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Species Weight Location  Angler Date Photo
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 8.75 oz Arrowhead Club Lake  Joseph Grega 1/5/1974  
Rock Bass 1 lbs 10 oz Aux Sable Creek  George Nielson 5/5/1987  
Channel Catfish 45 lbs 4 oz Baldwin Lake  Todd Baumeyer 2/7/1987  
Flathead Catfish 78 lbs 0 oz Carlyle Lake  Jody Harris 8/11/1995  
Freshwater Drum 35 lbs 0 oz DuQuoin City Lake  Joe Rinella 1960  
Goldeye 2 lbs 1 oz Embarras River  Steven D. Unzicker 7/26/1998  
Yellow Bullhead 5 lbs 4 oz Fox River  Bill Snow 1955  
Spotted Gar 7 lbs 13.4 oz Horseshoe Lake Danny Peters 7/10/2004  
Walleye 14 lbs 0 oz Kankakee River  Fred Goselin 1961  
White Bass 4 lbs 14 oz Kaskaskia River  Bruce Wilson 10/7/1981  
Carp 51 lbs 0 oz Lake Hillcrest  Steve K. Davis 5/1/1994  
Atlantic Salmon 18 lbs 11.25 oz Lake Michigan  Robert Lueckhoff 5/26/1979  
Chinook (King) Salmon 37 lbs 0 oz Lake Michigan  Marge Landeen 8/7/1976  
Coho Salmon 20 lbs 9 oz Lake Michigan  Carry VandeVusse 5/24/1972  
Pink (Humpback) Salmon 3 lbs 4 oz Lake Michigan  Neil J. Duba 7/5/1992  
Brook Trout 7 lbs 5 oz Lake Michigan  Daniel Frazier 11/3/1998  
Brown Trout 36 lbs 11.5 oz Lake Michigan  Deva Vranek 6/22/1997  
Lake Trout 38 lbs 4 oz Lake Michigan  Theodore W. Rullman 8/22/1999  
Rainbow Trout 31 lbs 6.72 oz Lake Michigan  Kyle C. Johnson 7/10/1993  
Tiger Trout 8 lbs 12.5 oz Lake Michigan  Robert W. Zimmy 6/26/1977  
Hybrid Bass 20 lbs 0.32 oz Lake of Egypt  David B. Gjelsvik 6/20/1993  
Grass Carp 66 lbs 8 oz Lake Petersburg  Mark S. Metzger 7/8/1998  
Bighead Carp 43 lbs 3 oz Lyerla Lake  Larry Hileman 5/25/1995  
Redear Sunfish 2 lbs 12.3 oz Marion CC Lake  Mike DeMattei 9/7/1985  
Blue Catfish 124 lbs 4 oz Mississippi River  Tim Pruitt 5/21/2005  
Buffalo 48 lbs 0 oz Mississippi River  C.B. Merritt 1936  
Sauger 5 lbs 12.5 oz Mississippi River  Bill Rolando 7/30/1967  
Saugeye 8 lbs 7.68 oz Mississippi River  Thomas Drovesky 11/21/1998  
Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 8 oz private pond  Darren May 5/10/1987  
Green Sunfish 2 lbs 1 oz private pond  John Stein 6/28/1981  
Hybrid Sunfish 2 lbs 4.48 oz private pond  Georgia M. Holland 6/16/1990  
Tiger Muskellunge 26 lbs 9 oz private pond  Joseph Veronda 5/4/1999  
White Crappie 4 lbs 7 oz private pond  Kevin Dennis 4/8/1973  
Yellow Bass 2 lbs 0 oz private pond  Jimmy Kostoff Jr. 5/5/1994  
Warmouth 1 lbs 13 oz private pond  Wesley Mills 5/22/1971  
Bowfin 16 lbs 6 oz Rend Lake  Charles R. Keller 9/23/1984  
Black Crappie 4 lbs 8 oz Rend Lake  John Hampton 5/15/1976  
Black Buffalo 23 lbs 12 oz Rock River  Ron Smith 7/27/1984  
Shovelnose Sturgeon 5 lbs 2.56 oz Rock River  Allen Trout Jr. 5/30/1988  
Striped Bass 31 lbs 7 oz Sangchris Lake  Eric Shivers 5/23/1994  
Muskellunge 37 lbs 13 oz Shabbona Lake  Chris Kim 4/1/1997  
Largemouth Bass 13 lbs 1 oz Stone Quarry Lake  Edward J. Walbel 22/15/1976  
Smallmouth Bass 6 lbs 7 oz strip mine lake  Mark Samp 3/26/1985  
Spotted Bass 7 lbs 3.12 oz strip mine lake  Richard Leonard 3/15/1992  
Black Bullhead 5 lbs 6 oz strip mine lake  Justin White 4/24/1988  
Northern Pike 26 lbs 15 oz strip mine lake  Walter Klenzak 11/9/1989  
Shortnose Gar 5 lbs 1 oz Vermilion River  William Meyer 7/20/1999  
Brown Bullhead 1 lbs 10 oz Weldon Springs  Shane Richardson 4/25/1993  

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