On the South Lagoon James Knott landed an 18lb mirror along with eight bream to 5lb 8oz while nearby Eric Jones using his own Red Eric Baits had two commons of 17lb 8oz and 16lb 4oz in what he described as a ‘quiet weekend’ for the usually prolific hauler.
Nearby on the River Great Ouse Robert Langdon tempted a 15lb 8oz pike during the hours of darkness.
On the adjacent North House Lake it was a tale of two halves with the early part of the week producing most of the fish and after Wednesday very little was caught. Dave Jackson fished with his son Simon Jackson on Wednesday with the duo having an all common catch Dave banking fish of 25lb 12oz, 24lb 8oz and 17lb with Simon also having three at 25lb 8oz, 19lb and 12lb. Ivan Sayer was also at North House landing a 21lb 12oz mirror and 17lb common, James Bishop bagged a 21lb 4oz common, Simon Peters commons of 29lb & 8lb, Elliot Archer a 21lb 14oz mirror and Lewis Edwards an 18lb 4oz common on his first visit to the lake.
Elliot Archer – 21lb 14oz mirror carp
Lewis also fished Beckerings Reservoir last week having success with three commons to 16lb in very wet conditions as the photo shows. Also fishing at Beckerings during a torrential thunderstorm was Pete Hall who landed a personal best common of 24lb fishing close in on popped up fake corn.
On the Grand Union Canal section 13 has been producing good bags of roach and skimmers to pole fished maggot with section 15 throwing up quality roach to 12oz on waggler fished pellet.
Kevin Day has sent some pictures from the river and North House for the monthly photo competition.
River Great Ouse, Wyboston, by Kevin Day
Match result
Ware AC fished the Globe stretch on Sunday 4th September but weights were much lower than expected due to the poor weather conditions:
1st Dave Short 5lb 13ozs
2nd Lee Short 3lb 14 1/2 ozs
3rd Simon Smith 3lb 12 3/4 ozs
4th Mark North 3lb 8 1/2ozs
5th Paul Jones 3lb 3 3/4 ozs
The top 3 all caught on worm and pinkie.
Augusts photo competition winner was the picture of Jack Hagger with a 25lb 6oz common from North House Lake taken by Paul Tidmarsh.
Further afield I reported last week about Mark Ridgeway from Luton catching a 55lb 10oz mirror from Elphicks North Lake in Kent and he has sent me the picture. The group of seven caught approximately 50 fish including lots over 30lb plus a 66lb catfish.
Andy Tomlinson has just returned from 4 days shark fishing off Cornwall which resulted in 26 blue shark for well over 1000lb. The best went 109lb, a figure calculated by the Shark Angling Club of Great Britain from its 92″ length and 32.5″ girth. The best days fishing resulted in 14 shark which was a new personal best for the boats skipper with over 25 years experience and will probably win him a trophy for the most shark caught in a days fishing.
Tons of Tackle has just opened next to the snooker club at Admiral Place High Street North Dunstable. They sell fresh bait including maggots and worms and are offering a 10% discount for LAC members on production of your membership book.
The winner of our September photo competition which closes on 30th September 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 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
