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From the 1st July, the following changes are being made to the times that Cottington Lakes will be open for day tickets on the coarse lakes: 1st April to 31st October open 7am – 7pm 1st November to 31st March open 7am – 5pm
Effective immediately, all non-fishing guests must have left the lakes before the gates are locked for the evening (see revised opening times). Anglers fishing overnight are permitted ONE guest only and they must be in possession of a valid Guest Ticket (£3), available from the Angler’s Kabin. Anyone found without a guest ticket will be…
The BCAC came to Cottington Lakes, on the 29th May, for round 5 of the preliminary rounds. And what a round it turned out to be!! Before the competition BCAC said “we are delighted to be back at this fantastic Kent water which has produced some stunning fish for us in previous years! Not an…
Cottington Lakes fishery has been voted in the top 10 of carp fisheries, by readers of Big Carp Magazine. Our final position will be disclosed by Big Carp Magazine as part of their 25th Anniversary celebrations. But we are very proud and pleased to have made it into the top 10. A big “thank you” to all…
… patience paid of for Richard Amos, who caught this rather nice 31 lbs Mirror carp on Lake Pepper, using a Mono D-Rig with a Mainline Wafter. Congratulations.
A recent visit to Cottington Lakes produced this stunning 43lbs 4oz Linnear for Justin Holness, fishing on Lake Pepper: Justin was fishing from Swim 1, using a 12mm single pop-up combi rig and size 8 Korda crank hook.
Jerry Kemp was hoping that he’d set a new lake record with this 32 lbs Common Carp caught out of Lake Christine. Unfortunately it was a few ounces shy of the lake record – sorry Jerry. But we re sure you’ll agree that its a stunning fish, nevertheless; Congratulations and good luck for the…
Cottington Lakes fishery’s rules have been revised. The main changes are as follows: General Rules * Anglers are asked to respect warning signs located on the site. * Coarse fishing on the dykes surrounding Cottington Lakes is prohibited from 15 March – 15 June. * Anglers must use suitable (both for the fish and the…
“Hello Just a quick message of thanks to all of you down at Cottington. Everyone really nice from the roaming bailiffs to the static fishing bailiff and the guys in the tackle shop, also the lady in the cafe – she was always egging us on to go get more and bigger fish before returning…
Cottington Lakes regular, Angela Northcott, had a birthday treat whilst fishing on Lake Pepper, smashing her previous PB with this stunning 38lbs 14oz Mirror carp. During the same session Angela also netted this lovely Common carp, weighing in at 18lbs. Congratulations and wishing you a very Happy Birthday from all at Cottington Lakes.
Cottington Lakes welcomes all of its visitors and understands that you want to get to your chosen destination and settle in as soon as possible. As well as anglers, the site attracts campers, including those with children and pets, is used by resident riders and supports numerous wildlife. We would like to take this opportunity…
The first of a planned phased installation of new swims, swim 10, on Pepper Lake is now complete. The first phase will see improvements to swims 9 – 12 and swim 16. Completion of this work is anticipated by the autumn of this year. We hope that the new swims will enable anglers to keep…
First time visitor Craig Link managed to beat his PB, not once but twice. Craig was lucky enough to find a space on Pepper over the weekend (17 – 19 April). Within a couple of hours of setting up on Swim 10 he had broken his PB with this 29lbs 8oz Mirror carp. Over the…
“Caught this 37-8 mirror from Pepper lake on tues 10th March fishing tight to the island in peg 11 and caught on cell wafter. Can’t wait to get back , Cheers John” Thanks John, glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to seeing you on your next visit.
Barry and Ben O’Connor with some of their recent catches on Pepper: Barry with a brace of Mirror carp weighing in at 36 lbs 9 oz and 40 lbs 1 oz respectively. And Ben displaying his catches, again all Mirrors, weighing in at 35 lbs 9 oz, 42 lbs 8 oz and finally 38 lbs 6…
Cottington Lakes fishery has been voted number 47 in a recent poll conducted by UK Carp and the Angling Times (through their facebook pages) of the country’s best day ticket waters. Many thanks to all who voted for the fishery.
One of Cottington Lakes regular’s, Lawrence Tazey, has had a very successful autumn / winter, landing these amongst others; This 28 lbs Mirror carp landed from peg 7 on Pepper; This 30 lbs Mirror carp taken off the top on Christine; This 28 lbs Common carp landed from peg 3 on Christine; And possibly the…
Hard work the previous day (18th January) improving one of the swims on Christine has paid off for one of the bailiffs at the fishery, who enjoyed a session on Pepper, reeling in this 35 lbs mirror carp using a chod rig with webb baits.
A fantastic start to 2015 for Tyler Denby, fishing on Pepper, and landing himself this absolutely stunning 47lbs Mirror carp on New Years day!! What a great start to 2015!! This is how all New Years should start. Congratulations from all at Cottington Lakes fishery.
Swims 16 & 17 on Pepper Lake will be temporarily closed between 1st January 2015 to 26th February 2015. The swims will re-open on Friday 27th February 2015. We apologise for any inconvenience that this might cause.
As a result of the highly successful netting of both Christine and Pepper lakes approximately 3500 lbs of silver fish have been placed into Windsor lake, including approximately 1000 lbs of tench and bream up to 6 lbs, together with a considerable quantity of roach up to 3 lbs and perch up to 2 lbs….
Day 2 – Pepper Lake (New) We again made 5 sweeps of the lake covering its entirety followed by a final sweep re-covering the most prolific area of fish. This was a very mixed day. The first net of the day saw us remove approximately 800 lb of silver fish and catalogue a handful of…
With the necessary licences in place from the Environment Agency and with the expert assistance of Martin and Phil from “Moore and Moore and Carp”, the first three days of this week saw us netting Christine and Pepper lakes. The aim was to remove the build up of silver fish (more about these in a…
A busy few days at Cottington Lakes fishery has included improvements to the car park which has been leveled and the surface repaired. We’ll monitor the repair, but this is anticipated to be interim solution with further work being needed in the future. Rolling the repaired surface after leveling. And after work completed….
Update 1 – Work is progressing to improve the site around Alder Lake. Digging the footpath and raising and leveling the bank, which will help alleviate water logging along the bank. Digging out of the path completed. Works will continue as weather permits. Work has at last started on the planned improvements to…
Karl Eastley had a great few days on Pepper over the weekend, catches including this 28.5lb Common and these two Mirror weighing in at 32lb and 38.8lb.
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