I’m curious to know, what’s the biggest small mouth you’ve caught in the northern Illinois/southern Wisconsin area? Say a radius of ~30mi from Rockford.I’m wondering what kind of monsters we have around here.
No flow/No go
A 20 inch smallmouth either from a river or a lake is a great fish. Don't be a river snob Terry!
Oh, and must come from northern Illinois. Carry on...
It does if you are in a canoe or kayak just not out of a powerboat
Lake smallmouth don’t count 😉
Sylvania!
Lots of 19-19 3/4 but yet to land a true Brutus. This will be the year.
Just over 20". I've caught 5 twenty inches in northern IL in my life.
20 in Milwaukee River
20 1/2 inches