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June 23, 2023

Familiar New York tournament anglers highlight another record day with giant 9-pound smallmouth

You’ve heard the age-old adage that lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same spot. But for Tom Russell and his fishing partner Eric Sullivan, both of Albion, N.Y., it appears that lightning did strike twice – many times over!
It was Russell and Sullivan who tag teamed on an opening day bass tournament win on Cayuga Lake on June 15, 2022 – a new opening day for bass anglers across the state. Russell’s record smallmouth bass was part of a personal-best five fish bag with his cousin, Sullivan. This year, the duo believes they caught the same smallmouth as part of a record day, now weighing 9 pounds, .4 ounce.

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Chris Hespen picked to manage Illinois DNR’s largest site at Pyramid State Park

Chris Hespen has built an impressive resume with DNR.

The Peotone native was recently named the site superintendent at Pyramid State Park. Hespen is just the fourth site super in Pyramid’s 55-year history, following Bob Shaw, Dave Phillips and the recently retired Cha Hill. Today, Pyramid is the largest state park in Illinois and is a mecca for fishing and field trial events.

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