New member Steve Robinson fished Beckerings Reservoir and upped his personal best with a 20lb mirror. Mark Ridgeway landed commons of 19lb and 16lb, Mark Sessions a 21lb common plus mirrors of 16lb and 17lb then the following day had a 22lb 9oz mirror. Paul from Stotfold managed a fish of 21lb 12oz and Mick Stringer had one off the top at 16lb. Best fish of the week was a 24lb mirror to an un-named angler.
David Farmer was also at Beckerings catching some nice roach topped by a lovely specimen of 1lb 8oz.
16 year old Jordan Bullus was on the South Lagoon and upped his personal best by 16lb when he landed a 31lb common carp . Successful bait for Jordan was a tuna boilie fished in the margins. On the same venue ‘Old Mick’ caught two tench between 4-5lb while ‘Old Micks Mate’ John landed two 2lb roach a 4lb 8oz tench plus pike of 11lb, 5lb and 5lb. Ian Becton had a 7lb 8oz bream, Andy Wilkinson an 8lb 8oz bream and Robert Langdon a 5lb 2oz tench and seven bream to 3lb 8oz.
Jordan Bullus
On the adjacent North House Lake John Hansell tempted a 21lb 3oz common, Mark Newman a 20lb mirror, Scott Larman a 13lb 4oz common and Kevin Day a 16lb common.
At the Grand Union Canal near the Three Locks Lawrence Watson enjoyed catching lots of roach, skimmers and perch along with a rare canal Crucian Carp of 2lb 8oz making an appearance with all of the fish falling to float fished single red maggot.
Elsewhere, big perch to 3lb+ are being caught on most sections and near to the Bragenham Side bridge anglers have been having 20+ catches of bream in a session. Plenty of carp to upper doubles are being caught along with the odd larger fish.
12 members turned out for Sundays work party at North House Lake, including 7 bailiffs/board members. The “Blue Badge Swim” was completed and this will allow easier access for those less mobile anglers. Unfortunately, it will be closed for the next few weeks to allow the grass to re-grow. As well as volunteering with their time and efforts, the club were also donated a wheelbarrow and some hand tools which are much appreciated. Thank you to everyone who helped.
The next work party will be at Woodland on the 16th April at 0900.
The winner of our April photo competition will receive 10kg of the new 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.
Five Star Baits who are based in South Bucks have two prizes of a 1kg bag of boilies to give away this month. All you have to do is name three baits from their range and email your answer to steve.sharp@lutonac.org The closing date for entries is Sunday 1st May 2011 at midday. The first two correct entries drawn will win 1kg each from the Five Star Baits range. Five Star Baits are also looking for Field Testers in the Luton and Oxford areas so if you think you have something to offer contact them via their web site at www.fivestarbaits.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 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
