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Dynamite Bait Festival - Day 3

Dynamite Bait Festival

Day Three

We have reached the mid way point of the festival and today was very wet with persistent rain from overnight continuing all day. 

Read on for the match action from across the lakes and to find out which front runners have managed another section win. Also all today’s lake winners receive a free holiday and an invitation to fish the all winners’ mini festival in October.

A Section Trewaters

The results were close on Trewaters and although a few areas struggled the weights at the top were close for the overalls. Tyrone Hull was today’s match winner with 32lb 12oz; Tyrone was on peg 54 and caught on the method with groundbait and meat on the hook and on the pole at 7 meters with red maggot. Andy Geldart on peg 35 was second, Andy caught on the method & waggler with maggot for a weight of 29lb 12oz. Third was Alan Hodgeon, Alan was on peg 28 and weighed in with 28lb 12oz caught on the method. The next best weight on the lake came from Chris Downs on peg 29 with 28lb 10oz; Chris caught carp on the method and F1’s on the pole at 13 meters with pellet.

Section Winners

Tyrone Hull                 9 points           peg 54             32lb 12oz

Andy Geldart              9 points           peg 29             29lb 12oz

Alan Hodgeon                        9 points           peg 28             28lb 12oz

Jez Goldthorpe            9 points           peg 48             16lb 6oz

B Section Porth

Despite the anglers still having major problems with pike the weights are still better than last week. The lake winner today with 18lb 4oz was Joe Carass; Joe was on peg 20 and caught on the waggler with maggot. John Battersby on peg 35 was second, John caught on the pole with maggot for a weight of 13lb 13oz. On peg 87 James Dent was third with 12lb 4oz, James caught on the waggler with maggot. Dean Smith had the next best weight on the lake with 11lb 10oz; Dean was on peg 89 and caught on the waggler with caster

Section Winners

Joe Carass                   9 points           peg 20             18lb 4oz

John Battersby                        9 points           peg 35             13lb 13oz

James Dent                  9 points           peg 87             12lb 4oz

John Cockayne            9 points           peg 71             11lb

C Section Bolingey

The cold rain over night and throughout the day has slowed things down on Bolingey and although the overall weights were good it was a struggle for some. Steve Ringer was the lake winner today with 132lb 5oz; Steve was on peg 45 and caught on the long pole with meat. Second – just missing out to his brother by a pound – was Phil Ringer, Phil was on peg 7 and caught on the long pole with pellet for a weight of 131lb 3oz. Andy Power on peg 29 was third, Andy caught on pellet shallow and meat down the edge for a weight of 94lb 10oz. 89lb 12oz was the next best weight on the lake and this came from Gareth Drury on peg 18, Gareth caught on the pole shallow with pellet.

Section Winners

Steve Ringer               9 points           peg 45             132lb 5oz

Phil Ringer                  9 points           peg 7               131lb 3oz

Andy Power                9 points           peg 29             94lb 10oz

Gareth Drury               9 points           peg 18             89lb 12oz

D Section Pollawyn

All the sections on Pollawyn fished fairly well today and although just one or two anglers struggled the fish seemed spread out across the lake. It was a record breaking day on the lake with not only the biggest fish of the week so far but also the biggest ever recorded fish coming out of the lake with a 20lb 7oz mirror being caught by lake winner Andy May. Andy won the lake with just 10 fish for a total weight of 105lb he was on peg 17 and caught on the traditional waggler with pellet. Second with 97lb 8oz was Alan Scotthorne, Alan was on peg 28 and caught on the bomb & waggler. Ian Andrews weighed in with 69lb 15oz to take third; Ian caught on the method and the straight lead with pellet and was on peg 19. Craig Owen on peg 20 had the next best weight; Craig caught on the pellet waggler and method and weighed in with 69lb 10oz.

Section Winners

Andy May                   9 points           peg 17             105lb

Alan Scotthorne          9 points           peg 28             97lb 8oz

Ashley Clements         9 points           peg 47             59lb

Richard Tyson             9 points           peg 13             31lb 3oz

E Section Twin Oaks/Trelawney

It was a good day all round with both Trelawney & Twin Oaks throwing up some good weights. In our second record break of the day Twin Oaks produced the best weight of not only this weeks festival so far but also the best weight to come from the complex this year with lake winner Andy Dare weighing in with 199lb 4oz, Andy was on Twin Oaks peg 16 and caught on the pellet waggler. Ian Harper was second on Twin Oaks peg 14, Ian caught on the pellet waggler and meat on the pole for a weight of 101lb 9oz. Third with 83lb 15oz was Tony Stevenson, Tony was on Trelawney peg 22 and caught on the bomb with meat. The next best weight came from Mark Pollard on Trelawney peg 18, Mark weighed in with 76lb 14 oz caught on the pole with pellet.

Section Winners

Andy Dare                  9 points           peg 16             199lb 4oz

Tony Stevenson          9 points           peg 22             83lb 15oz

Mark Pollard               9 points           peg 18             76lb 14oz

Ben Hathaway                        9 points           peg 35             57lb 9oz

So here is how the action from today has affected our leader board

Overall Top Twenty

1^st        Alan Scotthorne          27 points         254lb 6oz

2^nd        Tony Stevenson          27 points         220lb 12oz

3^rd        Joe Carass                   27 points         186lb 14oz

4^th        Ashley Clements         26 points         199lb 4oz

5^th        Steve Ringer               26 points         179lb 9oz

6^th        Dean Smith                 26 points         116lb 15oz

7^th        John Cockayne            25 points         74lb

8^th        Harry Billing               24 points         211lb 8oz

9^th        Russ Grimes                24 points         141lb 15oz

10^th      Alan Hodgeon                        24 points         114lb 6oz

11^th      Matt Godfrey              24 points         113lb 14oz

12^th      Adam Richards           23 points         163lb 7oz

13^th      Andy Geldart              23 points         127lb 12oz

14^th      Lee Edwards               23 points         117lb 4oz

15^th      James Dent                  23 points         115lb 3oz

16^th      Cameron Hughes        23 points         105lb 7oz

17^th      Ian Harper                   22 points         229lb 12oz

18^th      Nick Speed                 22 points         178lb 7oz

19^th      John Battersby                        22 points         97lb 1oz

20^th      Callum Dicks              22 points         77lb 4oz

Three anglers still on maximum points but it is looking very close up at the top. The last two days of the festival could have a dramatic effect on the results and it could go one way or another for those in the top spots. Join us tomorrow for the latest update and fine out who the front runners are as we go into the final day.

Cheers, Kirsty

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