A Wisconsin man sets a new walleye record in Illinois. James Zimmerman caught a 15-point-oh-eight pound walleye on the Pecatonica River in Winnebago County. The fish was measured at 31 and a half inches with a girth of 20 and three-eighths inches. Zimmerman caught the fish on a one-eighth ounce Northland Fire-Ball jig. This is the second time the state record has been established this year. Fifteen-year-old Nick Tassoni, of Rockford, broke a 51-year-old record on January 7th when he caught a 14 pound, 12 ounce walleye on the Pecatonica River.