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Wisconsin finally lands a big Illinois fish

Monday, Mar 12, 2012 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Wisconsin’s governor has been working hard for a year to snag a big corporation from Illinois. So far, he’s had no luck, and he’s probably been telling lots of fish stories about the big one that got away while he sips white wine next to the Duraflame log.

But a cheesehead did land a really big Illinois fish last week

On Sunday, a fisherman from Wisconsin ventured about 20 miles south of the state line on the Pecatonica River and caught a walleye that tipped the scales at 15.08 pounds.

The record was set to be verified Tuesday afternoon, but Jim Zimmerman of Beloit said he was confident he’d be declared the official state record holder after the weigh-in that was witnessed by conservation police and others.

“The wardens came and met me and we certified it on a scale (and) right then and there it was certified,” he said.

As the old Wisconsin saying goes, “If you want to really be a success in life, you gotta go to Illinois.”

Or something like that.

Anybody know any good cheesehead jokes?

       

19 Comments
  1. - A modest proposal - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 2:46 pm:

    What do they call a 300 pound packer fan?

    Anorexic!


  2. - 47th Ward - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 2:49 pm:

    An alum from Wisconsin and an alum from Illinois are in the men’s room. As they finish their business, the Wisconsin alum begins to wash his hands while the Illinois alum heads for the door.

    “At the University of Wisconsin, men are taught to wash their hands,” says the Badger.

    “Well, at the University of Illinois,” says the Illini, “they teach us not to **** on our hands.”


  3. - mark walker - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 2:50 pm:

    Scared me for a second.


  4. - Stones - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 2:54 pm:

    True story - my favorite bumper sticker I ever came across (sanitized version)

    “Did someone f**t or are we in Beloit?”

    (break wind)


  5. - Colossus - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 2:54 pm:

    “Got me a jackrabbit grillin’ on my Duraflame log…” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF1Gi0MRsg4

    Rich, you’ve gotta check out Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, I think you’ll find something to appreciate there.


  6. - Michelle Flaherty - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 2:56 pm:

    It also shows that those people from Wisconsin continue to come across our borders to rape our natural resources.
    Hope he paid a lot of IL sales tax and gas tax while he was here.
    And I think an out-of-state fishing license should start at $1 billion per day with an additional $100 million surcharge per pound of fish kept.
    But we’d lift the limit on daily keepers/poundage because we don’t want to stifle investment with anti-business restrictions.


  7. - sal-says - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 3:27 pm:

    ‘…cheesehead jokes…’

    Nuf said.


  8. - TCB - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 3:32 pm:

    I changed around a joke I heard a while back in order to make it fit your request

    You know why it’s so windy in Chicago?

    Because Indiana sucks & Wisconsin blows.


  9. - Got the t-shirt... - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 3:39 pm:

    I know we are known north of the border(IL)as FIBs, so if an Illinoisan told a fish story like this one would he/she be fibbing?


  10. - Lefty Lefty - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 3:49 pm:

    Scott Walker


  11. - Tom - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 3:49 pm:

    What is a seven course meal in Wisconsin? A six pack and a braut.


  12. - JL - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 3:51 pm:

    What do you call an attractive woman with a Packers fan?

    A hostage.


  13. - aaron singer - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 4:14 pm:

    I always thought Pecatonica was a cool name.


  14. - Anonymous - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 4:18 pm:

    lol, JL. That is just too funny in so many ways. lol


  15. - Lefty - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 5:40 pm:

    Have to include the classic: Boss tells his employee in Chicago to go to Green Bay on a business trip. Employee says only things in Green Bay are prostitutes and football players. Booss informs employee his wife is from Green Bay. Emplyee asks what position she played?


  16. - CircularFiringSquad - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 5:49 pm:

    Dick Uline spending those cheesehead dollars in a D primary when his pet rock Scott Walker is busing tables to fight off the recall.
    “Hey Uline …discount double check”


  17. - Elder - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 6:21 pm:

    Well I am a little off the reservation hear, but you reminded me of how Mike Royko used to go off on “those friendly bumpkins” in Indiana. Once he asked everyone to send in suggestions about why they are called “hoosiers”.

    He concluded that after a night of drinking the friendly bumpkins would get rambunctious, and start to fight. They would bite off each others’ ears, and spit them in the corner. After a few more friendly rounds they would get ready to leave and the bartender would shout: “Whose ears are these?” But given their odd accent it comes out “Hoos-iers are these?” I miss Mike Royko! Kass is a cheap imitation.


  18. - Boone Logan Square - Monday, Mar 12, 12 @ 8:48 pm:

    “Governor Walker, did you or your staff break campaign finance laws?”

    “Um, I don’t…recall.”


  19. - dupage dan - Tuesday, Mar 13, 12 @ 8:01 am:

    Scientists at the research lab (?!?) in Milwaukee have crossed the Coho Salmon, Walleyed Pike and Muskie. They call it the CoWallSki.


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