Tunnel Barn Farm Weekly Report ending 10th October 2010

All pools are fishing well with lots of carp, bream, roach, tench, perch and barbel showing on all pools. Pellet and red maggot have been the best baits with the fish coming up in the water on warmer days.

Top Pool
Lots of carp against the island to maggot feeder. Pellet on pole line for carp and bream. Maggot for silverfish.

Bottom Pool
Bread fished on the bottom for big common carp in the margins and against the islands with the waggler. Maggot or pellet on pole lines for f1 carp and silverfish.

House Pool
Pellet at 6m for all silvers and f1 carp. Maggot with open ended feeder for big carp.

House 2/Extension Pool
Red Maggot on 6m pole line for roach, bream, perch, f1 carp and tench. Pellet on the inside for the odd big carp. 118lb won the match on Wednesday.

New Pool
Quite a few chub on the roadside pegs along with f1 carp, bream and tench, fishing at 2-8m. Waggler to the islands are also producing big weights.

Canal Pool
Red maggot for f1 & f2 carp, common carp, roach, golden rudd, rudd, perch, barbel, and bream. Fish are at 2m-6m or 12m up and down in the water. 100lb caught by pleasure anglers this week on the roadside pegs.

Club Pool
Maggot/pellet in the margins at 6m and 14m fished up or down in the water for some big bream, f1 & f2 carp, common carp, roach, perch, barbel, tench and rudd.

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS

Date: Monday 4th October 2010

Pools: House Pool No F/Man: 20

Match Report : 1st: fished pellet at 8m & 2m down the inside. Caught f1 carp, bream, tench and barbel.
2nd : fished pellet at 10m on the bottom. Caught f1 carp, bream & roach.
3rd: fished corn at 4m and caught f1 carp, roach, tench & bream.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Pete Hancox Birmingham 50 – 0 – 0 5
2nd Ron Notley Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 49 – 10 – 0 33
3rd Graham Young Youngs TBF 48 – 13 – 0 7
4th Brian Edwards Youngs TBF 39 – 4 – 0 31
4th Kevin Keasey Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 30 – 3 – 0 19
6th John Stone Lichfield AC 29 – 5 – 0 26

Date: Wednesday 6th October 2010

Pools: Extension Pool No F/Man: 16

Match Report : 1st: fished bread up/down in the water for f1 carp & bream.
2nd: fished pellet @ 6m to the island for f1 carp, roach, bream & tench
3rd: fished red maggot up in the water @ 8m for f1 carp, perch, bream & roach

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Paul Newell Kingsmill Redditch 118 – 1 – 0 27
2nd Pete Hancox Birmingham 108 – 7 – 0 16
3rd Aid Mansfield Tamworth Tackle 78 – 8 – 0 9
4th Craig Chamberlin Tamworth Tackle 78 – 8 – 0 25
5th Mike Mcguire Browning Crowsport 73 – 13 – 0 19
6th Rob Round Maver Solihull Tackle 48 – 10 – 0 2

Date: Thursday 7th October 2010

Pools: Club Pool No F/Man: 14

Match Report : 1st: pellet @ 3m on both left & right inside line for f1 carp, barbel, bream & roach
2nd: white maggot @ 8m up/down in the water.
3rd: white maggot @ 10m with groundbait on the bottom for roach, bream, tench, & barbel.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Pete Hancox Birmingham 70 – 6 – 0 13
2nd Rob Round Maver Solihull Tackle 69 – 6 – 0 8
3rd Mark Hinson Tunnel Barn Farm 56 – 12 – 0 22
4th John Stratford Youngs TBF 56 – 9 – 0 1
5th Tony Simpson Northampton 50 – 0 – 0 16
6th Bill ratclife Garbolino 38 – 4 – 0 7

Date: Saturday 9th October 2010

Pools: New Pool No F/Man: 30

Match Report : 1st: fished pellet @ 14m to the island for f1 carp, bream, tench & roach
2nd: fished paste @ 5m for f1 carp, 1 common for 13lb 15oz and roach.
3rd: fished pellet @ 10m for all f1 carp.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Stu Palsar Shakespeare 76 – 5 – 0 44
2nd Pete Hancox Birmingham 75 – 9 – 0 1
3rd Richard Knowles MCM 73 – 7 – 0 31
4th Paul Newell Kingsmill Redditch 64 – 9 – 0 15
5th Ronnie Biggs HMP 63 – 13 – 0 33
6th Paul Caswell Shakespeare 57 – 14 – 0 35

Date: Sunday 10th October 2010

Pools: New Pool No F/Man: 29

Match Report : 1st: pellet on long pole for f1