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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Dale Bowman

Coming up just shy of catching Illinois’ biggest lake trout

Ryan Donovan holds his lake trout after being weighed at Park Bait and just missing the Illinois record. (Provided)

Ryan Donovan caught a lake trout Aug. 5 that just missed the Illinois record.

Capt. Kevin Bachner messaged that it was ‘‘caught in 140 feet of water, about 14 miles east of Chicago, on a SWR setup [secret weapon rig] with a blue and yellow spoon on a downrigger 100 feet down.’’ Donovan was on Kingfisher Charters out of Belmont Harbor.

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