POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 19th August 2012
With weather brightening up and the sun shining, Tunnel Barn Farm has had pleasure anglers reporting excellent catches including f1’s, common carp, mirrors, barbel, roach and skimmers.
TBF Opens and matches this week have been won with bags in excess of 244lbs. 
Top PoolPellet to the islands at 6m for f1’s, ide, roach & skimmers.Meat and corn over hemp down the inner margins at 3m is now starting to produce the better stamp of f1’s.Maggot shallow through slop and on the deck has been producing large bags of silvers.Paste down edges over hemp for f1’s, producing match-winning weights.
Bottom PoolPellet at 6m to 8m has been producing f1’s and silverfish.Paste over hemp down the inner margins has reported catches of large mirrors and commons up to 16lb.
House PoolMethod feeder to the island using dead white maggot in a Bagem Machins method mix ground bait has been tempting large mirrors and commons up to 12lbs.Pellet at 6m or 8m down on the deck for mixed bags of f1’s, bream, roach and carp.Meat down the edges over hemp 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 poolPellet at 6m and 8m down the track producing good bags of f1’s, roach and perch.  4mm cubes of meat through a Kopycat ground bait down the inner margins has been producing good bags of f1’s, roach and skimmers. Paste over hemp on the top 2 down the edges has been producing large f1’s, mirrors and commons.
New PoolBronze maggot shallow @ 6m has been producing large bags of f1’s roach & skimmers.Corn, paste & meat over hemp down the edges has seen large bags of f1’s & mirrors being caught by both match and pleasure anglers.
Canal PoolIn 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 2lbGood 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.  Pleasure anglers have had good bags fishing pellet and maggot of large bream, roach and f1’s at 6m. Paste on the top 2 down edges producing has been producing good bags of f1’s, mirrors and commons.
Jenny’s PoolPellet 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 maggot has been working well with good bags of f1’s & stockies being caught.Corn over micro pellet has been producing large f1’s. Paste over hemp at 4m and down the edges is now starting to produce good bags of f1’s, mirrors and commons.
High Pool4mm pellet over hard pellet with constant feeding at 4m out on the shelf is producing good bags of stockies from 6oz to 2.5lb.Pellet and paste down the margins late on has been producing the larger mirrors and commons between 6lb to 14lb.Maggot at 4-6m has been producing good bags of stockies, f1’s and mirrors and commons.

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 19th AUGUST 2012
Date: Monday 13th August 2012Pools: Canal PoolNo F/man: 16
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st James Rock Hawkesbury 119 – 9 72nd Denis Lutwyche Hawkesbury 100 – 5 53rd Graham Young Youngs TBF 96 – 1 214th Tom Neale Rutlanders 87 – 1 15th Dave Callaghan Measham Redfins 83 – 3 186th Pete Hancox Birmingham 82 – 13 24

Date: Tuesday 14th August 2012 TBF Over 50’s Club Pools: Extension PoolNo F/Man: 21
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Kevin Folwell Drennan Oxford 98 – 10 22nd John Berry Coventry 94 – 13 273rd Barry Duggan Warwick Portabello 90 – 9 84th Dave Chapman White Heart Cov 82 – 12 255th Rob Swain White Heart Birmingham 79 – 8 366th Pete Hancox Birmingham 79 – 7 10

Date: Wednesday 15th August 2012Pools: Jennys poolNo F/Man: 18
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Paul Newell Smithys 244 – 1 182nd Ronnie Biggs OHMS 159 – 11 143rd Shaun Little MAP 138 – 9 244th James Rock Hawkesbury 83 – 6 65th Tony Shepherd Banbury Gunsmiths 82 – 7 46th Tom Neale Rutlanders 72 – 14 27
Paul Newell set a new lake record for Jenny’s
Date: Thursday 16th August 2012   TBF Vets MatchPools: Jenny’s, Club & Canal PoolsNo F/Man: 53
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st D Chapman Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 129 – 5 J 202nd John Merchant Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 125 – 9 Cl 163rd Tony Mcguire Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 104 – 10 Cl 244th Chris Constable Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 100 – 3 Cl 115th A Dawson Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 99 – 7 J 116th Reg davis Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 92 – 15 J 27
Date: Friday 17th August 2012 The Friday FlyerPools: Club PoolNo F/Man:  14
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Dave James Mosella 181 – 7 152nd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 168 – 8 233rd Phil Moore Lichfield 150 – 8 134th Les Wetton Tunnel Barn Farm 124 – 2 175th Tom Neale Rutlanders 102 – 10 216th Gemma Moore TBF Ladies 101 – 1 19

Date: Saturday 18th August 2012Pools: Top Pool No F/Man:  23
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Paul Newell Smithys 153 – 1 32nd Andy Jackson Mosella 123 – 8 243rd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 97 – 8 164th Paul Bick Shakespeare 93 – 5                 185th Pete Hancox Birmingham 92 – 3 296th Tony Shepard Banbury Gunsmiths 87 – 11 277th T Musticone Alvechurch 85 – 7 338th Phil Moore Lichfield 80 – 11 1

Date: Sunday 19th August 2012Pools: New Pool No F/Man:  30
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Tony Shepard Banbury Gunsmiths 117 – 9 122nd Noel Wright Finedon AC 105 -0 233rd Andy Jackson Mosella 97 – 10 364th Richard Knowles MCM 96 – 5                 25th Dave James Mosella 91 – 7 156th A Forbes TBF 87 – 6 267th C Duke TBF 87 – 6 258th Pete Rice Bagem Baits 84 – 1 30