Illinois State Fishing Records

BASS, Largemouth(IL)13 lb./1 oz.27805Stone Quarry 
BASS. Rock(lL)1 lb./10 oz.31902Aux Sable Creek  
BASS, Smallmouth(lL)6 lb./7 oz.31132Strip Mine 
BASS, Spotted(lL)7 lb./ 3.12 oz.33678Strip Mine 
BASS, Striped(lL)31 lb./ 7oz.34477Sangchris Lake 
BASS, Hybrid Striped(lL)21 lb./7.2 oz.42898Lake Bloomington 
BASS, White(lL)4 lb./14 oz.29866Kaskaskia River 
BASS, Yellow(lL)2 lb./0 oz.34459Farm Pond 
BASS, Yellow Hybrid(lL)2 lb./.96 oz.39755Rend Lake
BLUEGILL(lL)3 lb./8 oz.31907Farm Pond 
BOWFIN(lL)16 lb./6 oz.30948Rend Lake 
BUFFALO(lL)48 lb./0 oz.1936Mississippi River 
BUFFALO, Black(lL)23 lb./12 oz.30890Rock River
BULLHEAD, Black(lL)5 lb./6 oz.32257Strip Mine  
BULLHEAD, Brown(lL)3 lb./4.8 oz.42863Emiquon Lake FULTON
BULLHEAD, Yellow (lL)5 lb./4 oz.1955Fox River
BURBOT (lL)9 lb./5.6 oz. 12/9/18Lake Michigan 
CARP, Common(lL)51 lb./0 oz.34455Lake Hillcrest 
CARP, Bighead(lL)69 lb./0 oz.40302Kaskaskia River 
CATFISH, Blue(lL)124 lb./0 oz.38493Mississippi River MADISON
CATFISH, Channel(lL)45 lb./4 oz.31815Baldwin Lake 
CATFISH, Flathead (lL)81 lb./6.4 oz.42245Sangchris Lake 
CRAPPIE, Black(lL)4 lb./8 oz.27895Rend Lake 
CRAPPIE, Hybrid(lL)4 lb./8.8 oz.42822Kinkaid Lake 
CRAPPIE, White(lL)4 lb./7 oz.26762Farm Pond 
DRUM,(lL)38 lb./4 oz.43244Clinton Lake 
Freshwater
GAR, Longnose(lL)22 lb./1 oz.38843Ohio River   
GAR, Shortnose(lL)6 lb./15.2 oz.43247Horseshoe Lake 
GAR, Spotted(lL)7 lb./13.44 oz. 7/10/04Horseshoe lake 
GOLDEYE(lL)2 lb./1 oz.36002Embarras River
GRASS CARP(lL)74 lbs/0 oz 5/22/15Lake Galena 
LAKE WHITEFISH(lL)8 lb./4.0 oz. 6/29/18Lake Michigan 
MUSKELLUNGE(l)38 lb./8 oz. 4/20/02Kaskaskia River 
MUSKIE, Tiger(lL)31 lb./3 oz. 8/6/04Lake Will         
NORTHERN HOGSUCKER(lL)1 lb./12.3 oz. 3/22/12Little Vermillion River
NORTHERN PIKE(lL)26 lb./15 oz. 11/9/89Strip Mine Lake 
PERCH, Yellow(lL)2 lb./8.75 oz. 1/5/74Arrowhead Club Lake 
SALMON, Atlantic (Inland)(lL)18 lb./11.25 oz. 5/26/79Lake Michigan 
SALMON, Chinook (Inland)(lL)37 lb./0 oz. 8/7/76Lake Michigan
SALMON, Coho(lL)20 lb./9 oz. 5/24/72Lake Michigan 
SALMON, Pink(lL)3 lb./8 oz. 9/29/07Lake Michigan 
SAUGER(lL)5 lb./12.5 oz. 7/30/67Mississippi River 
SAUGER-WALLEYE, (lL)9 lb./10.88 oz. 12/7/01Evergreen Lake
SHORTHEAD REDHORSE(lL)3 lb./11.8 oz. 4/25/08Fox River 
SILVER REDHORSE(lL)6 lb./11.4 oz. 4/24/08Fox River
SKIPJACK HERRING(lL)2 lbs/8 oz 12/28/13Des Plaines River 
STURGEON,(lL)9 lb./8.2 oz. 8/31//13Rock River  
SUNFISH, Green(lL)2 lb./1 oz. 6/28/81Farm Pond 
SUNFISH, Hybrid(lL)2 lb./9.4 oz. 9/20/05Farm Pond    
SUNFISH,(lL)11.2 oz. 1/15/10
SUNFISH, Redear(lL)3 lb./1.1 oz. 5/19/18Beaver Lake 
TROUT, Brook(lL)7 lb./5 oz. 11/3/98Lake Michigan 
TROUT, Brown(lL)36 lb./11.5 oz. 6/22/97Lake Michigan 
TROUT, Lake(lL)38 lb./4 oz. 8/22/99Lake Michigan      
TROUT, Rainbow (Inland)(lL)31 lb./6.72 oz. 7/10/93Lake Michigan 
TROUT, Tiger(lL)8 lb./12.5 oz. 6/26/77Lake Michigan 
WALLEYE(lL)15 lb./1 oz. 3/11/12Pecatonica River 
WARMOUTH(lL)1 lb./13 oz. 5/22/71Farm Pond 
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