A regular smorgasbord this week with three species and I believe from three different counties.

Weight: 1-10
Angler: Brent Jackson
Date: May 31
Location: Snakeden Hollow
Lure: Senko wacky rig
Top 5 Weight: 1-10
Editor’s Note: After hearing that Brent had fooled a qualifier I asked him if he had a picture. His response was “Yep, it’s a Jim Junk shot.” Had to laugh and indeed looks rather familiar.

Length: 34-35”
Angler: Chris Schwarz
Date: June 2
Location: Spring Lake – McDonough County
Lure: Squarebill crankbait (bluegill)
Structure: Submerged trees
Angler Comments: This was a lot of fun! Caught this fish on a bluegill colored square bill and it gave me a 10 minute fight of pulling drag craziness! I believe this is a blue cat, but maybe some of our catfish experts can help me out? My scale only read 6 pounds, but this fish measured around 34-35 inches, which would put it in the 15-17 pound range according to most length to weight conversion charts. I can tell you that it was way more than 6 pounds, ha!
Top 5 Length: 34-35”

Weight: 1-8
Angler: Teagan Mills
Date: June 2
Location: Private pond
Top 5 Weight: 1-8

Thanks guys for the variety, always good to see some fish in the Inbox and have something to offer on Mondays. I am trying to work out a time to chase some bass with the guy who posted the bass for today’s update so stay tuned. Not sure what sort of stunt we will pull but I’ve got one idea that could be interesting. Stay tuned and talk to you later. Troy