular sunrise this week as twelve of us met for the draw for our penultimate match of the year, just a very damp drizzle!
We did have a further heavy shower just after midday, which meant we all got very wet again before going home.
The morning air temperature was hovering at around 6C, but a stiff breeze and the damp conditions made it feel much colder than last week. The canal was well coloured after the recent rain, and as expected the water chilly, with fish feeling very cold.
We had two boats pass through slowly in alternate directions around midday, which many thought improved the fishing as it picked up again after the boats passed.
The match, especially in the middle orders was a tight affair this week and was dominated by the roach, with the bream and skimmer failing to show in numbers, with 10 oz separating four places.
In form Tim Watts took the honours, Tim didn’t draw a known swim, but attacked the swim from the off hoping for the bream to show. The tactics paid off and he hooked a decent bream early on, but then struggled for the next 3 hour, only taking micro perch. After the boats went through the swim seemed to wake up, especially for the roach as Tim started to take blade roach on pinkie, which gradually increased in size. With the roach now feeding, Tim switched to concentrate on these and had 55 for around 3lb to go with his bream, ending with a creditable 5lb 8oz.
Second place was taken by Andy Frankum who chose to fish two swims, one at 4 and one at 10 metres using pinkies over groundbait to end with 4lb 4oz of roach.
Sean Leatherland bagged third, his catch again dominated by roach to end with 3lb 11oz. Sean found his fish at 13 metres. Sean caught his fish on caster, loose feeding additional caster over the top.
The next few weights were very close, Simon Faulks and Dennis Hunt separated by 8 drms. Dennis had fished punch over toasted crumb to take 66 roach for his catch.
Many thanks to all those who helped yesterday Ray for pegging, Dudley on the Admin and Tracy for doing the weigh in with Ray Burton.
Next week we have our Christmas end of year celebration match at the Globe to look forward to, and we will fish shortened hours from 10 till 2, draw as usual at 8.30 in the car park.
Results
1st Tim Watts 5lb 8oz
2nd Andy Frankum 4lb 4oz
3rd Seam Leatherland 3lb 11oz
4th Simon Faulkes 3lb 10oz
5th Dennis Hunt 3lb 9oz 8drm
6th Dudley Frankland 3lb 1oz
7th Bart Bonito 2lb
8th Steve Lathwell 1lb 7oz
9th Les Burton 4oz
10th Malcolm Ogden 20z
Dave Abbott & Ray Burton DNW.
For anyone thinking of joining us for the first time can we ask you message us so we know you are coming before turning up, so we can ensure we have room as this will allow us to better manage the pegging.
You will be asked to produce your Club book at first appearance, so please have it with you.
 
Wednesday Match at Three Locks 13th December
Wednesday Match at Three Locks 13th December
Wednesday Match at Three Locks 13th December
Wednesday Match at Three Locks 13th December

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 in to 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
www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk
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Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week ending 10th December 2023

Here is all of the news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club for the week ending Sunday 10th December 2023. 

Very few reports again this week. Due to recent and persistent rain, the River sections are all high and pushing through with the bailiffs reporting that the water up over the swims on the South Lagoon by the end of the week. River levels are falling, but with more rain forecast on Tuesday and the ground already very saturated there are EA Flood Alerts in place for the River Great Ouse.

No catch reports sent in by members this week however looking at the bailiff reports, Anglers are catching the Roach at Beckerings some of which were around the 1lb mark.

The five members of the Wednesday match group really struggled with no fish being caught during their match however they still took the time to provide a nice report on the days events as they always do.

Match Report 6th December 2023 South Lagoon
The Wednesday boys don’t seem to be having a lot of luck fishing our river sections this year, having had to use alternative venues on quite a few occasions. This week we were going to fish the River at Wyboston, but due to the recent heavy rain the river wasn’t fishable, so we transferred to our reserve Venue South Lagoon.
Many of us had left home after a severe overnight frost, scraping ice from our cars at -2C. By the time we arrived at South Lagoon the temperature had risen to a heady 0C and we were treated to a spectacular sunrise. The lake was free of ice, ripple free, and there was little wind, a nice clear day that was warm in the sunshine with the temperature continuing to rise until midday peaking at 4C, before falling rapidly again as the sun began to set.
The five fishing were optimistic and tried a multitude of methods, Feeder, Waggler and Pole, using Pinkie, Maggot, Caster, Worm and more besides as bait, but all unfortunately to no avail, no bites being detected by anyone during the match.
Richard Darbon says he saw fish roll in his swim 15 mins after the whistle, but this may of course have been a flight of fancy.
As there were no fish to weigh, this was of the quickest weigh in ever, and we were on our way home again as the temperatures plummeted.
Better luck to everyone next week, we enjoyed the day, and it didn’t rain.
Hopefully we'll do better next time.
Results
Dennis Hunt, Adrian Smith, Richard Darbon, Steve Lathwell, Ray Burton DNW
Our next Match on Wednesday 13 December will be the penultimate of the year on the GUC at Three Locks Draw 8.30 at the venue £5-00 optional pools £1.00 Wednesday peg fee, fish 9-30 till 2-30.
For anyone thinking of joining us for the first time can we ask you message us so we know you are coming before turning up, so we can ensure we have room as this will allow us to better manage the pegging. You will be asked to produce your Club book at first appearance, so please have it with you.

Sunrise at South Lagoon on Wednesday
Sunrise at South Lagoon on Wednesday
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 in to 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 www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk www.facebook.com/LutonAC www.instagram.com/lutonanglingclub

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week ending 3rd December 2023

Here is all of the news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club for the week ending Sunday 3rd December 2023. 

A slow week for reports this week, with very little to report, probably due in part to the sudden cold snap, which came with very sharp overnight frosts.

Beckerings Reservoir
Darren Savage took this great scenic shot of Beckerings earlier in the week, although catching a fish would have been a bonus.
Picture of Beckerings - Darren Savage
The bailiffs report that small Roach and Perch are being caught and a member had a few Bream during a night session.

Match Report Wednesday 29th November 2023 Town North GUC.
Thanks to Terry Vickers for writing this week’s match report as Dennis, Richard and Adrian, who usually write it were not present at the match this week due to other commitments.
This week’s Wednesday match took place on the Town North Stretch of the GUC in Leighton Buzzard. 15 intrepid anglers, turned up, probably more in hope than expectation following the sudden cold snap, which came with a very sharp overnight frost. Three of our affiliated members from Abbey Lads in Southeast London joined us for the day, which shows real dedication. The temperature at the draw was minus 1 degree C rising only to 5 degrees C at the warmest point of the day. The day started misty but turned into a day with clear blue sky later.
The canal was at a good level and carried a good colour, so there were some grounds for optimism. However, the fish thought otherwise, and small fish were generally the order of the day. Only 4 boats passed through during the match, so there were no excuses there.
However, some anglers did find some fish, Colin Macbeth triumphing from Peg 6 with 5lbs 7oz, starting well catching Skimmers and Roach on Bread Punch at 7m. However, most of his fish were caught in the first 90 minutes of the match, after which he struggled. Two pegs away on peg 4, Simon Foulkes had a similar tale, again fishing punch to land 5lbs 3 ½ ounces.
Just to show the vagaries of fishing, Chris Howard a very good punch angler on Peg 5 recorded DNW! Very hard to explain.
In third place was Keith Ward from Abbey Lads on peg 1 weighing in 4lbs 5oz of perch, small roach and skimmers, fishing on pinkies with the fish taken at 14m.
On peg 2 Steve Lathwell managed to finish in 4th place with 4lbs 3&1/2 ounces using similar tactics. Even a liberal feeding of chopped worm didn’t encourage any larger fish into his swim.
Thank big you to Ray & Tracey for conducting the weigh in, Dudley, for organising the draw and thanks to the boys who did the pegging in quite difficult circumstances due to the number of boats present in the section.
Overall, it was quite a hard day and well done to those fishing for sticking it out to the bitter end.
Results
1st Colin Macbeth 5lbs 7 oz
2nd Simon Foulkes 5lbs 3.5oz
3rd Keith Ward 4lbs 5oz
4th Steve Lathwell 4lbs 3.5oz
5th Tim Watts 4lbs
6th Dave Smith 3lbs 14oz (61 fish for 62 ounces!!)
7th Les Burton 3lbs 4 oz
8th Dudley Frankland 2lbs 3oz
9th Dave Whillock 2lbs 2 oz
10th Sean Leatherland 1lb 13oz
11th Ray Burton 1lb 10oz
12th Tony Hicknott 1lb 1oz
Malcolm Ogden, Chris Howard, & Roger Baker DNW
Our next match is Wednesday 6th December 2023 on the River Ouse at Wyboston (the Lagoon being a reserve venue should the weather intervene to affect the river.) Draw at the venue at 8.30 as usual, £5.00 optional pools plus £1.00 pegging fee, Fish 9.30 – 2.30 .
For anyone thinking of joining us for the first time please message us so we know you are coming before turning up. This will help us to manage the pegging of the venue which has a finite number of available pegs.
Please bring your club membership book with you as you will be asked to produce it for your first appearance.
Wednesday Match - Town North
Wednesday Match - Town North

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 in to 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.

November's winner is Graham Bailey with the pictures of the Pike from the South Lagoon. He has kindly donated the £25.00 prize to the work party fund which is used to feed and water our hardworking volunteer work party team - Thanks Graham.

November's winning pictures - Graham Bailey
November's winning pictures - Graham Bailey

That's all we have for this week so, Tight Lines Until Next Week!
Dave M Luton AC www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk www.facebook.com/LutonAC www.instagram.com/lutonanglingclub

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week ending 26th November 2023

Here is all of the news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club for the week ending Sunday 26th November 2023. 

Night Fishing/Fishing after Dark on Beckerings Reservoir and North House Lake.
it has come to our attention that members are fishing into darkness without booking on. If you intend to fish after sunset or arrive before sunrise at Beckerings/North House Lake you must book on using the process detailed in your membership book on the Night Fishing page.

Wyboston River Ouse
Paul Wilkie fished the Wyboston stretch of the River Ouse on Thursday. It was very slow going but the wait was well worth it as he eventually had this cracking 5lb Chub.
Paul Wilkie - 5lb Chub - Wyboston River Ouse
South Lagoon
Ben Waymont caught an 8lb Pike during a short session.
Ben Waymont - 8lb Pike - South Lagoon
Brian Turner had a bit of a cold one on South Lagoon Saturday night fishing for the Predators. He woke up to a very frosty morning with a good layer of frost covering his tackle.
A cold morning at South Lagoon!
We have had a great response to our Charity Predator Match planned for 24th February 2024 and all the spaces are now taken. Thanks to all the anglers that have paid their entry fees. We are really looking forward to this event!

Beckerings Reservoir
Warren Griffiths braved the windy conditions at the reservoir this week and fishing in the margins on a helicopter rig fished with a Baitworks Atlantic Heat wafter fished over a handful of pellet and innovate bait The Fix had this cracking 27lb 7oz common.
Warren Griffiths - Beckerings Common
Match Report 22nd November 2023 Grand Union Canal Town South
This week the Wednesday match was to be held at Eaton Ford, but the recent rain had led to slippery banks and a very swollen river, so this week we fished an alternate venue on the Canal instead.

Wednesday was a cold late autumn morning, and the dawn broke as we met for our draw with a spectacular sunrise, which started with deep red hues and ended up a lovely orange, before fading to give a fine but cooler day. The starting air temperature was around 5C as we made our way to our pegs.
The temperature climbed slowly to a high of around 10C at midday, before starting to fall again as the afternoon drew on.
The Canal had good colour, but was very full, with a midday temperature of 9C, and due to the rain had a slight flow due to the amount of water discharging from the canal via the overflows.
We had a couple of boats during our match, but both passed us with little disturbance.
Today wasn’t easy for anyone, and weights were quite low for this venue, which usually produces bigger bream. Tim Watts our winner, was delighted when he drew what he thought would be a bream peg. He attacked it for them from the off but it never happened, and unbeknown to him, no Bream were to be caught by anyone else during the match. Tim was getting small roach, but as these don’t usually produce winning weights if the bream show, he initially tried bigger baits to avoid them. This turned out to be a tactical error today, so he eventually went for the roach and got run of better fish with 20 mins to go. Tim ended with 90 Roach for 6lb and took his fish using punch and pinkie as hookbait.
Dudley Frankland fished the bottom of the far shelf feeding chop worm and caster. Dudley took a few bigger Perch using worm hook bait to end with 5lb 8oz.
Dennis Hunt started feeding liquidised bread and toasted crumb at the bottom of the inside shelf at 4 metres and fed a far swim at 11 metres with groundbait and pinkie. Starting on the inside he took roach steadily all day, the far swim failing to produce, ending with 86 roach for 4lb 7oz.
Results
1st Tim Watts 6lb
2nd Duley Frankland 5lb 8oz
3rd Dennis Hunt 4lb 7oz
4th Adrian Smith 4lb 4oz
5th Colin McBeth 3lb 4oz
6th Keith Ward 2lb 8oz
7th Sean Leatherland 2lb 5oz
8th Richard Darbon 2Lb 3oz
9th Andy Frankum 1lb 10oz
10th Steve Lathwell 1lb 7oz
11th Tony Hickmott 1lb 6oz
12 Malcolm Ogden 0lb 8oz
Les & Ray Burton DNW
Our next Match on Wednesday 30th November will be on the GUC at Town North Draw 8:15 at the venue £5-00 optional pools £1.00 Wednesday peg fee, fish 9:30 till 2:30.
For anyone thinking of joining us for the first time can we ask you message us so we know you are coming before turning up, so we can ensure we have room as this will allow us to better manage the pegging. You will be asked to produce your Club book at first appearance, so please have it with you.

Wednesday Match
Wednesday Match
Town South - Wednesday Match

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 in to 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 www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk www.facebook.com/LutonAC www.instagram.com/lutonanglingclub

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week ending 19th November 2023

Here is all of the news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club for the week ending Sunday 19th November 2023.

Another slow week for reports this week please send in all your catch reports as we really do need them at this time of year!

Lavendon Mill - River Ouse
Bob Burdiak and Mark Brooks enjoyed a day on the River at Lavendon upstream on Friday. The river had a good flow and good colour.
Bob fished feeder and caster or maggot taking roach from the off. Mark was on the pole but took a while to start catching, but the fish responded eventually. Typically, as Bob walked to Mark's swim to take a photo Mark swung in the smallest roach of the day.
Bob's catch included a Perch of a pound and a half and a Chub of one pound plus.
Mark Brooks at Lavendon Mill - Upstream
Mark Brooks at Lavendon Mill - Upstream
Beckerings Reservoir
Reservoir regular Jason Mash was at Beckerings on Friday and his catch wasn't what he was expecting and certainly wasn't the intended species. He was float fishing with 5lb main line and 2lb bottom to a size 18 hook with two red maggots on and had this nice common, It took some good angling skills (and a good amount of time) to land it on such light tackle.
Jason Mash - Mirror Carp caught on light tackle
A few of the work party team were at Beckerings on Saturday replacing a damaged concrete threshold under one of the otter fence farm access gates, This was essential in order to keep our fish stocks safe from predators. Thanks to Mark Brooks, Dave Murdoch, Neville Hunt and Roger Bland for doing this in some quite wet and muddy conditions.
Damaged Threshold (Before)
The team at work at Beckerings
The team at work at Beckerings
Digging below the gate
Beckerings Otter Fence Gate - After repairs
Beckerings Otter Fence Gate - After repairs
Beckerings Otter Fence Gate - After repairs
Match Report 15th November 2023 Moat Lake, Wold Farm - Report by Dennis Hunt
This week the Wednesday match was to be held on the River Ouse at Lavendon Mill, but the recent heavy rain, rise in river levels and saturated ground made this venue unsuitable so an alternate was sought. We decided to hold our match at Wold farm Podington which is situated on the old World War 2 airfield, a co-incidence in the week following remembrance Sunday, We have altered our fishing times to 9:30 am to 2:30 pm because of the clock changes which make it darker in the evenings.
As we met at the venue the sky was clear, and the air temperature was hovering at 6C, and the water at 7C and was holding good colour. The venue looked lovely with the dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves, giving great autumn colour. A stiff breeze a got up around midday, and then died again in the early afternoon. Those in in the sunny swims were luckier than the ones where the sun didn’t shine as these stayed quite cold through the day. The fishing wasn’t easy, with many experiencing a dead spell in the middle of the day and having bites that didn’t sink the floats merely moving them almost imperceptibly sideways.
Taking the honours again was Sean Leatherland, who bagged 17 Carp and 2 Chub. Sean fished his pole with his float rig baited with corn just off the far bank rushes, feeding very small balls of groundbait laced with 2mm Pellet to weigh in 37lb 9oz.
Second place was taken by Steve Lathwell, who fished just off the island in around 3ft of water using red maggot as bait. Steve was using a 0.2 Gram carbon float with spread shotting to give a slow fall so he could search through the water to bag 25lb 10oz
Third was Andy Frankum who fished down the shelf near the island. Andy fed caster and groundbait using double red maggot on the hook to end with 20lb 11oz.
It was disappointing not to be able to fish our first choice of venue this week, but all who fished Wold Farm, a venue I’m sure we will return to in future and enjoyed the day. For once we didn’t even get rained on! We had some who had intended to join us this week having to cancel because of family bereavement, we send them our sincere condolences, and hope you are able to join us again soon.
Our grateful thanks to all those who assisted in running the match this week, especially Sean’s wife Tracy for help with the weigh in.
Results
1st Sean Leatherland 37lb 9oz
2nd Steve Lathwell 25lb 10oz
3rd Andy Frankum 20lb 11oz
4th Colin MacBeth 20lb
5th Andy Norgate 12lb 4oz
6th Dennis Hunt 7lb 8oz
7th Les Burton 7lb 3oz
8th Richard Gibbs 5lb 7oz
9th Ray Burton 3lb 7oz
10th Tony Hickmott 3lb 4oz
Malcolm Ogden DNW
Our next Match on Wednesday 23rd November was due to be at Eaton Ford, but weather and river conditions necessitate a change from the advertised venue so it will now be held on the canal at Town South, Leighton Buzzard. Draw 8:15 at the venue £5.00 optional pools and the £1.00 Wednesday peg fee, fish 9:30 till 2:30.
For anyone thinking of joining us for the first time can we ask you message us so we know you are coming before turning up, so we can ensure we have room as this will allow us to better manage the pegging. You will be asked to produce your Club book at first appearance, so please have it with you.
This week's Wednesday Match Venue - Wold Farm
This week's Wednesday Match Venue - Wold Farm
World War 2 Memorial at Wold Farm

Thats all for this week's report, 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 in to 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 www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk www.facebook.com/LutonAC www.instagram.com/lutonanglingclub

Luton Angling Club Weekly News Report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area - Week ending 12th November 2023

Here is all of the news, information and catch reports from Luton Angling Club for the week ending Sunday 12th November 2023.

A slow week for reports this week please send in all your catch reports as we really do need them at this time of year!

Beckerings Reservoir
Darren Savage fished Beckerings for the Roach this week and while using only 3lb line and a size 16 hook this 26lb 11oz Common decided to take the bait. Amazingly Darren was able to carefully play and land the fish which must have been a real challenge on such light gear. He also had a Roach and numerous small perch during the session.
Darren Savage 26lb 11oz Common Carp from Beckerings
A few years ago we stocked Ide into Beckerings reservoir all at around 6-8" in size these Ide have grown very well and are now around the 2-3lb mark. To complete the last phase of our 2023 stocking program we added a further 300 6-8" Ide from the same supplier (Epperstone Park Hatcheries) These fish are fast growing and feed well all year round so provide good fun for our members.
Ide for Beckerings
Ide for Beckerings
Ide for Beckerings
South Lagoon
On Sunday, Fergal O'Kane had a 10lb 4oz Pike on Smelt
Fergal O'Kane 10lb 4oz Pike from South Lagoon

North House Work Party
On Saturday the wpork party crew assembled at North House Lake and carried out general venue maintenance. We cleared a number of snags from the water, thinned the reeds on some of the swims, cleared undergrowth around the otter fence and trimmed overhanging branches that encroached swims. A huge thanks to the volunteers who assisted.

I apologise if I miss anyone here... Brian and Kieran Turner, Neville Hunt, Dennis Vivian, Fergal O'Kane, Bob Burdiak, Mark Brooks, David Murdoch, Josh Townsend, Barry Stevenson, Daniel Hussey,David Nicholson, Des Saunders and not forgetting Andy Smith who did a fantastic job feeding and watering the volunteers. Also, I can't forget 5 year old Mason who did a great job on his first Luton AC work party.
North House Lake Work Party
North House Lake Work Party
North House Lake Work Party
North House Lake Work Party
North House Lake Work Party
North House Lake Work Party
North House Lake Work Party
Our next work party is at Beckerings on 18th November where we will be repairing a concrete plinth under one of the otter fence gates and having a bit of general maintenance and a venue tidy up.

Match Report 8th November 2023 Yasis, How End
As we gathered at How End for this week’s match on Wednesday morning, it was dark and wet following a cold night. Fortunately, as we were unloading our cars and doing our draw, the rain eased, and then stopped, and the breeze dropped, although it wasn’t terribly warm.
These conditions persisted until Midday, when the sky became darker, the wind got up and a heavy rain squall appeared. This lasted about 30 minutes, and then abated but the cold wind persisted, dropping away about an hour later.
The lake had good colour, and anglers could see the occasional fish topping as we set up, and all of us were looking forward to a good day.
Jim Tookey had a red-letter day, Jim fished two lines one at 9 Mtrs and another margin line feeding 4mm Pellets with 6mm pellets on the hook to end with a catch of mostly Carp for 104lb 9oz.
Sean Leatherland took second place, fishing single red maggot over small nuggets of groundbait midway across weighing 64lb 10oz.
Third place this week was taken by Myles Tommey. Myles started off fishing maggot over small balls of groundbait, but was only catching Ide, with odd small Barbel, so he switched tactics feeding micro pellet and banded pellet hookbait and started to catch the Carp ending with 59lbs.
All of us enjoyed the day despite the inclement weather, and as usual we record our very many thanks to Phil, Tanya and Pip at How End and to those who helped run the day, especially Tracy and Ray for doing the weigh in for us.
Results
1st Jim Tookey 104lb 9oz
2nd Sean Leatherland 64lb 10oz
3rd Myles Tommey 59lb
4th Dave Britton 49lb 1oz
5th Steve Lathwell 45lb 7oz
6th Colin McBeth 36lb 15oz
7th Andy Frankum 32lb 9oz
8th John Gray 19lb 5oz
9th Nuala Gray 18lb 10oz
10th Dennis Hunt 18lb 2oz
11th Les Burton 13lb 2oz
12th Andy Norgate 10lb 7oz
13th Ray Burton 10lb 6oz.
Our next Match on Wednesday 15th November will be at Wold Farm, a change from the advertised venue due to river conditions. Draw 8.30 at the venue £5-00 optional pools £1.00 Wednesday peg fee, plus fishery peg fee, fish 10 till 3, and this week breakfast can be ordered in advance if required.
For anyone thinking of joining us for the first time can we ask you message us so we know you are coming before turning up, so we can ensure we have room as this will allow us to better manage the pegging. You will be asked to produce your Club book at first appearance, so please have it with you.

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 in to 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 www.lutonanglingclub.co.uk www.facebook.com/LutonAC www.instagram.com/lutonanglingclub