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Right fish. Wrong day.
That’s the good news, bad news aspect of the 13.8-pound walleye that Westminster resident Robbie Effinger landed July 11 at a Colorado Walleye Association tournament at Trinidad Reservoir.
Trouble was, the catch came during the Friday pre-fishing, not the official tournament next day.
“It would have won the tournament by itself,” Effinger said. “But I’ll take a fish like that anytime — today, tomorrow, next year.”
Fishing with partner Randy Allenbaugh, Effinger caught the big female on a No. 5 perch Wally Diver.
“It wasn’t even 30 inches long,” he said. “It looked like a NFL football.”
The team of Chad Kieffer and Chad Vollmar won the event with a 10-fish total of 13.47 pounds.
