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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Dale Bowman

Stocked rainbow trout in Illinois opening day and a hazy history

Aurora Sotelo, 7, enjoys the big rainbow trout caught by her brother Fernando, 6, at a kids fishing program March 25 at Grove Lake in Wood Dale. (Provided)

A small child squealed Saturday as a rainbow trout was reeled in, flashing across Green Lake on opening day for inland trout.

I had thought 12-year-old George Valadez was the only younger angler who had braved the elements. Something vaguely frozen fell: rain, snow and sleet (sometimes all three).

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