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.
Update on Foxcotte - 23/12/08
450lb of Skimmers and Roach were stocked into Foxcotte Lake today under the close supervision of Heb Leaman from the Environment Agency. Around 225lb of Skimmers from 8oz to 2lb and again 225lb of Roach up to 2lb each had travelled from Cirencester this morning. The fish, in excellent condition, were the second stocking of the year. Into the 2009 season we will be taking delivery of Tench and Perch, again from the same source and around the same sizes. Although not many people have fished the lake recently, matches will be resuming soon, and we are in disscusions with the EA re weed problems of 2008 and what can be done to lessen the weed for 2009. Photo's of the new fish can be found on the gallery.
AAC Christmas Match
27 Anglers fished the annual Andover AC Christmas match at the Peril Lake on Sunday 21st December. The mild conditions were a bonus for Team Pink who could all feel their fingers at the end of the match. Winner on the day was Ian Ross with 12lb 10oz of assorted silver fish from peg 28. Second was Webbie Keith Hews with 7lb 5oz of Skimmers and Roach from peg 7. Third was new member Donald Gillis with 6lb 3oz from peg 27. Sections were won by Stu Dabbs 3lb 13oz, Phill Harland 3lb 4oz and Maurice Giles 2lb 8oz. 4 Carp were hooked and lost - the Perils of winter match fishing. A big thanks to James and Lucy Hillier for the prizes and hampers, and Ron and Eddie Webb for the bacon butties and tea & coffee on tap all day.
Focus on Match Fishing
Following the success of the National Championships and their promotion to Division one, the Andover match group are now in the middle of the Hants, Wilts and Dorset winter league. Fishing on 2 canals, 2 rivers and 2 commercials, the winter league throws up a mixed bag each year. Match one was fished on Eastleigh's club lake at Stoneham with the Andover team putting in a good performance and gaining a couple of section wins. Match 2 was a much harder day on the canal at Marlborough, where the team had to struggle to catch small fish. On to match 3 at Pewsey, again on the canal, and a much better match for the team. Finishing joint 3rd on the day, they are now in joint 3rd place overall in the league. Full results can be found on the Eastleigh and District web site.
The Andover match calendar is a pretty full one with matches all year round - while the Match group are on winter league duites, the rest of the anglers have been fishing the Autumn Series on a selection of commercial fisheries. With the addition of the senior challenge trophy being fished for over the last few weeks its a busy time for all. Looking foward to the ever popular Christmas Fur and Feather, this will be fished on the Peril Lake on 21st of December with Eddie and Ron providing bacon butties, tea and coffee on the morning. Eddie has over one thousand small carp being introduced into the lake in the next few weeks, making for an interesting match...
Trophy Winners 2007/8
The trophy winners for the 2007/08 season can be viewed here.
AGM Report
Charlie Topping began the meeting with the Chairmans report... Read more...