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Here are all the known
fishing records for the State of Illinois
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Species |
Weight |
Location |
Angler |
County |
Date |
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Atlantic Salmon |
18 lbs
11.25 oz |
Lake Michigan |
Robert Lueckhoff |
Cook |
5/26/1979 |
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Bighead Carp |
43 lbs
3 oz |
Lyerla Lake |
Larry Hileman |
Union |
5/25/1995 |
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Black Buffalo |
23 lbs
12 oz |
Rock River |
Ron Smith |
Lee |
7/27/1984 |
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Black Bullhead |
5 lbs
6 oz |
strip mine lake |
Justin White |
Fulton |
4/24/1988 |
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Black Crappie |
4 lbs
8 oz |
Rend Lake |
John Hampton |
Franklin |
5/15/1976 |
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Blue Catfish |
85 lbs
0 oz |
Mississippi River |
Lindsay Sample Jr. |
Alexander |
2/22/2000 |
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Bluegill Sunfish |
3 lbs
8 oz |
private pond |
Darren May |
Jasper |
5/10/1987 |
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Bowfin |
16 lbs
6 oz |
Rend Lake |
Charles R. Keller |
Jefferson |
9/23/1984 |
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Brook Trout |
7 lbs 5 oz |
Lake Michigan |
Daniel Frazier |
Lake |
11/3/1998 |
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Brown Bullhead |
1 lbs
10 oz |
Weldon Springs |
Shane Richardson |
De Witt |
4/25/1993 |
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Brown Trout |
36 lbs
11.5 oz |
Lake Michigan |
Deva Vranek |
Cook |
6/22/1997 |
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Buffalo |
48 lbs
0 oz |
Mississippi River |
C.B. Merritt |
Adams |
1936 |
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Carp |
51 lbs
0 oz |
Lake Hillcrest |
Steve K. Davis |
Madison |
5/1/1994 |
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Channel Catfish |
45 lbs
4 oz |
Baldwin Lake |
Todd Baumeyer |
St. Clair |
2/7/1987 |
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Chinook (King) Salmon |
37 lbs
0 oz |
Lake Michigan |
Marge Landeen |
Lake |
8/7/1976 |
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Coho Salmon |
20 lbs
9 oz |
Lake Michigan |
Carry VandeVusse |
Lake |
5/24/1972 |
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Flathead Catfish |
78 lbs
0 oz |
Carlyle Lake |
Jody Harris |
Clinton |
8/11/1995 |
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Freshwater Drum |
35 lbs
0 oz |
DuQuoin City Lake |
Joe Rinella |
Perry |
1960 |
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Goldeye |
2 lbs
1 oz |
Embarras River |
Steven D. Unzicker |
Cumberland |
7/26/1998 |
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Grass Carp |
66 lbs
8 oz |
Lake Petersburg |
Mark S. Metzger |
Menard |
7/8/1998 |
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Green Sunfish |
2 lbs
1 oz |
private pond |
John Stein |
De Witt |
6/28/1981 |
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Hybrid Bass |
20 lbs 0.32 oz |
Lake of Egypt |
David B. Gjelsvik |
Johnson |
6/20/1993 |
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Hybrid Sunfish |
2 lbs
4.48 oz |
private pond |
Georgia M. Holland |
Jersey |
6/16/1990 |
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Lake Trout |
38 lbs
4 oz |
Lake Michigan |
Theodore W. Rullman |
Lake |
8/22/1999 |
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Largemouth Bass |
13 lbs
1 oz |
Stone Quarry Lake |
Edward J. Walbel |
Lake |
22/15/1976 |
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Muskellunge |
37 lbs
13 oz |
Shabbona Lake |
Chris Kim |
DeKalb |
4/1/1997 |
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Northern Pike |
26 lbs
15 oz |
strip mine lake |
Walter Klenzak |
Kankakee |
11/9/1989 |
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Pink (Humpback) Salmon |
3 lbs
4 oz |
Lake Michigan |
Neil J. Duba |
Lake |
7/5/1992 |
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Rainbow Trout |
31 lbs
6.72 oz |
Lake Michigan |
Kyle C. Johnson |
Lake |
7/10/1993 |
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Redear Sunfish |
2 lbs
12.3 oz |
Marion CC Lake |
Mike DeMattei |
Williamson |
9/7/1985 |
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Rock Bass |
1 lbs
10 oz |
Aux Sable Creek |
George Nielson |
Grundy |
5/5/1987 |
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Sauger |
5 lbs
12.5 oz |
Mississippi River |
Bill Rolando |
Jo Daviess |
7/30/1967 |
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Saugeye |
8 lbs
7.68 oz |
Mississippi River |
Thomas Drovesky |
Rock Island |
11/21/1998 |
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Shortnose Gar |
5 lbs
1 oz |
Vermilion River |
William Meyer |
La Salle |
7/20/1999 |
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Shovelnose Sturgeon |
5 lbs
2.56 oz |
Rock River |
Allen Trout Jr. |
Rock Island |
5/30/1988 |
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Smallmouth Bass |
6 lbs
7 oz |
strip mine lake |
Mark Samp |
Fulton |
3/26/1985 |
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Spotted Bass |
7 lbs
3.12 oz |
strip mine lake |
Richard Leonard |
Fulton |
3/15/1992 |
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Spotted Gar |
7 lbs
4.8 oz |
Rend Lake |
Rick Hayden |
Franklin |
4/29/1999 |
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Striped Bass |
31 lbs
7 oz |
Sangchris Lake |
Eric Shivers |
Christian |
5/23/1994 |
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Tiger Muskellunge |
26 lbs
9 oz |
private pond |
Joseph Veronda |
Grundy |
5/4/1999 |
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Tiger Trout |
8 lbs
12.5 oz |
Lake Michigan |
Robert W. Zimmy |
Cook |
6/26/1977 |
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Walleye |
14 lbs
0 oz |
Kankakee River |
Fred Goselin |
Kankakee |
1961 |
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Warmouth |
1 lbs
13 oz |
private pond |
Wesley Mills |
Cumberland |
5/22/1971 |
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White Bass |
4 lbs 14 oz |
Kaskaskia River |
Bruce Wilson |
Clinton |
10/7/1981 |
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White Crappie |
4 lbs
7 oz |
private pond |
Kevin Dennis |
Morgan |
4/8/1973 |
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Yellow Bass |
2 lbs
0 oz |
private pond |
Jimmy Kostoff Jr. |
Madison |
5/5/1994 |
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Yellow Bullhead |
5 lbs
4 oz |
Fox River |
Bill Snow |
Kane |
1955 |
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Yellow Perch |
2 lbs
8.75 oz |
Arrowhead Club Lake |
Joseph Grega |
Will |
1/5/1974 |
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