Not many people know how great it is to fish at Lovells Fishery at Tallington, even pleasure anglers who frequently fish in the Peterborough area.

If I were you and you didn't know about this I'd go there as soon as I can.Give it a try over the next few weeks for a feel of the action. I bet you'll be back for more!

Here you'll find something for everyone. 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.

For the specimen hunter, there's the Old Lake, a heavily tree-lined mature lake established for over 60 years with carp as 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's no lack of features to fish to here when you have small gravel patches, light slit patches, reeds, weed beds and gravel bars.

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.

One big problem with lake is crayfish because they'll take 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.

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