Luton AC Winter Memberships are available from 1st November with prices as follows ADULTS – £37.50, OAP/DISABLED/INTERMEDIATE – £25, JUNIOR – £10, JOINT – £50, FAMILY OPTION 1 – £45, FAMILY OPTION 2 – £55. Join online, by post or phone 01582-879382 and pay by card. The winter membership allows you to fish until 31st May 2012 with no extra joining fee or work party levy to pay.
At North House Lake Steve Slight had commons of 26lb & 23lb, David Starling tempted a 20lb 10oz common, John Hansell a 22lb 2oz mirror and Graham Nash caught his first fish from North House in the shape of a 19lb 4oz common.
On the adjacent South Lagoon Paul Williams managed commons of 18lb 4oz and 16lb 3oz plus lots of bream. The Lagoon is fishing well at the moment for bream and skimmers plus lots of jacks to around 8lb with the odd larger specimen making an appearance.
Mark Ridgeway fished Beckerings Reservoir and landed a 20lb 4oz common and 18lb mirror. Lorraine Day fished the same venue catching two personal bests with an 18lb 8oz mirror and a 7lb 4oz tench. Charlie Riddock managed two mid double figure commons.
Lorraine Day – 7lb 4oz tench
Lorraine Day – 18lb 8oz mirror carp
Eric Brandham was back down the Grand Union Canal landing a 21lb 5oz mirror. Also on the canal Roger Reeves found the bream in an obliging mood catching twenty to 3lb 8oz on tip fished worm.
Match Results
The aptly named Fisher family stole the show when Enfield Highway Working Mens Club fished at Grove Church on Sunday 16th October and despite an overnight frost and bright conditions weights were good:
1st Wayne Fisher 21lb 7oz
2nd John Fisher 15lb 1oz
3rd Tony Fisher 10lb 2oz
All the top weights were made up of bream plus three perch over 2lb were caught.
Fishing at the same time as Enfield Highway just a few miles away at the Three Locks Beacon AC had an awful day with fish hard to come by:
1st Jeff Duiguid 1lb 10oz
2nd Brian Cooke 1lb 4oz
3rd Les Smith 1lb 2oz
Monarch AC fished the River Great Ouse at Biddenham on Saturday 15th October and with the water clear and conditions bright weights were low:
1st 4lb 2oz
2nd 2lb 8oz
3rd 1lb 4oz
eight fished
The winner of our October photo competition which closes on 31st October 2011 will receive 10kg of Starmer Baits Coconut Fish boilies. It is open to anyone (members and non members) submitting a digital photo taken on any Luton AC controlled water and it can be of absolutely anything eg a sunset on the canal, a nice fish, wildlife etc. The photos submitted cannot be over a month old, the judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the result. So get snapping and forward your pictures to our usual email address catchreports@lutonac.org or send from your mobile to 07704462635.
We are pleased to announce a new photo competition purely for the predator angler sponsored by King of the Pond www.kingofthepond.com It is open to anyone submitting a digital photo of a pike, zander, chub, perch, eel or catfish caught from a Luton AC controlled water. The photos must have been taken on or after 1st June 2011 and the closing date for entries is 31st March 2012. The judges decision is final and no correspondance will be entered into regarding the result. 
The lucky winner will receive the following fantastic prize from King of the Pond:
x2 25lb pike wire
x2 20lb pike wire
x2 15lb pike wire
x2 Packs Size 8 silver treble hooks
x2 Packs Size 6 silver treble hooks
x2 Packs Size 8 Blood red treble hooks
x2 Packs Size 6 Blood red treble hooks
x2 Packs Wire crimps
x2 Packs predator Rattles
x2 Rubber Perch Lures
x3 Rubber roach Lures
x1 Large tackle box + x3 mini bit boxes.
So get snapping and forward your pictures to our usual email address catchreports@lutonac.org or send from your mobile to 07704462635.
There is a canoe race taking place on the Grand Union Canal on 23rd October 2011 between 10am & 2pm from the canoe launch area on Town South to Cooks Wharf at section 15 and back. Anglers are recommended to avoid that area of the canal as fishing will be severely disrupted due to the number of canoes, marshalls and spectators.
Tons of Tackle has opened next to the snooker club at Admiral Place High Street North Dunstable. They sell fresh bait including maggots and worms and are offering a 10% discount for LAC members on production of your membership book. They are also open late on a Thursday.
Angling’s representative body, the Angling Trust, has launched a web site for anglers to record sightings of cormorants, goosanders and mergansers throughout the UK. The site is easy to use and will gather vital data to help persuade government of the need for action to protect fisheries. Visit www.cormorantwatch.org
Please phone/text your catch reports from Luton AC waters to 07704462635 or email catchreports@lutonac.org and if you have pictures taken on your phone send picture messages to 07704462635. Remember to always use an unhooking mat when targetting specimen fish, keeping the fish as low to the ground as possible when taking photos.
Check out the Luton AC website at www.lutonac.org for all the latest catch reports, news, pictures and membership details.
Steve
