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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. Luton AC can now offer a 3rd rod winter ticket priced at just £10, for members only ( Day ticket anglers can buy an extra day ticket to fish with a third rod).This covers all waters except Home Farm/Tingrith and will be trialled until the AGM in March 2012. Please note – if there are any incidents of anglers casting into another persons swim, then their ticket will be cancelled and the trial may be halted. This ticket is only available by phone or by post via the Membership Secretary – 01582 603466 ( Leave a message). A second rod licence is also required to fish with a third rod.
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.
A new rule that members should be aware of when specimen fishing Beckerings Reservoir, South Lagoon and North House Lake is that your unhooking mat must be a minimum size of 36″ x 24″ (915mm x 610mm) and well padded. Anyone found without a mat or using an inadequate unhooking mat will be asked to leave the water concerned immediately.
There is a great underwater film taken at North House Lake by King of the Pond boss Mark Merola. Just click the play symbol:
Mark Ridgeway fished at Beckerings Reservoir landing mirrors of 24lb 8oz and 19lb 4oz plus commons of 15lb and 14lb.
Mark Ridgeway – 24lb 8oz mirror
Connor Wright and Mark Woolley decided on a change of scenery away from their usual Linford Lakes and did a short 6 hour session on the Grand Union Canal fishing a new bait on test from Creative Baits called LF One. Connor was top rod with a 22lb 8oz mirror and a 16lb common with Mark having a mirror of 16lb 6oz.
Connor Wright – 22lb 8oz mirror
Elsewhere on the canal sections 13 and 15 fished well on Saturday with anglers reporting plenty of roach, skimmers and perch. Good perch are being caught regularly on Town South with many over 2lb and a few around the 3lb mark.
Match results
Luton AC fished at Grove Church on Sunday 30th October 2011 where big bream were needed to frame:
1st Bob Irvine 13lb 4oz – 4 bream
2nd Rob Latham 6lb 8oz – 2 bream and bits
3rd Dave Moss 4lb 8oz – 1 bream and some perch
Kings Arms & Cheshunt fished on the Town stretch on Sunday 30th October 2011
1st Brian Harmer 18lb 12oz including a 1lb 6oz roach
2nd Steve Cable 17lb 12oz including perch of 2lb 10oz, 2lb 8oz and 2lb 8oz
3rd Ricky Young 7lb 8oz
Abbey Boys fished sections 2a & 2b on Sunday 6th November 2011 and despite a cold wind making the fishing difficult weights were respectable:
1st L Willis 12lb 3oz – 2x 2lb 8oz bream plus skimmers and small perch on chopped worm at 11m
2nd D Whillock 10lb 2oz – 1x 2lb bream plus skimmers, roach and perch (largest perch 1lb 13oz) on chopped worm at 13m
3rd D Smith 6lb perch, skimmers and roach at 13m
Nine anglers caught a total of 51lb 13oz
Beacon AC fished section 6b on Sunday 6th November 2011 but weights were very low:
1st A Maddock 1lb 14oz
2nd J Duiguid 1lb 8oz 8gr
3rd S Emmerton 1lb
October’s photo competition winner turned out to be the last photo received and was sent in by John Webb. The photo of a misty dawn at the South Lagoon captured the silhouette of his grandson Rylee. John should contact me to arrange collection of his prize.
The winner of our November photo competition which closes on 30th November 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.
***NEW*** Mark Leonard owner of Mad Tackle at Unit 22 Levellers Lane Eynesbury St Neots is offering a 10% discount off all tackle for LAC members on production of your membership book. ***NEW***
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
