OGDENSBURG, N.Y. – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar has announced that a new state record for smallmouth bass was set on Sept. 22.

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he would have tried to keep the bass alive in a water bucket and aerator until it could be officially weighed and certified as the state record smallmouth. Illinois doesn't have catch-and-release ...

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The fish was caught from shore by an angler whose mother had requested he catch "anything" so she could have steamed fish.

Danhausen knows there’s an even bigger smallmouth bass in the Chicago area just waiting to smash the state record. He says that looking at Lake Michigan as a whole, some of the best smallmouth ...