Darnell Guidry caught a 17-inch crappie weighing 2.42 kilos Saturday at Lemont Quarries.
“All three of us had no fish under 13.75 inches, a lot just shy of 15 inches,” his buddy Shaun Sparks messaged.
FOTW, the celebration of massive fish and their tales round Chicago open air, runs Wednesdays on the Sun-Times’ open air web page. Submit nominations on Facebook (Dale Bowman), on Twitter and Instagram (@BowmanExterior) or electronic mail (BowmanExterior@gmail.com).