IL Bowfishing Records
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 ------------------------------------------------------- '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 |
RE: IL Bowfishing Records
Thanks for posting this missy.
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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 |
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I've got my eye on a nice 89 cent fantail.
The one with the biggest bulging eyes wins. :D |
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I think we need to update at leastfour of these categories, grass carp, longnose gar, bigmouth buff, quillback, maybe more ?
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My state grass carp record has been broken by Mark McCleester's 40 pound monster. Some one needs to change the sheet.
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Thanks Johnny. Got it updated.
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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.
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I agree robow the longnose will be broken also
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yea buff, i'd say lookin around 30lb for 08........huh
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