Welcome to Andover Angling Club
Andover Angling Club control two lakes - Foxcotte in Charlton and Anton Lake in the Nature reserve.Foxcotte is a 45 peg, 2½ acre lake that has been controlled
by the AAC since the mid 1950s.
The lake holds stocks of mirror
and common carp up to 27lb, crusians up to 3lb and pike up to 25lb.
There are currently smaller numbers of bream and tench due to the
toxic algae bloom in May 2005. Perch go to around 2lb and the lake
has a good head of roach to 2lb. There are also eels.
Many pegs have wooden platforms that make easy access for disabled anglers,
and car parking for 20 cars is adjacent to the lake. There is also a
cafe (with toilet facilities) that is open all year round. More information
can be found here. See Foxcotte on Google Earth
here.
Information on Membership and day tickets can be found here.
Autumn Series
The final match of the Autumn Series was fished yesterday at Witherington Farm fishery. The popular series had a good turn out for the final fish-off, which included The Old Gits Trophy.
Back to the beginning and match one was fished at Orchard lakes in New Milton. Top weight on the day was Dawn Flemington with 63lb 12oz of mainly Carp, second was John Wellock with 44lb 10oz
Match two moved on to Greenridge Farm Fishery near Romsey. Turn out was good and lakes 3 and 4 were fished. Winner on lake 3 was Tracy Berntsen with 25lb 3oz of Carp in the margin, second on lake 3 was Keith Hews with 10lb 8oz . Winner on lake 4 was Jocky Thompson with 41lb 6oz of mainly Carp across, second on lake 4 was Kevin Farrar with 40lb 5oz. Also fished for on the day was the Old Gits Trophy. Maurice Giles took the title on lake 4 with 16lb 10oz.
On to match 3 at Dandy's Ford where challenging weather conditions made fishing and bait presentation most difficult. For the first 3 hours, wind and driving rain gave all the competitors a soaking. But all fished to the end with Jocky Thompson winning on the day with 60lb 15oz of Carp and silvers from open water, second was Tracy Berntsen with 60lb 2oz of Carp and Bream. An enjoyable cuppa and homemade cake at the end of the day in the tea rooms was a must.
On to the final match and section points for the overall series winner was close. Joint at the top of the leader board after 3 matches was Maurice Giles and Tracy Berntsen on 6 points, second was Dawn Fleminton with 7 points and 3rd was Kevin Farrer on 10 points. A cold and windy day was forecast for the anglers in their final match with the weather once again hampering bait presentation for some. Winner of the match was Kevin Farrer with 28lb 15oz of Carp on long pole and rod to the island, second was new club member Nigel Farmer with 27lb 3oz. Once again the Old Gits Trophy was fished for with Mick Noble taking the title catching 18lb 4oz of mainly Carp on the pole. Overall series winner went to Tracy Berntsen with 10 section points, a close second was Kevin Farrer with 11 section points and just behind in 3rd place was Dawn Flemington with 12 section points.
A big thank you to those who fished the series and we're sorry to be losing Keith and Jackie Hews who are moving on to pastures new.
Update on Foxcotte (17th August '09)
A MASSIVE THANK-YOU to Andover Buildbase for their kind donation of 2 tons of mot type 1 roadstone. The Andover branch has donated the sandstone to the club for swim repairs - this will be used to back-fill some of the peg's that become water logged during high water levels.
With the nights drawing in, Tuesday evening work parties will be coming to a close at the end of August.
The lake has been fishing very well with good bag's of bream, roach, skimmers and perch being caught by both pleasure and match anglers.
The homeclub championship 2nd round match was fished on Foxcotte with better than expected results. The match saw a selection of species showing including eels, bream, perch, roach, hybrids and one lone carp. Pewsey Junior anglers fished a match on the lake recently, again with all anglers catching roach, perch and skimmers.
On the carp scene, many of the mid-doubles have been caught with Spot putting in an appearence last weekend weighing in at 22lb, although nothing bigger than 25lb has been on the bank recently. The ellusive Heather the Leather (as she has been named by regular carpies) was hooked and lost last week by junior angler Lewis Bowley.
With the lake fishing well, membership is on the up, and the pressure of more anglers around the lake doesn't seem to be stopping the fish from feeding.
HCC 3 will be fished on Foxcotte next Sunday - anyone wishing to fish, please book in with Barry Giles.