POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5th MARCH 2012

With the warm weather holding the fishery has fished particularly well over the past week with match weights up to 100lb required to win the opens and pleasure anglers reporting mixed bags up to 70lb of fish. Maggot and pellet are still the best baits. A couple of anglers have started to try a bit of paste and it has been working so far.

Top Pool
Plenty of silvers to be had on maggot, ide, skimmers, roach and perch
Pellet on the deck at 6-8m and to the island for f1’s.

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.

House Pool
Bronze maggot at 4m to 6m and down the edge on the deck has been producing large bags of silverfish and f1 carp.
Pellet at 6m or 8m down on the deck for mixed bags of f1’s, bream, roach and carp.
Method feeder to the island with dead red maggot for large f1’s.

Extension pool
White maggot at 4m to 6m on the deck with constant feeding has been catching large bags of f1 carp, skimmers and roach.
Pellet at 14m on the deck for large f1’s.
Congratulations to Stu Palsar who won Sundays open from peg 22 with a weight of 81-8lb

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.
The introduction of the stockies, has stimulated the f1’s into feeding.
Pleasure anglers have reported mixed bags f1’s and stockies to 70lb on 4mm pellet over micro pellet on the deck.
With the warmer weather a top 2 approach has resulted in weights of 92lb winning matches. Congratulations to Pete Rice who won the Friday Flyer with a weight of 92-8. Pete fished pellet on the deck and down both edges.

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 being caught.

Club Pool
Pellet to the island over micro pellet for f1’s, mirrors, roach & bream.
Stockies and f1’s at 4-10m down the track on pellet.
Pellet or maggot at 6-8m has been working well.

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.
Corn over micro pellet has been producing large f1’s.

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 26th FEBRUARY 2012

Date: Monday 27th February 2012
Pools: Jennys Pool.
No F/man: 22

1st: Pellet @ 9-11m on the deck for f1’s and mirrors to 3lb.
2nd: Pellet & slop @ 8m for f1`s, roach & skimmers.
3rd: Pellet to the island & down the edge for f1`s & stockies.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Rob Swain White Hart Birmingham 69 – 11 14
2nd Chris Constable TBF Vets 56 – 15 7
3rd Peter Hancox Birmingham 55 – 10 2
4th Mark Jones Banbury Guns 52 – 3 20
5th Tom Neal Rutlanders 37 – 6 18
6TH Graham Young Youngs MG TBF 35 – 12 16

Date: Tuesday 28th February 2012 TBF over 50’s Club
Pools: New Pool.
No F/Man: 27

Match Report:
1st: Pellet @ 5m on the deck for an equal split of f1 carp and stockies.
2nd: Pellet on the top 2 3m out in fron for f1’s to 2.5lb
3rd: Pellet @ 6m on the deck for f1’s stockies, roach & skimmers.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Peter Hancox Birmingham 83 – 2 41
2nd Kevin Keasey TBF Vets 62 – 5 13
3rd Ron Notley Starlet Vets 61 – 3 5
4th Paul Lewis TBF Vets 59 – 0 27
5th Jim Davenport TBF 53 – 12 39
6TH Roy Winfindale Stirup Cup 52 – 9 35

Date: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Pools: Extension Pool.
No F/Man: 20

Match Report:
1st: Pellet using the top 2 to the left and right down on the first shelf for f1’s to 3lb, roach and skimmers.
2nd: Pellet long to the island and down the edges for f1’s roach & skimmers.
3rd: Bread flake through slop @ 10m for f1’s up to 1lb.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Peter Rice Bagem Baits 101 – 3 37
2nd Andy Searle Middy 87 – 4 7
3rd Andy Jackson Mosella 83 – 11 21
4th Richard Knowles M.C.M. 73 – 15 9
5th Paul Hughes TBF 69 – 13 23
6TH John Lavender Coventry 68 – 14 2

Date: Thursday 23rd FEBRUARY 2012 TBF VETS MATCH
Pools: Extension, House & New Pools.
No F/Man: 60

Match Report:
1st: Pellet & corn @ 4m down the edge for f1’s to 2lb & stockies.
2nd: Pellet @ 6m & 8m for f1’s, roach & skimmers.
3rd: Pellet @ 6m and down the edges for f1’s & stockies.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Ron Notley Starlet Vets 69 – 1 H9
2nd D.Rowbury TBF Vets 60 – 9 H1
3rd T. James TBF Vets 59 – 13 N13
4th John Wills TBF Vets 57 – 4 E19
4th J. Stockton Meadowlands 57 – 4 E21
5th Johnny Merchant TBF Vets 56 – 6 N10
6TH G. Wirduam TBF Vets 53 – 9 E17

Date: Friday 2nd MARCH 2012
Pools: New Pool
No F/Man: 25

1st: Pellet @ 3m down the left & right hand side on the deck for f1’s up to 1.5lb.
2nd: Pellet @ 9m to the island and down the track on the deck for f1’s & stockies.
3rd: Pellet @ 3m down the left hand edge for f1’s & stockies.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Pete Rice Bagem Baits 92 – 8 44
2nd Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths 78 – 8 37
3rd Pete Hancox Birmingham 72 – 1 31
4th Les Wetton Tunnel Barn Farm 69 – 14 4
5th Malcolm Jones Banbury Gunsmiths 67 – 15 13
6TH Andy Jackson Mosella 67 – 13 33

Date: Saturday 3rd MARCH 2012
Pools: Extension & New pools
No F/Man: 33

1st: Pellet @ 14m for f1’s, roach & skimmers.
2nd: Pellet @ 11m down the left hand edge and up to the pallet on peg 9 for f1’s to 2.4lb. 3rd: Pellet @ 11m down the left hand edge for f1’s, stockies, roach & skimmers.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Stu Palsar Banbury Gunsmiths / Middy 95 – 1 E 23
2nd Paul Bick Shakespeare 91 – 8 N 10
3rd Joe Carass Match Fishing 75 – 4 N 33
4th David James Mosella 66 – 6 N 7
5th Pete Rice Bagem Baits 63 – 7 E 19
6th Richard Knowles MCM 62 – 3 E 2
7th J Dale Tunnel Barn Farm 60 – 13 E 4
8th Chris Neale Rutlanders 60 – 8 E 13

Date: SUNDAY 4TH MARCH 2012
Pools: Extension Pool
No F/Man: 24

1st: Pellet @ 14m for f1’s, roach & skimmers.
2nd: Pellet @ 6m straight out in front on the deck for f1’s, roach & skimmer.
3rd: Pellet @ 3m down the left & right hand edges for f1’s t0 2.5lb.

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Stu Palsar Banbury Gunsmiths / Middy 81 – 8 22
2nd Ronnie Biggs OHMS 66 – 8 28
3rd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 57 – 8 11
4th S Conway Lichfield 55 – 7 19
5th David James Mosella 51 – 13 17
6th John Stockton Barford AA 31 – 2 1
7th Gary Cook Mosella 24 – 13 33
8th G Sachell Tunnel Barn Farm 24 – 5 30