Steven Duffy fished North House Lake catching a 19lb 14oz common. On the same venue Jack Hagger tempted a personal best 25lb 6oz common fishing maize over a spodded area of maize and hemp. Paul Higginson and son Aaron were also at North House with Aaron having commons of 25lb 6oz and 10lb with Paul banking an 18lb common. Matt Butler managed a 15lb 7oz common, James Bishop a 28lb 4oz leather, Mark Newman a 30lb 4oz common, Kevin Newman an 18lb linear and Ashley Gowing commons of 21lb and 18lb. Les Hillyard has sent in a picture of a fish known as The Parrot which we reported on last week.
On the adjacent South Lagoon there have been plenty of bream caught in the 5-6lb bracket with lots of silver fish but rather disappointingly the tench have failed to show. Eric Jones struck gold again during a two night session using his own Red Eric Bait with commons of 28lb 12oz, 26lb 14oz, 23lb 8oz, 21lb 6oz, 21lb 4oz, 19lb, 17lb 4oz, 16lb 8oz and 12lb plus mirrors of 20lb 4oz and 15lb.
On the nearby River Great Ouse Steve Hilton landed a specimen perch of 3lb plus 8 others over 1lb all on float fished double bronze maggot on a tiny size 20 hook. Steve tells me he lost a much larger perch on his light tackle and thought the 3lb perch he caught could have troubled the current Luton AC best had it not regurgitated a fish and a crayfish.
Damian Edwards was at Beckerings Reservoir where he landed a 20lb 4oz common and a 15lb 8oz mirror.Ben Sharp fished the Grand Union Canal catching a nice ghost common.
Rather further afield Luton AC members Steve & Alex Slight have just returned from a holiday in Mexico and in Alex’s words –
“Just returned from holiday in Mexico and whilst there managed to do my first sea fishing trip (usually a carper) but got dad to take me out with Captain Jorge along with a man and his son from Brazil. So we set out from dock in Cancun 7am with a little wave from a local croc called Pancho who apparently calls every morning for fresh water from local people.We were out at sea for 6hrs 20 kilometers out from the Cancun coastline , we trawled for a while and managed to catch 8 Black Fin Tuna , then fished deep waters 180 ft captain Jorge tells us we then caught 5 Red Snapper and a fish the locals call Trigger fish, after this we tried for shark but nothing happened . Then it was a sprint back to shore as our time was up after a great days sport.
All the best from Alex Slight (17) and dad Steve (?)
Tight Lines”
The Otter fence at North House Lake has been damaged apparently by people climbing over it to walk up to the McDonalds restauraunt on the A1.This will not be tolerated anyone caught climbing the fence will be expelled from the club immediately and the club will take necessary steps to recover the cost of any damage caused. If you see anyone climbing or damaging the fence or have any information about it please contact the bailiffs or fisheries manager as soon as possible. The otter fence cost the club over £15k and was installed to protect the fish stock for YOU the members.
There is a charity cycle ride taking place in Leighton Buzzard on Saturday 27th August that will use the canal towpath between Vimy Road and Black Bridge between 10.30am & 11.30am this will involve a maximum of 18 cyclists and anglers are requested to avoid the area at that time.
The winner of our August photo competition which closes on 31st August 2011 will receive 10kg of 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.
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
Jack Hagger 25lb 6oz common
