Monday, January 28, 2008

GOV. RITTER HONORS RECORD-SETTING ANGLERS

 GOV. RITTER HONORS RECORD-SETTING ANGLERS
 
Gov. Bill Ritter today honored Don Walker from Florence, who in May 2007 caught a record-setting lake trout of 50.35 pounds in Blue Mesa Reservoir in Gunnison County.
 
Joining Walker during today's visit with Gov. Ritter were the previous two Colorado record-holders:
 
·         Walker's brother-in-law, Larry Cornell of Pueblo West. Cornell caught a 47-pound lake trout on May 21, 2003.
 
·          Matt Smiley of Arvada, who caught a 44-pound trout in April 2003.
 
Gov. Ritter is an avid fly fisherman. The largest fish he has caught was a 23-pound tiger fish during his stint running a food distribution and nutrition center in Zambia, Africa, from 1987 to 1990.
 
PHOTO CAPTION: From left, Matt Smiley, Don Walker, Gov. Ritter and Larry Cornell visit in Gov. Ritter's Office on Monday, Jan. 28. The trio offered to take Gov. Ritter fishing any time he chooses.Photo courtesy of Gov. Ritter's Office.
 
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