That's hawksome
FLC student lands biggest fish at 5th Annual Vallecito Ice Fishing Tournament
Thanks to a 5.12-pound rainbow trout, Chase Ribble, a local outdoorsman and FLC junior majoring in Business Administration, is $750 richer. Ribble joined 152 other contestants under a chilly blue sky on February 20, 2021, for the 5th Annual Vallecito Ice Fishing Tournament. He had been fishing Vallecito Lake for a month leading up to the tournament, scouting the very spot that led to his big win. After the victorious weigh-in, Ribble kneeled back to the ice hole and released the trout, which was twice as big as the tournament’s second-place catch.
“I want the fish to continue to grow, so I can get back out there and try to catch them again,” says Ribble, who plans to put some of his winnings toward a new fly fishing rod. Ribble moved to Durango from Morrison, Colorado in 2018 to attend FLC “because of all it has to offer both inside and outside the classroom.”
Congratulations, Chase!