Trammel, who lives in Coal City, caught and launched a 25.5-inch largemouth in late February whereas ice-fishing a strip pit. Big fish are not any strangers to the pits within the Coal City space. Many state data have come from these pits.
Trammel caught his bass on a 6-inch shiner in 5 toes of water earlier than releasing it. He is having a replica made by Douglas Taxidermy, so I reached out to verify that with taxidermist Doug Petrousek.
Petrousek and I’ve had a number of discussions through the years in regards to the Illinois document for largemouth bass. It is listed as 13 kilos, 1 ounce, caught by Edward Walbel on Feb. 15, 1976, from Stone Quarry Lake in Lake County.
The solely method I might consider a 13-pound largemouth got here from northern Illinois is that if genetic testing confirmed it. Put it this fashion: Even 10-pound largemouth are so uncommon in Illinois that one other outside author for years saved an off-the-cuff record. Nearly all of the 10-pounders got here from central or southern Illinois.
Petrousek messaged that Trammel’s largemouth, with a girth of 19.5 inches, projected to be 10.5 kilos.
‘‘It’s definitely one of many greatest largemouth I’ve heard of being caught in Illinois,’’ he messaged. ‘‘I’ve performed some 9- to 10-pound bass within the late ’70s from the Fulton County [area] strip pits. I don’t recall doing something that giant from Illinois within the latest previous. It’s a disgrace that the present Illinois document is a sham. Someone is being cheated out of a reputable state document.’’
CPOs
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is in search of Conservation Police Officer trainee candidates. The written examination can be in June. Go to the CPO web page at dnr.illinois.gov for extra info or contact Lt. Curt Lewis at (217) 785-8407 or at curt.lewis@illinois.gov.
Hunting
Despite the up-and-down climate, turkey harvest in Illinois stays forward of final season. Hunters had harvested 11,248 turkeys by Sunday, which compares with 10,359 on the similar level final season. Click right here for a extra full breakdown.
Wild issues
Brian Schlenger was first to report wild asparagus and he does the time code proper with the Sun-Times.
Provided
Last week, Brian Schlenger grew to become the primary to say discovering wild asparagus. He tweeted a photograph, correctly set on the Sun-Times, and famous, ‘‘No morels yet, but the asparagus is up.’’
In the previous couple of days, extra readers are reporting discovering morels. I’ve not.
Stray forged
It’s petty on my half, however I discover Chris Sale’s 0-5 begin virtually as gratifying as catching walleye on Lake Erie final week.