Louis Lee age 9 from Marston Moretaine Beds visited the Grand Union Canal near Browns Angling Centre, Leighton Buzzard Beds where his father Steve is the Branch Manager and caught a 19.5lb Mirror using a home made boilie as bait. Louis makes his own bait which has a strong smelling fish base mix and his mum gets really fed up with the smell! He also makes all his own rigs which is impressive for a 9 yr old.
Louis Lee 19.5lb Mirror carp
James Chapman from Luton Beds fished on the Grand Union Canal at the Globe PH Bucks and caught seven carp with the best two being a 17lb 2oz mirror and 18lb 9oz mirror. Successful bait was a CC Moores Odyssey XXX boilie.
On the canal at Broad Oak Bridge Paul Richards from Leighton Buzzard Beds caught a mirror carp of 18lb 15oz fishing meat in the margins.
Kevin Rudgley from Houghton Regis fished the canal at Grove Church Bucks and caught a 14lb 15oz Common on a snowman bait comprising a Nash Scopex Squid Liver boilie and a pink squid Cotsold Baits pop up in conjunction with pva bags of pellets.
Dave Murdoch from Luton Beds visited Beckerings Reservoir near Flitwick Beds and caught two 7lb bream using halibut pellet as bait. Graham Bangert also fished Beckerings Reservoir catching several carp up to 27lb and Darren Savage at the same venue had a 20lb+ Mirror Carp.
Peter Williams from Aylesbury Bucks visited Woodlands Lake on the Tingrith Complex and caught several good size bream a pair of 5lb tench and lots of roach and skimmers all caught on bread on a size 14 barbless hook to 6lb line over a bed of hemp. Woodlands continues to fish very well with many anglers reporting estimated catches of well over 50lb a session comprising carp, tench, bream & roach.
Match Results:
Bloomfield Cup Rnd 2 fished on the Grand Union Canal sections 14a – 14c
1st I Orbell 9lb 10oz – mostly skimmers
2nd W Bousted 7lb 9oz – mostly skimmers
3rd D Moss 7lb 8oz – mostly skimmers
Overall winner M Harley
Merton Jones Mid-Summer Cup fished at North House Lake on the Wyboston Complex near St Neots was won by P Currell with a 5.5lb tench.
Charlie Olney Centenary Cup – 3.5m whip match fished on the Grand Union Canal sections 13a & 13b
1st = M Harley 5lb 9oz
1st = P Currell 5lb 9oz
1st = P Mills 5lb 9oz
4th A Woodhouse 4lb 4oz
5th D Moss 4lb
A number of carp were hooked during the match but none landed.
Luton Angling Club Membership Books for the 2009/10 season are now available from the club Membership Secretary telephone 01582-728114 or download an application from the web site www.lutonac.org . Application forms are also available in select tackle shops. Luton AC represents excellent value for money as ALL of their stillwaters are open for a full 12 months and there is no premium for night fishing.
The new river season is now in full swing and through a water share arrangement with Barnet Angling Club Luton AC members may also fish several additional stretches (not listed in the membership book) of the River Great Ouse, River Ivel and River Thames, maps that show parking areas etc are available to download from the club web site or by sending a request with an A5 sae (large size stamp please) to the club office. These waters offer excellent fishing for Barbel, tench, bream and carp.
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 07876331180. 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 Sharp
