Illinois Fishing Records
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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 | 5 lbs 12oz | Goose Lake |
| 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 | 81 lbs 6.4oz | Sangchris 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 |
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