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Muskie in the snow from the Des Plaines River: Fish of the Week for Dan Kiska

By Dale Bowman

Dan Kiska caught a rarity, a muskie from the Des Plaines River, to earn Fish of the Week honors.
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Dan Kiska caught a muskie of 34 inches from the Des Plaines River on Feb. 17 in the snow.

“Totally worth sliding down the bank in after her,” the Rolling Meadows man emailed.

Yeah, that would be right,

FOTW, the celebration of big fish and their stories around Chicago outdoors, 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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