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.

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
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