RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 9th OCTOBER 2011

With the sudden change in weather, all pools are still fishing well, with match weights in excess of 90lb needed to win.  Pellet and maggot have been the main baits.

Top Pool
Method feeder with dead bronze maggot to the island for mirrors, commons and big f1’s.
Pole at 6-8m on the pellet for f1 carp and large bags of silvers.
Maggot fished shallow late in the session has had the fish coming up in the water.
Corn over hemp and pellet down the edges for large f1’s, stockies and silvers.

Bottom Pool
Method feeder with dead red maggot is still producing large mirrors and common carp up to 22lb.
Pellet and corn at 6m to 8m has been producing f1’s, mirrors and common carp.
Meat and paste down the edges for large mirrors and common carp.
Maggot and chopped worm on the deck for silverfish.  Pleasure anglers have reported large bags of perch up to 3lb being caught on maggot and chopped worm.

House Pool
Dead red maggot feeder to the island has been producing good bags of mirrors and commons.
Bronze maggot at 8m on the deck has been producing large bags of silverfish and f1 carp, with the fish coming shallow in the afternoon.
Paste is still working encouraging the larger fish to feed, large mirrors, commons and f1 are still being caught in the margins.
Pellet at 6m or 8m down on the deck for mixed bags of f1’s bream, roach and carp.

Extension pool
Pellet to the island has been producing f1’s, mirrors and common carp.
Corn over hemp or pellet over both at 8m to 10m or down the edges late on in the session has been producing large bags of silvers, mirrors, f1 carp and bream. 
Maggot at 4m to 6m up in the water with constant feeding has been catching large bags of f1 carp, skimmers and roach.
Stu Palsar triumphed in both weekend open matches.  He alternated between pellet and bronze maggot and caught f1’s and mirrors.

New Pool
Pellet and maggot have been the best baits on this lake long to the island or @ 6m and down the edges.  F1’s and plenty of skimmers and roach are being caught.
Pleasure anglers have taken small cubes of meat and corn and reported back catching good bags of fish.
Large perch are being caught between pegs 18 and 23.  Chopped worm or red maggot have tempted the predators up to 4lb in weight.

Canal Pool
Congratulations to Pete Rice who won the Thursday open match from peg 12 using white maggots.  His catch included f1 carp up to 2lb, skimmers, barbel and roach.
In general pellet and maggot are the best baits at 6-8m and across to the island.  Fish are still falling to small cubes of meat over hemp and paste down the edges is still producing the large mirrors and commons.
Club Pool
Method feeder with dead white maggot to the island for large mirrors, f1’s and common carp.
Pellet, maggot or meat at 8m and 4m straight in front for stockies, bream to 4lb, tench and roach.
Barbel are showing up to 2lb down the edges on maggot and chopped worm over hemp.
Fish are being caught on the inside line on 2mm cubes of meat over hemp for large f1’s mirrors and commons.
Pellet or maggot at 6-8m has been working well with the fish coming up in the water late on in the session .

Jenny’s Pool
Pellet shallow at 6m has produced weights by pleasure anglers of 70lb to 110lb.  The fish are being caught up in the water mid way through the session.
Method to the island with corn or meat.
Paste down the track and on the first shelf.
Small cubes of meat on the first shelf have tempted the barbel.
In general, most baits are going on this lake.

 
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 9th OCTOBER 2011

Date: Monday 3rd October 2011
Pools: Top
No F/man: 20

Match Report:
1st: Maggot up in the water for f1 carp to 2lb, roach and bream to 1.5lb.
2nd: Corn down the edges and also up in the water for f1 carp to 2lb & f1’s & roach down the edges.
3rd: Pellet on the deck and down the edges for f1 carp, roach & barbel.
 
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Dave Callehan Measham redfin 66 – 11 – 0 26
2nd Graham Young Youngs TBF 62 – 10 – 0 11
3rd Pete Hancox Birmingham 60 – 3 – 0 31
4th Dennis Lutwyche Hawkesberry 57 – 0 – 0 29
5th Chris Neale Rutlanders 54 – 6 – 0  13
6TH Craig Chamberlain Tunnel Barn Farm 50 – 0 – 0 22

Date: Wednesday 5th October 2011
Pools: House Pool
No F/Man: 18

Match Report:
1st: Pole @ 6m with maggot & pellet alternated for f1’s, roach, perch & skimmers.
2nd: Paste @ 4m for f1’s, mirrors & common carp.
3rd: Pellet at top 2 & down the edges for f1 carp, roach & skimmers.
 
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Steve Cantwell Atomic AC 70 – 11 – 0 29
2nd Chris Neale Rutlanders 65 – 13 – 0 14
3rd Pete Hancox Birmingham 65 – 1 – 0 33
4th Andy Walker Hampstead 31 – 9 – 0 1
5th Ian Parry Tunnel Barn Farm 28 – 11 – 0 21
6TH Tom Neale Rutlanders 21 – 10 – 0 31

Date: Thursday 6th October  2011 Tunnel Barn Farm Vets
Pools: Canal & Club Pools
No F/Man: 46

Match Report:
1st: Pellet @ 10m & down the edges for commons & mirrors to 4lb.
2nd: Paste @ 4m & down the edges for f1’s to 3lb.
3rd: Corn over pellet @ 8m for mirrors & commons for 4lb.
 
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Tony McGuire T.B.F. Vets 54 – 0 – 0 17 H
2nd Ron Notley T.B.F. Vets 50 – 12 – 0 34 H
3rd C. Constable T.B.F. Vets 50 – 7 – 0 16 H
4th G. Wright T.B.F. Vets 46 – 9 – 0 21 Ex
5th B. Wright T.B.F. Vets 55 – 3 – 0 29 Ex
6TH G. Harrison T.B.F. Vets 54 – 6 – 0 30 Ex

Date: Thursday 6th October  September 2011
Pools: Canal Pool
No F/Man: 18

Match Report:
1st: Maggot @ 4m down the edges for f1 carp to 3lb, roach, skimmers & barbel.
2nd: Pellet @ 12m on the deck for f1 carp up to 2lb, mirrors & commons.
3rd: Pellet @ 3m in front and down the edges for f1 carp, mirrors & commons to 4lb.
 
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Pete Rice Bagem Baits 79 – 10 – 0 12
2nd Dean Hancox Tunnel Barn Farm 75 – 7 – 0 5
3rd Les Wetton Tunnel Barn Farm 70 – 13 – 0 10
4th Phil Moore Lichfield AC 69 – 12 – 0 15
5th Pete Hancox Birmingham 60 – 5 – 0 4
6TH Reg Davis Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 57 – 10 – 0 7

Date: Saturday 8th October 2011
Pools: Extension pool
No F/Man: 27

Match Report:
1st: Pellet & maggot @ 16m to the island for f1 carp, roach, mirrors & skimmers.
2nd: Pellet @ 6m & down the edges for f1’s to 2lb, roach & skimmers.
3rd: Pellet @ 16m for f1 carp, roach & skimmers.
 
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Stu Palsar Shakespeare 76 – 15 – 0 19
2nd Ron Biggs OHMS 76 – 9 – 0 22
3rd Jason Neath Daiwa Gordon Lg 65 – 6 – 0 21
4th Pete Rice Bagem Baits 63  – 11 – 0 13
5th Jason Shirley Warwick Portabello 58 – 0 – 0 24
6TH Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths/ Dynamite Baits 57 – 11 – 0 5
7th  Arthur Hicks Colmic 48 – 1 – 0 38
8TH  Simon Christian Maver Tipton 44  – 0 – 0 10

Date: Sunday 9th October 2011
Pools: Extension Pool
No F/Man: 27

Match Report:
1st: Pellet & maggot @ 16m to the island for f1 carp, roach, mirrors & skimmers.
2nd: Pellet @ 6m & down the edges for f1’s to 2lb, roach & skimmers.
3rd: Pellet @ 16m for f1 carp, roach & skimmers.
 
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Stu Palsar Shakspeare 86 – 9 – 0 38
2nd Kurtis Tranter Grant Albutt Fishing 63 – 14 – 0 13
3rd Matt Smith Bagem Baits 63 – 8 – 0 36
4th Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths/ Dynamite Baits 59 – 10 – 0 4
5th Jason Brown Lea Hall Gold 53 – 3 – 0 9
6TH Matt Prosser Maver Tipton 51 – 11 – 0 19
6th  Aid Mansfield Maver Tipton 51 – 11 – 0 22
8TH Kevin Adderely Damson Lock 50 – 9 – 0 10