IL Bowfishing Records

[HNI_Christine]

The Illinois Bowfishers will be keeping records of the largest fish taken by our members.

Current State Records:

(click on weight to view picture)
Common Carp ......... ..41 lbs. 0 oz. ....... Logan Ruehrup..5/28/08...taken on Holiday Shores Lake
Bighead Carp ............ 92 lbs. 8 oz. ........Darin Opel...5/04/08...Mississippi River at Alton
Silver Carp................ 22 lbs. 5 oz. ........Joseph Ewing...5/05/07...Wabash River at Grayville
Grass Carp................ 47 lbs. 3 oz. ........Mark McCleester..6/10/07..taken on Lake Shelbyville
Bowfin .......................9 lbs 2 oz............Casey Allen ...3/31/07
Carpsucker..................7 lbs. 12 oz..........Rob Mendenhall..8/26/07..taken on Lake Shelbyville
Sm Mouth Buffalo.......48 lbs. 8 oz. .........Jarad Poole....5/02/09...Flood waters off the Sangamon River
Big Mouth Buffalo.......33 lbs. 5 oz. .........Jarad Poole.....4/30/09...Flood waters off the Sangamon River
Longnose Gar............26 lbs. 1 oz. ..........Don Straight...5/28/08...Grand Tower Chute off the Mississippi
Spotted Gar .............12 lbs. 0 oz. ...........Luke Whitkanack..3/28/09... Rend Lake
Shortnose Gar...........10 lbs. 5 oz.............Bill Shelby...5/11/07....taken on Carlyle Lake

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'Big Fish' Citations

We have a program to recognize outstanding fish shot though out the year.
Entries must be at or above the listed weights. Good Shootin' !

Common carp - 20 lbs
Bighead - 25 lbs
Silver carp - 15 lbs
Grass carp (white amur) - 30 lbs
Carpsuckers (quillback) - 3 lbs
Buffalo - 15 lbs
Spotted gar - 8 lbs
Shortnose gar - 5 lbs
Longnose gar - 10 lbs
Bowfin (grinnel, dogfish) - 4 lbs
Goldfish -any
Redhorse sucker - 3 lbs
Hog sucker - 1 lb

Illinois Bowfishers Record and Citation Fish entry form:

Name______________________________________
Address____________________________________
City_______________________________________
State_____ Zip__________
Species_____________________________________
Weight______lbs_____oz Date Taken___/___/____
Length_________ Girth________

Name of witness_____________________________
Signature of witness__________________________

( Note: Only one witness needed for citation fish )

Witness #2__________________________________
Signature #2_________________________________

Rules: Must be an Illinois Bowfishers Club member at the time the fish was taken or when record and/or citation is submitted. Fish must be taken in Illinois. Entrant must provide a picture of the fish, measurements along with the signatures of two witnesses and the fish must be weighed on an accurate scale. (a certified scale is even better)

Include a photo, preferably showing the fish near a measurable object. Gar record entries must include an additional clear photo of the gar's head.
Send entries to: Illinois Bowfishers, P.O. Box 379 Stanford, IL 61774

Good luck!!

For info on the IDNR State Records, please see this page:
http://www.ifishillinois.org/gofish/bow_fishing.html
or
http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/staterecordrules.html

[bowman15]

Thanks for posting this missy.

[JRW]

ORIGINAL: HNI_Christine

'Big Fish' Citations

We have a program to recognize outstanding fish shot though out the year.
Entries must be at or above the listed weights. Good Shootin' !

Goldfish -any

Um....I've got to go to the pet store. Be right back...

[Bulzeye]

I've got my eye on a nice 89 cent fantail.
The one with the biggest bulging eyes wins.

[robow7]

I think we need to update at leastfour of these categories, grass carp, longnose gar, bigmouth buff, quillback, maybe more ?

[Johnny b]

My state grass carp record has been broken by Mark McCleester's 40 pound monster. Some one needs to change the sheet.

[HNI_Christine]

Thanks Johnny. Got it updated.

[robow7]

That common carp and bighead carp recordare going down this year. I'm surprised that a 22 lb common is still in thelead because most all of us have a 25-30 lbcarp in our past.

[buffhntr]

I agree robow the longnose will be broken also

[INDY BOYS]

yea buff, i'd say lookin around 30lb for 08........huh