North House Lakes larger residents have been making an appearance this week. Chris Cole had a 30lb common and a mirror carp known as The Wanderer has been out twice at 30lb 7oz. Firstly Josh Hammersley from Sandy landed the well known mirror followed by Danny Smith from Henlow. Josh fished a home made pop up during a short session while Danny fished an A2D spicy crab & mussel bait. Danny who was fishing with his brother Michael also added commons of 18lb 14oz, 15lb 12oz and 13lb with Michael having one heavily scaled mirror of 15lb 10oz.
Ian Mortimer fished the Grand Union Canal on St Georges Day and was rewarded for his early start when he caught a 20lb 6oz mirror carp at 7.30am. Ian used a classic MKV split cane rod and a centrepin reel to subdue the specimen fish.
Ian Mortimer – 20lb 6oz mirror
Brett Herdman fished for 3 hours at Slapton using waggler fished corn and had 8.5lb of roach, with 3 of 4 skimmers. In another short session in a different area of the canal Brett only managed a few roach, but also had a mirror carp of 9lb 11oz. A day ticket angler fishing from his boat landed the best fish of the year so far from the canal, with a mirror carp of just over 26lb using hair rigged pizza crust!
Lol Smith fished Grove Church using long pole tactics he had a great day out with a bite every put in using soft pellet. Roach and skimmers made up most of his catch.
Another member fished at Chelmscote on Saturday and caught an impressive haul of fish using pole tactics including a few bream of 3lb+.
The next work party is at Lavendon Mill on the 30th April start at 0930.
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
