Fish of the week (May 25)
By DALE BOWMAN outdoordb@sbcglobal.net May 24, 2011 7:32PM
Walter Elerby Jr. with his catch.
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The two Fish of the Week caught Saturday at The same day, ‘‘Musky Ed’’ Potocki of Westchester ‘‘I raised her the night before on a Suick, but she would not hit,’’ Potocki e-mailed. ‘‘The next morning I went back with a topwater bait. Same spot, a haunt with shallow cribs and deep water nearby. She crushed the bait at boatside on a figure-8 and jumped twice.’’ Shabbona, Illinois’ most-fished lake per acre, has E-mail FOTW nominations to
Shabbona match the glory of the DeKalb County water.
caught and released a muskie he estimated at 48 inches and 28 pounds on the 318-acre lake an hour west of Chicago.
produced four state records for pure and tiger muskies and the first two state
records for hybrid crappie.
