Where To Go Fishing for Carp in Tallington
If you an angler in the Peterborough area, the Lovells Fishery at Tallington are probably not the first two lakes you would think of fishing in.
If I were you and you didn’t know about this I’d go there as soon as I can.Pop over and give them a try over the next few weeks and you’ll soon find out how much you’ve been missing. I’m certain you’ll be back for more!
There is something for everyone here. There’s an old, well established lake and a more recent pleasure/match pool that was dug out and stocked in 2002 and right now looks a picture of health.
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.
For top quality surface fishing you’d have to go someplace else because at the moment floating baits are banned by the fishery management.
To tempt the big carp, you can find a lot of crucians, bream, rudd and more.
Depending on which swims you choose, depths vary quite a lot from three feet right down to twelve feet.
With gravel bars, small gravel patches, weed beds, reeds and light slit patches, there’s no lack of features to fish to.
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.
Just recently, Danial Rathborn, a local rod, took 27 fishes with the best weighing in at over 22 pounds.
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.
Depth ranges from 14 to 20 feet.
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