Septembers photo competition winner is Richard Cinato with his South Lagoon mirror carp, CONGRATULATIONS. Richard should contact me within 14 days to claim his prize which is a choice of 10kg of the new Starmer Baits Coconut Fish boilies or almost £100 worth of Nash IC-1 and Nash Terminal Tackle. The monthly competition 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.
Following on from the theft from the Woodlands container Luton AC are asking that anyone with any spare tools eg spades, shovels, hammers etc that they would like to donate to the club should contact me Steve Sharp on 07704462635 and I will pass your details on to the Fisheries Management Team to arrange collection. Anything would be gratefully received as most of the clubs vital equipment has been lost.
At North House Lake John Dodds had a successful trip and has sent me some nice pictures, unfortunately I’ve so far been unable to find out the weights of the fish though. At the same venue Mick Stringer had commons of 24lb and 15lb, James Muncaster mirrors of 30lb 8oz, 25lb 8oz plus a common of 17lb, Mark Ridgeway tempted the Lobe Tailed Common at 30lb 2oz along with two other commons of 19lb 8oz and 12lb plus a 19lb mirror, Brett Herdman a 19lb common, Ashley Cowing commons of 27lb 12oz and 17lb 12oz and Kevin Day landed the friendly Lobe Tailed Common again at 30lb 2oz.
On the adjacent South Lagoon sport has been excellent with Stuart Briggs fishing peg 3 netting Zander of 15lb, 9lb 4oz, 8lb 2oz and 8lb on roach and bleak deadbaits, Robert Harding managed lots of bream to 7lb during his trip on feeder fished sweetcorn and red maggot but was shocked when an 18lb pike took a liking to his bait. Plenty of carp are being caught from the South Lagoon, Eric Jones used his own Red Eric Baits on peg 1 to tempt commons of 24lb 8oz, 23lb 4oz, 17lb 4oz and 16lb 10oz along with a fully scaled mirror of 18lb 8oz. Chris Beale fishing peg 28 banked a 22lb 3oz common. Many bream are being caught with fish to 7lb+ and last season it produced Zander to 16lb+. This water can be fished on day and night tickets with details and prices on the web site.
Scott Larman fished Beckerings Reservoir where he caught The Linear at 27lb 2oz and a small common. At the same venue John Forsyth landed an 8lb pike and 16lb 13oz common with Steven Duffy having mirrors of 11lb 10oz and 19lb 2oz caught on home made boilies.
At Beacons Mount Farm Lake which Luton AC members can fish Gareth Dawkins caught mirrors of 24lb and 26lb on Starmers Coconut Fish boilies.
Match Results
Luton AC fished at Browning Tingrith Cherry Lake on Sunday 26th September where a sudden cold spell kept weights lower than expected. Pole fished pellet was the top tactic:
1st Pete Currell Jnr 41lb
2nd Malcolm Harley 33lb
3rd Tim Jones 31lb
Beacon AC fished section 15 at Pitstone on Sunday 3rd October and the fishing was as dire as the weather:
1st Brian Cooke 6lb 6oz
2nd Steve Emmerton 1lb 0oz
Nobody else bothered to weigh in although a couple of large carp were hooked and lost during the match.
Luton AC fished section 6a at Sandy Bridge on Sunday 3rd October where again condition kept weights low:
1st Bob Irving 14lb 6oz incl a 12lb 4oz mirror carp caught on 2lb line, size 18 hook and single red maggot – great angling Bob!
2nd Ricky Quick 8lb 8oz – 1 carp and a small skimmer
3rd Darren Perry 6lb 6oz – skimmers, roach and perch on red maggot, squatt and pinkies
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 contact Steve Sharp on 07704462635 and I will pass your details to the Fisheries Management Team.
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
Gareth Dawkins – 24lb mirror carp
