Weekly report for the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & St Neots Cambridgeshire Area sponsored by Starmer Baits & King of the Pond

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.

VISITORS TO THE GRAND UNION CANAL SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE IS A DIRT HALF CHALLENGE RUNNING RACE TAKING PLACE ON SATURDAY 19th NOVEMBER 2011 BETWEEN TOWN SOUTH (TIDDENFOOT) AND THE THREE LOCKS. THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE 500 RUNNERS TAKING PART BETWEEN 9am & 12PM AND ANGLERS ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO AVOID THE AREA ON THAT DAY.

After catching a 21lb 5oz common from the Grand Union Canal Eric Brandham visited the River Great Ouse with his friend Dave Brosnan and was rewarded with a 3lb chub which fell to lobworm while Dave had two small pike on deadbaits.

Damian Edwards did an afternoon session on Beckerings Reservoir where he caught commons of 21lb, 13lb 8oz and 11lb 4oz. Jason Mills caught three 20’s in what he described as ‘one manic hour’ with a mirror of 24lb and commons of 22lb 8oz and 20lb 3oz gracing his net.

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PikeMatt Lloyd and Andrew Tyers started out carping at North House Lake but switched to piking after seeing them in the clear water. In three hours the duo had seven pike to 7-8lb on roach deadbaits from the margins. At the same venue Jem Gribble tempted a 23lb 2oz common, Steven McInnes an 18lb 2oz common and Scott Larman a 16lb 8oz common with a 26lb+ common landed by an un-named angler.  As reported last week Graham Nash had his first carp out of North House Lake in the shape of a 19lb 4oz common and the picture has now been received.

King of the Pond boss Mark Merola has been using his underwater camera at North House Lake and captured a nice image of The Wanderer.

On the adjacent South Lagoon Eric Jones fishing with his own Red Eric Baits banked a 22lb 4oz common and 19lb 12oz mirror while nearby Andy Berridge caught a 24lb 12oz common and Peter Dempsey had a 23lb 3oz common on a Monster Crab snowman rig. The South Lagoon is fishing well for bream, roach and skimmers with only the odd pike and zander making an appearance which is probably due to the relatively mild weather.
 
Charlotte Riddock has sent in some pictures taken along the Grand Union Canal for our monthly photo competition.
 
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 correspondence 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.
 
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 targeting 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

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