Luck can help, but expertise and experience turned out to be the best allies for
Gustavo Barrionuevo
, who won first prize in the most important open water fishing contest in Argentina.
With a white croaker weighing 3,206 kilograms, obtained at two in the morning on Sunday, this fisherman based in the town of
Cascallares
(Tres Arroyos district) was left with the greatest prize of the "24 hours of the Black Croaker" that held between Saturday and Sunday on the beaches of Claromecó, Reta and Orense.
It was the culmination of a long day of effort and resistance.
There was oppressive heat, wind and storms in those 24 hours of competition.
Barrionuevo and more than
4,500 other fishermen
tolerated these inclement weather and other obstacles.
For example,
the low presence of "black" species
in the waters of the southern province.
Therefore, the regulation establishes that in the absence of this variety of fish, classify those that obtain
blondes from 2 kilograms.
The 50 winners entered the ranking with specimens between 2.3 and 3.2 kilos.
All "blondes".
The largest piece was worth
a Toyota Hilux 4x4 truck
, 0 kilometers.
That is the reward that the Club de Cazadores de Tras Arroyos (organizer of the meeting) arranged for the one who lifted the cup of this "fishing world cup" that has been held on these southeastern Buenos Aires coasts for 61 years.
The 24 hours of the Black Croaker: who is the champion of the "fishing world" and how much did the winning piece weigh?
The competition distributed more than
50 million pesos in prizes
.
It included the truck that Barrionuevo won, two other pick-ups and three midsize cars of the same brand.
They were two contests in one: for those who got corvinas and for "varied" fishing of greater weight.
In this item, the victory went to
Alejandro Romay
from Tandil , who brought out a "chucho" (a kind of ray) that weighed almost 28 kilograms.
He also left Claromecó with an OKM truck.
61st Black Croaker Edition.
Photo Courtesy Radio Tres Arroyos LU 24
“I am excited because I was able to win what for us is the fishing world championship
,” said Barrionuevo.
This year, at "24 hours" 4,600 competitors came from all over the country and even from some neighboring countries.
It is one of the most important outdoor competitions in the country.
In addition to a competition, the call is a show and a tradition for the beaches of that region of the Buenos Aires coast.
It develops on 40 kilometers of coastline from Orense to the Reta spa.
The weekend is "taken" by the arrival of the contestants, who begin to locate places by the sea from the Friday before the contest.
The maritime event is organized by the Club Cazadores de Tres Arroyos.
The first edition was held in
1962
and had only 58 intrepid people who defied their patience to spend a day on the waterfront.
It grew in volume until it reached the record number of participants in 1987, with 6,862 registered rods.
The first edition was made in 1962. Photo Courtesy Radio Tres Arroyos LU 24
Barrionuevo had climbed to one of the
podiums
of this contest in 2020. Then he obtained the second prize.
A month ago he had won another contest in the East.
The winner is a fisherman with years of experience.
“I was able to serve just when the only moment of pique
of the whole day
occurred .
Between 2 and 2.30 on Sunday.
After that, no more croakers came out,"
he told a note to a local radio station.
He managed to extract other pieces but they did not give the minimum weight to enter the classifier.
As reported by the Hunters Club, there were 50 competitors who could win a prize.
Also in the "varied" contest another 10 fishermen entered the list of winners.
The Silver. correspondent
MG
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