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

You’ve got to see it to believe it.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’s at least something for each person 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.

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.

Surface fishing would’ve been great here if the fishery management had not banned floating baits.

To tempt the big carp, you can find a lot of crucians, bream, rudd and more.

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.

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.

There are 32 swims in total, with a lot of them being 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 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.

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.