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