Big muskie, Chain O'Lakes: Fish of the Week

Here’s the kind of muskie, 47.5 inches of it, to be caught on the Chain O’Lakes.

Doug Filipek caught his early last month on Channel Lake with a figure eight with a black No. 8 bucktail. He was guided by Chris Taurisano of T Bone Guide Service.

FOTW, the celebration of big fish and good stories around Chicago fishing, appears Wednesdays on the Sun-Times outdoors page.

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