The Winter League Information: 2025 into 2026
This is a very popular series of competitions held over the winter months. Starting in November and held fortnightly through November December January February & finishing in March.
The Competition:
Normally anglers arrive and meet for 8.30 ready for a 9.30 start. The format is a pegged draw rotating every 3 to 4 pegs throughout the morning and the afternoon. It is a catch & release with a 5 fish limit per peg. First fish will be timed in the event of a draw at the end of day. First fish on each peg will count for 2 points, each fish then caught on that peg will count for 1 point to a max of 5 fish per peg. Most fish caught on the most pegs and points tallied will give positions for the day. The top three anglers win cash prizes at each heat. Each event tallies up your accumilative scores over 7 of the ten events this then gives the final placements for each angler. The Overall winner from the ten events takes home the Winter League Shield.
2025/2026 INNIS WINTER LEAGUE
Winter League Full results..
Today, Sunday 22nd March, we fished the final leg of the Innis 2025/26 Winter League.
Thirteen anglers took part catching 60 fish in total giving a rod average of 4.6.
Today, unlike all of the previous heats, the fish decided to feed on the surface with most fish being taken on dries or floating line tactics. Most successful angler on the day was, Paul Nottle, catching 13 fish off 5 pegs for 18 points putting him in 1st Place. Second was Andy Lidstone, from Exeter, catching 12 fish off 5 pegs for 17 points. Third was Alex Bobba, also from Exeter, catching 8 fish off 5 pegs for 13 points.
Over the course of the ten heats a total of £1000 has been paid out in prize money with the top three places in each heat having a share of £100.
Local angler, Dan Woodward, has had a fantastic season, holding top spot in the league for the last nine heats.
Today, it was all to play for and with Paul Nottle gaining 1st Place in Heat 10, both anglers ended up with 23 league points overall.
This joint win meant the Innis Winter League Shield was presented to both Dan Woodward and Paul Nottle as 2025/26 League Champions. As well as the shield both anglers received a 6 month catch & release season ticket worth £200 each.
Big Thank you to all our anglers who took part in this years Winter League which made it another successful competition.
Heat 10 results and Full League Table shown below.
Tightlines to everyone for the season ahead and see you all soon.
Dave & Theresa
THIS YEARS WINTER LEAGUE JOINT WINNERS
Full & Final Overall positions of The 2025/26 Winter League shown below.
JOINT OVERALL WINNERS
DAN WOODWARD & PAUL NOTTLE
THIRD PLACE
ALEX JOHNSTONE
After ten heats of the Innis Winter League 2024/25 – St Austell angler, Alex Johnstone, gained the top position with 15 points. During the league he gained first place in four of the heats showing a great consistency over the course of the competition. Alex takes home the coveted Innis Winter League Shield. Congratulations Alex. Second Place overall was Andrew Willoughby from Torpoint with 24 points Third Place angler Keith Burnett from Newquay with 27 points. A late run of great results for Dan Woodward put him in fourth place with 28 points. A draw took place after Heat 10 for a complimentary catch & release season ticket worth £200. The lucky Winter League angler was Andrew Willoughby pictured below.
LAST YEARS 2024/25 WINTER LEAGUE FULL RESULTS
2024/25 Competition:
Innis Winter League Highlights
Just a short video summary of the ten events held over the 2024/25 winter season.