POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6th January 2013

With the milder weather moving in the fish are still feeding with pleasure anglers reporting excellent catches including f1’s, common carp, mirrors, barbel, roach and skimmers.

We would like to thank all the anglers that fished over the Christmas break.  Match and pleasure weights have exceeded 100lb+ with all the lakes fishing well.

Top Pool
Pellet to the islands at 6m and down the edges for f1’s, ide, roach & skimmers.Maggot shallow through slop 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.Chopped worm is now tempting the larger stamp of perch and bream.

House Pool
Method feeder to the island using dead red maggot in a yellow toffee ground bait has been tempting large mirrors and commons up to 8lbs.Pellet at 6m or 8m down on the deck for mixed bags of f1’s, bream, roach and carp.Maggot @12-8 m shallow and down the edges has been producing large bags including mirrors and common carp.Congratulations to Jon Arthur who won the 6th round of the winter league with a weight of 131-12 from peg 31.

Extension pool
Pellet at 10m and 16m towards the island is producing good bags of f1’s, roach and perch.  Pellet or maggot through a dark ground bait down the inner margins has been producing good bags of f1’s, roach and skimmers. 

New Pool
Red maggot @ 6m has been producing large bags of f1’s roach & skimmers.Pellet through ground bait slop and micro pellet at 4-6m 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 3lbGood bags of silvers are being caught.

Club Pool 
Maggot and pellet through groundbait slop at 6-8m has been producing good bags of f1’s with some nice mirrors and commons. 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 maggot has been working well with good bags of f1’s & stockies being caught.

High Pool
Pellet over feed pellet with constant feeding at 4m out on the shelf is producing good bags of stockies from 6oz to 2.5lb.Maggot at 4-6m has been producing good bags of stockies, f1’s and mirrors and commons.Congratulations to Pete Rice who won the Friday Flyer with a weight of 105 – 1 from peg 31

Worm and caster must be ordered by Monday if required for the weekend matches.

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEKS ENDING 6th January December 2013

Date: Monday 31st December 2012   NEW YEARS EVE BASH
Pools: Canal & Jenny’s Pools
No F/man: 34

1st Adam Wakelin Preston Innovations 69 – 0 J 17
2nd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 62 – 1 C 17
3rd Tony Pears Newdigate AC 61 – 9 C 22
4th Steve Conway Lichfield MG 61 – 4 C 1
5th Matt Barwell Maver Gold 60 – 11 J 26
6TH Steve Hemmingray Drennan 54 – 12 J 15

Date: Monday 31st December 2012   Affordable open
Pools: Bottom Pool
No F/man: 21

1st Alan Ainsworth Mid City 54 – 7 8
2nd Dave Chapman White Heart Coventry 51 – 3 27
3rd Alex Harper Tunnel Barn Farm Juniors 49 – 15 18
4th Les Wetton Tunnel Barn Farm 48 – 15 4
5th John Berry Coventry 48 – 7 14
6TH Kevin Keasey TBF Vets 48 – 6 32

Date: Tuesday 1st January 2013
NEW YEARS DAY MATCH        
Pools: Extension Pools
No F/Man: 23

1st Stu Palsar Middy 37 – 13 21
2nd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 36 – 14 36
3rd Wayne Ainsworth Mid City 32 – 4 33
4th Aid Mansfield Maver Gold 28 – 14 24
5th D Elliott Drennan 25 – 15 37
6TH Adam Wakelin Preston Innovations 25 – 14 25

Date: Wednesday 2nd January 2013
Pools: Club Pools
No F/Man: 17

1st Pete Rice Bagem Baits 37 – 8 17
2nd Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths 25 – 15 13
3rd Ben Harte Tamworth Tackle 22 – 8 21
4th D Smalley Tamworth Tackle 22 – 6 19
5th Andy Jackson Mosella 18 – 13 23
6TH Malcolm Jones Banbury Gunsmiths 18 – 10 15

Date: Thursday 3rd January 2013

TBF VETS MATCH
Pools: Extension & New Pools 
No F/Man: 49

1st A Robinson TBF Vets 47 – 11 E 1
2nd John Merchant TBF Vets 36 –11 N 36
3rd T James TBF Vets 33 – 13 E 5
4th Chris Constable TBF Vets 32 – 8 E 26
5th J Stratford TBF Vets 32 – 1 N 7
6TH Dave Kinglerley TBF Vets 22 – 13 N 1

Date: Friday 4th January 2013
Pools: High Pool 
No F/Man: 22

1st Pete Rice Bagem Baits 105 – 1 31
2nd Charlie McGurrin Fosters 70 – 0 44
3rd Chris Goergen Sensas France 66 – 5 25
4th Phil Moore Lichfield MG 64 – 14 37
5th P Gent Four Seasons 53 – 10 22
6TH D Shippley Four Seasons 52 – 15 49

Date: Saturday 5th January 2013
TBF WINTER LEAGUE ROUND 6
Pools: Extension, New, House, Top & Club PoolsNo F/Man: 72

1st Jon Arthur Match Fishing Drawbags 131 – 12 H 31
2nd Chris Allen Lichfield MG 88 – 11 E 5
3rd Paul Yates Barston 87 – 1 T 33
4th Steve Daly Mid City 75 – 12 H 29
5th Ricky Small Alans Tackle 74 – 13 Cl 13
6TH Amer Jawad MCM / Bagem Baits 74 – 0 T 29
7th Aid Mansfield Maver Gold / Bagem Baits 73 – 7 H 21
8TH Paul Caswell MCM / Bagem Baits 73 – 1 E 38

Date: Sunday 6th January 2013
Pools: Extension & House Pools
No F/Man: 33

1st Steve Conway Lichfield MG 113 – 10 H 14
2nd D Smalley Tamworth Tackle 96 – 14 E 8
3rd Dave James Mosella 78 – 0 E 26
4th Steve Townsend Banbury Gunsmiths 70 – 1 E 39
5th Mick Kineton Mosella 68 – 2 H 6
6th D Childs Lichfield MG 67 – 12 H 33
7th Ben Harte Lichfield MG 63 – 12 E 36
8th Pete Rice Bagem Baits 62 – 7 E 21