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Antioch wrecks boat, Highland wins title at IHSA bass
CARLYLE, Ill. — The wreck of the boat with the Antioch bass staff in it overshadowed the fishing Saturday on the ultimate day of the IHSA’s 11th state championship for bass fishing on Carlyle Lake. Antioch was in second place coming into Day 2. As questions on Antioch’s whereabouts began flying on the weigh-in, Sequoits coach Brad Rubin texted, “Extreme wind and waves - motor died 2/3 of way back and boat was dead in water. We are okay but boat is being slammed into rocks and is a total loss. Talk to you later - hectic now.” The IHSA consulted with the National Weather Service earlier than takeoff and anticipated the constructing south winds and
Doubling down on bass: Including private finest to earn Fish
John Kristin not solely caught his private finest largemouth bass (“biggest in 20 years of fishing”) final week, however doubled up on a crankbait with a smaller one on Lake Shelbyville. The Mount Greenwood man, who was with Jack Powell and Juan Surano at Lithia Springs Resort, emailed, “Tough conditions with the rain, but we did well. We caught over 160 crappie and those bass, one walleye and lots of white bass .. with some cats in the mix, not bad for two day.” FOTW, the celebration of huge fish and their tales round Chicago fishing, runs Wednesdays on the Sun-Times’ open air web page. Submit nominations on Facebook (Dale Bowman), on Twitter and Instagram (@BowmanOutdoors) or e-mail
A largemouth bass sufficiently big to be value contemplating what
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