POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 29TH APRIL 2012

With weather temperatures fluctuating, Tunnel Barn Farm has yet again had pleasure anglers reporting good catches including f1’s, roach and skimmers.

TBF Opens and matches this week have been won with bags in excess of 150lb.  

Top Pool
Pellet to the islands at 6m for f1’s, ide, roach & skimmers.
Corn over hemp down the inner margins at 3m is now starting to produce the better stamp of f1’s.
Maggot shallow and on the deck has been producing large bags of silvers.

Bottom Pool
Pellet at 6m to 8m has been producing f1’s and silverfish.
Pleasure anglers have reported large bags of perch up to 2.5lb being caught on chopped worm and caster.
Paste over hemp down the inner margins have reported catches of mirrors and commons up to 12lb.

House Pool
Method feeder to the island using dead reds maggot in a yellow toffee groundbait has been tempting large mirrors and commons.
Pellet at 6m or 8m down on the deck for mixed bags of f1’s, bream, roach and carp.
Meat down the edges over micro pellet 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 pool
Chopped worm and caster at 14m.   
Pellet at 6 and 8m down the track producing good bags of f1’s, roach and perch. 
4mm cubes of meat over groundbait are producing good bags of f1’s, roach and skimmers at 4m down the edges.

New Pool
Congratulations go to Dave Chapman, who won with a match weight of 136lb 9oz.  Dave fished corn at 4m straight out in front and down the edges and caught f1’s up to 3lb.
Other baits working well are pellet, caster and meat down the edges.

Canal Pool
Congratulations go to Stu Palser, who drew peg 7 and fished 14m to the island with chopped worm and caster.  Stu’s catches were f1’s, commons and mirrors.
In 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 2lb
Good 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.  Chopped worm and caster to the island is producing f1’s in excess of 4lbs and mirrors up to 6lbs.  Pleasure anglers have had good bags fishing pellet and maggot of large bream, roach and f1’s at 6m.

Jenny’s Pool
Pellet 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 caster has been working well with good bags of f1’s & stockies being caught.
Corn over micro pellet has been producing large f1’s and that’s exactly what Roy Winfindale did on the over 50+ club match on Tuesday.  Roy’s weight was a credible 97lb 15oz with f1’s up to 2lb.

Paste at 4m and down the edges is now starting to produce good bags of fish.

Chopped 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 29TH APRIL 2012

Date: Monday 23rd April 2012
Pools: New Pool
No F/man: 18

Match Report:
1st:  Corn at 4m down the edges, f1’s up to 3lb. 
2nd:  Corn over micro pellet down the edges.  F1’s up to 3lb.
3rd:  Corn over hemp.  F1’s up to 2lb.

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    David Chapman    White Hart, Coventry    136 – 9    33
2nd    Graham Young    Youngs MG    136 – 5    24
3rd    B Duggan    Warwick Port    136 – 2    7
4th    R Swain    White Hart    128 – 12    17
5th    S Skelton    Middy    117 – 6    42
6th    P Hancox    Birmingham    109 – 10    36
7th    J Shirley    Baileys    98 – 14    10
8th    C Harrison    Baileys    93 – 15    44

Date: Tuesday 24th April 2012 TBF over 50’s Club
Pools: Jenny’s & Club Pool
No F/Man: 27   

Match Report:
1st:  Corn over micro pellet down the edges. F1’s up to 3lb.
2nd:  Pellet at 4m and down the edges.  F1’s, roach and skimmers.
3rd:  Pellet at 6m.  F1’s, roach and skimmers.

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    R Winfindale    Stirrup Cup    97 – 15    J6
2nd    Kevin Keasey    Tunnel Barn Farm    71 – 8    J18
3rd    P Lewis    Tunnel Barn Farm    64 – 2    CL10
4th    D Kingerlee    Tunnel Barn Farm    62 – 0    J11
5th    Peter Hancox    Birmingham    60 – 3    CL12
6th    David Chapman    White Hart, Coventry    58 – 14    CL19
7th    A Darling    Tunnel Barn Farm    55 – 9    J4
8th     R Davis    Tunnel Barn Farm    50 – 4    CL21

Date: Wednesday 25th April 2012  Wednesday’s Open
Pools: Top Pool
No F/Man: 17

Match Report:
1st:  Fished corn over micro pellet down the edges.  F1’s up to 2lb.
2nd:  Pellet at 6m on the deck and shallow.  F1’s, roach and skimmers.
3rd:  Cheese over hemp at 4m.  F1’s, roach and skimmers.

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    J Shirley    Bailey    112 – 00    1
2nd    C Harrison    Bailey    108 – 12    33
3rd    R Biggs    OHMS    102 – 14    5
4th    Chris Constable    TBF Vets    87 – 1    3
5th    I Parry    Tunnel Barn Farm    85 – 4    31
6th    K Keasey    TBF Vets    77 – 9    29

Date: Thursday 26th April 2012     
Pools: New and Extension Pools
No F/Man: 52

Match Report:
1st:  Pellet and corn over micro pellet down the edges.  F1’s up to 3lb.
2nd:  Corn over hemp down the edges.  F1’s up to 3lb.
3rd:  Pellet at 6, 8 and 10 m.  F1’s roach and skimmers.

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    Chris Constable    TBF Vets    126 – 2    E6
2nd    R Kotley    TBF Vets    85 – 2    N7
3rd    T McGuire    TBF Vets    82 – 3    E8
4th    A Robinson    TBF Vets    66 – 3    E24
5th     R Hughes    TBF Vets    65 – 7    N7
6th    R Davis    TBF Vets    58 – 9    N4

Date: Friday 27th April 2012  The Friday Flyer
Pools: High Pool
No F/Man:  17

Match Report:
1st:  Pellet at 4m.  Stockies and f1’s up to 2.5lb.
2nd:  Pellet at 4m.  Stockies and f1’s up to 2.5lb.
3rd:  Pellet at 6m.  Stockies and f1’s up to 2.5lb.

 
Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    R Knowles    MCM    156 – 5    4
2nd    C Harrison    Bailey    154 – 7    5
3rd    C Constable    TBF Vets    117 – 1    1
4th     P Hancox    Birmingham    111 – 1    2
5th    L Wetton    Tunnel Barn Farm    94 – 1    3
6th    K Keasey    Tunnel Barn Farm    93 – 1    6
7th    R Biggs    OHMS    91 – 5    8
8th     I Parry    Tunnel Barn Farm    88 – 10    7

Date: Saturday 28th April 2012
Pools:  New Pool
No F/Man: 26

Match Report:
1st:  4mm cubes of meat over groundbait down the edges.  F1’s up to 3lb.
2nd:  Chopped worm and caster at 14m.  F1’s , roach and skimmers.
3rd:  Cheese over hemp at 4m and down the edges.  F1’s , roach and skimmers.

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    D James    Mosella    125 – 2    1
2nd    S Palsar    Banbury Gunsmiths / Middy    103 – 8    13
3rd    R Biggs    OHMS    79 – 11    36
4th    P Newell    K Mill    75 – 2    44
5th    P Caton    Banbury Guns    74 – 9    25
6th    G Cook     Mosella    73 – 2    33
7th     J Carass    Match Fishing    66 – 10    28
8th    R Knowles    MCM    61 – 8    10

Date: Sunday 29th April 2012
Pools: Canal and Club Pools       
No F/Man:  17

Match Report:
1st:  Chopped worm and caster 14m to the island.  F1’s mirrors ad commons.
2nd: Chopped worm and caster 14m to the island.  F1’s mirrors ad commons.
3rd:  Meat over groundbait down the edges.  F1’s.

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    S Palsar    Middy    100 – 6    7
2nd    P Caton    Banbury Guns    90 – 11    5
3rd    D James    Mosella    75 – 6    9
4th    J Hall    F/Seasons    68 – 6    11
5th    L Wetton     Tunnel Barn Farm    45 – 5    1
6th    D Bolton    Maver    44 – 11    13