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Another really big crappie from public waters: Fish of the Week honors

By  Dale Bowman
   
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Darnell Guidry with big crappie for Fish of the Week honors.
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Darnell Guidry caught a 17-inch crappie weighing 2.42 pounds Saturday at Lemont Quarries.

“All three of us had no fish under 13.75 inches, a lot just shy of 15 inches,” his buddy Shaun Sparks messaged.

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 and Instagram (@BowmanOutside) or email (BowmanOutside@gmail.com).


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