Tunnel Barn Farm matches and fishing report, week ending 31st January 2010

With the rain and snow water now run off the pools the fish are feeding again, with f1 carp, roach, perch, bream and the odd chub and tench showing. The best baits are pellet, red maggot and punched bread fished on the bottom with light red groundbait.

Top Pool
Some big weights have been caught this week by pleasure anglers in the bowl area fishing pellet. The roadside pegs have lots of bream, roach and f1 carp on every peg.

Bottom Pool
4 carp from 12-18lb caught this week as the water warmed up a bit on bread. Lots of carp, bream, roach and perch showing to red maggot. 50lb+ won the match on Monday. The fish are 8-10m out.

House Pool
Again maggot has been catching well with fish at 10m. Some big carp to the island with the waggler and loose fed maggot

House 2/Extension Pool
Pellet and maggot have gone well this week with some fish at 2 mtrs just out of the margins. 40lb for pleasure anglers on Friday.

New Pool
Roach, bream, perch, common carp and f1 carp on all pegs at 7m. Red maggot has been the best bait with red groundbait.

Canal Pool
Rudd, roach, perch, bream and f1 & f2 carp on red maggot with red groundbait at 10m.

Club Pool
Pellet best for f1 & f2 carp and the odd tench. Bread against the island for common carp and maggot for silverfish.

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS

Date: Monday 25th January 2010

Pools: Bottom Pool

No F/Man: 18

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Pete Hancox Birmingham 50 – 6 – 0 8
2nd Dave Chapman White Heart Coventry 29 – 12 – 0 32
3rd Alan Gibb Youngs TBF 21 – 7 – 0 27
3rd Steven Birch Northfield 17 – 13 – 0 6
5th Rob Swain Tackle Box 15 – 5 – 0 18
6th Ron Knotley Starlets Vets 12 – 11 – 0 10

Date: Wednesday 27th January 2010

Pools: New Pool

No F/Man: 16

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Wayne Ainsworth Mid City 18 – 12 – 0 17
2nd Tony Ainsworth Mid City 16 – 1 – 0 7
3rd Mark Lynch Tunnel Barn Farm 12 – 1 – 0 23
3rd Chris Easton Leicester 9 – 0 – 0 13
5th Pete Hancox Birmingham 8 – 15 – 0 44
6th John Stratford Youngs TBF 8 – 10 – 0 3

Date: Thursday 28th January 2010

Pools: Extension Pool

No F/Man: 18

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Wayne Dale The Vine 13 – 5 – 0 21
2nd Kevin Keasey Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 12 – 12 – 0 7
3rd Jamie Keasey Tunnel Barn Farm 10 – 6 – 0 13
3rd John Stone The Vine 10 – 3 – 0 24
5th Peter Johnson Ashby 9 – 1 – 0 33
6th Albert Toon Bridgend 9 – 0 – 0 2

Date: Saturday 30th January 2010 WINTER LEAGUE 7TH ROUND

Pools: House, New, Extension, Top & Club Pools

No F/Man: 77

Pos NAME TEAM WEIGHT PEG NO
1st PAUL BICK SHAKESPEARE 79 – 5 – 0 TOP/CANAL 3
2nd NEIL MACHIN GARBOLINO/BAGEM BAITS 49 – 15 – 0 E 24
3rd JON NEWTON MOSELLA MIDLANDS 49 – 2 – 0 H 9
3rd JAKE ROBINSON MAVER MIDLANDS/PICKERING /BAGEM BAITS 47 – 15 – 0 H 14
5th JASON LEBOSQUET GARBOLINO BALD EAGLES 46 – 1 – 0 TOP/CANAL 1
6th ROB AVERY MAVER MEN 46 – 1 – 0 E 21

SECTIONS

TOP POOL EXTENSION NEW POOL HOUSE POOL
1ST J HUGHES
41-11 A POWER
41-2 P CASWELL
41-0 D SHIPP
36-4
2ND G ALBUTT
40-15 W PRICE
38-7 R QUINN
39-13 P HANCOX
33-6
3RD R KNOWLES
37-6 T ROBINSON
33-12 M HALL
39-4 S PALSAR
27-12

Date: Sunday 24th January 2010

Pools: New & Extension Pools

No F/Man: 30

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Steve Townsend Drennan Oxford 50 – 13 – 0 E 21
2nd Jon Newton Smithys 46 – 12 – 0 N 19
3rd Paul Newell Kingsmill Redditch 45 – 2 – 0 E 25
4th Tony Ainsworth Mid City 41 – 7 – 0 E 10
5th Jason Brown Trabucco 38 – 6 – 0 E 3
6th John Aldridge Trabucco 37 – 14 – 0 E 33