3/13/12 – A southern Wisconsin man has apparently broken a fishing record in Illinois that lasted only two months. The Chicago Sun-Times said Jim Zimmerman caught a walleye weighing just under 15-point-one pounds in the Pecatonica River at Pecatonica Illinois. Assuming it’s verified, Zimmerman broke the old record of 14 pounds and 12 ounces. That walleye was caught by Rockford Illinois High School student Nick Tassoni from the Pecatonica River in January. Fishing tournament organizer Dan Palmer witnessed the weigh-in of Zimmerman’s fish Sunday at a meat market in South Beloit, Illinois. Palmer said Zimmerman fishes more than anyone he knows – and he has fished 12 hours a day for two months on the Pecatonica and Rock rivers.
