The 2023 Loveland Fishing Club Angler of the Year is newly minted President Danny Barker, who this summer pulled a 21-inch largemouth bass from Boyd Lake. Competition chair Jim Roode did the calculations, and the beast measured 1.167 percent of the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife’s criteria for a Master Angler (MA) citation, based on length.
In second place was Bob Dierkes, with a hefty 19.5-inch largemouth from Bass Pond. Third place in 2023 also went to largemouth anglers - in a tie between Darrell Knight and Bill Prater. Darrell’s Sandpiper Pond bass and Bill’s from the Berthoud Town Pond were both a half inch shy of Bob's mark. (Footnote: the club competition is now limited to fish taken from water available to all club members. We say this because Jim Barbarok caught a whopping 16-inch yellow perch but it came from ... a private pond.
Below, Danny Barker, first; Bob Dierkes, second; and in a tie for third, Darrell Knight and Bill Prater.
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