Tunnel Barn Farm Weekly Report ending 8th August 2010

All pools are fishing well with 100lb+ for pleasure and match anglers. White maggot, pellet, corn and paste have been the best baits this week, fishing 2m from the edge for some big weights.

Top Pool
The bowl has been the best for carp on paste or pellet. Lots of roach, bream and tench to white maggot.

Bottom Pool
Corn or bread in the margins have been the best baits for big carp. 4 were weighed on Monday for a total of 60lb. Lots of f1 carp and silverfish to pellet or maggot.

House Pool
9m and the margins have been good for carp, bream, perch and tench on pellet or maggot. Pole feeder against the island has also been working well.

House 2/Extension Pool
The fish have been in the margins with paste being the best for bream and tench. Fishing at 6m with pellet has been the best for f1 carp and silverfish.

New Pool
Bream, roach, perch, chub, f1 carp and tench are both in the margins and at 7.5m with pellet or maggot.

Canal Pool

White maggot dominates this pool with common carp, f1 & f2 carp, bream, tench, barbel, roach, golden rudd and perch, fished at 6-8m and in the margins, with corn as a back up.

Club Pool
Pellet or paste has been the best bait fished at 4m – 6m or in the margins for f1 & f2 carp, barbel and all silverfish.

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS

Date: Monday 2nd August 2010

Pools: Canal Pool

No F/Man: 19

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Kevin Folwell Drennan Oxford 128 – 6 – 0 3
2nd Aid Mansfield Tamworth Tackle 100 – 3 – 0 19
3rd Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths/Dynamite Baits 92 – 7 – 0 24
4th John Nicholson Tamworth Tackle 82 – 8 – 0 6
5th Roy Winferdale Stirup Cup 79 – 1 – 0 11
6th Pete Hancox Birmingham 76 – 13 – 0 17

Date: Wednesday 4th August 2010

Pools: House Pool

No F/Man: 16

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Aid Mansfield Tamworth Tackle 99 – 5 – 0 31
2nd Kevin Folwell Drennan Oxford 83 – 8 – 0 33
3rd Les Wetton Tunnel Barn Farm 65 – 3 – 0 6
4th Pete Hancox Birmingham 58 – 13 – 0 4
5th Nick Brown Tamworth Tackle 50 – 4 – 0 16
6th Peter Minney Northampton 45 – 9 – 0 29

Date: Thursday 5th August 2010

Pools: Canal Pool

No F/Man: 15

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Kevin Folwell Drennan Oxford 114 – 4 – 0 3
2nd Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths/Dynamite Baits 110 – 14 – 0 12
3rd Pete Hancox Birmingham 94 – 15 – 0 6
4th Mark Johnson Daiwa Gordon Lg 63 – 12 – 0 8
5th Paul Jones Derby 60 – 0 – 0 24
6th John Stratford Youngs TBF 59 – 15 – 0 17

Date: Saturday 7th August 2010

Pools: Club & Canal Pools

No F/Man: 28

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Andy Jackson Redditch 96 – 8 – 0 Can 3
2nd Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths/Dynamite Baits 91 – 4 – 0 Can 11
3rd Chris Neale Rutlanders 88 – 12 – 0 Club 4
4th Pete Hancox Birmingham 68 – 11 – 0 Club 16
5th Paul Newell Kings Mill Redditch 67 – 12 – 0 Can 10
6th J Brown Lea Hall Staffs 60 – 14 – 0 Club 19

Date: Sunday 8th August 2010

Pools: Jennys Pool

No F/Man: 20

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Andy Jackson Redditch 134 – 0 – 0 2
2nd Paul Newell Kings Mill Redditch 122 – 6 – 0 6
3rd Aid Mansfield Tamworth Tackle 116 – 1 – 0 20
4th Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths/Dynamite Baits 69 – 11 – 0 3
5th N Brown Tamworth Tackle 62 – 12 – 0 9
6th Rob Avery Redditch 60 – 7 – 0 17