This week's Archers Alley "Catch of the Week" comes to us from 10-year old Chance Roller, of Springfield!!

A friend of the family nominated Chance for the COTW!

Chance, and his uncle, John Powers III, fished last weekend's Lake Sangchris Catfish Tournament.  It was the first time fishing a tournament for 10-year old Chance, and they brought home second place!   Chance was able to land a new P-B...this 12-pound flathead!  They also brought in a few other smaller fish to land on the podium, and now Chance says he's hooked on chasing big cats!

Chance joins us this weekend to share the story!

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This week's Archers Alley "Catch of the Week" comes to us from Richard Huffman, of Bradley!

From Richard: "I've been fishing for catfish for over 50 years, but I had never caught a Blue cat before.  I reached out to CIO to find a Clinton Lake catfish guide, and he pointed me to Jason Hill at Hill's Guide Service.  It was a great experience with Jason!  Not only did I catch my first blue, but we caught 19 fish that day!  Our biggest went 22 pounds!  We had a 20, a 16, and several smaller ones.  I learned a lot from Jason, including that strawberry flavored chicken really works!"

Richard joins us this weekend to share the story of his first ever Blue Catfish!

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This week's Archers Alley "Catch of the Week" comes to us from Gage Weir, of Pittsfield!  

From Gage:  "We went out on the Big River recently, and I landed my new PB catfish!!  A 36lb BIG Mississippi River Blue Cat! It was quite the fight on 25-pound mono!  Thanks to my buddy, Michael Hobbs, for taking us!  We had a blast!"

Gage joins us this weekend to share the story of his new PB!  We'll also catch up on the latest on his YouTube channel "Jighead Gage" that we've previously featured on CIO!

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This week's Archers Alley "Catch of the Week" comes to us from Ty Sanders, of Taylorville!  

From Ty: "We went out to Sangchris recently one evening hoping to hook into some big fish, and ended up with a new PB!   Sat for a couple hours catching little channels when all of a sudden the rod folded over!  Took me about 10 minutes to fight it, and get it in while my girlfriend filmed.  Able to get it in, and on the scale...it went 47.2 pounds!  Safely released to swim again!"

Ty joins us this weekend to share the story of his new PB flathead!!

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