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WHITE ACRES FESTIVAL- NEWS FROM THE BANK - DAY1

Dynamite Baits Festival- DAY1

This week is the Dynamite Bait festival at White Acres and once again it is a sell out with 180 anglers here who will be heading to the banks of Pollawyn, Twin Oaks/Trelawney, Gwinear, Porth & Bolingey to fish the Festival. Dynamite Baits are one of our longest festival sponsors and this year they have upped their sponsorship even more for the winners and also all 180 anglers will be walking away later in the week with the best goodie bag they have ever supplied. The weekend leading up to the festival has been very mixed weather wise, we have gone from glorious sunshine to torrential rain so we are keeping our fingers crossed that we have plenty of the former but none of the latter!

Day One

It was a frantic start to the day, not only does the draw take a little longer as we clarify the rules and running of the festival but also we had the EA here checking rod licences, we are happy to announce that all 180 anglers were in possession of their licences so the show was ready to go on! Day one has been abysmal weather wise and I think there will be a few hot toddies consumed tonight to restore normal body temperatures! Despite the rain the festival has got off to a good start so read on to find out today’s catch action and who has picked up those first magical section points.

A Section Pollawyn

Pollawyn has got off to a good start and despite the anglers being soaking wet all day there were some great catches. The lake winner today was Matt Pillay on peg 17; Matt fished the pellet waggler and ended up with a great haul of carp weighing 134lb 5oz. Rob Wootton was second with 102lb 4oz, Rob was on peg 25 and caught on the pellet waggler and the meat feeder. Third on peg 28 was Ben Fisk, Ben caught on the pellet waggler and the meat feeder to the aerator for a weight of 98lb 5oz. The next best weight on the lake was 97lb 5oz and this came from Tony Wynnick on peg 27, Tony struggled a bit at first but caught late on the pole.

Section Winners

Matthew Pillay 9 points peg 17 134lb 5oz
Rob Wootton  9 points peg 25 102lb 5oz
Lee Kerry  9 points peg 12 51lb 10oz
Nigel Marchington 9 points peg 34 49lb 11oz

B Section Trelawney/Twin Oaks

This section today proved to be very fair with good weights coming offboth sides of all the lakes. The overall lake winner was Kieron Rich on Twin Oaks peg 10, Kieron caught early on the pellet waggler then switched to the meat feeder ending up with a total weight of 141lb 14oz. Second went to Adam Richards on the other side of Twin Oaks on peg 35, Adam had a weight of 130lb 11oz caught mainly on meat down the edge but he also had a few bonus fish on the bomb with pellet. Bob Rand was third with 109lb 6oz; Bob was on Trelawney peg 32 caught on the pole with pellet and corn. The next best weight came from Richie Hull on Trelawney peg 26, Richie caught at 13 meters on the deck with meat for a weight of 96lb.

Section Winners

Kieron Rich  9 points peg 10 141lb 14oz
Adam Richards 9 points peg 35 130lb 11oz
Bob Rand  9 points peg 32 109lb 6oz
Jon Davis  9 points peg 16 92lb 13oz

C Section Gwinear

Not the best of starts on Gwinear today, we thought with the addition of pellets in this festival the fish would feed a bit more but with the cold water from the recent rain going into the lake this had not helped but just added to the fact the fish have really shoaled up in some areas of the lake and are simply not feeding. The lake winner today with 77lb 2oz was Paul Taylor on peg 24; Paul caught 20 carp on the pole at 11 meters with soft pellet on the hook. Second was Nigel Smith, Nigel caught at 13 meters on the pole with pellet for a weight of 67lb 2oz from peg 14. Phil Ringer was third with 55lb 5oz; Phil was on peg 9 and caught on the long pole with pellet. The next best weight on the lake was 49lb 3oz and this came from Paul Blinkhorn on peg 20, Paul caught on pellet on the long pole.

Section Winners

Paul Taylor  9 points peg 24 77lb 2oz
Phil Ringer  9 points peg 9 55lb 5oz
Simon Gould  9 points peg 31 43lb 2oz
Scott Wilding  9 points peg 55 10lb 7oz

D Section Porth

The weights on Porth have increased since last festival but still has a lot of room for improvement, the weather is due to come in better this week so we are hoping that this adds to the fishing not just on this lake but on all of them. The Lake winner today with 12lb 6oz was Vic Molyneux, Vic was on peg 39 and caught on the pole at 13 meters with caster and maggots. Steve Ringer was second on the lake; Steve was on peg 75 and caught on the pole with maggot over groundbait for a weight of 12lb 2oz. Third from peg 76 was Steve Barnett, Steve had a weight of 11lb 9oz caught on the pole with maggots. The next best weight on the lake came from Steve Burgess on peg 71, Steve caught on the feeder with worm on the hook and also had a few on the pole for a weight of 10lb 6oz.

Section Winners

Vic Molyneux  9 points peg 39 12lb 6oz
Steve Ringer  9 points peg 75 12lb 2oz
Mick Hughes  9 points peg 81 8lb 9oz
Rob Wootton  9 points peg 22 5lb 3oz

E Section Bolingey

It was another amazing start for the week on Bolingey with 17 anglers weighing in with over 90lbs! It was a great festival start for the Lake winner Andy Geldart today who weighed in with 177lb 12oz; Andy was on peg 20 and caught on the pellet waggler. Andy May was second with 163lb 2oz, Andy caught on the pellet waggler from peg 24. Third went to Lee Pesticcio on peg 46 with 140lb 10oz, Lee caught on 8 mil pellets and 14,5 meters on the deck and also had a few down the edge on dead red maggot. Alan Scotthorne on peg 1 had the next best weight with 134lb 1oz, Alan caught long down the edge.

Section Winners

Andy Geldart  9 points peg 20 177lb 12oz
Andy May  9 points peg 24 163lb 2oz
Lee Pesticcio  9 points peg 46 140lb 10oz
Ian Frost  9 points peg 37 122lb 12oz

So that was the action from day one, lets see who the festival leaders are from day one.

Overall Top Twenty

1st  Andy Geldart  9 points 177lb 12oz
2nd  Andy May  9 points 163lb 2ox
3rd  Kieron Rich  9 points 141lb 14oz
4th  Lee Pesticcio  9 points 140lb 10oz
5th  Matthew Pillay 9 points 134lb 5oz
6th  Adam Richards 9 points 130lb 11oz
7th  Ian Frost  9 points 122lb 12oz
8th  Bob Rand  9 points 109lb 6oz
9th  Rob Wootton  9 points 102lb 4oz
10th  Jon Davis  9 points 92lb 13oz
11th  Paul Taylor  9 points 77lb 2oz
12th  Phil Ringer  9 points 55lb 5oz
13th  Lee Kerry  9 points 51lb 10oz
14th  Nigel Marchington 9 points 49lb 11oz
15th  Simon Gould  9 points 43lb 2oz
16th  Vic Molymeux 9 points 12lb 6oz
17th  Steve Ringer  9 points 12lb 2oz
18th  Scott Wilding  9 points 10lb 7oz
19th  Mick Hughes  9 points 8lb 9oz
20th  Rob Brennan  9 points 5lb 3oz

So it has been a promising start for the festival and the weather is set to improve for the rest of the week so we all have high hopes of great matches to come.

Stay tuned for more results tomorrow.