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.
End of Season Report (2011/12)
Once again, its been a long hard year for the club, with highs and lows. We started the season with a very bad weed problem on Foxcotte, but with the hard work of a few committee members cutting and clearing over three weeks the lake was mostly fishable. We continued to do work parties through the spring and summer, with low water levels and the lake being coloured the weed began to die off.
In September the committee took the decision to stop matches and ban keepnets due to low water levels, Day ticket sales were also suspended to stop undue stress on the fish.
As the weed cleared and the lake became more coloured the fish began to feed. Through the winter, club members were catching good bags of Roach, Perch and Skimmers.
In March the decision was taken to have a 5 hour match on Foxcotte - we needed to see the condition of fish as the committee felt they may need feeding on a regular basis.
The match fished very well with good bags of Bream, Perch, Skimmers and Roach - a few anglers had Pike trouble through the day. All fish were in good condition, not skinny nor showing any signs of distress.
The Pike anglers have had a field day through the winter with both Foxcotte and Anton lakes having some specimen pike coming out. One angler had 18 pike in a session at Foxcotte fishing lures.
With the lakes fishing well the specimen hunters have been out and although both Foxcotte and Anton don't have thousands of Carp, a few good fish have been caught including an 18lb and a 20lb common carp.
This last year TVBC have worked at Foxcotte putting in disabled pegs and disabled parking bays, clearing the area surrounding the lakes including tree cutting. This coming season they intend to work on Anton lake enhancing the fishing with possible platforms and general tidying of surrounding areas.
The committee are monitoring water levels at Foxcotte on a daily basis. In October we had an oxygen scare when oxygen levels dropped to a low and the EA advised us to use our water pumps daily until levels started to rise. After 10 days of the committee putting pumps in at dawn, baby sitting them all day and removing them at dusk, the EA felt the oxygen was back to a good level and the fish were safe.
Into the new year, TV and Newspaper coverage of Foxcotte's low water levels brought a barrage of e-mails and phone calls re. the fish. The fish are fine at present and the water level has dropped very little in the last couple of months.
The committee has an emergency plan if water levels become too dangerous for the fish. This will be put into action if and when the EA feel the time is right.
The match fishing scene has been quiet this year with numbers of anglers dropping. We are booking smaller venues closer to home to keep the match calendar alive.
Trophy winners this season are:
Home club champion: John Wellock
Match club champion: Daryl Mayers
Supreme champion: Gerry Blunt
Knock-out champion: Gerry Blunt
Pairs cup: Gerry Blunt and Les Thirlaway
Last chance sheild: Dave Tucker
Charity sheild :Mike Berntsen.Dont forget the AGM on 23rd April 8pm Central club.
Many thanks for the continued support of our club members.
Tracy Berntsen (Club Secretary)
Day Tickets Suspended at Foxcotte - October 2011
Due to very low water levels we have now suspended the sales of day tickets on Foxcotte Lake until further notice. Club members may continue to fish the lake for now.
We have had the honda water pumps in the lake daily for the last week to increase the oxygen levels while we are having unseasonly warm weather. The EA are checking oxygen levels on a regular basis and will continue to do so while water levels are low. The EA are also advising us on using the pumps - they may have to be used over the coming days if oxygen levels fall.
Day ticket sales will be re-introduced for Foxcotte when water levels have recovered.
Anyone wishing to Pike fish on a day ticket may fish Anton lake, which has very good Pike fishing. Those wishing to fish for carp or silvers on a day ticket - Charlies lake is fishing very well.
We will update the General forum with news of Foxcotte Lake as we get it.
Missymaggott.