Missing the Illinois state-record smallmouth bass by one ounce

Missing the Illinois state-record smallmouth bass by one ounce

Even before Kyle Danhausen missed catching the Illinois-record smallmouth bass by an ounce Thursday, he was on a roll fishing near downtown Chicago.‘‘I had caught somewhere between 20 and 30,’’ he said. ‘‘I was catching them every cast. It is so good. I caught them and caught them. One was just shy of 5 pounds. There was a whole bunch of 3-6, 3-8. In three or four years, they will all be 4-pounders. There’s a lot of fish in the water. It is very…

'I Wasn’t Seeking Glory.' Smallmouth Bass Caught in Chicago Was Just an Ounce Shy of the State Record

A bass angler fishing the southern end of Lake Michigan landed a tank of a smallmouth bass Thursday that nearly broke the Illinois record. Kyle Danhausen’s smallie weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces, just one ounce shy of the standing state record. He caught the fish in the heart of Chicago — not far from where the Bears play. “I like to fish that downtown area whenever I can, and I was right there [in the city]. I put in at Burnham Harbor, which is righ…