ILLINOIS AND NORTH AMERICAN HOOK & LINE RECORD FISH As of May 2021*

COMMON WEIGHT DATE PLACE COUNTY COMMON WEIGHT DATE PLACE COUNTY NAME CAUGHT CAUGHT NAME CAUGHT CAUGHT BASS, Largemouth (IL) 13 lb./1 oz. 2/15/76 Stone Quarry Lk. LAKE GOLDEYE (lL) 2 lb./1 oz. 7/26/98 Embarras River CUMBERLAND (NA) 22 lb./4 oz. 6/2/32 Montgomery Lk., GA (NA) 3 lb./13 oz. 8/9/87 Oahe Tailwater, SD BASS. Rock (lL) 1 lb./10 oz. 5/5/87 Aux Sable Creek GRUNDY GRASS CARP (lL) 74 lbs/0 oz 5/22/15 Lake Galena JO DAVIESS (NA) 3 lb./ 0 oz. 8/1/74 York River, Ontario, CAN. (NA) 79 lb./0 oz. 4/12/11 Crescent Lake, IL (NA) 3 lb./ 0 oz. 6/13/69 Sugar Creek, IN BASS, Smallmouth (lL) 7 lb./3 oz. 10/14/19 Lake Michigan COOK (NA) 11 lb./15 oz. 7/9/55 Dale Hollow Lake, TN LAKE WHITEFISH (lL) 8 lb./4.0 oz. 6/29/18 Lake Michigan COOK BASS, Spotted (lL) 7 lb./ 3.12 oz. 3/15/92 Strip Mine FULTON (NA) 15 lb./6 oz. 5/21/83 Webster Clear Lake, Ontario, CAN (NA) 11 lb./3 oz. 2/21/15 New Bullards Bar Res, CA MUSKELLUNGE (l) 38 lb./8 oz. 4/20/02 Kaskaskia River SHELBY BASS, Striped (lL) 31 lb./ 7oz. 5/23/94 Sangchris Lake CHRISTIAN (NA) 69 lb./11 oz. 10/20/49 Chippewa Flowage, WI (NA) 69 lb./9 oz. 2/28/13 Black Warrior River, AL MUSKIE, Tiger (lL) 31 lb./3 oz. 8/6/04 Lake Will WILL BASS, Hybrid (lL) 21 lb./7.2 oz. 6/12/17 Lake Bloomington MCCLEAN (NA) 51 lb./3 oz. 7/16/1919 Lake Vieux Desert, WI/MI Striped (NA) 27 lb./5 oz. 4/24/97 Greer’s Ferry Lake, AR NORTHERN (lL) 1 lb./12.3 oz. 3/22/12 Little Vermillion River LASALLE BASS, White (lL) 4 lb./14 oz. 10/7/81 Kaskaskia River CLINTON HOGSUCKER (NA) 1 lb./12 oz. 3/17/04 Fox River, WI (NA) 6 lb./7 oz. 9/19/89 Saginaw Bay, MI NORTHERN PIKE (lL) 26 lb./15 oz. 11/9/89 Strip Mine Lake KANKAKEE BASS, Yellow (lL) 2 lb./0 oz. 5/5/94 Farm Pond MADISON (NA) 46 lb./2 oz. 9/15/40 Sacandaga Rsvr., NY (NA) 2 lb./8 oz. 4/12/00 Tennessee River, AL PERCH, Yellow (lL) 2 lb./8.75 oz. 1/5/74 Arrowhead Club Lake WILL BASS, Yellow Hybrid (lL) 2 lb./.96 oz. 11/3/08 Rend Lake FRANKLIN (NA) 4 lb./3 oz. 5/1865 Bordentown, NJ (NA) 2 lb./11 oz. 3/10/97 Sabine River, TX SALMON, Atlantic (lL) 18 lb./11.25 oz. 5/26/79 Lake Michigan COOK BLUEGILL (lL) 3 lb./8 oz. 5/10/87 Farm Pond JASPER (Inland) (NA) 22 lb./14 oz. 4/5/05 Jamaica Pond, MA (NA) 4 lb./12 oz. 4/9/50 Ketona Lake, AL SALMON, Chinook (lL) 37 lb./0 oz. 8/7/76 Lake Michigan LAKE BOWFIN (lL) 16 lb./6 oz. 9/23/84 Rend Lake JEFFERSON (Inland) (NA) 44 lb./14 oz. 7/19/94 Lake Michigan, WI (lL) 16 lb./6 oz. 9/14/92 Bay Creek POPE SALMON, Coho (lL) 20 lb./9 oz. 5/24/72 Lake Michigan LAKE (NA) 21 lb./8 oz. 1/29/80 Forest Lake, SC (Inland) (NA) 33 lb./4 oz. 9/27/89 Salmon River, NY BUFFALO (lL) 48 lb./0 oz. 1936 Mississippi River ADAMS SALMON, Pink (lL) 3 lb./8 oz. 9/29/07 Lake Michigan LAKE (Bigmouth) (NA) 76 lb./8 oz. 6/21/13 Wisconsin River, WI (Inland) (NA) 4 lb./0 oz. 8/28/01 Garden River, Ontario, CAN. (Smallmouth) (NA) 88 lb./0 oz. 11/14/93 Lake Wylie, NC SAUGER (lL) 5 lb./12.5 oz. 7/30/67 Mississippi River JO DAVIESS BUFFALO, Black (lL) 23 lb./12 oz. 7/27/84 Rock River LEE (NA) 8 lb./12 oz. 10/6/71 Lake Sakakawea, ND (NA) 63 lb./6 oz. 8/14/99 Mississippi River, IA SAUGER-WALLEYE, (lL) 9 lb./10.88 oz. 12/7/01 Evergreen Lake MCLEAN BULLHEAD, Black (lL) 5 lb./6 oz. 4/24/88 Strip Mine FULTON Hybrid (NA) 15 lb./10 oz. 1/11/95 Ft. Peck Rsvr., MT (NA) 8 lb./15 oz. 8/19/87 Sturgis Pond, MI SHORTHEAD (lL) 4 lb./12.8 oz. 4/09/21 Big Rock Creek KENDALL FULTON BULLHEAD, Brown (lL) 3 lb./4.8 oz. 5/8/17 Emiquon Lake REDHORSE (NA) 11 lb./5 oz. 5/21/83 Brunet River, WI (NA) 7 lb./6 oz. 8/1/09 Mahopac Lake, NY SILVER (lL) 6 lb./11.4 oz. 4/24/08 Fox River KANE BULLHEAD, Yellow (lL) 5 lb./4 oz. 1955 Fox River KANE REDHORSE (NA) 14 lb./ 14 oz. 4/2/95 Pickwick Lake, AL (NA) 6 lb./4 oz. 5/25/08 Forest Lake, MA SKIPJACK (lL) 2 lbs/8 oz 12/28/13 Des Plaines River WILL BURBOT (lL) 11 lb./12.5 oz. 12/7/20 Lake Michigan COOK HERRING (NA) 3 lb./ 12 oz. 2/14/82 Goddard Watts Bar Lake, TN (NA) 25 lb./2 oz. 3/27/10 Diefenbaker Lake, Saskatchewan, CAN STURGEON, (lL) 9 lb./8.2 oz. 8/31//13 Rock River WHITESIDE CARP, Common (lL) 51 lb./0 oz. 5/1/94 Lake Hillcrest MADISON Shovelnose (NA) 8 lb./5.76 oz. 11/4/03 Rock River, IL (NA) 57 lb./13 oz. 6/19/83 Tidal Basin Washington, D.C. SUNFISH, Green (lL) 2 lb./1 oz. 6/28/81 Farm Pond DE WITT CARP, Bighead (lL) 69 lb./0 oz. 5/4/10 Kaskaskia River CLINTON (NA) 2 lb./2 oz. 6/18/71 Stockton Lake, MO (NA) 90 lb./0 oz. 7/22/00 Kirby Lake, TX (NA) 2 lb./2 oz. 5/28/61 Cherokee Co. Pit, KS CATFISH, Blue (lL) 124 lb./0 oz. 5/21/05 Mississippi River MADISON SUNFISH, Hybrid (lL) 2 lb./9.4 oz. 9/20/05 Farm Pond HENRY (NA) 124 lb./0 oz. 5/21/05 Mississippi River, IL (NA) 2 lb./10 oz. 5/17/99 Farm Pond, KS CATFISH, Channel (lL) 45 lb./4 oz. 2/7/87 Baldwin Lake ST. CLAIR SUNFISH, (lL) 1 lb./1.92 oz. 6/19/20 Hennepin Hopper PUTNAM (NA) 58 lb./0 oz. 7/7/64 Santee Cooper Rsv., SC Pumpkinseed (NA) 2 lb./4 oz. 5/26/97 North Saluda River, SC CHRISTIAN CATFISH, Flathead (lL) 81 lb./6.4 oz. 8/29/15 Sangchris Lake SUNFISH, Redear (lL) 3 lb./1.1 oz. 5/19/18 Beaver Lake GRUNDY (NA) 123 lb./0 oz. 5/14/98 Elk City Rsvr., KS (NA) 5 lb./7.5 oz. 11/6/98 Diversion Canal, SC CRAPPIE, Black (lL) 4 lb./8 oz. 5/15/76 Rend Lake FRANKLIN TROUT, Brook (lL) 7 lb./5 oz. 11/3/98 Lake Michigan LAKE (NA) 6 lb./0 oz. 11/28/69 Westwego Canal, LA (NA) 14 lb./8 oz. 7/1916 Nipigon River, Ontario, CAN JACKSON CRAPPIE, Hybrid (lL) 4 lb./8.8 oz. 3/28/17 Kinkaid Lake TROUT, Brown (lL) 36 lb./11.5 oz. 6/22/97 Lake Michigan COOK (NA) 2 lb./11 oz. 1/28/05 Shabbona Lake DEKALB (NA) 41 lb./8 oz. 9/9/09 Big Manistee River, MI CRAPPIE, White (lL) 4 lb./7 oz. 4/8/73 Farm Pond MORGAN TROUT, Lake (lL) 39 lb./2.6 oz. 5/31/21 Lake Michigan COOK (NA) 5 lb./3 oz. 7/31/57 Enid Dam, MS (NA) 72 lb./4 oz. 8/19/95 Great Bear Lake, N.W.T. Canada DRUM, (lL) 38 lb./4 oz. 5/24/18 Clinton Lake DEWITT TROUT, Rainbow (lL) 31 lb./6.72 oz. 7/10/93 Lake Michigan LAKE Freshwater (NA) 54 lb./8 oz. 4/20/72 Nickajack Lake, TN (Inland) (NA) 48 lb./0 oz. 9/5/09 Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan, CAN GAR, Longnose (lL) 22 lb./1 oz. 5/6/06 Ohio River MASSAC TROUT, Tiger (lL) 8 lb./12.5 oz. 6/26/77 Lake Michigan COOK (NA) 50 lb./5 oz. 7/30/54 Trinity River, TX (NA) 20 lb./13 oz. 8/12/78 Lake Michigan, WI MADISON GAR, Shortnose (lL) 6 lb./15.2 oz. 5/27/18 Horseshoe Lake WALLEYE (lL) 15 lb./1 oz. 3/11/12 Pecatonica River WINNEBAGO (NA) 6 lb./6 oz. 6/15/01 Kentucky Lake, TN (NA) 25 lb./0 oz. 8/1/60 Old Hickory Lake, TN GAR, Spotted (lL) 8 lb./6.4 oz. 8/13/20 Kidd Lake Canal MONROE WARMOUTH (lL) 1 lb./13 oz. 5/22/71 Farm Pond CUMBERLAND (NA) 28 lb./8 oz. 3/4/87 Lake Seminole, FL (NA) 2 lb./7 oz. 10/19/85 Yellow River, FL

*North American records from the 2018–19 Edition Note: Illinois record Fish are updated as new records are set. north American National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame records are updated once a year when the new edition of the nFWFHoF is published. (NFWFHOF)