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Dynamite Bait Festival - Day 1

Dynamite Bait Festival

After a first successful festival we go straight into our second festival of the season sponsored by Dynamite Baits, this festival is the first that allows pellet so we are expecting the weights to go up as that is what they local anglers have been catching on over the winter. The festival is a sell out and the anglers are chomping at the bit to get started. Last week we had a mixed week of weather and the forecast this week is not great, think we are in for a bit of rain but fingers crossed it doesn’t have too much of an impact on the fishing.

Join us each day for an update on the festival and find out who our 2010 Dynamite champions will be.

Day One

The anglers fishing this week are a mix of those that were here last week, festival regulars and some “newbie’s” so the morning draw always lasts a bit longer as we go over the rules and explain how the festival works. Once everything is clear the anglers are into the bag for that first lucky dip of the week. It was a wet morning but brightened up throughout the day. Read one for the action from day one.

A Section Pollawyn

Pollawyn fished well last week despite a couple of tough days and the weights today were reasonable from across the sections, the addition of pellet meant we saw a few more carp being caught today with a lot of people choosing to fish the pellet waggler. Steve Conway won the lake today with 94lb 3oz; Steve was on peg 29 and caught on the waggler & method with pellet. Second on peg 17 was Tim Dabrowa, Tim caught 12 carp on the pellet waggler for a weight of 92lb 11oz. Russ Grimes weighed in with 75lb 5oz to take third, Russ was on peg 45 and caught on the long pole with meat. Nick Speed on peg 21 had the next best weight on the lake with 60lb 6oz, Nick caught on the drop with meat on the pole.

Section Winners

Steve Conway             9 points           peg 29             94lb 3oz

Tim Dabrowa              9 points           peg 17             92lb 11oz

Russ Grimes                9 points           peg 45             75lb 5oz

Brian Bennett              9 points           peg 6               56lb 8oz

B Section Twin Oaks & Trelawney

These lakes were both in last week and this week the anglers were due to fish Twin Oaks, Acorn & Canal but we weren’t sure Canal could produce as fair weights as Trelawney did so we decided to keep it in. It was proof on Twin Oaks that pellet really does make a difference with 5 our of the 9 anglers in one section weighing in over 80lbs. Joe Carass was today’s lake winner on Twin Oaks peg 2, Joe caught on the pellet feeder for a weight of 139lb 5oz. Second with 125lb 4oz was Matt Drayton, Matt was on Twin Oaks peg 14 and caught on the method with meat on the hook and on the pole at 6 meters with meat. Craig Elkin on Twin Oaks peg 16 was third, Craig caught on the pole and only had 6 fish after 3 hours but finished with a weight of 101lb 11oz. Dean Smith had the next best weight on Twin Oaks 21, Dean caught on the method feeder with pellet and on the pole with pellet to weigh in with 81lb 15oz.

Section Winners

Joe Crass                     9 points           peg 2               139lb 5oz

Dean Smith                 9 points           peg 21             81lb 15oz

Jarrad Smith                9 points           peg 20             47lb 7oz

John Cockayne            9 points           peg 14             44lb 10oz

 C Section Trewaters

It is the first time really since last October that Trewaters has been fished with any numbers on so other than a few local matches it has not been fished much so the anglers face going into the day a bit blind. The weights today were low but with a bit of bait gone in now hopefully it will pick up for the rest of the week. Steve Ringer was the lake winner with 37lb 3oz; Steve was on peg 34 and caught on the feeder with dead maggot. Second on peg 21 was Callum Dicks, Callum caught short on the pole with pellets for a weight of 24lb 8oz. Andy Walker took third with a weight of 24lb 6oz, Andy caught on the pole at 7 meters with pellet from peg 26. On peg 49 Matt Godfrey had the next best weight, Matt weighed in with 24lb 4oz caught short on the pole with pellet.

Section Winners

Steve Ringer               9 points           peg 34             37lb 3oz

Andy Walker              9 points           peg 26             24lb 6oz

Matt Godfrey              9 points           peg 49             24lb 4oz

Tommy Pickering        9 points           peg 40             22lb 6oz

D Section Porth

Towards the end of last week it was a real struggle on Porth but the anglers seemed to have had a better day today and the weights were a lot closer across all the sections. Andy May was the lake winner today with 15lb 1oz, Andy was on peg 71 and caught on the slider with maggots and fed casters. Second on peg 84 was Alan Scotthorne, Alan caught roach with squatt over groundbait for a weight of 11lb 9oz. Third with 10lb 15oz was Tim Nash, Tim was on peg 32 and caught roach on the pole at 11meters with maggot. On peg 19 Lee Kerry had the next best weight with 9lb 14oz, Lee caught on the pole and loose fed maggots.

Section Winners

Andy May                   9 points           peg 71             15lb 1oz

Alan Scotthorne          9 points           peg 84             11lb 9oz

Tim Nash                     9 points           peg 32             10lb 15oz

Lee Kerry                    9 points           peg 19             9lb 14oz

E Section Bolingey

It was a good start down on Bolingey with the tonne weights still being produced and generally fishing well. Jamie Parkhouse was the lake winner today with 129lb 5oz this included a fish tipping the scales at 19lbs, Jamie was on peg 17 and caught on the method with meat on the hook. Second was Andy Bennett, Andy caught on the method with pellet from peg 11 for a weight of 126lb 5oz. Michael Hall was third with 113lb 1oz, Michael was on peg 45 and caught at 14.5 & 5 meters on the pole with pellet & meat and had a few fish down the edge. The next best weight came from Steve Homewood on peg 12 with 108lb 1oz, Steve caught on the pellet feeder and on the pole with meat.

Section Winners

Jamie Parkhouse          9 points           peg 17             129lb 5oz

Michael Hall                9 points           peg 45             113lb 1oz

Ian Harper                   9 points           peg 40             108lb

Tony Stevenson          9 points           peg 7               92lb

Here is how the first leader board of the week looks like

Overall Top 20

1^st        Joe Carass                   9 points           139lb 5oz

2^nd        Jamie Parkhouse          9 points           129lb 5oz

3^rd        Michael Hall                9 points           113lb 1oz

4^th        Ian Harper                   9 points           108lb

5^th        Steve Conway             9 points           94lb 3oz

6^th        Tim Dabrowa              9 points           92lb 11oz

7^th        Tony Stevenson          9 points           92lb

8^th        Dean Smith                 9 points           81lb 15oz

9^th        Russ Grimes                9 points           75lb 5oz

10^th      Brian Bennett              9 points           56lb 8oz

11^th      Jarrad Smith                9 points           47lb 7oz

12^th      John Cockayne            9 points           44lb 10oz

13^th      Steve Ringer               9 points           37lb 3oz

14^th      Andy Walker              9 points           24lb 6oz

15^th      Matt Godfrey              9 points           24lb 4oz

16^th      Tommy Pickering        9 points           22lb 6oz

17^th      Andy May                   9 points           15lb 1oz

18^th      Alan Scotthorne          9 points           11lb 9oz

19^th      Tim Nash                     9 points           10lb 15oz

20^th      Lee Kerry                    9 points           9lb 14oz

So the section winners from day one take the top spots with Joe Crass leading the way with the top weight. There is a long way to go yet; will we see another perfect result for the festival winner? Stay tuned for the daily updates.

Cheers, Kirsty

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