Boating and Sailing

The Lovells Fishery at Tallington are probably not the first two lakes pleasure anglers think of fishing in the Peterborough area.

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.

If you're a specimen hunter, there's the Old Lake, a mature lake that has been established for over sixty years and heavily lined with trees. There's plenty of fish and carp is the main species.

For top quality surface fishing you'd have to go someplace else because at the moment floating baits are banned by the fishery management.

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 from three feet down to twelve feet in places depending on which swims you choose.

With gravel bars, small gravel patches, weed beds, reeds and light slit patches, there's no lack of features to fish to.

You'll be glad if you took the time to look for likely 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.

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

On a recent session on the water, local rod Daniel Rathborn took a total of 27 fish from peg eight, the best weighing in at over 22lb.

I am not saying you will bag up like that on every visit but the potential is there for all who put the time and effort in.

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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