John Frost used maggot with a maggot feeder to catch a nice pb 5lb 2oz tench from North House Lake on the Wyboston Complex. Terry Willison caught another club record breaking bream of 11lb 8oz whilst carp fishing without taking a photo. Also on North House Chris Bavistock had a 12lb 10z common, Chris Chapman a 17lb 12oz common and Micky Bond a 23lb mirror, commons of 20lb 8oz, 20lb+,20lb+,18lb+,18lb and 17lb plus a 7lb tench.
Across on the adjacent South Lagoon plenty of roach, bream and tench are being caught during the day to feeder tactics.
An angler who did not want to be named also used the maggot feeder approach on the Ouse at Eaton Ford at the far end of the fishery to catch 6 chub to just under 4lb.Lots of reports from Beckerings this week, Dave Harwood landed a 21lb 12oz mirror using Innovate S2t hairaisers with a stick of crushed and whole S2t and bloodworm pellets. Mark Ridgeway had Little Gertie at 26lb 4oz plus a mid double common. Mick Stringer managed a couple of doubles as did Peter Strudwick. Alan Tillotson tempted a mirror of 16lb 3oz and a common of 17lb 15oz.
Dave Murdoch and Charlie Riddock were at Beckerings with Dave having commons of 14lb 14oz and 16lb 6oz and mirrors of 14lb and 23lb. Charlie caught two mirrors both exactly the same weight at 15lb 15oz.
Dave Farmer float fished for the Beckerings roach catching 26 between half a pound to almost a pound using home made scopex squid paste. There have been plenty of nice roach and tench catches from Beckerings in the past fortnight with sweetcorn being the top bait.
Kevin Hunt had an unusual catch from the Grand Union Canal at Chelmscote in the shape of a Crucian carp of around a pound and elsewhere lots of bream and skimmers are being caught on all sections.
The club website if after more pictures from Woodlands and Barretts Mere for the gallery so if you can help please email them to us.
Luton AC invested over £20,000 in stocking and fisheries improvement work during 2009. This investment is ongoing and is reflected by the number of work parties that took place throughout March, April & May. Membership prices will remain unchanged for the coming season with all waters except the river sections remaining open for the full 12 months.
Members can now use the fantastic new secure off road car park area created in May this year at the Great Ouse Lavendon. Access to the car park is via a locked gate using the club key with a further gate allowing access down to the river.
An error in the newsletter has been highlighted by G J W Titmuss Ltd of Wheathampstead who will give members a discount of 5% (not 10% as stated in the newsletter) on angling specific items on production of your membership book.
Fishing Wizard who are based near Broxbourne in Herts are receiving rave reviews from members and are offering Luton AC members a 5% discount on purchases in store. Luton AC have a good many members based in that area and Gary Hodges the owner will give the discount on production of your membership book. Fishing Wizard can be found at 5 Meridian Building, Nazeing Glass Ind Est, Nazeing New Road, Herts EN10 6SX 01992-460969 www.fishingwizard.co.uk
The Soap Shop who are based at The Olde Watermill Shopping Village Faldo Rd Barton-le-clay MK454RF are offering Luton AC members and their partners 10% off in store with their books or online using code TSS10LSD. Even better Luton AC online shoppers will get free home delivery when spending £10 or more.
The Soap Shop sell hand made soap, bath and shower products and skincare such as moisturisers, washes, face masks and body butter.
No animal ingredients and the products are not tested on animals.
Smells and looks delicious, ideal for presents and for everyday use.
Visit The Soap Shop web site at www.thesoapshop.net
If any other tackle shop or even non angling related companies would like to offer discounts to Luton AC members please contact the Luton AC Press Officer Steve Sharp on 07704462635.
Out of the area CC Moore who sponsored the Beckerings Carp Match are holding an open day at The Carp Society Horseshoe Lake Lechlade Glos on Saturday 3rd July between 10am and 4pm. It should be a great event with lots of things going on, competitions, technical demonstrations, special offer prices, practical displays by CC Moore consultants (who will actually be fishing) and lots more.
Anglers like Alan Welch, Ben Hamilton, Kevin Wilson, Gaz Fareham, Phil Buckley, Mike Brown, Jake and Dan Wildbore, Myles Gibson, Adam Randall, Adam Smith and more will all be on hand to offer advice and techincal consultations on a number of angling methods whilst being able to demonstrate them as they fish. This will be a great opportunity for anglers of all ages and abilities to meet and interact with some of the most successful anglers in the industry in a way which is very rarely staged. Handouts will be given to visitors to enable them to get the most information possible out of the anglers they have in front of them. It should be a great learning experience for those who attend and represents a great opportunity to increase their knowledge of the latest methods and tips that have helped these anglers bank some of the most sought-after fish in the country.
Ian Moore of CC Moore will also be there, willing to answer any bait-related questions that relate to their range or other products they have experience of using in baits.
For more details visit www.lutonac.org/CCMooreOpenDay.html
Finally here is an interesting site for you to browse which shows pictures of named fish around the country www.ukcarpdirectory.com
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 07578 312031 . 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
Dave Harwood – 21lb 12oz mirror carp
