Illinois Tournament Results
Illinois champions with weights exactly as the hosts printed them, each linked.
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Illinois champions with a printed event date: 36 results on 11 waters from 2025 and 2026, each row linked to the host standings or release.
The biggest dated Illinois one-day five-bass bag is 20.8 pounds, from IBN Team Series Cal-Sag / Lake Michigan 2026, team on Calumet Sag Channel (2026).
Illinois one-day five-bass champions, average bag by water
Dated one-day bags with a printed five-bass limit only; two-day totals and school results stay out.
- Clinton Lake19.82 lb average from 1 dated one-day titles
- Calumet Sag Channel19.62 lb average from 2 dated one-day titles
- Rend Lake17.25 lb average from 2 dated one-day titles
- Lake Shelbyville15.22 lb average from 4 dated one-day titles
- Des Plaines River14.89 lb average from 1 dated one-day titles
- Mississippi River Pool 1913.9 lb average from 2 dated one-day titles
- Lake Springfield13.84 lb average from 6 dated one-day titles
Every dated Illinois champion
Illinois champions come from host pages only, each linked; a winner printed without an event date sits on its water page.
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Lake and river scenes for Illinois Tournament Results
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Lens views of the water around Illinois Tournament Results contests
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Illinois champions, asked and answered
On which Illinois water does a one-day five-bass title weigh the most?
Clinton Lake, where a one-day five-bass champion averages 19.82 pounds.
How many dated Illinois champions are on file?
Dated Illinois champions on file: 36, from 2025 and 2026.
How is the Illinois average winning bag figured?
Only dated one-day events whose printed format names a five-bass limit count, boater or team; each water gets the plain mean of those first-place bags.
Why do two-day, catfish and high school results stay out of the Illinois average?
A two-day Super Tournament total, a catfish total weight, a three-bass bag or a high school sectional measures something other than one adult day of five bass, so mixing them in would mislead.
Which Illinois one-day five-bass title is the heaviest printed?
20.8 pounds in one day, at IBN Team Series Cal-Sag / Lake Michigan 2026, team.
Where were these Illinois champions read?
MLF releases, Illinois B.A.S.S. Nation standings, Fishers of Men results, IHSA brackets and other host pages, each linked in its row.
How often does the Illinois list get refreshed?
Weekly, whenever an Illinois host prints new standings.
Can I send in an Illinois champion?
Use the contact page and paste the link to the printed Illinois standings.
Illinois champions on waters without a page here
| Date | Event | Water as printed | Winner | Weight as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-26 | IBN Team Series Cal-Sag / Lake Michigan 2026, team | Calumet Sag Channel | T. Christy & E. Gad | 5 fish, 20.80 (big bass 4.46) |
| 2025-06-08 | IBN Team Series Cal-Sag 2025, team | Calumet Sag Channel | Mike Kazmierczak & Parker Domschke | 5 fish, 18.43 |
Weights as each host printed them; these waters have no lake, river or pool page on this site.
Know a tournament that is not listed?
Send it here with a link to the organizer’s event page or schedule. Weekly and monthly ones only need to go in once. If that page shows the name and the date (or the day of the week), it goes on this page right away. If not, we check it by hand within a week.
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