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

A trip to the lake is well worth it.If you don’t want to miss the action, make the pilgrimage and try it out over the next few weeks. 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.

There are lots of other tactics though to tempt the big carp, which run to over 30lb, and it is also home to a good head of chub, roach, bream, tench, crucians and rudd.

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

There are also plenty of features to fish to which include, gravel bars, small gravel patches, weed beds, reeds and light silt patches.

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.

Probably the only downside is crayfish because they’ll take any bait you have.

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’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.

The match/pleasure lake that was constructed in 2002 is ideal for the local clubs to try as it has 30 pegs on it.

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.