Nash Bait & Nash Terminal Tackle are providing a £100 prize of bait and terminal tackle this month to the winner of our new photo competition. 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 correspondance 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.
I’ve received a photo of Mark Ridgeways 30lb 2oz Beckerings Reservoir catfish which was reported in last weeks news.
Mark Ridgeway – 30lb 2oz catfish
Marc Hodgson fished a 24 hour session at North House Lake on the Wyboston Complex and was rewarded with commons of 27lb 5oz, 24lb 10oz, 20lb 2oz and 16lb 12oz. At the same venue James Muncaster landed a 28lb 4oz common, Mark Ridgeway a 16lb 8oz mirror plus commons of 14lb 4oz, 25lb 12oz and 23lb 8oz, John Dodds a mirror of 20lb 8oz plus commons of 26lb 8oz, 20lb and 19lb, David Starling an 18lb common and J Weedon a pb common of 28lb 9oz.
On the adjacent South Lagoon Darren Coles banked a 21lb 4oz common while James Muncaster managed a 13lb common along with mirrors of 19lb 4oz (fully scaled) and 15lb, Richard Cinato also tempted a 20lb 14oz common.
Nearby on the river Bruce Smith tempted a specimen zander of 14lb 3oz.
Neville Hunt had a good days fishing at Barretts Mere, I will let Neville tell you about his day ‘ I fished the Mere on Sunday and what a great days fishing. I fished maggots over pellet and caught about 100 rudd and roach approximately 4 to 8 ounces, 30 crucian carp again 4 to 8 ounces a two and a half pound common and a various mix of small skimmers and carp. I was having a fish nearly every cast so decided to try flower petals, I collected a bunch of small yellow and white petals and I still got bites. At midday I had the corners of my sandwhiches left over so I thought I will try some bread wrapped arround the hook and caught fish, then had the same result with a square of crust pushed on a 14 hook, and again caught some more. Then folding small pieces of ham from my leftover lunch and still kept on catching, the fish seemed to be jumping on my hook On leaving Barretts Mere I spoke to some anglers coming for an evening session, who told me that somebody had fished the same swim and also caught lots the previous week. On a slight downside on the 4 occasions that I have fished Woodlands and Barretts Mere twice I have found discarded line, people must have rubbish to take home so put the line in the rubbish and take it with you’.
On the adjacent Woodlands Lake Alec Sharp caught a nice tench of nearly 5lb.
At Beckerings Reservoir Scott Larman had three doubles to 14lb 6oz while Phil Randall managed a 19lb leather and 20lb common. The roach bream and tench fishing is currently excellent at Beckerings with Tony Sessions having 60lb which included quality roach, skimmers to 2lb and eight tench between 1 and 2.5lb. Tonys fishing partner Bill chipped in with a respectable 30lb, top bait on the day was expander pellet.
On the Grand Union Canal Mark Woolley fished a 15mm Starmer Baits coconut boilie over 3kg of feebies to catch 10 carp topped by a stunning 16lb 8oz linear mirror. Mark used Nash 25lb Diffusion Camo Missing Link and size 8 Nash Fang hook.
Match results:
Enfield Highway Working Mens Club fished at the South Lagoon on 8th August 2010:
16 fished weighing in 127lb 9oz
1st R Reeves 35lb 12oz – best fish a 4lb 12oz bream
2nd J Fisher 15lb 12oz
3rd A Flynn 14lb 3oz
Largest fish of the match was a 5lb 5oz bream caught by B Keens on worm and maggot.
Woodlands Lake was closed on Saturday 14th August to remove a dangerous tree which appeared to have been struck by lightening. The tree was cut down by a chain saw operator with the Fisheries Management Team and some volunteers there to do the lifting. Many thanks to all that helped on the day.
A workparty to replace platforms will take place on Saturday 21st August 2010 starting 09.00am at the River Great Ouse Biddenham. If you can help with this workparty please contact the club office or send an email via the web site.
Luton AC are looking for bailiffs for two river sections near Milton Keynes and Bedford plus the Grand Union Canal around the Stoke Hammond/Leighton Buzzard/Pitstone areas. Please send an email to any of the Fisheries Management Team via the club website contacts page if you are interested.
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 Sharp
