FISH OF THE WEEK: Dennis Price III boated and released one of southern Lake Michigan's mythical fish, a 6-pound smallmouth. Not bad for his first time fishing smallmouth on Lake Michigan. On May 5, the 28-year-old carpenter from Tinley Park went out on his brother's boat from Pastrick Marina in East Chicago, Ind. ''I made a cast with my pumpkin-colored plastic goby, dragging it along the bottom,'' he e-mailed. ''As soon as I pulled my lure over a big rock, the lunker hit. It was an intense and nerve-wracking battle because my brother forgot the net. I landed the big smallie and took some quick pictures. I then weighed it on my X Tools Digital scale and measured it. The lunker weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 20 inches. I released the fish to fight again. That was truly the fish of a lifetime.'' FOTW photos are posted at blogs.suntimes.com/bowman. E-mail nominations to outdoordb@sbcglobal.net.
Taking sibling rivalry to another level, brothers John and Andrew Chione caught Illinois-record redhorse suckers on back-to-back days.
