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Late-season smallmouth bass from DuPage: Fish of the Week

By  Dale Bowman
   
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A.J. Cwiok with a good smallmouth bass over Thanksgiving break on the DuPage River.
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A.J. Cwiok makes the most of his visits back from college.

“Still some good fishing going on at the DuPage,” he messaged over Thanksgiving break with the proof of this smallmouth bass

FOTW, the celebration of big fish and their stories around Chicago fishing, runs Wednesdays on the Sun-Times’ outdoors page. Submit nominations on Facebook (Dale Bowman), on Twitter (@BowmanOutside) or email (straycasts@sbcglobal.net).


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