Keenets festival day four. Well it was another exciting day; again some great weights were spread across the sections with more fish being caught each day. The weather was amazing today (although not for those drawn on shaded pegs!) with blue skies and sunshine – a little too much for some, after sun anyone?? This is the penultimate day of the festival, has everyone done enough to secure their place as we head into the final? Read on for the catch and section results of day four. A SECTION PORTH If you come to the lake at this time of year and expect to catch huge bags of fish then you are in the wrong place! The lake is packed with small silver fish & skimmers, worm and maggot dominate the choice of bait and the trick is for you to land the fish before the pike realise you are pinching their dinner! Harry Billing won the lake today with 21lb 10oz; Harry was on peg 81 and caught on the pole with worm, caster & maggot. Second went to Kieron Rich on peg 72, Kieron caught on both the pole and the waggler with from for a total weight of 20lb 8oz. Phil Ringer on peg 88 was third with 18lb 4oz, Phil caught on the feeder with red maggots. With 15lb 9oz Riche Hull had the next best weight on the lake caught from peg 37 on the feeder. SECTION WINNERS HARRY BILLING 9 POINTS 21LB 10OZ KIERON RICH 9 POINTS 20LB 8OZ RICHIE HULL 9 POINTS 15LB 9OZ STEVE SANDERS 9 POINTS 12LB 11OZ B SECTION BOLINGEY An incredible ten 100lb plus weights came from Bolingey today – that’s a lot of fish! Pellet again is the predominant bait either on the pole or feeder. The weights have been amazing throughout the week and today was no different, Paul Greenwood won the lake with 180lb 14oz, Paul was on peg 20 and caught shallow on the waggler with pellet & also down the margins with worm. Second went to Mark Plevin on peg 45, Mark weighed in with a very respectable 136lb 14oz. Derek Willan on peg 33 took third, Derek caught shallow on the pole with pellet for a final weight of 125lb 8oz. It was a close battle and Mick Dagnall just missed out on framing with his 124lb 8oz, Mick was on peg 7 and caught at 5 meters on meat. SECTION WINNERS PAUL DEREK WILLAN 9 POINTS 125LB 8OZ MICK DAGNALL 9 POINTS 124LB 8OZ PAUL SHEEHAN 9 POINTS 105LB 4OZ C SECTION POLLAWYN The weights on Pollawyn were so close today, there were 5 ton plus weights and 4 pegs in a row all weighed in at 80 – 83lbs, there were a lot of pound coins being exchanged over bets. The lake win came from Steve Perham on peg 17, Steve caught on the method that is mostly dominating the big catches – waggler shallow with pellet, Steve finished with a weight of 194lb 6oz. Second went to Nick Dean with 162lb 3oz, Nick caught (wait for it!) shallow on the waggler with pellet from peg 26. On the point at peg 20 Paul Selvedge picked up third with 128lb 4oz, Paul caught on the pole up in the water at 16 meters with pellet. Mark Harris was at first not happy with his draw of peg 52 and soon christened it “compost corner” but as he started to catch his tune started to change and he weighed in with an impressive 117lb caught on the pole down the edge with meat. Mark made a bold statement saying if he did not win his section from that peg then he would give up fishing – all way going well until we got round to Steve Pomerys peg (36) were Mark nervously looked on as a big net of fish was hiked out of the lake but managed a sigh of relief as the final weight was read out – 91lbs! SECTION WINNERS STEVE PERHAM 9 POINTS 194LB 6OZ NICK DEAN 9 POINTS 162LB 3OZ MARK HARRIS 9 POINTS 117LB CHRIS JENKINSON 9 POINTS 66LB 10OZ D SECTION TRELAWNEY/TWIN OAKS/ACORN Twin oaks dominated the section today with the winning weight coming from peg 16, Darren Cox took the win with 108lb 6oz, Darren had over 60 carp most that were caught on the waggler shallow with pellet but later on in the day caught a few down the edge with meat. Second on Trelawney peg 20 was Ray Hayward with 105lb 12oz, Ray had over 30 fish and caught early in the day on the pole up in the water with banded pellet and he also caught late down the edge on corn. Giles Cochrane was third, Giles caught shallow on the pole at 14 meters with pellet from peg 2 ending up with a total weight of 96lb 11oz. Rob Brennan on Trelawney peg 2 had the next best weight on the lake with 88lb 5oz, Rob caught shallow on the waggler with pellet and down the edge on meat. SECTION WINNERS DARREN COX 9 POINTS 108LB 6OZ RAY ROB BRENNAN 9 POINTS 88LB 5OZ PAUL SEAR 9 POINTS 57LB 6OZ E SECTION GWINEAR The weights are still fairly respectable and spread across the lake. Glen Wills on peg 24 had a great result and won the lake with 132lb 11oz. Rob Wooton took second with 76lb 13oz, Rob caught on the pole with pellet from peg 1. Third went to Mark Richardson on peg 31 with 76lb 6oz, Mark caught at 14 meters and down the both on pellet. Gary Naylor has the next best weight on the lake with 68lb 13oz, SECTION WINNERS GLEN WILLS 9 POINTS 132LB 11OZ ROB WOOTON 9 POINTS 76LB 13OZ MARK RICHARDSON 9 POINTS 76LB 6OZ TIM ROWE 9 POINTS 57LB So that was day four – has the leader board changed? Read on, 1st Harry Billing 35 points 320lb 2oz 2nd Steve Sanders 34 points 277lb 1oz 3rd Kieron Rich 34 points 238lb 14oz 4th Rob Wooton 33 points 448lb 9oz 5th Chas Ward 33 points 328lb 4oz 6th Paul Greenwood 33 points 287lb 14oz 7th Tim Rowe 32 points 279lb 8oz 8th Paul Carnwell 32 points 244lb 6oz 9th Mark Plevin 31 points 333lb 13oz 10th Simon Fry 31 points 305lb 5oz 11th Derek Willan 31 points 259lb 12oz 12th Karl Webster 31 points 245lb 11oz 13th Stephen Donaghue 31 points 215lb 15oz 14th Steve Perham 30 points 339lb 15oz 15th Rob Brennan 30 points 244lb 12oz 16th John Bradshaw 30 points 233lb 1oz 17th Chris Jenkinson 30 points 225lb 2oz 18th Gary Webber 30 points 216lb 14oz 19th Sean Huggins 29 points 399lb 10oz 20th Glen Wills 29 points 275lb 6oz So Harry Billing has stepped up a gear and has secured his place at the top by one point, there is one day left to go and the points are very tight come back tomorrow to see how the final match has effected the top 20? Who will be the White Acres Keenets champion 2006? See you tomorrow!
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Keenets Festival Day Two
It was a cracking start to the festival we just hoped day two would be just as good.
There had been an overnight change in weather, it had rained overnight and the sky was slightly clouded over, but weather the less it was still fairly warm and there was no rain.
Each day sees the anglers taking to a new lake, how has today’s lake rotation and draw affected the leader board.
Read on to find out how the lakes fished and to see who is currently topping the leader board.
A SECTION TWIN OAKS/ACORN/TRELAWNEY
Great weights again came from these lakes today and again the framers were spread across the three lakes making it a very fair section. Today’s winning weight of 114lbs came from Harry Billing on Twin Oaks peg 12; Harry fished tight over on the lead & waggler with pellet & meat. Phil Ringer on Trelawney peg 4 took second with 109lb 7oz, Phil fished meat down the edge. Third was Steve Sanders on Acorn 14, Steve caught on meat on the pole and pellet on the waggler and had a final weight of 102lb 8oz. Kevin Williams on Acorn peg 7 had the next best weight in the section with 91lb 6oz, Kevin fished meat down the edge.
SECTION WINNERS
HARRY BILLING 9 POINTS 114LB
PHIL RINGER 9 POINTS 109LB 7OZ
STEVE SANDERS 9 POINTS 102LB 8OZ
KIERON RICH 9 POINTS 79LB 10OZ
B SECTION GWINEAR
The weights have not been as good today but are still respectable showing that there are still plenty of fish feeding. Tony Wilde on peg 24 took the win with 91lb 8oz; Tony fished shallow down the edge on corn and pellet. Second went to Derek Willan with 76lb 10, Derek was on peg 25 and caught shallow on the pole with pellet. Simon Fry was third on peg 27 with 67lb 12oz; Simon caught ¾ of his catch on pellet on the waggler and a few large fish down the edge with worm. 43lb 8oz was the next best weight on the lake and this came from Darren Walters on peg 1, Darren caught on the long pole in the margins with pellet.
SECTION WINNERS
TONY WILDE 9 POINTS 91LB 8OZ
SIMON FRY 9 POINTS 67LB 12OZ
DARREN WALTERS 9 POINTS 43LB 8OZ
ALAN RUDERFORD 9 POINTS 31LB 10OZ
C SECTION PORTH
C section headed off to Porth for the second day of the festival and again the lake provided steady bites throughout the day (although getting past the pike proved tricky for some!) Rick Johnston won the lake with 21lb 7oz; Rick was on peg 77 and caught on hair-rigged corn over groundbait. Second went to Ian Didcote on peg 72, Ian fished on the feeder with maggots and had a weight of 20lb 2oz. Third with 19lb was Frank Hardie, Frank caught on the groundbait feeder with dead red maggots and caster on the hook from peg 76. Brian Clarke on peg 37 had the next best weight on the lake with 14, Graham caught on the tip with worm for a final weight of 14lb.
SECTION WINNERS
RICK
BRIAN CLARKE 9 POINTS 14LB
NICK DEAN 9 POINTS 12LB
JOHN BRADSHAW 9 POINTS 9LB 6OZ
D SECTION BOLINGEY
Another cracking day one the lake with one angler stating he had never seen so many fish in his life! The lake was one today by 2005 Keenets champion Rob Brennan, Rob was on peg 33 and caught on the deck at 14.5 meters with meat & also shallow with pellet on the waggler giving him a final weight of 11lb 2oz. Jason Le Bosquet took second with 103lb 3oz, Jason was on peg 49 and caught on meat down the edge and neat at 5 meters. Brian Cochran had a great day on peg 34 and finished third with 89lb 12oz. On peg 37 Tom Wallis had the next best weight on the lake with 85lb 5 oz, Tom caught on meat & corn down the edge.
SECTION WINNERS
ROB BRENNAN 9 POINTS 111LB 2OZ
JASON LE BOSQUET 9 POINTS 103LB 3OZ
PAUL CARNWELL 9 POINTS 79LB 12OZ
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E SECTION POLLAWYN
The match lake once again produced some top weights today, the fish seemed to have moved around again and the points & high bank was their chosen feeding location. The lake was one by Gary Hamilton on peg 20,
SECTION WINNERS
GARY HAMILTON 9 POINTS 181LB 5OZ
STEVE WATERS 9 POINTS 106LB 5OZ
MICK HUGHES 9 POINTS 64LB 8OZ
KARL WEBSTER 9 POINTS 37LB 3OZ
So that was day two and another great day of fishing was had by all (well most – some had a good days swimming!!!)
How has today’s action affected the top twenty – read on?
Top twenty at the end of day two.
1st Simon Fry 18 points 179lb 2oz
2nd Darren Walters 18 points 135lb 12oz
3rd Sean Huggins 17 points 282lb 8oz
4th Chas Ward 17 points 211lb 4oz
5th Steve Waters 17 points 204lb 10oz
6th Harry Billing 17 points 194lb 4oz
7th Kieron Rich 17 points 179lb
8th Richie Hull 17 points 170lb 1oz
9th Dean Cherrington 17 points 157lb 7oz
10th Karl Webster 17 points 132lb 1oz
11th Rob Brennan 17 points 118lb 2oz
12th Alan Ruderford 17 points 90lb 15oz
13th Steve Sanders 16 points 162lb 12oz
14th Kevin Williams 16 points 145lb 6oz
15th Brian Cochran 16 points 100lb 7oz
16th John Bradshaw 16 points 65lb 8oz
17th Rob Wooton 15 points 242lb 11oz
18th Mark Plevin 15 points 184lb 13oz
19th Phil Ringer 15 points 176lb 4oz
20th Dave Lewis 15 points 132lb 8oz
So Simon Fry takes the pole position and as well as Darren Walters has two section wins but as you can see the points are once again very tight.
So two down and three to go, watch this space for the results after day three – cant Simon hang on in there.
See you tomorrow!
