Illinois Fishing Records
This is a list of all the fish species in Illinois and the largest in mass caught to this date.
Species Name |
Weight |
Location |
|---|---|---|
Atlantic Salmon |
18 lbs 11.25 oz |
Lake Michigan |
Bighead Carp |
43 lbs 3oz |
Lyerla Lake |
Black buffalo |
23 lbs 12oz |
Rock River |
Black Bullhead |
5 lbs 6oz |
strip mine lake |
Black Crappie |
4 lbs 8oz |
Rend Lake |
Blue catfish |
124 lbs 4oz |
Mississippi River |
Bluegill/Sunfish |
3 lbs 8oz |
private pond |
Bowfin |
16 lbs 6oz |
Rend Lake |
Brook Trout |
7 lbs 5oz |
Lake Michigan |
Brown Bullhead |
2 lbs 7oz |
Bayles Lake (Illinois) |
Brown Trout |
36 lbs 11.5oz |
Lake Michigan |
Buffalo |
48 lbs 0oz |
Mississippi River |
Carp |
51 lbs 0oz |
Lake Hillcrest |
Channel Catfish |
45 lbs 4oz |
Baldwin Lake |
Chinook salmon |
37 lbs 0oz |
Lake Michigan |
Coho Salmon |
20 lbs 9oz |
Lake Michigan |
Flathead Catfish |
78 lbs 0oz |
Carlyle Lake |
Freshwater Drum |
35 lbs 0oz |
Duquoin City Lake |
Goldeye |
2 lbs 1oz |
Embarras River |
Grass Carp |
66 lbs 8oz |
Lake Petersburg, Illinois |
Green Sunfish |
2 lbs 1oz |
Bayles Lake (Illinois) |
Hybrid Bass |
20 lbs 0.32oz |
Lake of Egypt |
Hybrid Sunfish |
3 lbs 4.48oz |
Bayles Lake (Illinois) |
Lake Trout |
38 lbs 4oz |
Lake Michigan |
Largemouth Bass |
13 lbs 9oz |
Stone Quarry Lake |
Muskellunge (Musky) |
37 lbs 15oz |
Shabbona Lake State Park |
Northern Pike |
26 lbs 15oz |
strip mine lake |
Pink salmon |
3 lbs 4oz |
Lake Michigan |
Rainbow Trout |
31 lbs 6.72oz |
Lake Michigan |
Redear Sunfish |
2 lbs 12.3oz |
Marion CC Lake |
Rock Bass |
1 lbs 10oz |
Aux Sable Creek |
Sauger |
5 lbs 12.5oz |
Mississippi River |
Saugeye |
8 lbs 7.68oz |
Mississippi River |
Shortnose gar |
5 lbs 1oz |
Vermilion River |
Shovelnose sturgeon |
5 lbs 2.56oz |
Rock River |
Smallmouth Bass |
6 lbs 7oz |
strip mine lake |
Spotted Bass |
7 lbs 3.12oz |
strip mine lake |
Spotted gar |
7 lbs 13.4 oz |
Horseshoe Lake |
Striped Bass |
31 lbs 7oz |
Sangchris Lake |
Tiger muskellunge (Musky) |
26 lbs 9oz |
private pond |
Tiger Trout |
8 lbs 12.5oz |
Lake Michigan |
Walleye |
15 lbs 9oz |
Bayles Lake (Illinois) |
Warmouth |
1 lbs 13oz |
private pond |
White Bass |
4 lbs 14oz |
Kaskaskia River |
White Crappie |
4 lbs 7oz |
Bayles Lake (Illinois) |
Yellow Bass |
2 lbs 0oz |
Lake Iroquois, Illinois |
Yellow Bullhead |
5 lbs 4oz |
Fox River (Illinois River tributary) |
Yellow Perch |
2 lbs 8.75oz |
Arrowhead Club Lake |
References
http://www.landbigfish.com/staterecords/records.cfm?state=Illinois