Marcus Benesch of Gurnee made the most of “an opportune four-hour window after putting the bird in the oven” on Thanksgiving morning. It paid off with a 35-inch female northern pike caught and released from shore on the Des Plaines River.
“Just another example of the `fall feedbag” fish that we’re all looking for,” he emailed.
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).
