POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6TH MAY 2012

With weather temperatures fluctuating, Tunnel Barn Farm has yet again had pleasure anglers reporting good catches including f1’s, roach and skimmers.

TBF Opens and matches this week have been won with bags in excess of 110lb.

Top Pool
Pellet to the islands at 6m for f1’s, ide, roach & skimmers.
Corn over hemp down the inner margins at 3m is now starting to produce the better stamp of f1’s.
Maggot shallow and on the deck has been producing large bags of silvers.

Bottom Pool
Pellet at 6m to 8m has been producing f1’s and silverfish.
Pleasure anglers have reported large bags of perch up to 2.5lb being caught on chopped worm and caster.
Paste over hemp down the inner margins have reported catches of mirrors and commons up to 12lb.

House Pool
Method feeder to the island using dead reds maggot in a yellow toffee groundbait has been tempting large mirrors and commons.
Pellet at 6m or 8m down on the deck for mixed bags of f1’s, bream, roach and carp.
Meat down the edges over micro pellet 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 pool
Chopped worm and caster at 14m.
Pellet at 6 and 8m down the track producing good bags of f1’s, roach and perch.
4mm cubes of meat over groundbait are producing good bags of f1’s, roach and skimmers at 4m down the edges.

New Pool
Other baits working well are pellet, caster and meat down the edges.

Canal Pool
In 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 2lb
Good 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. Chopped worm and caster to the island is producing f1’s in excess of 4lbs and mirrors up to 6lbs. Pleasure anglers have had good bags fishing pellet and maggot of large bream, roach and f1’s at 6m.

Jenny’s Pool
Pellet 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 caster has been working well with good bags of f1’s & stockies being caught.
Corn over micro pellet has been producing large f1’s.
Paste at 4m and down the edges is now starting to produce good bags of fish.

Chopped worm and caster can be purchased from the tackle shop. These baits need to be pre-ordered in the shop by Monday Morning as our deliveries come in on a Thursday.

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 6th MAY 2012

Date: Monday 30th April 2012
Pools: Bottom Pool
No F/man: 18

Match Report:
1st: Meat / hemp @ 6m for common/mirror carp to 14lb, f1’s & roach.
2nd: Pellet @ 10m for f1’s & bream.
3rd: Pellet @ 6m for bream, roach, f1’s & common carp.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Gary Cook Mosella 65 – 6 18
2nd Pete Hancox Birmingham 64 – 1 12
3rd Chris Constable Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 62 – 8 27
4th John Berry White Heart Coventry 60 – 3 30
5th Steven Birch Northfield 38 – 5 14
6th Dave Callaghan Measham Redfins 33 – 14 34
7th Dave Chapman White Heart Coventry 29 – 8 3
8th Graham Young Youngs TBF 27 – 10 32

Date: Tuesday 1st May 2012 TBF over 50’s Club
Pools: Extension Pool
No F/Man: 21

Match Report:
1st: Pellet @ 8m for f1’s, bream & roach.
2nd: Meat / hemp for carp, roach, bream & barbel.
3rd: Pellet / hemp @ 6m for f1’s, roach, bream, mirrors & barbel.

 

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Barry Duggan Warwick Portabello 88 – 3 30
2nd John Eales Tunnel Barn Farm vets 87 – 3 2
3rd Pete Hancox Birmingham 79 – 2 37
4th Ron Knotley Starlet Vets 75 – 1 26
5th Paul Lewis Tunnel Barn Farm vets 68 – 1 24
6th Dave Chapman White Hart, Coventry 67 – 15 22
7th John Davenport Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 57 – 12 10
8th John Berry White Hart, Coventry 56 – 6 4

Date: Wednesday 2nd May 2012 Wednesday’s Open
Pools: Canal Pool
No F/Man: 18

Match Report:
1st: Maggot @ 8m for f1’s, bream, perch, barbel and rudd.
2nd: Maggot @ 10m for f1’s, bream, perch, barbel and rudd.
3rd: Pellet & meat @ 6-10m for f1 & f2 carp, bream, barbel, roach & tench.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st C Harrison Baileys of Warwick 91 – 4 7
2nd Barry Witteridge Calvert 79 – 12 9
3rd Chris Horsley Swan Baits 70 – 5 1
4th Jason Shirley Baileys of Warwick 66 – 11 5
5th Andy Walker Hampstead 65 – 10 12
6th Pete Hancox Birmingham 60 – 0 23

Date: Thursday 3rd May 2012 TBF Vets Match
Pools: Canal, Club & Jennys Pools
No F/Man: 50

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Ron Notley TBF Vets 119 – 5 Can 5
2nd Chris Constable TBF Vets 91 – 11 J 4
3rd S Stokes TBF Vets 82 – 6 J 17
4th Chris Haile TBF Vets 77 – 8 Can 3
5th J Davenport TBF Vets 73 – 7 J 15
6th A Hudson TBF Vets 68 – 9 Can 7

Date: Friday 4th April 2012 The Friday Flyer
Pools: House Pool
No F/Man: 19

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Les Wetton Tunnel Barn Farm 87 – 9 16
2nd Chris Constable Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 81 – 2 13
3rd P Hancox Birmingham 76 – 2 29
4th D Shippley All Seasons AC 66 – 15 31
5th Chris Chamberlin Tunnel Barn Farm 56 – 10 6
6th Mark Edwards Crowford 45 – 2 33

Date: Saturday 5th May 2012
Pools: New Pool
No F/Man: 27

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Andy Sutton Barmbara Lakes 67 – 1 13
2nd Stu Palsar Banbury Gunsmiths / Middy 63 – 5 27
3rd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 57 – 10 25
4th Daz Shippley All Seasons 56 – 9 19
5th Andy Jackson Mosella 55 – 8 42
6th Paul Bick Shakespeare 51 – 4 23
7th Karl Daley Damson Lock 50 – 10 10
8th Ronnie Biggs OHMS 48 – 8 31

Date: Sunday 5th May 2012
Pools: Extension & Top Pools
No F/Man: 45

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st S Palsar Middy / Banbury Gunsmiths 112 – 3 T 33
2nd Paul Bick Shakespeare 111 – 14 T 12
3rd Alan Ainsworth Mid City 95 – 3 T 18
4th Karl Daly Damson Lock 82 – 1 T 29
5th J Hall Maruku 80 – 8 E 30
6th R Small Dukes AC 75 – 4 T 1
7th S Conway Maver 73 – 7 T 24
8th Les Wetton Tunnel Barn Farm 72 – 6 T 22