Well after a blustery previous week the weather seems to have taken a turn for the best and we are even seeing some Cornish spring sunshine, lets keep our fingers crossed and these fine conditions hold out for the whole of the festival.

There were some amazing weights last week mainly caught on meat, the Dynamite Bait festival allows the use of pellet so will this add to the match weights and see even more fish being caught.
Read on to find out how the start of the festival went.

Day One

'A' Section - Pollawyn
The match lake got off to a great start with over 1000lbs of fish being caught on day one – that’s a lot if fish!! Five ton plus weights were recorded and some amazing carp were caught. Steve Sanders took the lake win on peg 18 with a breath taking 196lb 5oz, Steve caught on pellet on the waggler. Second went to Tim Nash with167lb 14oz, Tim Caught on meat on the bomb and also pellet shallow on the waggler from peg 16. Paul Holland on peg 27 took third with 141lb 6oz caught shallow on the waggler with pellet. Missing out on the frame with 138lb 3oz was Steve Ringer on peg 45; Steve caught on meat shallow on the long pole but did pick up maximum section points.

'A' SECTION WINNERS
Steve Ringer 9 Points 196lb 5oz
Tim Nash 9 Points 167lb 14oz
Steve Ringer 9 Points 138lb 3oz
Bill Jolly 9 Points 42lb 10ozvv

‘B’ Section - Twin Oaks & Acorn & Nelson
This is a new section for this week and we held out high hopes for these lakes, some great weights came from all three sections today and if it fishes this well for the next 4 days I’m sure we’ll see some even more impressive weights as the week goes on. Karl Webster on Twin Oaks peg 4 took the win with 105lb 3oz, Karl caught on hair-rigged pellet on the waggler. One fish behind him was Gary Hamilton on Twin Oaks peg 6 with 103lb 9oz, Gary also caught on pellet on the waggler. Third came from Adam Rooney on peg 14 of Acorn, Adam caught on the long pole across to the island with pellet. The next highest weight came from Andy May with 87lb; Andy was on Twin Oaks peg 8 and caught on the waggler with pellet. Nelsons also fished well with the top weight coming from Richard Strange on peg 11 with 79lb 2oz

'B' SECTION WINNERS
Karl Webster 9 Points 105lb 3oz
Adam Rooney 9 Points 90lb 7oz
Calvin Lawson 9 Points 84lb 15oz
Mark Wells 9 Points 69lb 8oz

'C' Section - Gwinear
It was a tough day for the anglers on Gwinear but we are expecting the weights to get better throughout the week with the introduction of pellets. Pete Wedgbrow got his festival campaign of to a great start with a lake win from peg 31, Pete caught on corn down the edge to give him a final weight of 61lb 15oz. Second went to Jimmy Wilson on peg 20 with 43lb 4oz, Jimmy caught on caster and worm on the pole. Tommy Pickering took third with 33lb 5oz, Tommy caught on the pole with pellet and worm from peg 6. The next best weight on the lake came from Colin Mulholland with 23lb 2oz caught from peg 54, Colin had a few on the feeder but mainly caught skimmers on the pole using worm.

'C' SECTION WINNERS
Pete Wedgbrow 9 Points 61lb 15oz
Jimmy Wilson 9 Points 43lb 4oz
Tommy Pickering 9 Points 33lb 5oz
Chris Chadwick 9 Points 22lb

'D' Section - Porth
It was a good day on Porth with consistent weights coming from all four sections. Tim Rowe took the lake win with 26lb caught on the feeder with worm from peg 78. Dave Taylor (must remember sun cream) came second on the lake from peg 71 with 22lb, Dave caught on the feeder. Third went to Andy Dare on peg 75 who caught on the feeder giving him a total weight of 18lb 12oz. Dan Ashington had the next best weight with 18lb 3oz, Dan was on peg 84 and caught on the 13 meter pole with caster.

'D' SECTION WINNERS
Tim Rowe 9 Points 26lb
Dan Ashington 9 Points 18lb 3oz
John Battersby 9 Points 15lb 4oz
Ian Saiger 9 Points 15lb 4oz

'E' Section - Bolingey
Bolingey – owned by Mike known to us as a temperamental and impatient (only joking matey – give me a chance!!!!) produced another set of top results today, the lake winning weight came from Greg Roberts on peg 45, Greg caught on the long pole down the edge and also at 8 meters on front of him on pellet and meat giving him a weight of 99lb 3oz. Second went to Neil Mckinnon on peg 1 who weighed in with 95lb 11oz, Neil caught shallow on pellet at 14 and a half meters in front of him and also shallow down the edge. Steve Conway fished the feeder from peg 11 and picked up third with 78lb 1oz. The next best weight came from Pem Wrighting on peg 20 with 77lb 11oz.

'E' SECTION WINNERS
Greg Roberts 9 Points 99lb 3oz
Neil Mckinnon 9 Points 95lb 11oz
Steve Conway 9 Points 78lb 1oz
Kevin Williams 9 Points 64lb3oz

Day One - Overall Top 20

So that was day one and it was an amazing start to the festival, those anglers who won the valuable section points will be hoping they can repeat their performances for the rest of the week, there has been a gauntlet thrown down and the anglers have taken on the challenge – who will emerge victorious as the White Acres Dynamite Baits festival winner 2006, stay tuned for daily updates.

Day Two
The festival got off to a cracking start and day two followed suite, more top weights came from all of lakes and some big fish were recorded at Bolingey. The skies were still bright and clear but it was colder for the anglers. With the points yet again being so tight at the top extra care was taken with feeding and watching for those vital bites to ensure maximum points were gained.

'A' Section Twin Oaks/Acorn/Nelson
It was another good day on these lakes with the top weight again coming from Twin Oaks. The lake win went to Lee Woodhouse on peg 14 Twin Oaks, Lee fished pellet on the waggler to take a confident victory with 108lb 15oz. Second went to Peter Bowles on Nelson peg 1, Pete fished on the bomb and meat giving him a final weight of 99lb 6oz. Third also came form Nelson with Kieron Rich weighing in with 91lb 10oz, Kieron caught on the bomb and meat from peg 12. Alex Bones had the next best section weight with 87lb, Alex on Twin Oaks peg 18 fished on the pole with meat and pellet. The top weight on Acorn came from Steve Sanders on peg 10 with 73lb.

'A' Section Winners
Lee Woodhouse 9 Points 108lb 15oz
Peter Bowles 9 Points 99lb 6oz
Steve Sanders 9 Points 73lb
Steve Ringer 9 Points 61lb 1oz

'B' Section - Gwinear
Gwinear is still fishing hard with some pegs definitely fishing better than others. The winning weight today came from Karl Webster on peg 50 with 64lb 3oz, Karl caught on the pole with corn and pellet. Adam Rooney took second with 50lb 14oz, Adam caught on the pole across with corn from peg 53. Mark Eves came third with 44lb; Mark was on peg 9 and caught on the 14-meter pole with pellet. On peg 20 Harry Billing had the next best weight with 42lb 12oz, Harry had a bad start to the day and then turned it around in the latter part if the match and caught down the edge on worm in the last hour.

'B' Section Winners
Karl Webster 9 Points 64lb 3oz
Adam Rooney 9 Points 50lb 14oz
Mark Eves 9 Points 44lb
Harry Billing 9 Points 42lb 12oz

'C' Section - Porth
Porth fished well yesterday with the anglers catching loads if skimmers and roach and if lucky a couple of bonus perch. The lake win came from Tommy Pickering on peg 88 with 27lb 13oz, Tommy caught on the feeder. Second went to Sam Bates who fished pinkie on the feeder from peg 77 for a weight of 23lb 2oz. Matt Baker took third with 17lb 12oz, Matt caught on the feeder with worm from peg 82. Grant Albutt had the next best weight on the lake with 17lb 10oz, Grant fished worm on the feeder from peg 86.

'C' Section Winners
Tommy Pickering 9 Points 27lb 13oz
Sam Bates 9 Points 23lb 2oz
Paul Blinkhorn 9 Points 14lb 9oz
Alex Murray 9 Points 14lb 1oz

'D' Section - Bolingey
What a good day the anglers had on Bolingey! Four ton plus weights and high 80lbs ensured that nearly all the anglers had a great day fishing. Tim Rowe on peg 45 took the lake win with 119lb 1oz (which included one carp weighing 17lb 11oz), Tim caught on the pole at 16 meters in front of him with meat and down the edge on the pole at 7 meters with corn. Second on the lake went to Martin Harrell with 112lb 11oz, Martin caught at 7 meters on the pole with pellet from peg 49. Ian Saiger on peg 36 took third with 108lb 4oz, Ian caught on the feeder with pellet. Just missing out on the frame was Rob Wotton with his great weight of 102lb 4oz, Rob caught in the feeder with pellet from peg 36.

'D' Section Winners
Tim Rowe 9 Points 119lb 1oz
Martin Harrell 9 Points 112lb 11oz
Ian Saiger 9 Points 108lb 4oz
Rob Wootton 9 Points 102lb 4oz

'E' Section - Pollawyn
The high bank once again took the take win providing some impressive weights, but a lot of skill is coming from those anglers fishing in the un favoured areas but managing to pull off the section wins collecting valuable points. Ian Hudson took the lake win today with a whopping 158lb 6oz, Ian fished on the waggler with pellet from peg 26 to take this impressive win. Second went to Jeff Harston on peg 25, Jeff also fished pellet on the waggler giving him a final weight of 117lb 8oz. Neil Mckinnon finished third on the lake with 112lb 8oz, Neil was on peg 17 and caught shallow on the waggler with pellet. Chas Ward had the next nest weight with 105lb 6oz; Chas was on peg 29 and caught on pellet up in the water.

'E' Section Winners
Ian Hudson 9 Points 158lb 6oz
Neil Mckinnon 9 Points 112lb 8oz
Andy Stonner 9 Points 44lb 4oz
Tony Wynnick 9 Points 44lb 4oz
Greg Roberts 9 Points 38lb 12oz

Top Twenty after day two.

So that was day two, 8 anglers on maximum points, this is going to be another tight festival! As the midway point approaches can these anglers named above hold on to their points and positions? Stay tuned and we will update you with more information tomorrow.

Day Three
It was a frosty cold start to the day but the sun shone through and the fishing went on. After yesterdays match the results were so close it could go anyway, has today’s action changed the leader board.

‘A’ Section - Gwinear
Another tough day on the lake, we were unable to obtain any catch details except for the winner so not a lot to say I’m afraid! Steve Ringer took the lake win with 41lb 8oz; Steve was on peg 50 and caught in the margins on the pole with pellet. Second came from peg 31 where Bob Conway weighed 41lb 4oz. Martin Cocks was third with 33lb 8oz from peg 54 and the next best weight of 30lb 12oz came from Lee Woodhouse on peg 24.

Section Winners
Steve Ringer 9 Points 41lb 8oz
Bob Conway 9 Points 41lb 4oz
Lee Woodhouse 9 Points 30lb 12oz
Adam Wakelin 9 Points 28lb 12oz

‘B’ Section - Porth
Porth fished well yesterday and there were some good weights all round. Harry Billing caught on the feeder and took the lake win with 26lb 4oz from peg 75. Andy May came second on the lake with 22lb 6oz, Andy caught on the pole at 9 meters with worm from peg 89. Third went to birthday boy Simon Gould with 19lb 6oz, Simon was on peg 72 and caught on the feeder & bomb with worm and maggots. Steve Cooke on peg 40 had the next best weight on the lake with 17lb 6oz; Steve caught over 120 fish on the feeder.

Section Winners
Harry Billing 9 Points 26lb 4oz
Andy May 9 Points 22lb 6oz
Steve Cooke 9 Points 17lb 6oz
Adam Rooney 9 Points 9lb 15oz

‘C’ Section - Bolingey
Another great day on Bolingey with the top weight of 123lb 7oz taking the lake win, this Came from Scott Wilding on peg 37, Scott caught shallow on the waggler with pellet. Chris Downs on peg 7 came second with 94lb 2oz, Chris caught on the long pole with pellet. Third came from peg 35 where Pete Wedgbrow caught on the short pole with meat for a weight of 88lb 4oz. The next best weight on the lake came from Jimmy Wilson on peg 18 with 78lb 1oz, Jimmy caught on the pole with meat.

Section Winners
Scott Wilding 9 Points 123lb 7oz
Chris Downs 9 Points 94lb 2oz
Jimmy Wilson 9 Points 78lb 1oz
Antony Atkinson 9 Points 76lb 6oz

‘D’ Section – Pollawyn
Wow!! That just sums it up really, the number (and size) of carp that came out of the high bank yesterday was nearly unbelievable, although some areas of the lake fish better than others, the un favoured areas still offer a tough challenge for those vital catch points. The weights yesterday were amazing, hard to believe that Andy Geldart had a great match and weighed in with 127lbs but didn’t frame and was only fourth in the section! The staggering winning weight of 205lb 1oz came from Rob Wootton on peg 25, Rob caught (as did all the top four on the lake) shallow on the waggler with pellet. Tim Row took second from peg 17 with 185lb 1oz, third was Stuart Lister with 136lb 15oz from peg 28 and Dave Rudman had the next best weight on peg 27 with 134lb 8oz. If it carries on this way half of the fisheries team will be booked into the chiropractors next week!!

Section Winners
Rob Wootton 9 Points 205lb 1oz
Tim Rowe 9 Points 185lb 1oz
Mark Perkins 9 Points 55lb 3oz
Richie Hull 9 Points 33lb 2oz

‘E’ Section - Twin Oaks & Acorn & Nelson
These lakes are still performing well with the three top weights being spread about the lakes. The win today came from Mark Plevin on Twin Oaks peg 2, Mark weighed in 86lb 5oz caught down the edge on meat. Vic Molyneux took second with 72lb; Vic was on peg 18 and caught a few down the edge on the waggler and on the pole across at 13 meters with meat. Dave West on Acorn peg 1 was third with 67lb 6oz. The next highest weight came from Nelsons peg 7 where Steve Conway caught on the waggler with pellet for a weight of 65lb 12oz.

'E' Section Winners
Mark Plevin 9 Points 86lb 5oz
David West 9 Points 67lb 6oz
Steve Conway 9 Points 65lb 12oz
Alan Hodgeon 9 Points 62lb 15oz

Top Twenty at the end of Day Three...

Day Four
It was another cold and frosty morning but again the sun shone through and although it was still chilly there was lots of fish to be caught. This was a crucial day on the festival as the results are extremely tight and could be anyone’s festival. Read on to see how the action went.

‘A’ Section - Porth
The lake is still fishing well with worms being one of the key baits to catch on. Steve Sanders took the lake win with 20lb 8oz; Steve was on peg 72 and caught on the feeder with worms and dead maggots. Second went to Kieron Rich, Kieron caught on the pole at 11 meters with worm and casters from peg 84 with a weight of 16lb 2oz. Mal Runacres took third with 15lb 9oz from peg 71, Mal caught on the feeder with worms. Gary Webber (peg 85) and Steve Ringer (peg 79) both had the next best weight on the lake with 15lb 7oz, Steve caught on the feeder with dead maggots and Gary caught on the feeder with worms.

‘A’ Section Winners
Steve Sanders 9 Points 20lb 10oz
Kieron Rich 9 Points 16lb 2oz
Lee Woodhouse 9 Points 13lb 4oz
Peter Bowles 9 Points 8lb 6oz

‘B’ Section - Bolingey
Bolingey fished well again with the top weight of 100lb 8oz coming from Steve Cooke on peg 7, Steve caught down the edge at 5 meters on meat. Second on the lake went to Gary Stanley with 93lb 5oz, Gary was on peg 47 and caught at 11 meters on meat and pellet. Arnie Payling came third with 92lb 5oz, Arnie caught on the pole at 11 meters with meat from peg 29. 88lb 12oz was the next best weight on the lake and that came from Sean Huggins on peg 35, Sean caught short and deep on the pole with meat.

‘B’ Section Winners
Steve Cooke 9 Points 100lb 8oz
Arnie Payling 9 Points 92lb 5oz
John Holdsworth 9 Points 72lb 15oz
Brian Molyneux 9 Points 52lb 11oz

C Section - Pollawyn
It was an amazing days fishing on Pollawyn with the high bank once again producing some massive catches. Literally one fish separated the top two on the lake but in the end Alex Murray on peg 25 took the win with 178lb 15oz, Alex caught on 8 mil pellets on the waggler. A very close second with 177lb 4oz came from peg 27 where Paul Cannon also fished on the waggler with pellet. Chris downs caught on the waggler with pellet and took third with 140lb 2oz from peg 26. Grant Albutt had the next best weight on the lake from peg 30 with 112lb 2oz.

'C' Section Winners
Alex Murray 9 Points 178lb 15oz
Chris Murray 9 Points 79lb 8oz
Jez Lifsey 9 Points 40lb 13oz
John Waples 9 Points 40lb 2oz

'D' Section - Twin Oaks, Acorn, Nelsons
There are still great weights coming from these lakes. The win today came from Andy Dare on peg 12 Twin Oaks, Andy caught on the waggler with pellet. Second went to Dan Ashington on peg 2 Twin oaks came second with 88lb 12oz, Dan caught shallow on the waggler with pellet. Third went to Steve Burgess with 87lb 1oz, Steve was on Twin Oaks peg 18. The next best weight came from Rob Wootton; Rob was on Twin Oaks peg 19 and caught on pellet and meat down the edge giving him a weight of 84lb 6oz.

''D' Section Winners
Andy Dare 9 Points 95lb 14oz
Rob Wooton 9 Points 84lb 6oz
Mark Harris 9 Points 80lb 15oz
David Taylor 9 Points 58lb 12oz

'E' Section Gwinear
It is defiantly time to give the lake a rest, anglers are still catching but the weights are getting steadily lower each day – even so essential points are still up for grabs so the show must go on! Eddie Green on peg 20 took the lake win with 55lb, Eddie fished mainly on the pole down the edge at 6 meters with corn and worm, he also had a few on the bomb. Second went to Neil Mickinnon with 51lb 4oz from peg 31, Neil had 3 fish long to the island but mainly down the edge at 5 meters on worm. corn & pellet. Paul Carnwell took third with 40lb 15oz; Paul was on peg 27 and caught on the feeder with pellet.

'E' Section Winners
Eddie Green 9 Points 55lb
Neil Mckinnon 9 Points 51lb 4oz
John Chapman 9 Points 35lb 9oz
Paul Selvedge 9 Points 29lb 4oz

Top twenty at the end of day four.

Well what a day, as you can see it’s all change at the top.
There has been a big shake up today but I’m sure many anglers will be looking at this as their dropped results. The final day is going to be nail biting, there is both ground to gain and loose. It will be fingers and everything crossed at the draw tomorrow, good luck to all the anglers fishing and stay tuned to find out who will be the winner of the White Acres Dynamite Bait Festival 2006

Day Five - The Final
I’m sure by now you all know who won the festival but here are the details of those section wins that put the anglers in pole positions. It was a chilly but fair final day for the festival.Festival T-Shirts had been handed out at the draw and I‘m sure these were used to mop the brows of some anglers and to wipe away tears from other! This is how the final days action panned out...

'A' Section - Bolingey
1st Geoff Ringer Peg 12 125lb 8oz
2nd Lee Woodhouse Peg 7 113lb 11oz
3rd Steve Ringer Peg 49 112lb 2oz

'A'Section Winers
Geoff Ringer 9 Points 125lb 8oz
Lee Woodhouse 9 Points 113lb 11oz
John Cockayne 9 Points 104lb 13oz
Martin Leck 9 Points 101lb

'B' Section - Pollawyn
1st Gary Hamilton Peg 27 148lb 7oz
2nd Karl Webster Peg 19 143lb 6oz
3rd Adam Rooney Peg16 124lb 14oz

'B' Section Winners
Gary Hamilton 9 Points 148lb 7oz
Adam Rooney 9 Points 124lb 12oz
Brian Molyneux 9 Points 52lb
Sean Huggins 9 Points 51lb 12oz

'C' Section - Twin Oaks/Acorn/Nelsons
1st Alan Jones Peg 5 (N) 121lb 1oz
2nd Paul Blinkhorn Peg 18 (To) 104lb 7oz
3rd Grant Albutt Peg 12 (To) 104lb 1oz

'C' Section Winners
Alan Jones 9 Points 121lb 1oz
Paul Blinkhorn 9 Points 104lb 7oz
Pete Wedgbrow 9 Points 73lb 6oz
Colin Mulholland 9 Points 64lb 1oz

'D' Section Gwinear
1st Andy Geldart Peg 24 62lb 10oz
2nd Tim Rowe Peg 6 56lb 12oz
3rd Giles Cochrane Peg 2 56lb 4oz

'D' Section Winners
Andy Geldart 9 Points 62lb 10oz
Tim Rowe 9 Points 56lb 12oz
Giles Cochrane 9 Points 37lb 8oz
John Hesselwood 9 Points 37lb 8oz

'E' Section Porth
1st Neil Mckinnon Peg 71 17lb 6oz
2nd Steve Conway Peg 21 17lb 4oz
3rd Ken Russell Peg 72 16lb 8oz

'E' Section Winners
Neil Mckinnon 9 Points 17lb 6oz
Steve Conway 9 Points 17lb 4oz
Mark Plevin 9 Points 13lb 4oz
John Chapman 9 Points 12lb 2oz

Final Top 20

So that is our final top ten on the White Acres Dynamite Bait Festival 2006.
Congratulations to all of our winners especially the 2006 champion Neil Mckinnon.  

A huge thank you to Dynamite Baits for their support and generous prizes and thank you and well done to all the anglers that have fished with us this year –
see you for the Dynamite Bait festival 2007!!