September’s photo competition winner will be announced in next week’s report, but you still have a few days to get your entries in. The winner will have the choice of 10kg of the new Starmer Baits Coconut Fish boilies or £50 worth of Nash IC-1 and Nash Terminal Tackle. 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.
Some of you may be aware that a major theft of equipment took place last weekend at Woodlands Lake (see separate statement from Fisheries Manager Dave Murdoch).
Top fish this week is the new club record common (subject to a claim and scales being verified) caught by Charlie Riddock from North House Lake at an impressive 37lb 4oz. The fish known as The Big Common was caught by Charlie during the day on Saturday and despite weeding itself for 10 minutes Charlie skilfully managed to coax it out. Charlie weighed the fish on two sets of scales settling for the lower of the two weights.
At the South Lagoon Richard Cinato landed a mid double common and 20lb 4oz mirror. Ive received a picture of Ryan Jacobs 33lb 8oz mirror that he reported from the Lagoon a few weeks ago. Unfortunately Phil Jacklins trip to the South Lagoon was memorable for all the wrong reasons, I will let Phil recount his trip. “Having only been a member for 24hrs I thought I’d start by doing a two nighter on the South Lagoon. Whilst setting up on peg six in very very windy conditions I thought I’d better get my bivvie set up before the rain set in but unfortunately while doing this the wind picked up so strongly it ripped the bivvie out my hands while I was pegging it down. It went like a balloon launched up about 20 ft and landed in the lake. Oh dear I thought but first I must get a quick photo of this incident not that I really found it funny, after an hour trying to get it out the bailiff came to our rescue and helped us bring it in after many attempts of trying to hook it. The end result was one very poorly looking bivvie with poles snapped etc, so off it went to the tip in the back of the baliffs van, thank you so much. I was left wondering what to do when the bailiff came back and let me borrow a bivvie for two nights, I’d just like to thank the bailiff so much for being so thoughtful. Unfortunately I didnt catch any carp just 5 bream to 7.5lb.”
Match Results:
Warwick AS fished the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Hammond on Sunday 19th September
1st John Wright 9lb 4oz – pole fished maggot
2nd Dennis Meadhurst – 7lb 12.08 – pole fished maggot
3rd Richard Skipper – 6lb 15oz – pole fished worm
All silver fish, skimmers and perch with a few roach, there were no carp caught or lost.
Eastern Enfield Anglers fished at the Globe on Sunday 19th September
1st G Careford – 11lb 5oz
2nd M Barbet – 5lb 7oz
3rd C Dettmer 4lb 8oz
The winner included a perch of 1lb 3oz plus skimmers on chopped worm. During the match 7 large carp were hooked and lost.
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
Ryan Jacob
Richard Cinato – 20lb 4oz mirror
Charlie Riddock – 37lb 4oz common
