Illinois Fish Catches- 2010

Louis LaCost caught this 41-inch muskie July 13 at Snakeden Hollow by trolling a fire perch Grave Digger crankbait.

Joe Ulery caught the 20-pound drum on the left near Chatam and Terry Ulery caught the 15-pound drum on an ultralight rig.

Bill Ulery caught the 11-pound channel catfish on the left with a nightcrawler and the 20-pound drum near Chatam .

Brendon Baxter caught and released this 19-inch bass at Banner Marsh's Main Lake. He used a 6-inch, brown/red sparkle lizard.

Dee Dee Kumpf caught this 20-inch bass at Banner Marsh's Johnson Lake by using a Texas-rigged plastic worm.

Steve Cicciarelli caught this 26-inch walleye on a light spinning rig by using a plastic bait.

Brian Thomas caught this 19 1/2-inch, 4-pound, nine-ounce bass at Evergreen Lake.

Steve Cicciarelli caught this nine-pound channel catfish while fishing for bass with a Chug Bug.

Bill Ulery caught this 10-pound flathead catfish while bobber fishing with a worm.

George Sons caught this nice catfish at Dawson Lake near Bloomington by using chicken livers.

Brian McErlean and his daughters Haley and Marissa caught this nice stringer of largemouth bass from a Northern Illinois lake.

Dee Dee Kumpf caught this 19-inch bass from Emiquon Preserve while fishing with her son Michael and grandson Josh. She used a Texas-rigged, black/purple lizard.

Bill Ulery caught this nice catfish while fishing a local creek near Auburn, Illinois.

Willy Ulery of Virden caught this nice stinger of bluegills at a private pond on wax worms.

Jason Thomas of Lexington caught this 1 lb. 4 oz. white crappie May 14 at Evergreen Lake.

Gregg Swanson caught this 16 1/2-inch bass with a Boo-Yah jig in a Henry County strip mine lake.

Brenden Baxter released this 20 1/4-inch Banner Marsh largemouth bass after catching it with a white spinner.

Jim Crowley caught this 7.4-pound lunker largemouth from a small lake by using a Rapala X-Rap.

Al Plata caught this 17 1/2-inch largemouth bass May 4 at Spring Lake North by using a lime/green Banjo Minnow.

Tony Baxter caught this 19 1/4-inch bass at a Farmington strip mine lake by using a watermelon Berkley Power Worm.

This Sangchris Lake largemouth was caught by pitching a junebug jig with a black/blue fleck trailer.

These two largemouth bass were caught at Banner Marsh and sent in by Brandon Fisher.

Willy Ulery of Virden caught this 29-inch walleye below the Lake Shelbyville spillway with a yellow wiggle tail jig.

Steve Cicciarelli caught this 6.5-pound largemouth bass March 30 by using a suspending stickbait.

James Malcom caught this 47-inch Kinkaid Lake muskie by using a sucker-colored Hellhound.

This 18 1/2-inch bass was caught with a jig/trailer on March 22 from Johnson Lake at Banner Marsh.