CURRENT STATE RECORD SPEAR/BOW FISH SPECIES
Eligible Fish |
Minimum Weight (lbs) |
State Record (lbs) |
Water Body |
County |
Date Shot |
Common Carp | 20 |
*38 lbs 2 oz. |
Crab Orchard Lake |
Williamson |
4-5-13 |
|
26 lbs 3 oz |
Mississippi River |
Jo Daviess |
6-7-13 | |
|
23 lbs 8 oz |
Lake Minear |
Lake |
5-24-13 | |
|
22 lbs 13 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
10-21-11 | |
|
|
20 lbs 9 oz |
Grass Lake |
Lake |
6-12-11 |
Grass Carp (White Amur) |
20 |
*78 lbs 8oz |
Lake Minear | Lake |
6-5-14 |
|
53 lbs 13oz |
Crab Orchard Lake |
Williamson |
4-30-13 | |
|
47 lbs 10 oz |
Mermet Lake |
Massac |
3-29-13 | |
|
46 lbs 15 oz |
Lake Minear |
Lake |
6-28-13 | |
|
46 lbs 4 oz |
Fox Chain O'Lakes | Lake |
5-12-12 | |
|
|
42 lbs 10oz |
CECO Rec. Club |
Grundy |
5-25-11 |
Bighead Carp |
20 |
*59 lbs 4 oz |
Illinois River |
LaSalle |
7-16-11 |
43 lbs 5.6 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
6-25-10 |
||
24 lbs 8.5 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
5-29-10 |
||
Silver Carp |
15 |
*18 lbs 1 oz |
Wabash River |
Wabash |
9-29-14 |
|
17 lbs 4 oz |
Ohio River |
Hardin |
9-15-12 | |
|
17 lbs |
Ohio River |
Gallatin |
7-14-12 | |
|
|
16 lbs 2 oz |
Ohio River |
Hardin |
8-20-11 |
Buffalo (Bigmouth) |
20 |
*49 lbs 15 oz |
Mermet Lake |
Massac |
3-20-10 |
Buffalo (Smallmouth) |
15 |
*51 lbs |
Ohio River |
Pope |
12-19-13 |
|
|
28 lbs 2 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
3-13-12 |
Buffalo (Black) |
20 |
*59 lbs 12 oz | Mermet Lake | Massac | 2-19-14 |
|
|
55 lbs 8 oz |
Mermet Lake |
Massac |
2-22-14 |
|
|
42 lbs 8 oz |
Crab Orchard Lake |
Williamson |
4-30-13 |
Shortnose Gar |
5 |
*6 lbs 4 oz |
Lake Shelbyville |
Moultrie |
7-20-14 |
Longnose Gar |
10 |
*31 lbs 8 oz |
Ohio River |
White |
7-9-12 |
|
25 lbs 12 oz |
Ohio River |
Pope |
6-9-12 | |
|
24 lbs 10 oz |
Big Muddy River |
Union |
5-4-10 |
|
Spotted Gar |
5 |
*10 lbs 2.4 oz |
Rend Lake |
Franklin |
4-9-10 |
Bowfin (Dogfish) |
5 |
*12 lbs 3 oz |
Crab Orchard Lake |
Williamson |
5-5-12 |
|
10 lbs 12 oz |
Big Muddy River |
Franklin |
5-9-10 |
|
10 lbs 10 oz |
Kaskaskia River |
Clinton |
5-10-10 |
||
|
8 lbs 7 oz |
Rend Lake |
Franklin |
3-20-10 |
|
Freshwater Drum |
4 |
*10 lbs 8 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
4-12-14 |
|
|
10 lbs 2 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
10-5-11 |
|
|
8 lbs 3 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
10-6-10 |
7 lbs 5 oz |
Private Lake |
Jefferson |
N/A |
||
5 lbs 9 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
3-27-10 |
||
Gizzard Shad |
1 |
*1 lb 5 oz |
Lake Minear |
Lake |
6-26-13 |
|
|
1 lb 4 oz |
Willow Creek |
Winnebago |
5-4-12 |
|
|
1 lb 1 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
3-15-12 |
Goldfish/Hybrid |
1 |
*4 lbs 6 oz |
Fox Chain of Lakes |
Lake |
6-6-15 |
|
3 lbs 10 oz |
Kankakee River |
Will |
4-29-13 | |
|
1 lb 15 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
5-20-12 | |
|
1 lb 10 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
11-5-11 | |
|
1 lb 8 oz |
Des Plaines River |
Will |
7-29-11 |
* current state record