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Illinois state record smallmouth bass caught in Lake Michigan

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CHICAGO (WSIL) 鈥� Illinois has a new state record for smallmouth bass.听

Angler Joseph Capilupo of LaGrange, Illinois caught the state record 7 pounds, 3 ounces fish Monday evening around 10:50 p.m. along the Lake Michigan shoreline in downtown Chicago. The fish was 22 录 inches long and had a girth of 16 陆 inches.

Illinois state record smallmouth bass caught in Lake Michigan

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources confirmed the state record catch. The fish shattered the old record by 12 ounces. That fish weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces and was caught in a Fulton County strip cut in 1985.听

Illinois state record smallmouth bass caught in Lake Michigan