POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 14th October 2012
With the temperature dropping in the day and at night now, the fish are still feeding well with pleasure anglers reporting excellent catches including f1’s, common carp, mirrors, barbel, roach and skimmers.
TBF Opens and matches this week have been won with bags in excess of 201lbs. 
Top PoolPellet to the islands at 6m for f1’s, ide, roach & skimmers.Meat and corn over hemp down the inner margins at 3m is now starting to produce the better stamp of f1’s.Maggot shallow through slop and on the deck has been producing large bags of silvers.Paste down edges over hemp for f1’s, producing match-winning weights.
Bottom PoolPellet at 6m to 8m has been producing f1’s and silverfish.Paste over hemp down the inner margins has reported catches of large mirrors and commons up to 16lb.
House PoolMethod feeder to the island using dead white maggot in a yellow toffee ground bait has been tempting large mirrors and commons up to 10lbs.Pellet at 6m or 8m down on the deck for mixed bags of f1’s, bream, roach and carp.Meat down the edges over hemp is now producing a larger stamp of f1 carp.Paste and corn over hemp down the edges, is now starting to produce good bags of fish.
Extension poolPellet at 6m and 8m down the track producing good bags of f1’s, roach and perch.  4mm cubes of meat through a Bagem Super skimmer dark ground bait down the inner margins has been producing good bags of f1’s, roach and skimmers. Paste over hemp on the top 2 down the edges has been producing large f1’s, mirrors and commons.
New PoolWhite maggot @ 6m has been producing large bags of f1’s roach & skimmers.Corn, paste & meat over hemp down the edges has seen large bags of f1’s & mirrors being caught by both match and pleasure anglers.
Canal PoolIn general pellet and maggot are the best baits at 6-8m and across to the island.Mirrors and Commons are feeding and pleasure anglers are reporting f1’s up to 2.5lbGood bags of silvers are being caught.Anglers’ reporting large bags of mirrors and f1’s being caught using paste, meat and corn down the edges.
Club Pool Corn and meat at 6m and down the edges producing f1’s, mirrors and carp.  Pleasure anglers have had good bags fishing pellet and maggot of large bream, roach and f1’s at 6m. Paste on the top 2 down edges producing has been producing good bags of f1’s, mirrors and commons.
Jenny’s PoolPellet or maggot to the island or at 6-8m down the track has been producing good bags of f1’s, silvers and mirrors.The fish have moved into the inner margins where maggot has been working well with good bags of f1’s & stockies being caught.Corn over micro pellet has been producing large f1’s. Paste over hemp at 4m and down the edges is now starting to produce good bags of f1’s, mirrors and commons.
High Pool4mm pellet over hard pellet with constant feeding at 4m out on the shelf is producing good bags of stockies from 6oz to 2.5lb.Pellet and paste down the margins late on has been producing the larger mirrors and commons between 6lb to 14lb.Maggot at 4-6m has been producing good bags of stockies, f1’s and mirrors and commons.

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 14th October 2012
Date: Monday 8th October 2012Pools: House PoolNo F/man: 20
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Rob Swain White Heart Birmingham 126 – 3 62nd Dave Callaghan Measham Redfins 120 – 7 313rd Graham Young Youngs TBF 94 – 12 94th Pete Hancox Birmingham 87 – 3 135th Steve Birch Northfield 85 – 2 156th Dennis Lutwyche Hawksbury 77 – 1 18
Date: Tuesday 9th October 2012 TBF Over 50’s Club Pools: Canal & Jenny’s PoolNo F/Man: 34
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Rob Swain White Heart Birmingham 201 – 6 J 172nd Tony Mcguire TBF Vets 110 – 8 J 133rd Kevin Keasey TBF Vets 99 – 0 J 114th Ron Notley TBF Starlets 97 – 15 J 85th Pete Hancox Birmingham 97 – 3 J 196th Kevin Folwell Drennan Oxford 90 – 1 C 24
Date: Wednesday 10th October 2012Pools: Extension PoolNo F/Man: 20
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Richard Knowles MCM 157 – 2 382nd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 153 – 13 73rd Pete Hancox Birmingham 121 – 13 284th Simon Weed Tunnel Barn Farm 75 – 15 255th J Cook Mosella Blackcountry 64 – 8 26th Nigel Weed Tunnel Barn Farm 42 – 13 22

Date: Thursday 11th October 2012   TBF Vets MatchPools: Top, Canal & Extension PoolsNo F/Man: 54
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st John Stockton Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 67 – 7 T 292nd Dave Holmes Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 66 – 10 E 203rd Ron Notley Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 60 – 10 E 14th Chris Constable Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 60 – 1 J 215th B Eade Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 60 – 1 E 136th S Stokes Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 56 – 13 T 10
Date: Friday 12th October 2012 The Friday Flyer ClubPools: New PoolNo F/Man:  28
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st M Blackmore Rexel 100 – 6 12nd Shaun Huggins Dynamite Baits 80 – 8 353rd Pete Hancox Birmingham 73 – 3 104th Andy Searle Middy 72 – 4 175th Pete Rice Bagem Baits 60 – 7 316th Chris Constable Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 53 – 4 25

Date: Saturday 13th October 2012Pools: Extension & Club Pools No F/Man:  33
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Pete Rice Bagem Baits 144 – 15 C 92nd Ricky Small A FT 123 – 2 C 13rd Nigel Rimmer Maver Gold 113 – 6 C 194th Richard Knowles MCM 109 – 15 C 115th Armar Jawad Daiwa / Bagem Baits 108 – 5 C 36th Pete Hancox Birmingham 105 – 3 C 157th Stu Palsar Middy 92 – 13 E 138th Mark Malin Mosella Blackcounty 91 – 4 E 21

Date: Sunday 14th October 2012Pools: House & Top Pool No F/Man:  40
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Wayne Ainsworth Mid City 84 – 8 T 102nd Darren Bolton Mosella 79 – 10 H 63rd Matt Barwell Maver Gold / Bagem Baits 78 – 4 H 294th Steve Cantwell Atomic AC 77 – 10 T 245th P Ainsworth Mid City 74 – 9 H 336th Budgie Mossella Black country 72 – 5 H 237th Paul Bick Shakespeare 70 – 6 T 208th Pete Rice Bagem Baits 69 – 5 H 10