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NEW 2009 DVD shows many techniques that work on any body of water, including Lake Erie and the Mississippi River. Wingdam how-to, jigging, trolling crankbaits & more!
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ILLINOIS AND NORTH AMERICAN RECORD FISH

As of December 2004*

BASS, Largemouth (I) 13 lb./ 1 oz. 2/15/76 Stone Quarry Lk. LAKE

           (National) 22 lb./ 4 oz. 6/ 2/32 Montgomery Lk., GA

BASS, Rock (l) 1 lb./10 oz. 5/ 5/87 Aux Sable Creek GRUNDY

           (National) 3 lb./ 0 oz. 8/ 1/74 York River, Ontar io, CAN.

           (National) 3 lb./ 0 oz. 6/13/69 Sugar Creek, IN

BASS, Smallmouth (l) 6 lb./ 7 oz. 3/26/85 Strip Mine FULTON

           (National) 11 lb./15 oz. 7/ 9/55 Dale Hollow Lake, TN

BASS, Spotted (l) 7 lb./ 3.12 oz. 3/15/92 Strip Mine FULTON

           (National) 10 lb./4 oz. 4/21/01 Pine Flat Lake, CA

BASS, Striped (l) 31 lb./ 7oz. 5/23/94 Sangchris Lake CHRISTIAN

           (National) 67 lb./ 1 oz. 8/15/97 Colorado River, AZ

BASS, Hybrid (l) 20 lb./.32 oz. 6/20/93 Lake of Egypt JOHNSON

           (National-Striped) 27 lb./5 oz. 4/24/97 Greer s Ferry Lake, AR

BASS, White (l) 4 lb./14 oz. 10/ 7/81 Kaskaskia River CLINTON

           (National) 6 lb./7 oz. 9/19/89 Saginaw Bay, MI

BASS, Yellow (l) 2 lb./0 oz. 5/ 5/94 Farm Pond MADISON

           (National) 2 lb./8 oz. 4/12/00 Tennesse River, AL

BLUEGILL (l) 3 lb./ 8 oz. 5/10/87 Farm Pond JASPER

           (National) 4 lb./12 oz. 4/ 9/50 Ketona Lake, AL

BOWFIN (l) 16 lb./ 6 oz. 9/23/84 Rend Lake JEFFERSON

           (National) 21 lb./ 8 oz. 1/29/80 Forest Lake, SC

BUFFALO (l) 48 lb./ 0 oz. 1936 Mississippi River ADAMS

           (National-Bigmouth) 70 lb./ 5 oz. 4/21/80 Bussey Brake, LA

           (National - Smallmouth) 88 lb./ 0 oz. 11/14/93 Lake Wylie, NC

BUFFALO, Black (l) 23 lb./12 oz. 7/27/84 Rock River LEE

           (National) 63 lb./ 6 oz. 8/14/99 Mississippi River, IA

BULLHEAD, Black (l) 5 lb./ 6 oz. 4/24/88 Strip Mine FULTON

           (National) 8 lb./15 oz. 8/19/87 Sturgis Pond, MI

BULLHEAD, Brown (l) 2 lb./10.4 oz. 4/25/93 Weldon Springs DE WITT

           (National) 6 lb./ 2 oz. 1/19/91 Pearl River, MS

BULLHEAD, Yellow (l) 5 lb./ 4 oz. 1955 Fox River KANE

           (National) 4 lb./ 8 oz. 7/15/89 Mormon Lake, AZ

CARP (l) 51 lb./ 0 oz. 5/ 1/94 Lake Hillcrest MADISON

           (National) 57 lb./13 oz. 6/19/83 Tidal Basin

CARP, Bighead (l) 43 lb./ 3 oz. 5/25/95 Lyerla Lake UNION

           (National) 90 lb./ 0 oz. 7/22/00 Kirby Lake, TX

CATFISH, Blue (l) 85 lb./ 0 oz. 2/22/00 Mississippi River ALEXANDER

           (National) 121 lb./8 oz. 1/16/04 Lake Texoma, TX

CATFISH, Channel (l) 45 lb./ 4 oz. 2/ 7/87 Baldwin Lake ST. CLAIR

           (National) 58 lb./ 0 oz. 7/ 7/64 Santee Cooper Rsv., SC

CATFISH, Flathead (l) 78 lb./ 0 oz. 8/11/95 Carlyle Lake CLINTON

           (National) 123 lb./ 0 oz. 5/14/98 Elk City Rsvr., KS

CRAPPIE, Black (l) 4 lb./ 8 oz. 5/15/76 Rend Lake FRANKLIN

           (National) 6 lb./ 0 oz. 11/28/69 Westwego Canal, LA

CRAPPIE, White (l) 4 lb./ 7 oz. 4/ 8/73 Farm Pond MORGAN

           (National) 5 lb./ 3 oz. 7/31/57 Enid Dam, MS

DRUM, (l) 35 lb./ 0 oz. 1960 DuQuoin City Lake PERRY

           (National - Freshwater ) 54 lb./ 8 oz. 4/20/72 Nickajack Lake, TN

GAR, Longnose (I) 17 lb./5.28 oz. 7/15/02 Kankakee River GRUNDY

           (National) 50 lb./ 5 oz. 7/30/54 Trinity River, TX

GAR, Shortnose (I) 5 lb./ .96 oz. 7/20/99 Vermilion River LA SALLE

           (National) 6 lb./ 6 oz. 6/15/01 Kentucky Lake, TN

GAR, Spotted (I) 7 lb./13.44 oz. 7/10/04 Horseshoe lake ALEXANDER

           (National) 28 lb./ 8 oz. 3/4/87 Lake Seminole, FL

GOLDEYE (l) 2 lb./ 1 oz. 7/26/98 Embarras River CUMBERLAND

           (National) 3 lb./13 oz. 8/ 9/87 Oahe Tailwater, SD

GRASS CARP (l) 69 lb./ 8 oz. 7/ 13/00 Lake Petersburg MENARD

           (National) 78 lb./12 oz. 7/3/03 Flint River, GA

MUSKELLUNGE (l) 38 lb./ 8 oz. 4/20/02 Kaskaskia River SHELBY

           (National) 69 lb./11 oz. 10/20/49 Chippewa Flowage, WI

MUSKIE, Tiger (l) 31 lb./3 oz. 8/6/04 Lake Will WILL

           (National) 51 lb./ 3 oz. 7/16/19 Lake Vieux Desert, WI/MI

NORTHERN PIKE (l) 26 lb./ 15 oz. 11/ 9/89 Strip Mine Lake KANKAKEE

           (National) 46 lb./ 2 oz. 9/15/40 Sacandaga Rsvr., NY

PERCH, Yellow (l) 2 lb./8.75 oz. 1/ 5/74 Arrowhead Club Lake WILL

           (National) 4 lb./ 3 oz. 5/1865 Bordentown, NJ

SALMON, Atlantic (l) 18 lb./11.25 oz. 5/26/79 Lake Michigan COOK

           (National-Inland) 22 lb./11 oz. 8/24/82 Lobstick Lake, Newfoundland, CAN.

SALMON, Chinook (l) 37 lb./ 0 oz. 8/ 7/76 Lake Michigan LAKE

           (National-Inland) 44 lb./14 oz. 7/19/94 Lake Michigan, WI

SALMON, Coho (l) 20 lb./ 9 oz. 5/24/72 Lake Michigan LAKE

           (National-Inland) &) 33 lb./ 4 oz. 9/27/89 Salmon River, NY

SALMON, Pink (l) 3 lb./ 4 oz. 7/ 5/92 Lake Michigan LAKE

           (National-Inland) 4 lb./0 oz. 8/28/01 Garden River, Ontario, CAN.

SAUGER (l) 5 lb./12.5 oz. 7/30/67 Mississippi River JO DAVIESS

           (National) 8 lb./12 oz. 10/ 6/71 Lake Sakakawea, ND

SAUGER-WALLEYE, (l) 9 lb./10.88 oz. 12/7/01 Evergreen Lake MCLEAN

           (National - Hybrid ) 15 lb./10 oz. 1/11/95 Ft. Peck Rsvr., MT

SHORTHEAD (I) 2 lb./2.56 oz. 3/22/03 Spoon River FULTON

           (National- REDHORSE) 11 lb./5 oz. 5/21/83 Brunet River, WI

SILVER (l) 5 lb./10 oz. 4/13/03 Fox River KENDALL

           (National- REDHORSE ) 14 lb./ 14 oz. 4/2/95 Pickwick Lake, AL

STURGEON, (l) 8 lb./5.76 oz. 11/4//03 Rock River WHITESIDE

           (National-Shovelnose) 8 lb./5.76 oz. 11/4/03 Rock River, IL

SUNFISH, Green (l) 2 lb./ 1 oz. 6/28/81 Farm Pond DE WITT

           (National) 2 lb./ 2 oz. 6/18/71 Stockton Lake, MO

           (National) 2 lb./ 2 oz. 5/28/61 Cherokee Co. Pit, KS

SUNFISH, Hybrid (l) 2 lb./ 5.12 oz. 6/16/90 Farm Pond FAYETTE

           (National) 2 lb./ 10 oz. 5/17/99 Farm Pond, KS

SUNFISH, Redear (l) 2 lb./12.3 oz. 9/ 7/85 Marion CC Lake WILLIAMSON

           (National) 5 lb./ 7.5 oz. 11/6/98 Diversion Canal, SC

TROUT, Brook (l) 7 lb./ 5 oz. 11/3/98 Lake Michigan LAKE

           (National) 14 lb./ 8 oz. 7/1916 Nipigon River, Ontario, CAN

TROUT, Brown (l) 36 lb./11.5 oz. 6/22/97 Lake Michigan COOK

           (National) 40 lb./ 4 oz. 5/9/92 Little Red River, AR

TROUT, Lake (l) 38 lb./ 4 oz. 8/22/99 Lake Michigan LAKE

           (National) 72 lb./ 4 oz. 8/19/95 Great Bear Lake, N.W.T. Canada

TROUT, Rainbow (l) 31 lb./6.72 oz. 7/10/93 Lake Michigan LAKE

           (National-Inland) 37 lb./ 0 oz. 11/25/47 Lake Pend Oreille, ID

TROUT, Tiger (l) 8 lb./12.5 oz. 6/26/77 Lake Michigan COOK

           (National) 20 lb./13 oz. 8/12/78 Lake Michigan, WI

WALLEYE (l) 14 lb./ 0 oz. 1961 Kankakee River KANKAKEE

           (National) 22 lb./ 11 oz. 3/14/82 Greer s Ferry Lake, AR

WARMOUTH (l) 1 lb./13 oz. 5/22/71 Farm Pond CUMBERLAND

           (National) 2 lb./ 7 oz. 10/19/85 Yellow River, FL

Note: Illinois Record Fish are updated as new records are set. North American

Records are updated once a year when the new edition of the NFWFHOF is published.

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*North American Records from the 2004 Edition

National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame (NFWFHOF)




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