POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 20th NOVEMBER 2011

With the unusual warm weather for this time of year, the fishing here at Tunnel Barn has continued to yield match weights in excess of 85lb,with both match and pleasure anglers reporting large mixed bags of fish.

Top Pool
Maggot feeder with white maggot to the island for mirrors, commons and big f1’s.
Maggot or pellet on the deck with anglers reporting the fish being caught at half depth.

Bottom Pool
Method feeder with dead red maggot is still producing large mirrors and common carp up to 14lb.
Pellet and corn at 6m to 8m has been producing f1’s, mirrors and common carp.
Meat down the edges for large mirrors and common carp.
Pleasure anglers have reported large bags of perch up to 3lb being caught on maggot and chopped worm.

House Pool
Dead red maggot feeder to the island has been producing good bags of mirrors and commons.
White maggot at 8m on the deck has been producing large bags of silverfish and f1 carp.
Pellet at 6m or 8m down on the deck for mixed bags of f1’s, bream, roach and carp.

Extension pool
Pellet to the island has been producing f1’s, mirrors and common carp.
Scopex favoured 4mm pellet over micro pellet at 8m to 10m or down the edges late on in the session has been producing large bags of silvers, mirrors, f1 carp and bream. 
Maggot at 4m to 6m at half depth in the water with constant feeding has been catching large bags of f1 carp, skimmers and roach. 
Congratulations to Neil Machin who won Sundays Angling Trust Winter League 3rd round from peg 19.  He fished red maggot at 6m on the deck straight out in front for f1’s to 1.5lb, roach skimmers and bream.

New Pool
Pellet and maggot have been the best baits on this lake long to the island or @ 6m and down the edges.  F1’s and plenty of skimmers and roach are being caught.
Large perch are still being caught between pegs 18 and 23. 
Maggot fished over groundbait has enticed the big f1 carp to start feeding.
Congratulations to Ronnie Biggs who has continued his good form in the winter leagues.  He drew on the New pool in both Saturday’s and Sundays matches and framed handsomely.  He fished 2mm cubes of meat over a pinch of micro pellet at 6m & 8m for bags of f1’s, skimmers, roach and mirrors up to 2lb.
A 3lb perch was landed from peg 17 by Stu Palsar in Sundays Winter league.

 
Canal Pool
In general pellet and maggot are the best baits at 6-8m and across to the island.
Constant steady feeding of maggots is bringing the fish up in the water late on in the session.
Barbel in excess of 2lb have been reported by pleasure anglers, being caught on chopped worm and small cubes of meat.

Club Pool
Method feeder with dead red maggot to the island for large mirrors, f1’s and common carp.
Pellet, maggot or meat at 8m and 4m straight in front for stockies, bream to 4lb, tench and roach.
Barbel are showing up to 2lb down the edges on maggot and chopped worm.
Pellet or maggot at 6-8m has been working well.

Jenny’s Pool
Pellet shallow at 6m has produced weights by pleasure anglers of 40lb to 60lb.  The fish are being caught at half depth in the water mid way through the session.
Method to the island with corn or meat over micro pellet is attracting a larger stamp of fish.
Small cubes of meat on the first shelf have tempted the barbel.

NEWS
The Friday flyer this week will be held on the bottom pool. Draw at 9am, fish 10.15pm till 3.15pm.  Please call the shop to book in.

 RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 20th NOVEMBER 2011

Date: Monday 14th November
Pools: New Pool
No F/man: 15

Match Report:
1st: Pellet over micro pellet on the deck @ 6m & 8m for f1’s to 2lb.
2nd: Method rod & line to the island using copycat groundbait and alternated between dead red maggot & 4mm cube of meat for f1’s to 2lb, 5lb mirror carp & 6lb common carp.
3rd: Maggot @ 6m on the deck for f1’s to 1.5lb, roach, perch & bream.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st P. Hancox Birmingham 58 –  5 27
2nd D. Lutwyche Hawksbury 50  –  4 24
3rd C. Constable TBF Vets 50  – 10 21
4th R. Swain White Harte 44  – 12 36
5th B. Duggan Warwick Portabello 36  –  5 44
6TH A. Darling Kingfisher 34  –  3 7

 
Date: Wednesday 16th November 2011
Pools: Top Pool
No F/Man: 12

Match Report:
1st: Pellet @ 4m out in front but took the majority of his fish in the right hand margin for f1’s to 2lb, skimmers to0.5lb and a few roach.
2nd: Maggot @ 6m on the deck for f1’s to 1.5lb, roach, perch & skimmers.
3rd: Pellet @ 16m to the island for f1’s, roach & bream.
 
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st C. Neal Rutlanders 58  – 11 –  0 24
2nd W. Ainsworth Mid City 56  –  6  –  0 8
3rd M. Johnson Maver Mids 55  –  3  –  0 1
4th M. Dujkic Shimona 47  – 11 –  0 31
5th P. Hancox Birmingham 44  –  3  –  0 20
6TH T. Neal Rutlanders 42  – 11 –  0 26

Date: Thursday 17th November 2011 TBF Vets
Pools: Canal, Club & Jennys Pools
No F/Man: 47

Match Report:
1st: Maggot @ 6m on the deck for f1 carp, stockies, roach & bream.
2nd: Maggot @ 6m on the deck for f1 carp, stockies, roach & bream.
3rd: Pellet @ 8m over micro pellet down the track for f1 carp, mirrors & silvers.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st J. Stockton TBF Vets 75  –  3  –  0 22 Cl
2nd A. Hemming TBF Vets 65  – 15 –  0 20 Cl
3rd S. Stokes TBF Vets 48  –  4  –  0 5 Ca
4th G. Harrison TBF Vets 42  – 10 –  0 2 Ca
5th R. Davis TBF Vets 36  –  5  –  0 24 Ca
6TH D. Rowbury TBF Vets 36  –  2  –  0 12 J

Date: Friday 18th November 2011
Pools: New Pool
No F/Man:  18

Match Report:
1st: Maggot @ 6m on the bottom for f1 & f2 carp, roach & bream.
2nd: Pellet @ 8m for roach, perch, barbel & f1 carp.
3rd: Maggot @ 10 & down the edge for all f1 carp.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Chris Neale Rutlanders 37 – 5  14
2nd Sean Huggins Dynamite Baits / ABU 35 – 10  10
3rd Phil Moore Lichfield  24 – 13  19
4th N Sharpe Kingfisher  23 – 0 31
5th Pete Hancox Birmingham 18 – 8  44
6TH G Satchel Tunnel Barn Farm 17 – 4  25

Date: Saturday 19th November 2011 Tunnel Barn Farm Winter League Round 3
Pools:  House, New, Extension, Top & Club pools
No F/Man: 84

Match Report:
1st: Pellet @ 14m and for the last hour and a half fished maggot @ 4m & bagged f1’s to 1.5lb, roach, skimmers & bream.
2nd: Maggot @ 12m for f1’s to 1.5lb, roach, bream & silvers.
3rd: Maggot @ 6m straight out in front on the deck, altenating between half depth and on the deck for f1’s, roach, skimmers & bream.

POSITION INDIVIDUAL NAME TEAM WEIGHT PEG NO
1ST DES SHIPP    BARSTON 68 – 5 T 5
2ND JON ARTHUR MATCH FISHING DRAWBAGS 68 – 3 H 32
3RD PETE RICE  BARSTON 65 – 14 H 9
4TH MATT SMITH MCM 60 – 14 N 23
5TH MARK POLLARD BANBURY GUNSMITHS 59 – 10 N 21
6TH RICHARD KNOWLES  MCM 58 – 14 E 21
7TH S CONWAY LICHFIELD MG 57 – 11 H 16
8TH MARK CALVERT MAP/BAGEM BAITS 55 – 00 CL 13
9TH CHRIS DOWNS ABU 54 – 13 H 7

SECTIONS

 TOP POOL EXTENSION NEW POOL HOUSE POOL
1ST JASON NEATH
54-2 BRIAN GREENBURY
53-1 RON BIGGS
52-11 LEE THORNTON
54-3
2ND PAUL BICK
50-10 JASON LEBOSQUET
47-6 PAUL CASWELL
52-5 WAYNE AINSWORTH
51-14
3RD GAZ THORPE
50-0 ANDY BENNETT
37-4 MATT BARWELL
48-10 CLIVE NIXON
47-1

Date: Sunday 20th November 2011 Angling Trust Winter League 3rd round
Pools: New, House & Extension Pools
No F/Man: 50

Match Report:
1st Neil Machin triumphed with a winning weight of 88-6 from Extension 19.  He fished red maggot at 6m on the deck straight out in front for f1’s to 1.5lb, roach skimmers and bream.
2nd Matt Stockton fished bronze maggot down the track at 8m for f1’s up to 2lb, roach skimmers and bream.
3rd Adam Richards fished maggot at 14m & 16m on the deck for f1’s roach, perch and skimmers.

 Pos NAME TEAM WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Neil Machin Chambers Champs 88 – 6 – 0 E 19
2nd Matt Stockton Mosella Blackcountry 78 – 3 – 0 E 25
3rd Adam Richards Chambers Champs 74 – 13 – 0 H 14
4th Jon Newton Kingfisher Angling 73 – 1 – 0 H 30
5th Mark Malin Mosella Blackcountry 72 – 12 – 0  E 13
6th Matt Hall Chambers Champs 71 – 11 – 0  E 29
7th  David James Phoenix 70 – 10 – 0 H 7
8th Pete Rice
Bob Greenbury Kingfisher Angling
Phoenix 67 – 8 – 0 H 4
N 31

 TEAM PLACING SECTION POINTS AT POINTS
1 Chambers Champs 25 (523-5) 1
2 Kingfisher Angling 25 (505-10) 2
3 Mosella Blackcountry 30  3
4 Phoenix 35 (397-11) 4
5 Maver Tipton 35 (349-13) 5

 TEAM PLACING OVERALL AT POINTS
1 Chambers Champs 3
2 Mosella Blackcountry 7
3 Kingfisher 8
4 Phoenix 13
5 Maver Tipton 14