Community hosts annual $10,000 contest to reel in harmful fish from local reservoir: 'It can get ugly out here'

Community hosts annual $10,000 contest to reel in harmful fish from local reservoir: 'It can get ugly out here'

Colorado's annual Ridgway Reservoir Smallmouth Bass Classic is underway, with one fisherman, Chase Nicholson, poised to continue his legacy of winning the $10,000 prize for removing invasive fish from the reservoir. In addition to the hefty prize money that comes from winning the competition, anglers feel it's a necessary event to prevent the population of the highly invasive smallmouth bass from wreaking havoc on the native ecosystem "before it…