POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 24th JUNE 2012

With weather temperatures still fluctuating and the persistant rain, 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 204lbs.

Top Pool
Pellet 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 and caster shallow and on the deck has been producing large bags of silvers.
Paste down edges over hemp for f1’s, producing match-winning weights.

Bottom Pool
Pellet at 6m to 8m has been producing f1’s and silverfish.
Pleasure anglers have reported large bags of perch up to 3lb being caught on chopped worm and caster.
Paste over hemp down the inner margins has reported catches of large mirrors and commons up to 12lb.

House Pool
Method feeder to the island using dead bronze maggot in a crab & krill ground bait has been tempting large mirrors and commons up to 16lbs.
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.
Chopped worm and caster to the island and shallow down the edges has also been producing good bags of fish.
Congratulations go to Stu Palsar who won Saturdays open match with a weight of 195-15 from peg 33.  He fished chopped worm and caster to the island and shallow down the left hand edge.

Extension pool
Chopped worm and caster at 14m.   
Pellet at 6m and 8m down the track producing good bags of f1’s, roach and perch. 
4mm cubes of meat through a kopykat slop 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 Pool
Chopped worm & caster to the island.
Caster 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 Pool
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.
Congratulations go to Pete Rice who won the Friday Flyer with a weight of 204-11 from peg 5.  He fished at 4mm straight out in front shallow @ 15” with caster for f1’s roach, barbel, mirrors & commons.

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.
Paste on the top 2 down edges producing has been producing good bags of f1’s, mirrors and commons.

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.
Paste over hemp at 4m and down the edges is now starting to produce good bags of f1’s, 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 24th JUNE 2012

Date: Monday 18th June 2012
Pools: New Pool
No F/man: 18

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    Chris Constable    Tunnel Barn Farm Vets    114 – 4    33
2nd    R Kinnersley    Finedon AC    112 – 13    27
3rd    D Chapman    Coventry    110 – 5    10
4th    D Callaghan    Measham Redfins    97 – 15    38
5th    Tom Neale    Rutlanders    88 – 14    23
6th    B Edwards    Youngs Mg    75 – 9    42

Date: Tuesday 19th June 2012 TBF over 50’s Club
Pools: Jennys Pool
No F/Man: 23

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    John Merchant    TBF Starlets    114 – 11    17
2nd    Pete Hancox    Birmingham    93 – 4    6
3rd    J Berry    Coventry    84 – 1    7
4th    Paul Lewis    Tunnel Barn Farm Vets    70 – 8    20
5th    D Chapman    Coventry    68 – 1    2
6th    Ron knotley    TBF Starlet Vets    64 – 12    8

Date: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Pools: High Pool
No F/Man: 20   

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    Tony Mcguire    Tunnel Barn Farm Vets    88 -12    36
2nd    R Fry    Weoley Castle    66 – 13    43
3rd    B Donnelly    Weoley castle    60 – 4    41
4th    J Worroll    AA Angling Club    55 – 8    37
5th    A Niblett    Tunnel Barn Farm    50 – 1    30
6th    Alf Smith    Tunnel Barn Farm    48 – 14    29

Date: Thursday 21st June 2012   TBF Vets Match
Pools: Extension, Jennys & Club Pools
No F/Man: 56

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    John Merchant    Tunnel Barn Farm Vets    130 – 12    J 6
2nd    Tony McGuire    Tunnel Barn Farm Vets    87 – 16    E 2
3rd    Chris Constable    Tunnel Barn Farm Vets    80 – 11    E 36
4th    Reg Davis    Tunnel Barn Farm Vets    77 – 13    E 24
5th     S Stokes    Tunnel Barn Farm Vets    76 – 10    J 2
6th    Kevin Keasey    Tunnel Barn Farm Vets    75 – 10    J 15

Date: Friday 22nd June 2012 The Friday Flyer
Pools: Canal Pool
No F/Man:  17

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    Pete Rice    Bagem Baits    204 – 11    11
2nd    Chris Constable    Tunnel Barn Farm Vets    126 – 11    29
3rd    Tony Sheppard    Banbury Gunsmiths    114 – 7    13
4th     Pete Hancox    Birmingham    111 – 10    33
5th    Ron Biggs    OHMS    110 – 3    26
6th    Tom Neale    Rutlanders    85 – 1    21

Date: Saturday 23rd June 2012
Pools:  Extension, House & Jennys Pool
No F/Man: 32

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    S Palsar    Middy    195 – 15    H 33
2nd    Paul Newell    Kingsmill Redditch    182 – 8    E 3
3rd    P Bick    Shakespeare    145 – 10    E 13
4th    A Jackson    Mosella    140 – 15    H 6
5th    Rob Avery    Kingfisher    132 – 8    H 32
6th    Pete Caton    Banbury Gunsmiths    130 – 14    H 21
7th     Joe Carass    Matchfishing    117 – 2    H 4
8th    Pete Rice    Bagem Baits    113 – 1    E 25

Date: Sunday 24th June 2012
Pools: Club, Canal & Top Pools           
No F/Man:  52

Pos    NAME    CLUB    WEIGHT    PEG NO
1st    Dale Sheppard    Hemsworth Angling Centre    150 – 10    Can 1
2nd    Dave James    Mosella    149 – 4    Cl 9
3rd    Pete Caton    Banbury Gunsmiths    148 – 0    Can 6
4th    Paul Willimson    Guilford    145 – 5                                              Cl 16
5th    Paul Newell    Kingsmill Redditch    138 – 5    Can 17
6th    Rob Avery    Kingfisher    130 – 14    Cl 14
7th     Jeff Warmington    Tunnel Barn Farm    130 – 1    Can 12
8th    Dan Cooper    Guilford    123 – 6    Can 4