The Barrow Perch Bonanza 2023 took place on Sunday, December 3rd, on a popular and well-known section of the Barrow that has traditionally produced some good-sized fish. The anglers had very high expectations, which were tempered a little bit when the temperature dropped right down in the couple of days building up to competition day.
That didn’t stop the hardy 23 anglers who had registered and trained hard in the build up to the event. As expected, the drop in temperature didn’t made fishing easy, but some of the top anglers still managed to catch some Perch – including the top fish on the day which measured in at 41cm, a superb river fish.
After all pictures and videos were checked, the organisers held their prize giving directly on the river bank.
First place was Adam Bartosik who landed five good fish over the 25cm threshold – the best of which was 32cm. In second was Eduard Dondea who also landed five fish up to 31cm. In third was David Dennis, who landed two fish but also managed to get the best fish of the event at 41cm.
The next date in the calendar for the perch hunters is the first leg of Perch Master Ireland – so keep an eye out for that!
