Milo Festival 2016 from White Acres

Welcome to the White Acres Milo Festival 2016.

We have 176 anglers fishing over 5 days in 9 peg sections rotating daily between lakes Pollawyn, Twin Oaks/Trelawney, Trewaters/Acorn/canal, Porth and Bolingey. With the arrival weekend being the hottest so far this year it was looking set to be a good week on the fishing front but day one had torrential rain in the afternoon! But this didn’t put a dampener on the great weights we had coming in. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Milo for sponsoring the festival for another year.

Read on to see how the anglers fished on their first day…

Day One

Today’s winner on Pollawyn was Jon Whincup on peg 27 with 105lb fishing the waggler on the pole. John Hannon fished bomb and pellet from peg 25 and finished in second place weighing in at 91lb 13oz. Finishing joint third was Robert Kite on peg 30 and Mikey Williams who fished the long pole with worm and caster from peg 48, they both had 55lb 3oz. Russell Grimes took fourth place on peg 45 weighing in at 54lb 5oz.

In first place on peg 14 Trelawney was Carl Williams with 186lb 8oz, Carl fished paste down the edge. Gary Middleton took second place fishing meat and corn from peg 16 Twin Oaks with 165lb 10oz. Finishing in third place was Chris Hancock on peg 4 Twin Oaks with 144lb fishing pellet feeder. With a weight of 140lb 10oz Luke Sorokin finished fourth on peg 8 Twin Oaks.

With a weight of 99lb 14oz Jon Harvey secured himself first place on Acorn fishing long with worm and caster from peg 15. Danny Scott finished in second with 97lb 8oz on peg 3 Acorn, Danny fished short with meat. In third place was Darren Cox fishing worm on the long pole from peg 9 Acorn and had 90lb 12oz. With a weight of 89lb 8oz was Geoff Ball on peg 17 Acorn.

Richie Hull took first place today on Porth with a weight of 39lb 10oz fishing between the long pole and the feeder from peg 89. With 36lb Scott Russell on peg 74 fished the feeder with corn and pellet. On peg 72 Gary Watling had 33lb 10oz fishing the method feeder with mini boilies. Fishing pellet feeder from peg 73 was Rob Jones who had 29lb 14oz.

With a weight of 116lb 12oz Rich Jones finished first on Bolingey today on peg 19. Rich caught on the short pole with meat. In second place Alan Scotthorne weighed in at 114lb 8oz fishing meat on the waggler from peg 11. Simon Fry finished third on peg 14 with a weight of 114lb 1oz fishing meat short. Fishing shallow with pellet from peg 45 was John Baringham took fourth with 111lb.

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Day Two

Today’s winner on Twin Oaks was Martin Holmes fishing meat short from peg 16 and had 168lb 12oz. Russell Grimes on peg 18 Twin Oaks finished in second place weighing in at 127lb 8oz. Finishing third on peg 2 Trelawney with a weight of 126lb 6oz was James Holmes fishing pellet shallow. Sam Powell took fourth place on peg 23 Twin Oaks with 123lb 10oz. Sam fished worm over groundbait down the margin.

In first place on peg 43 Trewaters was Carl Williams with a weight of 112lb 4oz, Carl caught all his fish on paste down the edge. Darren Walters took second place on peg 49 Trewaters with 110lb 1oz fishing shallow with 4mm pellet. Finishing in third place was Luke Sorokin fishing worms to the island from peg 9 Acorn and had 100lb 12oz. With a weight of 91lb Steve Sanders finished fourth on peg 15 Acorn.

With a weight of 46lb 12oz John Harvey secured himself first place on Porth fishing worm on the pole from peg 79. Darren Cox finished in second with a weight of 45lb 2oz on peg 71, Darren caught most of his fish on the long pole with worm, maggot and caster over groundbait. In third place was Martin Beardsmore on peg 74 with 28lb 7oz. With a weight of 24lb 2oz was John Parks on peg 73.

Jamie Wilde took first place today on Bolingey with a weight of 191lb 8oz on peg 3 fishing in the margins and shallow with meat. With 183lb 6oz Andy Power fished corn in the margins and pellet long from peg 27. On peg 45 Scott Russell had 135lb 4oz fishing in the margins with corn. Fishing meat at 5 metres from peg 50 was Richie Hull with 103lb 4oz.

With a weight of 98lb 7oz Kieron Rich finished first on Pollawyn today fishing waggler with pellet peg 16. In second place Chris Bradley weighed in at 77lb 7oz on peg 45. Matthew Grant finished third on peg 27 with a weight of 53lb 1oz. On peg 21 Alan Scotthorne took fourth with 51lb 15oz.

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Day Three

Fishing shallow with 4mm pellet from peg 47 on Trewaters was Dan White with 129lb 15oz. Sam Powell on peg 18 Canal finished in second weighing in at 116lb 5oz fishing worm down the edge. Finishing third on peg 51 Trewaters was Mark Richardson with 109lb 5oz fishing chopped worm over groundbait down the edge. Martin Holmes took fourth on peg 13 Acorn weighing in at 105lb 6oz fishing meat short.

With a weight of 22lb 2oz Andrew Crocker finished first on Porth today fishing method feeder with a mini boilie from peg 19. In second place Michael Shepherd weighed in at 16lb 1oz on peg 76 fishing the long pole with worm. Peter Keeler finished third on peg 71 with a weight of 14lb 3oz. On peg 89 Chris Hancock took fourth with 12lb 4oz fishing worm long.

John Harvey took first place today on Bolingey with a weight of 151lb fishing meat long and short from peg 4. With 149lb 7oz Darren Cox on peg 46 fishied at 5 metres with meat. On peg 28 Mike Mcmillan finished third with a weight of 140lb 14oz fishing meat short in the margins. Dean Gregory had 115lb 9oz from peg 13.

With a weight of 63lb 12oz Kevin Goldenburg secured himself first place on Pollawyn fishing pellet from peg 10. James Stones finished in second with a weight of 62lb on peg 16. In third place was Cliff Prophet on peg with 61lb fishing waggler. With a weight of 57lb 14oz was Kevin East on peg 27.

In first place on peg 14 Twin Oaks was Steve Potter with a weight of 127lb 10oz, Steve fished bomb and pellet. Wayne Garnett took second place on peg 16 Twin Oaks with a weight of 127lb 8oz. Finishing in third place was Alan Scotthorne on peg 25 Trelawney with 108lb 8oz. With a weight of 105lb 6oz Jake Gallagher finished fourth on peg 23 Trelawney.

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Day Four

Today’s winner on Porth was Sam Powell on peg 87 with 30lb 5oz fishing worm and caster at 11 metres. John Hannon on peg 19 finished in second place weighing in at 24lb 12oz, John fished method. Finishing third fishing worm on the long pole from peg 38 was Jake Robinson who had 23lb 8oz. Robert Kite took fourth place on peg 39 weighing in at 22lb 9oz and fishing worm on the long pole.

In first place on peg 30 was Carl Williams with a weight of 148lb 10oz, Carl fished paste down the margins. James Dent took second place fishing short with meat from peg 32 and had 136lb 14oz. Finishing in third place was Claire Hollis on peg 11 with 130lb 12oz, Claire fished the feeder and maggots in the margins. With a weight of 108lb 6oz Steve Sanders finished fourth place on peg 16 fishing pellet at 5 metres.

With a weight of 95lb Andy Geldart secured himself first place on peg 18 fishing pellet and waggler. Tom Wallis finished in second place with a weight of 80lb 12oz on peg 25. In third place Paul Holland fished bomb and pellet and then meat on the pole from peg 12 and had 64lb 4oz. With a weight of 51lb 4oz was Marcus Harrison on peg 17.

Andy Power took first place today on Twin Oaks with a weight of 179lb 10oz fishing pellet from peg 16. Next to Andy on peg 18 Nathan Fox had 143lb 8oz fishing shallow with pellet. On peg 19 Twin Oaks Richie Hull had a weight of 116lb 4oz and caught at 5 metres with meat. Fishing pellets to the far bank on peg 31 Trelawney was Chris Kitchin who had 80lb 1oz.

With a weight of 113lb 1oz Jake Gallagher finished first on Trewaters today fishing the long pole and pellets on the deck from peg 53. In second place Alan Scotthorne weighed in at 77lb 10oz on peg 29 Trewaters fishing waggler with meat. John Barnigham finished third fishing method feeder from peg 39 Trewaters with 75lb 13oz. On peg 18 Canal Stewart Woods took fourth with 69lb 13oz fishing caster down the edge.

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Milo Festival 2016

Day Five

Today’s winner on Bolingey was Trevor Robinson, Trevor was on peg 30 and ended up with 184lb 14oz, he caught all of his fish on the long pole in the margins with corn. 2nd on the day was John Whincup from peg 45, John fished the long pole shallow with pellet, 3rd was Jake Robinson from peg 49, Jake spent most of his day catching fish shallow on pellet and 4th was Mikey williams from peg 1 with 138lb 01oz, Mikey fished the 5 meter line with meat and casters in the margins.

1st place on Pollawyn was Phil Morris from peg 48; Phil fished the long pole with chopped worm tight to the far bank, 2nd on the day was Darren Walters from peg 43 Darren fished a small method feeder with dead red maggots tight over, 3rd was Carl Williams from peg 15, Carl spent most of his day on the pellet waggler with 8mm pellet and 4th on the day was Andrew Crocker from peg 55 weighing in with 49lb 8oz.

1st overall on the day was Mike McMillan from peg 32 Trelawney with a fantastic weight of 218lb 12oz, Mike swapped from the long pole shallow with meat to meat down the margins to catch the biggest weight of the week. 2nd on the day was Paul Holland from peg 14 Twin Oaks, Paul caught all his fish on the long pole shallow with pellets. 3rd was Steve Hutter from peg 23 Twin Oaks, Steve swapped between meat and worm in the margins and 4th overall was Gary webber from peg 18 Twin Oaks weighing 112lb 6oz fishing pellets down the margins.

Overall winner on the day was James Stones from Trewaters peg 53, James spent the first half of the match on the long pole against the island with pellet shallow and swapped to the margins with meat over groundbait to weigh in with 124lb. 2nd was Martin Rogers from peg 31 Trewaters with 100lb 11oz, Martin fished the bread shallow, 3rd was Luke Seares from peg 33 Trewaters with 91lb 08oz catching on the meat in the margins and 4th was Chris Kitchen from peg 23 Trewaters with 87lb 14ox, Chris fished the long pole shallow with meat.

Lake winner at Porth was Alan Scotthorne from peg 38, Alan fished all day on the long pole fishing worms over groundbait to finish up with 22lb. 2nd overall on the day was Graham Thomas with 18lb 10oz from peg 76, Paul fished the long pole with chopped worm and caster, 3rd was Ian Hudson from peg 39, Ian swapped between the long pole and feeder to weigh in with 15lb 11oz and 4th on the day was Jake Gallagher from peg 81 with 14lb 04oz, Jake also fished the long pole with chopped worm and caster.

Massive congratulations to Alan Scotthorne for winning this year’s Milo festival and to Mike Mcmillan and Carl Williams for finishing second and third overall.

Thank you again to Milo for sponsoring the festival and for the great prizes they contributed.

The Milo festival next year will run from the week commencing Saturday 6th May with the Guru festival the week following, if you fancy fishing one or both these weeks then give Lorna a call as spaces will go fast!

Thanks again from all of the fisheries team