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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Dale Bowman

Clutching at hope on perch fishing with recent jumbo success on Chicago lakefront, plus Stray Cast

Two-main limit of perch (and a couple bonus fish) at Montrose, caught by Ken Maggiore and Nick Pellikan on soft shells. (Provided)

Chicago’s modern perch fishing is weird, like a rocky relationship.

But, when perch fishing reopened June 16 on Illinois’ Lake Michigan, jumbo perch were near shore at Montrose Harbor.

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