Fish	Angler	Wgt	Date	Place	County
Hybrid Bass	David B. Gjelsvik	20 lb. 0.32 oz.	6/20/93	Lake of Egypt	Johnson
Largemouth Bass	Edward J. Walbel	13 lb. 1 oz.	2/15/76	Stone Quarry Lake	Lake
Rock Bass	George Nielson	1 lb. 10 oz.	5/5/87	Aux Sable Creek	Grundy
Smallmouth Bass	Mark Samp	6 lb. 7 oz.	3/26/85	strip mine lake	Fulton
Spotted Bass	Richard Leonard	7 lb. 3.12 oz.	3/15/92	strip mine lake	Fulton
Striped Bass	Eric Shivers	31 lb. 7 oz.	5/23/94	Sangchris Lake	Christian
White Bass	Bruce Wilson	4 lb. 14 oz.	10/7/81	Kaskaskia River	Clinton
Yellow Bass	Jimmy Kostoff, Jr.	2 lb. 0 oz.	5/5/94	private pond	Madison
Bowfin	Charles R. Keller	16 lb. 6 oz.	9/23/84	Rend Lake	Jefferson
Buffalo	C.B. Merritt	48 lb. 0 oz.	1936	Mississippi River	Adams
Black Buffalo	Ron Smith	23 lb. 12 oz.	7/27/84	Rock River	Lee
Black Bullhead	Justin White	5 lb. 6 oz.	4/24/88	strip mine lake	Fulton
Brown Bullhead	Shane Richardson	2 lb. 10.4 oz.	4/25/93	Weldon Springs	De Witt
Yellow Bullhead	Bill Snow	5 lb. 4 oz.	1955	Fox River	Kane
Carp	Steve K. Davis	51 lb. 0 oz.	5/1/94	Lake Hillcrest	Madison
Bighead Carp	Larry Hileman	43 lb. 3 oz.	5/25/95	Lyerla Lake	Union
Grass Carp	Josh Pryer	69 lb. 8 oz.	7/13/00	Lake Petersburg	Menard
Blue Catfish	Tim Pruitt	124 lb. 0 oz.	5/22/05	Mississippi River
Channel Catfish	Todd Baumeyer	45 lb. 4 oz.	2/7/87	Baldwin Lake	St. Clair
Flathead Catfish	Jody Harris	78 lb. 0 oz.	8/11/95	Carlyle Lake	Clinton
Black Crappie	John Hampton	4 lb. 8 oz.	5/15/76	Rend Lake	Franklin
White Crappie	Kevin Dennis	4 lb. 7 oz.	4/8/73	private pond	Morgan
Freshwater Drum	Joe Rinella	35 lb. 0 oz.	1960	DuQuoin City Lake	Perry
Longnose Gar	Steve Ludvigsen	17 lb. 5.28 oz.	7/15/02	Kankakee River	Grundy
Shortnose Gar	William Meyer	5 lb. 1 oz.	7/20/99	Vermilion River	La Salle
Spotted Gar	Danny Peters	7 lb. 13.4 oz.	7/10/04	Horseshoe Lake	Alexander
Goldeye	Steven D. Unzicker	2 lb. 1 oz.	7/26/98	Embarras River	Cumberland
Muskellunge		38 lb. 8 oz.	4/20/02	Kaskaskia River	Shelby
Tiger Muskellunge		29 lb. 9 oz.	8/31/02	Lake Summerset	Stephenson
Yellow Perch	Joseph Grega	2 lb. 8.75 oz.	1/5/74	Arrowhead Club Lake	Will
Northern Pike	Walter Klenzak	26 lb. 15 oz.	11/9/89	strip mine lake	Kankakee
Silver Redhorse	unknown	4 lb. 13.6 oz.	3/31/01	Spoon River	Knox
Atlantic Salmon	Robert Lueckhoff	18 lb. 11.25 oz.	5/26/79	Lake Michigan	Cook
Chinook (King) Salmon	Marge Landeen	37 lb. 0 oz.	8/7/76	Lake Michigan	Lake
Coho Salmon	Carry VandeVusse	20 lb. 9 oz.	5/24/72	Lake Michigan	Lake
Pink (Humpback) Salmon	Neil J. Duba	3 lb. 4 oz.	7/5/92	Lake Michigan	Lake
Sauger	Bill Rolando	5 lb. 12.5 oz.	7/30/67	Mississippi River	Jo Daviess
Saugeye		9 lb. 10.88 oz.	12/7/01	Evergreen Lake	McLean
Shovelnose Sturgeon	Allen Trout, Jr.	5 lb. 2.56 oz.	5/30/88	Rock River	Rock Island
Bluegill Sunfish	Darren May	3 lb. 8 oz.	5/10/87	private pond	Jasper
Green Sunfish		2 lb. 5.12 oz.	5/7/00	private pond	Fayette
Hybrid Sunfish	Georgia M. Holland	2 lb. 4.48 oz.	6/16/90	private pond	Jersey
Redear Sunfish	Mike DeMattei	2 lb. 12.3 oz.	9/7/85	Marion CC Lake	Williamson
Brook Trout	Daniel Frazier	7 lb. 5 oz.	11/3/98	Lake Michigan	Lake
Brown Trout	Deva Vranek	36 lb. 11.5 oz.	6/22/97	Lake Michigan	Cook
Lake Trout	Theodore W. Rullman	38 lb. 4 oz.	8/22/99	Lake Michigan	Lake
Rainbow Trout	Kyle C. Johnson	31 lb. 6.72 oz.	7/10/93	Lake Michigan	Lake
Tiger Trout	Robert W. Zimmy	8 lb. 12.5 oz.	6/26/77	Lake Michigan	Cook
Walleye	Fred Goselin	14 lb. 0 oz.	1961	Kankakee River	Kankakee
Warmouth	Wesley Mills	1 lb. 13 oz.	5/22/71	private pond	Cumberland

State fish records for Illinois courtsey of the State of Illinois