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Jack Chittock has sent in a selection of fish caught by him during a couple of sessions on Lake Christine in July 2014 and August 2015. Here are just a small selection, and we think you’ll agree that there are some stunners: 26lbs 12oz 24lbs 0oz 26lbs 12oz 24lbs 0oz 28lbs 0oz 30lbs 0oz 30lbs…
Jordan Highams has landed this cracking Mirror from peg 14 on Lake Pepper: Weighing in at a handsome 37lbs 8oz, another that has been added to the Pepper catalogue.
Clive, and son Joshua, have just completed, as it turns out possibly the coldest 48 hours of the winter, on Pepper. Nevertheless, fishing from swim 15, Clive and Joshua landed this stunning 39lbs Mirror: Joshua Handley and his 39lbs Mirror Clive and Joshua landed their prize using a light scattering of plan X boilies from Active…
Whilst things are starting to liven up here at Cottington, there’s always time to reflect on past catches and take a look at some of the fish that we have here in our lakes. On this occasion we’re featuring a selection of fish caught by Ryan Owers: 24lbs Mirror 28lbs Mirror 30lbs Mirror 36lbs Mirror…
Friends Aron Daglish and Jack Telford arrived at Cottington for a 24hrs session on Alder (running from 4pm on 22nd Feb), and hoping for one or two bites. However, 24hrs later they’d had 10 bites and landed 6 carp. And here they are: Jack Telford – 14lbs 2oz Common Aron Daglish – 16lbs 2oz Common …
Mark Snoding landed this lovely Mirror from peg 11 on Lake Pepper, weighing in at 35lbs 12oz and in doing so takes home a new pb: Congratulations Mark.
Mark Broadley landed this (not so) little beauty from peg 6 on Lake Pepper weighing in at 44lbs 4oz, and in doing so showed that its not just the newer section of Pepper that attracts the bigger fish:
A session on Lake Pepper resulted in Nick Medlock landing this little beauty, weighing in at a very healthy 35lbs 10oz: And at over 35lbs, its another that we’ve added to our catalogue of fish in Pepper
A cheeky short weekend session, resulted in Cottington regular Ben McDonnell landing this stunning Common, weighing in at a very handsome 31lbs 13oz caught from peg 8 on Lake Christine. Ben said: “just had this lovely looking common and its a pb common for me from Lake Christine.” And at over 30lbs, we’ve added this…
Following on from their trip on New Year’s eve, Ben and Barry were back at Cottington last weekend (6th Feb). January was quiet here at Cottington and all the signs were, as we eased into February, that not much had changed. How wrong we were as Ben and Barry brought home this quartet!! 25lbs 0oz…
We’re adding a new feature to our website, a catalogue of a selection of the carp in our specimen lakes. Where the information is available we’ll add the dates that the fish were caught and the weights they were declared by the anglers. Look for the “Our Fish” tab on the menu bar and then…
We are currently making changes to and updating the way Cottington Lakes website looks and some of the functionality within it, to make it easier to navigate and to accommodate some new features. We’ve deliberately only taken the site off line for a very short period, so that it can continue to be used as…
It is our great pleasure to report on the success of possibly one of our youngest anglers, Liam McDonagh. Liam, who fishes regularly at Cottington, had barely put his rods out into Alder when he bagged this cracking 24lbs Mirror: Congratulations Liam on a stunning catch and we look forward to seeing you back at…
We’re pleased to announce the winners of our January competition for the biggest fish caught in Lakes Pepper, Christine and for January we included Alder. And the winners were: On Alder: Andy Collins leaving it until nearly the last minute with a late entry caught on the 28th January, this 26lbs 5oz Mirror; On Christine,…
A visit to Cottington’s Lake Alder on the 31st January resulted in Peter Hitchen coming away with a new pb, this rather lovely Mirror weighing in at 20lbs: Can you tell he’s pleased!! Congratulations Peter.
Caught on Monday 25th January from Lake Christine, Mark Forrister’s entry for our January competition, in Mark’s words, “this stunnin Mirror” weighing in at 22lbs: And we agree, that’s a cracking fish. Congratulations!!
Its quite quiet here at Cottington. The weather has turned and the cold snap that we’ve had has finally convinced the fish that winter is here!! So we thought we’d take a look back a few of the fish caught last year. And we’re kicking off with a couple caught by our very own Robbie Brown….
The fishery rules have been amended to reflect the need for all anglers to be in possession of a valid rod licence whilst fishing at Cottington Lakes. The amended rules have been posted on the website, in the fishery noticeboard and are available in the Anglers Kabin.
Cottington Lakes fishery is pleased and excited to announce a new feature on our website – “Barry’s Blog”. Guest writers Barry, and son Ben O’Connor, have made their angling home at Cottington and know the lakes very well. They will be providing regular features based on their experiences here and hopefully further afield, providing some hints…
Following on from his success over the festive break, a second visit to the lakes for Cottington regular Ben McDonnell, yielded a new pb with this stunning 17lbs 8oz pike: This was Ben’s first pike out of Lake Alder. Ben said ” it took a sprat just seconds after I put the rod down on its rest.” …
Early in December Chris Dyas bagged this stunning fully scaled Mirror, out of Alder, weighing in at 27lbs 4oz, just shy of the lake record: Chris said: “I had 6 carp, the biggest was this stunning fully scaled 27lbs 4oz, another great session at Cottington 🙂 Many thanks Chris Dyas”
Following on from the success of our competition in December, we’ve decided to run it again throughout January. There will be £50 prizes for the heaviest fish caught in each of Lakes Pepper, Christine and for January we’re including Alder. Entries must be verified either by a bailiff/member of staff or a separate angler not…
Throughout December, we ran a competition on Lakes Pepper and Christine, announced on our facebook page, with a £50 prize for the biggest carp caught on both of the lakes. And the winners were: On Lake Pepper, with a new pb, Phil Punyer with this 43lbs Mirror: And on Lake Christine, also with a new…
Specimen carp always attract attention so it add a nice spice of variety to report on something a little different here at Cottington Lakes. Friends Ben McDonnnell and Ian Hambrook decided to work off some of their seasonal festive cheer with some rigorous exercise, pike fishing on Black Lake between Boxing Day and New Year’s eve. And…
On his last trip to Cottington back in October Jerry Stringer broke his pb with a 43lbs 8oz Mirror. Well!! He’s only gone and broken the 40lbs barrier again, this time with a 41lbs Mirror. Jerry said: “19/11/15 06:35. Mirror carp 41lbs 0ozs. Caught on Maple/nut single hook bait, with the usual 6-12 scatterings. My…
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