The Redneck Fishing Tournament
Make sure you bring protective gear to the annual event in Bath, Illinois, because these fish jumping, literally, out of the water
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Because the fish breed prolifically and possess very bony bodies (which make them somewhat unpalatable) their numbers have grown exponentially in the Mississippi River and its tributaries, like the Illinois River, where the tournament takes place on an eight-mile stretch near Bath, Illinois.
