Saturday 13th December saw seven (7) anglers brave pretty grim conditions ahead of the final round of this year's Winter League series. Conditions leading up to the final round had been ideal with plenty of sunshine and a mild breeze giving off late September vibes, but that came to a very abrupt and unexpected end come Saturday morning with anglers being greeted with a pretty severe frost and thick fog. Unfortunately, the sudden change in the weather had a massive impact on

Saturday 29th November marked the penultimate round of this year's Winter League series. Conditions on the day were tough, which was to be expected given the arrival of the year's first frosts resulting in a lot of colour dropping out of the water. That said, there were still a decent number of carp caught from around the lake on angler's longer lines as well as more decent silverfish nets made up mostly of good quality roach. The weather on the day was generally quite misera

Saturday 15th November saw eight (8) anglers go head-to-head for this latest round of the 2025 Winter League series held on Woodside pool. The day before saw extreme weather conditions with storm Claudia bringing a months worth of rain in just 24 hours, so the fishing was not expected to be great. That said, the carp still showed for a decent number of competing anglers, which resulted in a fairly decent round all things considered. A SECTION (pegs 21, 20, 18 & 16) Winner of

Saturday 1st November saw the third round of the Woodside winter league series. The field was a couple of anglers short due to both Stan Taylor and Dave Bowyer both being unable to attend due to illness. That said, the midway stage of the league fished fairer than in the previous two rounds producing more consistant weights across the board. The sudden drop in temperatures seemed to spread the fish around the lake more with no one angler running away with it as in the previou

Saturday 18th October marked the second round of the Woodside winter league series, which was held on Woodside pool for the second consecutive round. Reason being, the fishery management were away on holiday so the match was left on Woodside pool to make running the event easier (pegging, etc) for those standing in to ensure the fixture went ahead as planned. A SECTION (pegs 1, 21, 20, 18 & 16) As was the case in round one, section A proved the more difficult of the two. With