POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9th September 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 148lbs. 

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 yellow toffee 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 pink prawn 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.

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 9th September 2012
Date: Monday 3rd September 2012Pools: High PoolNo F/man: 21
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Kevin Folwell Drennan Oxford 122 – 0 152nd Dave Chapman White Heart Coventry 102 – 12 493rd Malcolm Jones Banbury Gunsmiths 90 – 13 74th Tom Neale Rutlanders 78 – 15 345th Dave Callaghan Measham Redfins 73 – 6 466th Charlie McGurin Tunnel Barn Farm 73 – 2 26
Date: Tuesday 4th September 2012 TBF Over 50’s Club Pools: House PoolNo F/Man: 23
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Kevin Folwell Drennan Oxford 118 – 14 342nd Dave Chapman White Heart Cov 101 – 5 63rd John Berry Coventry 90 – 9 184th J Davenport Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 84 – 6 45th Chris Constable Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 68 – 3 336th Ron Knotley Tunnel Barn Farm Starlets 67 – 0 21

Date: Thursday 6th September 2012   TBF Vets MatchPools: New, Extension & House PoolsNo F/Man: 59
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Dave Purvis Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 86 – 3 H 62nd J Davenport Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 83 – 3 H 43rd Chris Constable Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 80 – 3 H 214th R Hughes Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 74 – 15 N 375th J Berry Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 68 – 11 N 156th J Eales Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 68 – 10 H 1
Date: Friday 7th September 2012 The Friday FlyerPools: Canal & Club PoolsNo F/Man:  17
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st R Mallabone Newdigate 148 – 3 Cl 132nd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 139 – 15 Can 53rd Les Wetton Tunnel Barn Farm 113 – 10 Cl 84th Kevin Keasey TBF Vets 106 – 6 Cl 115th Malcom Jones Banbury Gunsmiths 104 – 11 Cl 156th Rob Kite Marston Green Tavern 99 – 10 Can 7

Date: Saturday 8th August 2012Pools: New Pool No F/Man:  18
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Ronnie Biggs OHMS 101 – 7 272nd Paul Newell Smithys 89 – 10 353rd Les Wetton Tunnel Barn Farm 68 – 0 334th Rob Round Maver Solihull 60 – 7           245th Andy Jackson Mosella 55 – 8 216th Arthur Hicks Colmic 55 – 7 29

Date: Sunday 9th August 2012Pools: New Pool No F/Man:  33
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Ronnie Biggs OHMS 107 – 13 342nd Aid Mansfield Maver Gold/  Bagem Baits 91 -9 403rd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 72 – 10 304th Steve Cantwell Atomic AC 65 – 0                 295th Paul Newell Kingsmill Redditch 53 – 13 246th Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths 53 – 5 417th Andy Jackson Mosella 49 – 15 438th Dave James Mosella 39 – 13 7