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A really big crappie from park district pond in Plainfield: Fish of the Week

By  Dale Bowman
   
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Daniel Renkosiak earned Fish of the Week honors for a really big crappie from park district pond in Plainfield.
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Daniel Renkosiak caught a 18.25-inch, 2.9-pound crappie out of a Plainfield Park District pond.

“I’m impressed it came from a park district pond more than anything,” he emailed.

Yes, indeed.

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 (BowmanOutside@gmail.com).


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