A homemade boilie helped nine-year-old Louis Lee from Marston Moretaine snare a 19lb 8oz mirror at the Grand Union Canal near Browns Angling Centre in Leighton Buzzard.

Louis, whose father Steve is the branch manager, makes his own bait from a strong-smelling fish base mix and also makes all his own rigs.

James Chapman, from Luton, fished on the Grand Union Canal at the Globe and caught seven carp with the best two mirrors weighing in at 17lb 2oz and 18lb 9oz. Successful bait was a CC Moores Odyssey XXX boilie.

On the canal at Broad Oak Bridge, Paul Richards from Leighton Buzzard caught a mirror carp of 18lb 15oz, fishing meat in the margins.

Kevin Rudgley, from Houghton Regis, fished the canal at Grove Church and claimed 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.

Lutonian Dave Murdoch visited Beckerings Reservoir near Flitwick and caught two 7lb bream using halibut pellet as bait.

Graham Bangert also fished Beckerings Reservoir, catching several carp up to 27lb, while Darren Savage, at the same venue, had a 20lb-plus mirror carp.

Peter Williams from Aylesbury 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 were caught on bread on a size 14 barbless hook to a 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 and roach.

The second round of the Bloomfield Cup was fished on the Grand Union Canal on sections 14a-14c.

Winner was I Orbell with 9lb 10oz, second was W Bousted with 7lb 9oz and D Moss was third with 7lb 8oz – all claiming mostly skimmers. Overall winner was M Harley.

The Merton Jones Mid-Summer Cup, fished at North House Lake on the Wyboston Complex near St Neots, was won by P Currell with a 5lb 8oz of tench.

Three anglers tied for first place in the Charlie Olney Centenary Cup – a 3.5m whip match fished on sections 13a and 13b of the Grand Union Canal.

M Harley, P Currell and P Mills all tipped the scales at 5lb 9oz, with A Woodhouse fourth with 4lb 4oz and D Moss fifth with 4lb.

A number of carp were hooked during the match but none landed.

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Both Sharnbrook and Harrold Country Park are producing good size fish.

Vauxhall AC's Barry Meakins was the latest beneficiary, snaring a decent bream at Harrold using groundbait feeder methods.

While the warm weather is bringing plenty of fish near to the surface, anglers are reminded not to use keepnets for larger
specimens.

Club match, Ouse at Kempston: 1, Paul Caton, 12lb 2oz; 2, Nigel Bass, 12lb 1oz; 3, Dennis Vivian, 11lb 8oz.