Illinois Fishing Records

Below is a list of the State fishing records for Illinois.

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Species	Angler	Weight	Date	Body Of Water	County
Atlantic Salmon	Robert Lueckhoff	18 lbs 11 ozs	5/26/79	Lake Michigan	Cook
Bighead Carp	Larry Hileman	43 lbs 3 ozs	5/25/95	Lyerla Lake	Union
Bigmouth Buffalo	C.B. Merritt	48 lbs 0 ozs	4/19/05	Mississippi River	Adams
Black Buffalo	Ron Smith	23 lbs 12 ozs	7/27/84	Rock River	Lee
Black Bullhead	Justin White	5 lbs 6 ozs	4/24/88	Strip Mine	Fulton
Black Crappie	John Hampton	4 lbs 8 ozs	5/15/76	Rend Lake	Franklin
Blue Catfish	Lindsay Sample, Jr.	85 lbs 0 ozs	2/22/00	Mississippi River	Alexander
Bluegill	Darren May	3 lbs 8 ozs	5/10/87	Farm Pond	Jasper
Bowfin	Charles R. Keller	16 lbs 6 ozs	9/23/84	Rend Lake	Jefferson
Bowfin	Dan Nugent	16 lbs 6 ozs	9/14/92	Bay Creek	Pope
Brook Trout	Daniel Frazier	7 lbs 5 ozs	11/3/98	Lake Michigan	Lake
Brown Bullhead	Shane Richardson	2 lbs 10 ozs	4/25/93	Weldon Springs	De Witt
Brown Trout	Deva Vranek	36 lbs 12 ozs	6/22/97	Lake Michigan	Cook
Carp	Steve K. Davis	51 lbs 0 ozs	5/1/94	Lake Hillcrest	Madison
Channel Catfish	Todd Baumeyer	45 lbs 4 ozs	2/7/87	Baldwin Lake	St. Clair
Chinook Salmon	Marge Landeen	37 lbs 0 ozs	8/7/76	Lake Michigan	Lake
Coho Salmon	Carry VandeVusse	20 lbs 9 ozs	5/24/72	Lake Michigan	Lake
Drum (Sheepshead)	Joe Rinella	35 lbs 0 ozs	5/13/05	Elm DuQuoin City Res.	Perry
Flathead Caftish	Jody Harris	78 lbs 0 ozs	8/11/95	Carlyle Reservoir	Clinton
Goldeye	Steven D. Unzicker	2 lbs 1 ozs	7/26/98	Embarras River	Cumberland
Grass Carp	Mark S. Metzger	69 lbs 8 ozs	7/13/00	Lake Petersburg	Menard
Green Sunfish	John Stein	2 lbs 1 ozs	6/28/81	Farm Pond	De Witt
Hybrid Striped Bass	David B. Gjelsvik	20 lbs 0 ozs	6/20/93	Lake of Egypt	Johnson
Lake Trout	Theodore W. Rullman	38 lbs 4 ozs	8/22/99	Lake Michigan	Lake
Largemouth Bass	Edward J. Walbel	13 lbs 1 ozs	2/15/76	Stone Quarry Lk.	Lake
Muskellunge (Muskie)		38 lbs 8 ozs	4/20/02	Kaskaskia River	Shelby
Northern Pike	Walter Klenzak	26 lbs 15 ozs	11/9/89	Strip Mine Lake	Kankakee
Pink Salmon	Neil J. Duba	3 lbs 4 ozs	7/5/92	Lake Michigan	Lake
Rainbow Trout	Kyle C. Johnson	31 lbs 7 ozs	7/10/93	Lake Michigan	Lake
Redear Sunfish	Mike DeMattei	2 lbs 12 ozs	9/7/85	Marion CC Lake	Williamson
Rock Bass	George Nielson	1 lbs 10 ozs	5/5/87	Aux Sable Creek	Grundy
Sauger	Bill Rolando	5 lbs 12 ozs	7/30/67	Mississippi River	Jo Daviess
Saugeye		9 lbs 10 ozs	12/7/01	Evergreen Lake	McLean
Shortnose Gar	William Meyer	5 lbs 1 ozs	7/20/99	Vermilion River	La Salle
Shovelnose Sturgeon		8 lbs 5 ozs	11/4/03	Rock River	Whiteside
Smallmouth Bass	Mark Samp	6 lbs 7 ozs	3/26/85	Strip Mine	Fulton
Spotted Bass	Richard Leonard	7 lbs 3 ozs	3/15/92	Strip Mine	Fulton
Spotted Gar	Rick Hayden	7 lbs 5 ozs	4/29/99	Rend Lake Tailwater	Franklin
Striped Bass	Eric Shivers	31 lbs 7 ozs	5/23/94	Sangchris Lake	Christian
Tiger Muskellunge (Tiger Muskie)	Joseph Veronda	26 lbs 9 ozs	5/4/99	Coal City Area Club	Grundy
Walleye	Fred Goselin	14 lbs 0 ozs	5/14/05	Kankakee River	Kankakee
Warmouth	Wesley Mills	1 lbs 13 ozs	5/22/71	Farm Pond	Cumberland
White Bass	Bruce Wilson	4 lbs 14 ozs	10/7/81	Kaskaskia River	Clinton
White Crappie	Kevin Dennis	4 lbs 7 ozs	4/8/73	Farm Pond	Morgan
Yellow Bass	Jimmy Kostoff, Jr.	2 lbs 0 ozs	5/5/94	Farm Pond	Madison
Yellow Bullhead	Bill Snow	5 lbs 4 ozs	5/8/05	Fox River	Kane
Yellow Perch	Joseph Grega	2 lbs 9 ozs	1/5/74		Will

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