I love to fish and one of my favorite places to fish in the Peterborough area is the Lovells Fishery at Tallington.

But you have got to at least see how it’s like.Give it a try over the next few weeks for a feel of the action. You will likely be back for more!

There is something for everyone here. Other than the old, established lake, there’s also a match pool, dug out and stocked in 2002 and in mint shape.

The Old Lake is for the specimen hunter. This heavily tree-lined mature lake has been established for over 60 years. It holds a large stock of fish with carp being the main species.

If only floating baits were not banned by the fishery management, there would definitely be some good quality surface fishing.

However, there are a lot of tricks to tempt the big carp (up to 30 pounds) as the lake is full of chub, roach, tench and the likes.

Depths vary quite a lot depending on which swims you choose – from three feet right down to 12 feet in places.

There’s no lack of features to fish to here when you have small gravel patches, light slit patches, reeds, weed beds and gravel bars.

It pays to spend time looking for hotspots. Around 70 per cent of the carp are commons and the other 30 per cent are mirrors.

The only downside to this lake is the crayfish which are a real problem at times as they just love anglers bait, almost any bait you care to mention.

A majority of the 32 swims are big enough to fit a bivvy into.

Local angler Danial Rathborn took 27 fishes from peg eight on a recent session. The best one weighs just over 22 pounds.

I’m going to make a disclaimer now and say that this is not a typical result but it is possible if you work hard enough on it.

There are very few day-ticket waters in the area where you can bivvy up for the night or possibly even a weekend session, but you will need to call Jim, the head bailiff, to ensure there are pegs available for the times you want to fish. Contact him on 07709 756557.

As I said earlier the match/pleasure lake was constructed in 2002 and has over 30 pegs on it – ideal for any of our local clubs to give it a try.

Although it was originally built as a silver fish lake like many other waters around the area, carp have also been introduced to give a lot more variety to a day’s fishing on the lake.

It now holds a large head of carp in fact, from small ones to quite a lot of double figure fish, so be prepared for some big fish action on this pool too.

It also holds a good head of tench, chub, crucians, roach, bream and even barbel.

Sport can get hectic during the warmer months, although I do hear that the fish have been spawning over the hot Bank Holiday weekend so inevitably catches were a little lower than expected.

Depths go right down to over 20 feet in places, with the average being 14 feet.

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