Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery Results to March 21st, 2011

The fish are starting to come up in the water in mid day sessions with maggot or pellet. The fish are now coming back to the islands, shallow water and into the margins.

Top Pool
The bowl area has been good for carp against the island to straight lead dead maggot. All pegs have been producing silverfish and carp on pellet or red maggot.

Bottom Pool
Two 20lb common carp have been caught this week on corn. A lot of 8-12lb carp have been caught on pellet.

House Pool
The margins have been the best for tench and bream at 6-8m with pellet for f1 carp and bream. Maggot for other silverfish.

Extension pool
Fishing a 10m has been the best line this week with maggot up/down in the water for carp, bream, roach and perch. Corn in the margins has also been working well.

New Pool
Pellet fished at 8-10m and against the island for f1 carp, roach, bream and tench.

Canal Pool
Red maggot up/down in the water at 8m for bream, roach, tench, perch and f1 & f2 carp. There have been some tench and carp in the margins to corn.

Club Pool
Pellet at 10-14m or on the bottom for carp and bream. Red maggot for silverfish.

Jenny’s Pool
Long pole with pellet for f1 & f2 carp, tench, bream and roach. On warmer days the fish are starting to come into the margins.

Date: Monday 7th March 2011
Pools: Canal Pool
No F/Man: 21

Match Report:
1st: White maggot up/down in the water @ 6m for f1 carp, perch, roach & bream.
2nd: Bread up/down in the water @ 8m for f1 carp, common carp & bream.
3rd: Pellet @ 14m to the island for f1 carp, bream & tench.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Rob Swain White Hart Birmingham 69 – 0 – 0 24
2nd Roy Winferdale Stirup Cup 55 – 13 – 0 4
3rd Pete Hancox Birmingham 53 – 0 – 0 22
4th John Berry White Hart Coventry 52 – 12 – 0 6
5th Dave Chapman White Hart Coventry 43 – 3 – 0 2
6TH Roly Sturdy Starlet Vets 22 – 1 – 0 16

Date: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Pools: Extension Pool
No F/Man: 17

Match Report:
1st: Pellet @ 9m for f1 carp, bream & roach.
2nd: Red maggot @ 10-12m for carp, roach, bream, tench & perch.
3rd: Red maggot @ 8m for carp, roach, bream, tench & perch.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Pete Hancox Birmingham 70 – 18 – 0 24
2nd John Lavender Coventry 55 – 13 – 0 4
3rd John Huston Tunnel Barn Farm 53 – 0 – 0 22
4th John Stratford Youngs TBF 52 – 12 – 0 6
5th David Knowle Chesterfield 43 – 3 – 0 2
6TH Peter Thompson Sensas 22 – 1 – 0 16

Date: Thursday 17th March 2011
Pools: Jenny’s Pool
No F/Man: 20

Match Report:
1st: Pellet @ 12m to the island for f1 & f2 carp, roach & bream.
2nd: Long pole to the island with maggot on the deck at 5ft down the shelf and up in the water on the ledge at 2.5ft in the second half of the match.
3rd: Bronze maggot @ 9m for f1 & f2 carp, roach, & bream. Biggest bream weighed 2.4lb

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Alan Gibb Youngs TBF 35 – 3 – 0 8
2nd Rob Swain White Hart Birmingham 32 – 9 – 0 4
3rd Steven Birch Northfield 22 – 6 – 0 12
4th Mike Marshall Youngs TBF 19 – 4 – 0 18
5th Jim Smith Blythe Water 17 –7 – 0 24
6TH Graham Young Youngs TBF 16 – 0 – 0 5

Date: Saturday 19th March 2011
Pools: House & New pools
No F/Man: 32

Match Report:
1st: Pellet @ 10m for f1 carp, common carp & tench.
2nd: Pellet @ 14m for f1 carp, common carp & roach.
3rd: Pellet @ 10m for f1 carp & bream.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Paul Caswell Shakespeare 126 – 14 – 0 N 10
2nd Jason Brown Lea Hall Gold 95 – 7 – 0 N 7
3rd Pete Hancox Birmingham 94 – 7 – 0 N 36
4th Steve Ringer Shimano/Dynamite Baits 88 – 0 – 0 N 26
5th Pete Caton Dynamite Baits/ Banbury Gunsmiths 79 – 5 – 0 H 21
6TH Rob Avery Redditch 73 – 13 – 0 N 33
7TH Gary Cook Mosella 73 – 1 – 0 N 44
8TH Pete Bennett Yorkshire Bait /Banbury Gunsmiths 69 – 11 – 0 H 14

Date: Sunday 20th March 2011
Pools: Extension & New pools
No F/Man: 35

Match Report:
1st: Caster up/down in the water for f1 carp, bream, perch & roach.
2nd: Pellet @ 14m for f1 carp, tench, bream & ro