First of 2009 - Bait Tech
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Well I can hardly believe it but it is festival time already!
It only seems like yesterday the park closed and now we have 180 anglers here for the 2009 Bait Tech Festival, it is unusual for us to open straight into a festival like we have done this year so it is going into a bit of the unknown for all seeing as the lakes really haven't been fished since November.

The Bait Tech is our only traditional festival where we do not allow the use of pellets, this year there are a lot of new faces on the festival as well as our regulars who like this format and is one of the only festival they fish here. The scene has been set for the festival and after a weekend of re-familiarising them selves with the lakes (or the pub in most cases!) we are ready for the off. The week and weekend leading up to the festival has been fairly mild and sunny but we can't forget it is only March and the weather is due to change any time with the temperature taking a significant drop and the wind increasing. So watch this space for what this week's festival brings us.

Day One

The morning starts with the clarification of the rules, reminding everyone that it is a pellet free festival and that we have re-introduced the 16-meter pole limit. The anglers are keen to make their first draw of the week and to get the festival started. The skies might be blue but the wind is fairly strong and bitterly cold and fishing the longer pole might be a struggle for some in places where it is needed.

A Section Pollawyn
Pollawyn has been stocked over the winter with an additional 400 carp from 1 - 4lb but what we have found, and today was no exception was that with the cold-water temperature most of the carp are still shoaled up in the arms. Vince Brown was todays lakes winner with 68lb 12oz, Vince was on peg 47 and caught on the pole with meat & hemp down the track and across at 14.5 meters. Second on peg 7 was Steve Cooke, Steve caught on the pole at 16 meters down the middle into deep water with meat for a weight of 64lb 15oz. Carl Eland was third on peg 52, Carl caught 10 fish down the edge on meat at 14 meters and 6 out to the island on meat for a weight of 62lb 8oz. The next best weight on the lake came from Doug Wright on peg 13, Doug caught on the bomb to the island and down the edge on meat for a weight of 60lb 6oz.

Section Winners
Vince Brown peg 47 9 points 68lb 12oz
Steve Cooke peg 7 9 points 64lb 15oz
Steve Mitchell peg 18 9 points 55lb 8oz
Barry Oliver peg 16 9 points 55lb 5oz

B Section Jennys & Python
The wind was howling up on Jennys today which definitely hampered with the anglers presentation and being able to fish long but on Python it was a different story, Python has been changed and re-stocked over the winter which has greatly benefited the lake and today we had some of the best weights coming from the lake that we had ever seen this early in the year. The match was won by Tommy Pickering on Python peg 22; Tommy caught 81 F1's at 11.5 on groundbait with maggot on the hook for a weight of 65lb 8oz. Mick Cook had a weight of 65lb 6oz to take second, Mick was on Python peg 32 and caught on the pole with meat. Grant Albutt was on Python peg 28 and was third with 55lb 1oz, Grant caught on liquidized meat with meat on the hook. Neil Hirst was on Python peg 36 and had the next best weight with 52lb 13oz, Neil caught on the pole at 14 meters with chopped worm and castor. The best weight on Jennys was 52lb 1oz and this came from Ian Russell on peg 17.

Section Winners
Tommy Pickering peg 22(PY) 9 points 65lb 8oz
Ian Russell peg 17(J) 9 points 52lb 1oz
Dave Campbell peg 14(PY) 9 points 51lb
Callum Dicks peg 1(J) 9 points 45lb 6oz

C Section Trelawney & Twin Oaks
Twin Oaks is another venue that has not really been fished since the last festivals but the lake came up trumps today providing some great weights. Trelawney has been re-stocked over the winter and although the weights did not come in the overall positions they are definitely better that in previous years. Peter Bowles was today's lake winner on Twin Oaks peg 16, Peter had an impressive weight of 149lb 6oz caught on the meat feeder. Just missing out on the top spot by one fish was Tony Wynnick who took second with 149lb 14oz; Tony was on Twin Oaks peg 18 and caught approximately 35 fish on the meat feeder with meat on the hook. Gary Gibson on Twin Oaks Peg 14 was third, Gary caught down the edge on the pole with meat and corn for a weight of 122lb 1oz. The next best weight came from Les Thompson on Twin Oaks peg 35, Les caught on the meat feeder for a weight of 119lb 7oz. The best weight on Trelawney came from Steve Ringer on peg 22 with 116lb 19oz

Section Winners
Peter Bowles peg 16(TO) 9 points 149lb 6oz
Les Thompson peg 35(TO) 9 points 119lb 7oz
Steve Ringer peg 22(T) 9 points 116lb 10oz
Mick Lees peg 2(T) 9 points 77lb 7oz

D Section Porth
It was a fairy tough day down on Porth but the weights we as to be expected. The lake winner came from peg 39 where Steve Clark weighed in with 21lb 3oz, Steve caught on the pole at 6 meters with caster. Chris Vandervleit was second on the lake with 14lb 4oz; Chris caught mainly skimmers on the pole at 11 meters with red maggot over fishmeal from peg 81. Third was Paul Filmore, Paul was on peg 18 and had a weight of 13lb 12 oz caught on the pole with caster. The next best weight came from Lee Pesticcio on peg 23, Lee caught on the feeder with worm and the pole at 8 meters with red maggot for a weight of 12lb.

Section Winners
Steve Clark peg 39 9 points 21lb 3oz
Chris Vandervleit peg 81 9 points 14lb 4oz
Paul Filmore peg 18 9 points 13lb 12oz
Dave Hillier peg 71 9 points 10lb 12oz

E Section Bolingey
Bolingey is another venue that doesn't really get fished during the winter months but this didn’t affect the lake today as the carp were there and ready to feed and 11 weights over 90lb were recorded! Kieron Rich was today's lake winner with 157lb 11oz; Kieron was on peg 12 and caught on the pole at 7 meters with meat. Pete Wild was on peg 22 and took second with 135lb 7oz, Pete caught on the meat feeder to the island and on the pole at 14 meters with meat. Third on the lake was James Granger, James was on peg 20 and caught on the feeder and pole with meat for a weight of 134lb 12oz. Harry Billing was on peg 19 and had the next best weight on the lake with 124lb 8oz, Harry caught approximately 23 fish on the pole long and short with meat.

Section Winners
Kieron Rich peg 12 9 points 157lb 11oz
Dean Barlow peg 6 9 points 106lb 13oz
Richie Hull peg 18 9 points 98lb 11oz
Tony Gilbert peg 44 9 points 93lb 6oz

So that was day one and the festival seems to have got off to a great start, here is how the top 20 looks at the end of the first day.

	Name	Weight	Points
1st	Kieron Rich	157lb 11oz	9 points
2nd	Peter Bowles	149lb 6oz	9 points
3rd	Les Thompson	119lb 7oz	9 points
4th	Steve Ringer	116lb 10oz	9 points
5th	Dean Barlow	106lb 13oz	9 points
6th	Richie Hull	98lb 11oz	9 points
7th	Tony Gilbert	93lb 6oz	9 points
8th	Mick Lees	77lb 7oz	9 points
9th	Vince Brown	68lb 12oz	9 points
10th	Tommy Pickering	65lb 8oz	9 points
11th	Steve Cooke	64lb 15oz	9 points
12th	Steve Mitchell	55lb 8oz	9 points
13th	Barry Oliver	55lb 5oz	9 points
14th	Ian Russell	52lb 1oz	9 points
15th	Dave Campbell	51lb	9 points
16th	Callum Dicks	45lb 6oz	9 points
17th	Steve Clark	21lb 3oz	9 points
18th	Chris Vandervleit	14lb 4oz	9 points
19th	Paul Filmore	13lb 12oz	9 points
20th	Dave Hillier	10lb 12oz	9 points

So with a great haul from Bolingey Kieron takes the top spot on day one, with 4 matches still to go the victory is very much still open but with an added boost of a section win these anglers must now fancy themselves to get into the frame, you will have to stay tuned to see how the rest of the week pans out, will we be crowning any of the above names Bait Tech champion 2009?

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Day Two

Day one of the festival got off to a good start and it is on wards and upwards from here, today the fishing has been mixed with Pollawyn fishing well but after their initial feed the fish have back off at Bolingey, the other lakes have all fished about the same as yesterday and despite fishing hard we saw some good weights come from Porth. Those who started their week off with a section win hoped to equal this whilst others who didn’t have the best start were hoping for better things today. Read on for the match action and to see if anyone has held on to the maximum points so far.

A Section Jennys & Python
Python fished well again providing the top two weights in the section and despite blowing a gale up on Jennys the weights were fair across the section. Matt Drayton was todays match winner on Python peg 34, Matt had a great weight of 63lb 11oz caught on groundbait over red maggot. Second with 63lb 10oz was Malcolm Proctor, Malcolm caught on the feeder with groundbait and maggot & meat from Python peg 14. Third on Jennys peg 16 was Jamie Parkhouse, Jamie caught on the pole at 6 meters with worm and caster for a weight of 58lb 4oz. Carl Eland on Jennys peg 19 had the next best weight with 50lb 2oz.

Section Winners
Matt Drayton peg 34(PY) 9 points 63lb 11oz
Malc Proctor peg 14(PY) 9 points 63lb 10oz
Jamie Parkhouse peg 16 (J) 9 points 58lb 4oz
Ken Oldham peg 5 (J) 9 points 45lb 8oz

B Section Twin Oaks & Trelawney
Twin Oaks low numbers fished well again today and dominated the top weights, the weights from high numbers of Twin Oaks were extremely tight across the section and fished fairly, it was a slightly mixed on Trelawney with some lower weights but as a whole the weights were up on yesterday. The lake winner was Mark Malin on Twin Oaks peg 14, Mark had a weight of 138lb 5oz caught on the pole with meat at 5 meters. Stephen Baraclough weighed in with 112lb 8oz to take second, Stephen caught on the pole at 5 meters with meat from Twin oaks peg 12. Jake Dye our youngest festival competitor was third with 110lb 4oz, Jake was on Twin Oaks peg 16 and caught on the meat feeder and on the pole at 11 meters with meat. The next best weight also came from Twin Oaks with Gary Vincent on peg 18 weighing in with 90lb 15oz, Gary caught on the pole and feeder with meat. The best weight on the high numbers of Twin Oaks was70lb 5oz and this came from Dave Rudge on peg 19. Andy Inglson had the best weight on Trelawney weighing in with 71lb 2oz from peg 31.

Section Winners
Mark Malin peg 14(TO) 9 points 138lb 5oz
Andy Ingleson peg 31(T) 9 points 71lb 2oz
Dave Rudge peg 19(TO) 9 points 70lb 5oz
Ian Russell peg 4(T) 9 points 55lb 15oz

C Section Porth
Although the fishing was harder on Porth today there were still more double figure weights, the bonus skimmers were there for the catching and this reflected in the weights of the winners. Gareth Malham on peg 81 took the lake win with 30lb 6oz, Gareth caught on the pole at 11 meters with caster and corn over groundbait. Second on the lake with 29lb 15oz was Tony Wynnick, Tony caught on the pole at 11 meters with worm and casters from peg 79. Adam Richards weighed in with 15lb 4oz to take third; Adam was on peg 86 and caught on the feeder with worm. On peg 83 Les Thompson had the next best weight with 15lb, Les caught on the open-ended feeder with maggot.

Section Winners
Gareth Malham peg 81 9 points 30lb 6oz
Tony Wynnick peg 79 9 points 29lb 15oz
Steve Ringer peg 39 9 points 14lb 1oz
Giles Cochrane peg 16 9 points 11lb 10oz

D Section Bolingey
It was a slight disappointment for some today on Bolingey after yesterdays match weights, but we cannot forget that it is only March and the water temperature is still low, the carp had initial feeding frenzy yesterday but seemed to back off today and this was reflected in the weights but these were still respectable for the time of year. Our lake winner today on peg 27 was Lee Pesticcio with 108lb 14oz, Lee caught on the 16-meter pole with meat, hemp & worms. Ricky Dennis had a weight of 93lb 7oz; Ricky caught 24 fish (and lost another 12) on meat in the margins and at 6 meters from peg 45. Steve Mayo was on peg 47 and took third on the lake with 87lb 3oz, Steve caught on his top 6 with meat and then had a few later on down the edge on worm. The next best weight on the lake came from Jamie Smith on peg 20, Jamie caught on the meat feeder and on caster down the edge for a weight of 81lb 8oz.

Section Winners
Lee Pesticcio peg 27 9 points 108lb 14oz
Steve Mayo peg 47 9 points 87lb 3oz
Steve Warner peg 10 9 points 64lb 7oz
Chris Vandervleit peg 38 9 points 52lb 12oz

E Section Pollawyn
The fishing overall on Pollawyn was a lot better today, there was a general increase in not only the overall weights but the weights from across all four sections. The carp seem to slowly be coming out from the arms and this reflected in the high bank weights today. Tony Gilbert was todays match winner with 118lb 13oz, Tony was on peg 15 and caught on the mainly on the meat feeder and also had a few on the pole shallow with meat. Second on peg 26 was Des Shipp, Des caught on the pole and feeder with meat for a weight of 94lb 4oz. Third with 93lb 9oz was Ian Manning, Ian was on the point at peg 20 and caught on the long pole across the bar at 16 meters with meat. The next best weight came from Andy Gregory on peg 17, Andy caught on the pole shallow with meat for a weight of 82lb 4oz.

Section Winners
Tony Gilbert peg 15 9 points 118lb 13oz
Des Shipp peg 26 9 points 94lb 4oz
Steve Sanders peg 34 9 points 71lb
Pete Wild peg 7 9 points 60lb 4oz

So that was day two and here is how the top twenty currently looks.

	Name	Weight	Points
1st	Tony Gilbert	212lb 3oz	18 points
2nd	Steve Ringer	130lb 11oz	18 points
3rd	Ian Russell	108lb	18 points
4th	Chris Vandervleit	67lb	18 points
5th	Pete Wild	195lb 11oz	17 points
6th	Mark Malin	185lb 8oz	17 points
7th	Tony Wynnick	178lb 13oz	17 points
8th	Steve Sanders	151lb 11oz	17 points
9th	Lee Pesticcio	120lb 14oz	17 points
10th	Dave Campbell	110lb 1oz	17 points
11th	Steve Warner	74lb 10oz	17 points
12th	Giles Cochrane	62lb 3oz	17 points
13th	Andy Gregory	174lb 9oz	16 points
14th	Steve Barraclough	157lb 3oz	16 points
15th	Richie Hull	144lb 7oz	16 points
16th	Les Thompson	134lb 7oz	16 points
17th	Russ Berryman	123lb 2oz	16 points
18th	Jamie Parkhouse	115lb 5oz	16 points
19th	Carl Eland	112lb 10oz	16 points
20th	Callum Dicks	104lb	16 points

So four anglers on maximum points so far and are of to a flying start on the festival, this is a very exciting line up in the top twenty and it is nice to see a few new names up there on the leader board as well as some regulars. As we all know anything can happen from this point and we are imminently due a change in weather so lets see what happens from here.

Day Three

So we have reached the mid-way point of the festival and it is still an open race, the weather overnight has been shocking with ferocious winds and rain but this seems to have cleared and although it is bitterly cold and windy then rain has held off for the match. Those with high section points are hoping for another great result today and some that are lagging behind have upped their game to claw back a few positions. Read on for match action from day three.

A Section Twin Oaks & Trelawney
Once again the weights on Twin Oaks have dominated the section proving the lake as one of our finest for matches, On Trelawney there were some top overall weights today with great backup results. Vince Brown won the lake today on Twin Oaks peg 18, Vince caught on the pole at 6 meters with meat & hemp and on the meat feeder to the far bank for a weight of 111lb 12oz. Second with 111lb 4oz was Doug Wright on Twin Oaks peg 14, Doug caught on the feeder and bomb with meat. Dave Harpin was on Twin Oaks peg 2 and was third, Dave caught on the meat feeder for a weight of 105lb 13oz. The next best weight came from Steve Cooke on Trelawney; Steve was on peg 2 and caught on the pole down the edge with meat. The best weight in the other section on Trelawney was 98lb 12oz and this came from Steve Martin on peg 26 and the best weight from the high number on Twin Oaks came from Steve Kedge on peg 31 with 87lb 4oz.

Section Winners
Vince Brown peg 18(TO) 9 points 111lb 12oz
Steve Cooke peg 2(T) 9 points 103lb 14oz
Steve Martin peg 26(T) 9 points 98lb 12oz
Steve Kedge peg 31(TO) 9 points 87lb 4oz

B Section Porth
Porth fished fairly hard again today and it seems the temperature of the water seems to be getting colder and colder, not many bream were showing today and this reflected in the weights. Richard Kinning on peg 87 was the lake winner with 12lb 6oz, Richard caught on the tip and waggler with maggots. Second on the lake with 11lb 10oz was Dave Campbell, Dave caught skimmers on the tip from peg 34. Grant Albutt weighed in with 11lb 4oz to take third, Grant was on peg 79 and caught on the pole and feeder with worms. Tommy Pickering had the next best weight on the lake; Tommy caught skimmers on the tip for a weight of 9lb 12oz from peg 37.

Section Winners
Richard Kinning peg 87 9 points 12lb 6oz
Dave Campbell peg 34 9 points 11lb 10oz
Grant Albutt peg 79 9 points 11lb 4oz
John Brownly peg 19 9 points 9lb

C Section Bolingey
It was a mixed day on Bolingey also, the weights were up on the previous day but only in a couple of the sections, in the other sections the weights were lowers but very close and tight for section points. Today’s lake winner was Steve Ringer on peg 38 with 111lb 6oz, Steve caught 8 fish early on corn at 14.5 meters on the pole and then in the final 2 hours of the match caught 16 carp on the pole at 5 meters with meat. Second with 109lb 12oz was Keith Vaughan, Keith caught on the long pole at 16 meters down the bank with meat from peg 45. Tony Wynnick was on peg 23 and was third with 100lb 1oz; Tony caught 8 fish on the meat feeder and the rest on the pole at 5 meters with corn. Gary Gibson had the next best weight on the lake, Gary caught on corn down the edge from peg 9 weighing in with 95lb 1oz.

Section Winners
Steve Ringer peg 38 9 points 111lb 6oz
Keith Vaughan peg 45 9 points 109lb 12oz
Gary Gibson peg 9 9 points 95lb 1oz
Giles Cochrane peg 47 9 points 56lb 15oz

D Section Pollawyn
It was a mixed bag on Pollawyn today as the fish have been showing a lot more out in the open water and are moving away from the arms where the fishing has been fairly hard, the top weights have been coming from various areas of the lake this week so there are no definite “flyers” to be drawn at the moment. The lake winner today was Steve Mayo on peg 15, Steve caught on the waggler shallow and the meat feeder for a weight of 119lb 4oz. Steve Clark was second with 98lb 5oz, Steve caught 19 fish on the meat feeder from peg 27. Chris Vandervleit picked up this third section win as well as third on the lake from peg 13 with 93lb 2oz, Chris caught 16 carp, 14 of which were caught in the first 3 hours of the match, on the meat feeder with hair rigged meat. Jamie Smith had the next best weight; Jamie was on peg 18 and caught on meat shallow for a weight of 82lb 5oz.

Section Winners
Steve Mayo peg 15 9 points 119lb 4oz
Steve Clark peg 27 9 points 98lb 5oz
Chris Vandervleit peg 13 9 points 93lb 2oz
Lee Pesticcio peg 43 9 points 40lb 12oz

E Section Jennys & Python
The anglers are definitely reaping the benefits from the work that has been done on Python over the winter as the lake is now easily able to compete with the weights from Jennys, in previous festivals where this combination of lakes has been used Jennys has dominated the overall money but this year Python has definitely provided more “golden envelopes” for the anglers. Jon Gray was today’s lake winner with 55lb 1oz; Jon was on Python peg 16 and caught on the bottom with meat at 13 meters. Second on Jennys peg 4 was Des Shipp, Des caught on the pole at 10 meters for a weight of 54lb 15oz. Third was Tony Gilbert, Tony caught on the groundbait feeder tight to the island from Jennys peg 7 for a weight of 49lb 6oz. Adam was on Jennys peg 16 and had the next best weight with 48lb 1oz, Adam caught on the pole with worm.

Section Winners
Jon Gray peg 16(PY) 9 points 55lb 1oz
Des Shipp peg 4(J) 9 points 54lb 15oz
Adam Wakelin peg 16(J) 9 points 48lb 1oz
Richie Hull peg 34(PY) 9 points 37lb 15oz

So that was day three and here is how the current top twenty looks

	Name	Weight	Points
1st	Steve Ringer	242lb 1oz	27 points
2nd	Chris Vandervleit	160lb 2oz	27 points
3rd	Tony Gilbert	261lb 9oz	26 points
4th	Lee Pesticcio	161lb 10oz	26 points
5th	Dave Campbell	121lb 11oz	26 points
6th	Giles Cochrane	119lb 2oz	26 points
7th	Tony Wynnick	278lb 14oz	25 points
8th	Steve Mayo	213lb	25 points
9th	Richie Hull	182lb 6oz	25 points
10th	Steve Cooke	199lb 9oz	24 points
11th	Grant Albutt	135lb 8oz	24 points
12th	Des Shipp	255lb 12oz	23 points
13th	Gary Gibson	226lb 4oz	23 points
14th	Pete Wild	216lb 5oz	23 points
15th	Vince Brown	212lb 13oz	23 points
16th	Carl Eland	171lb 14oz	23 points
17th	Steven Barraclough	162lb 12oz	23 points
18th	James Hawkins	149lb 7oz	23 points
19th	Tommy Pickering	120lb 10oz	23 points
20th	Ian Manning	200lb 14oz	22 points

So we have both a festival veteran and a festival newcomer both on maximum points, the weights in the top twenty (and beyond) are really impressive for the time of year and with the points as close as they are these weights could play a key factor in the results that will be announced on Friday evening. So two days left of matches and with the points as close as they are it looks like the stage has been set for a nail biting finish. Stay tuned for the next update.

Further congratulations to todays lake winners Vince Brown, Richard Kinning, Steve Ringer, Steve Mayo & Jon Gray who by winning their matches today have won a free holiday and an invitation to come back and fish the winners week festival in October.

Day Four

So we have reached the penultimate day of the festival and the week seems to have flown by. So far the anglers have seen some ups and downs and we have had an ever changing top twenty although there are few anglers hanging on in there. It was a cold and rainy start to day four and the forecast didn’t bode well but fortunately the rain had stopped by the all-in and we were set for another exciting day. Read on for the match action from day four and find out how the leader board looks as we go into the final day.

A Section Porth
Porth generally fished better today, there were more skimmers showing and the anglers were getting more bites, the overall weights are still coming from across all the sections and today was no exception. James Hawkins was our match winner today on peg 83, James caught on the feeder for a weight of 12lb 6oz. There was a joint weight for second on the lake with both Tim Dabrowa and Nick Crouch weighing in with 10lb 12oz. Tim was on peg 32 and caught 150 roach on the short pole with maggot and Nick caught on the pole with maggot over groundbait from peg 75. Steve Cook was on peg 19 and caught on the feeder with dead maggots to have the next best weight on the lake that was 10lb 9oz.

Section Winners
James Hawkins peg 83 9 points 12lb 6oz
Nick Crouch peg 75 9 points 10lb 12oz
Tim Dabrowa peg 32 9 points 10lb 12oz
Steve Cooke peg 19 9 points 10lb 9oz

B Section Bolingey
A lot of big fish were showing today on the lake and we recorded the biggest fish of the week so far at 17lb 2oz. The weights seemed fair across all of the sections and there were some reasonable top weights. Dave Campbell was todays lake winner with 107lb 5oz, Dave was on peg 22 and caught mostly down the edge on corn but had a few on the meat feeder and on the pole at 5 meters with meat. Second on peg 45 was John Waples, John caught on the pole with meat for a weight of 92lb 5oz. Third with 81lb 12oz was Neil Hirst, Neil was on peg 21 and caught on the pole at 13 meters down the edge with meat. Kelvin Acton had the next best weight on the lake, Kelvin was on peg 23 and weighed in with 66lb 1oz caught at 14.5 meters with meat, 6 meters with corn and had one perch in the margins with worm.

Section Winners
Dave Campbell peg 22 9 points 107lb 5oz
Neil Anderson peg 25 9 points 56lb 8oz
Gary White peg 49 9 points 56lb 5oz
Mark Tomlin peg 44 9 points 52lb 2oz

C Section Pollawyn
Mixed fortunes on the lake today with the fish moving further up the lake and out of the arms, the way the lake is fishing there are still no favoured areas as the weights have been coming from all over, accept for in the arms where some anglers have struggled for bites but the vital section points are still up for grabs and it is one of our closest sections. Our lake winner today was Dean Lock, Dean was on peg 16 and caught on the straight lead with meat for a weight of 81lb. John Pantry was second with 75lb 7oz, and John caught also on the straight lead with meat from peg 15. Third was Steve Ringer, Steve caught on the long pole into deep water with meat from peg 23 weighing in with 71lb 8oz. Jason Le Bosquet had the next weight on the lake with 65lb 9oz, Jason caught on the tea bag from peg 17.

Section Winners
Dean Lock peg 16 9 points 81lb
John Holt peg 26 9 points 69lb 1oz
Gareth Malham peg 12 9 points 54lb 3oz
Giles Cochrane peg 34 9 points 50lb 5oz

D Section Python & Jennys
Both of these lakes are still fishing well and todays Jennys fished the best it has this week so far with consistent results all the way up the bank, whilst Python is still hanging in there with some good weights. Paul lamb was our lake winner today, Paul was on Jennys peg 15 and caught on the crumb feeder with red maggot to the island weighing in with 75lb 15oz. Ben Leach was second on the lake with 56lb 1oz, Ben was on Jennys peg 21 and caught on the pole at 6 meters with chopped worm and casters. Third on the lake went to Steve Knowles with 51lb 12oz, Steve was on Python peg 26 and caught on meat over groundbait at 14 & 5 meters. Steve Mayo was on Python peg 12 and had the next best weight with 46lb 13oz caught on the groundbait feeder with maggot.

Section Winners
Paul Lamb peg 15(J) 9 points 75lb 15oz
Steve Knowles peg 26(PY) 9 points 51lb 12oz
Steve Mayo peg 12(PY) 9 points 46lb 13oz
Jamie Smith peg 8(J) 9 points 44lb 3oz

E Section Twin Oaks & Trelawney
The weights on both sections of Trelawney were even across the board and only a small difference in weight made the difference between 8 points and 2 points. Twin Oaks once again fished extremely well with over 750lbs being weighted in between the anglers on the 9 low numbered pegs. The weights were also again consistent on the high numbers with the best weight coming from Tony Gilbert on peg 23. The overall lake winner was Russ Berryman on Twin Oaks peg 10 with the biggest weight of the week so far at 160lb 3oz, Russ caught on the meat feeder. Also catching on the meat feeder was Kieron Rich who took second for a weight of 142lb 10oz from Twin Oaks peg 8. Des Ship was On Twin Oaks peg 16 and weighed in with 110lb 5oz to take third, Des caught on the feeder and waggler with meat. Dean Barlow was on Twin Oaks peg 6 and caught on the meat feeder to have the next best weight on the lake with 100lb 10oz. The best weight on Trelawney was 47lb 3oz and this came from Steve Sanders on peg 26.

Section Winners
Russ Berryman peg 10(TO) 9 points 160lb 3oz
Tony Gilbert peg 23(TO) 9 points 74lb 11oz
Steve Sanders peg 26(T) 9 points 47lb 3oz
Harry Billing peg 4(T) 9 points 40lb 1oz

So that was day four and here is how the current top twenty looks.

	Name	Weight	Points
1st	Tony Gilbert	336lb 4oz	35 points
2nd	Dave Campbell	229lb	35 points
3rd	Giles Cochrane	169lb 7oz	34 points
4th	Steve Ringer	313lb 9oz	34 points
5th	Steve Mayo	259lb 13oz	34 points
6th	Lee Pesticcio	205lb 1oz	34 points
7th	Steve Cooke	210lb 2oz	33 points
8th	Chris Vandervleit	200lb 7oz	33 points
9th	Tony Wynnick	313lb 4oz	32 points
10th	James Hawkins	161lb 13oz	32 points
11th	Des Shipp	366lb 1iz	30 points
12th	Russ Berryman	318lb 11oz	30 points
13th	Steven Barraclough	201lb 2oz	30 points
14th	Dave Harpin	198lb 4oz	30 points
15th	Carl Eland	179lb 9oz	30 points
16th	Pete Wild	245lb 2oz	29 points
17th	Richie Hull	214lb 15oz	29 points
18th	Grant Albutt	176lb 6oz	29 points
19th	Tommy Pickering	162lb 12oz	29 points
20th	Harry Billing	276lb 7oz	28 points

So it is once again all change at the top, no one so far has a perfect 4 section wins but the points are tighter than ever now, for some they are hoping there dropped result is behind them whist others can possible afford low points today. We can positively assume that some of the names above will feature in our top twenty but it which order we do not know.

There were a few dejected faces at the draw this morning with their drawing arms failing them and there were one or two virtually skipping to their pegs but it is all still to play for so we will all have to watch this space to find out who will be the Bait Tech champion 2009.

Final Day

Well what a week we have had, I hope everyone has enjoyed the festival as much as us. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors Bait Tech and Wendy for joining us for the presentation; all of the competitors received a bulging goodie bag of Bait Tech products in the morning at the draw. The final day is always fraught with excitement and anticipation as it is do or die for some when it comes to the draw bag. No catch information today I'm afraid, as they had either gone home or too hung over to remember! But here are the overalls from the lakes and the section winners. It was a wet final day and although the wind had gone it was still bitterly cold.

A Section Bolingey
Good weights on the final day with weights coming from across all four sections. Carl Eland was the lake winner on peg 45 with 154lb 19oz. Second with 123lb 8oz was Dave Harpin on peg 19. Third was Doug Wright who was on peg 12 and had 109lb 10oz and the next best weight on the lake came from Ken Oldham on peg 49 with 109lb 4oz.

Section Winners
Carl Eland peg 45 9 points 154lb 10oz
Doug Wright peg 13 9 points 109lb 10oz
Ken Oldham peg 49 9 points 109lb 4oz
Alan Hall peg 44 9 points 83lb 13oz

B Section Pollawyn
The carp were feeding today on the notorious high bank and we saw some great weights. The lake winner was Kelvin Acton on peg 28, Kelvin recorded his best ever match weight of 142lb 9oz caught on the meat feeder. Ricky Teal was on peg 25 and was second with 102lb 15oz; Ricky caught on the meat feeder and had a few shallow on the pole with meat. Trevor Hayden was on peg 21 and was third with 62lb 6oz and the next best weight on the lake was 59lb 12oz was caught by Andy Ingleson on peg 18.

Section Winners
Kelvin Acton peg 28 9 points 142lb 9oz
Trevor Hayden peg 21 9 points 62lb 14oz
John Waples peg 52 9 points 47lb 14oz
Gary White peg 9 9 points 44lb 2oz

C Section Jennys & Python
Both lakes have fished really well this week and once again it was Python that dominated the overall weights today. First by a few ounces was Tim Nash on peg 13 with 61lb 9oz who also took the section win and cost Steve Ringer the festival. Steve was on peg 12 and was second with 61lb 9oz. Mick Lees was on Python peg 36 and was third with 57lb 8oz. The next best weight came from Paul Barnard on Jennys peg 9 with 52lb 10oz.

Section Winners
Tim Nash peg 15(PY) 9 points 61lb 13oz
Mick Lees peg 36(PY) 9 points 57lb 8oz
Paul Barnard peg 9(J) 9 points 52lb 10oz
Dean Lock peg 16(J) 9 points 40lb 2oz

D Section Twin Oaks & Trelawney
Twin Oaks and Trelawney fished harder today and this was reflected in the weights, the fishing has been great so far but the fish had backed off today a bit. The lake winner was Ben Leach on Twin Oaks peg 14 with 112lb 13oz. Second with 97lb 8oz was Wayne Sharman on Twin Oaks peg 16. Third and taking another vital section win was Steve Mayo on Trelawney peg 28 with 69lb. The next best weight of 53lb 12oz came from Dave Hillier on Trelawney peg 32.

Section Winners
Ben Leach peg 14(TO) 9 points 112lb 13oz
Steve Mayo peg 28(T) 9 points 69lb
Paul Fillmore peg 25(TO) 9 points 51lb
Dean Fish peg 2(T) 9 points 35lb 15oz

E Section Porth
Porth fished hard again with the overall weights all coming from the shallows today rather that spread into the 70s & 80s pegs also. The lake winners was Steve Sanders on peg 36 with 11lb. Pete Wild had a weight of 10lb 6oz to take second from peg 38 and third went to Des Shipp on peg 35 with 9lb 14oz. The next best weight came from Harry Billing on peg 81 with 9lb 8oz.

Section Winners
Steve Sanders peg 36 9 points 11lb
Harry Billing peg 81 9 points 9lb 8oz
Russ Berryman peg 79 9 points 8lb 10oz
Andy Gregory peg 72 9 points 8lb 10oz
Michael Sanders peg 18 9 points 7lb 12oz

So that was the final day of the White Acres Bait Tech Festival 2009 and here is how the overall top twenty looked.

	Name	Weight	Points
1st	Steve Mayo	328lb 13oz	36 points dropping 7
2nd	Giles Cochrane	210lb 10oz	35 points dropping 8
3rd	Steve Ringer	375lb 2oz	35 points dropping 7
4th	Tony Gilbert	342lb 9oz	35 points dropping 6
5th	Dave Campbell	232lb 12oz	35 points dropping 1
6th	Steve Sanders	223lb 1oz	35 points dropping 1
7th	Lee Pesticcio	242lb 3oz	34 points dropping 6
8th	Chris Vandervleit	240lb 1oz	34 points dropping 6
9th	Russ Berryman	327lb 5oz	34 points dropping 5
10th	Steve Cooke	267lb 10oz	33 points dropping 6
11th	Carl Eland	334lb 3oz	32 points dropping 7
12th	Des Shipp	375lb 15oz	32 points dropping 5
13th	Tony Wynnick	344lb 11oz	32 points dropping 5
14th	Dean Lock	245lb 4oz	32 points dropping 5
15th	James Hawkins	194lb 13oz	32 points dropping 5
16th	Richie Hull	222lb 13oz	32 points dropping 4
17th	Keith Vaughan	250lb 15oz	32 points dropping 2
18th	Dave Harpin	321lb 12oz	31 points dropping 7
19th	Steve Barraclough	233lb 14oz	31 points dropping 7
20th	Kelvin Acton	317lb 9oz	31 points dropping 6

So thanks to a last day section win Steve Mayo has snatched the victory from the other anglers, it really has been a great festival and start to the 2009 season. The whole of the fisheries team would like to thank all of the anglers that took place in the final and especially our winners Steve Mayo (Maver/Bait Tech), Giles Cochrane (MAP) and Steve Ringer (Guru/Shimano). This week has proven that all of our hard work over the winter has paid off and once again the venues fishing is back on form.

Once again thank you to all for your support and to Bait Tech for their sponsorship.

Cheers, Kirsty