Scott Smith of Adrian caught the “monstrous” white perch, weighing in at 2 pounds, 5.92 ounces and measuring 16.25 inches, while fishing with a friend on Lake St. Clair April 25.

Smith’s fish was verified by Cleyo Harris, ... Smith set his first world record for a rainbow trout in 1996 and now holds 53 world records. The white perch is his first state record.

No stranger to setting world records, Hall of Fame fisherman Scott Smith set a state record with his latest catch from Lake St. Clair, Michigan—a 2-pound, 5.92-ounce white perch which he called ...

Smith’s record white perch weighed 2.592 pounds and was 16.25 inches long. It tops the previous Michigan white perch record caught in 2015 by Cindy Cordo from Muskegon County’s Bear Lake. The IGFA all ...

A Maryland fisherman has shattered a 45-year-old record, landing a 2.3-pound yellow perch in the Susquehanna River. Find out how he did it, what gear he used, and tips for catching trophy perch.

Smith is no stranger to big fish. His first world-record fish was a rainbow trout caught in 1996. He now holds 53 world records but this is his first state-record fish.

Cindy Cordo caught the previous white perch record at 2 pounds, 13.57 inches in 2015 in Bear Lake in Muskegon County. Smith’s fish was verified by Cleyo Harris, a fisheries biologist with the ...

A Berks County angler has broken the record for a white perch in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced the new state record Friday caught by Christopher Barrett ...

This fish, the last catch of the day, broke the previous state-record white perch – 2 pounds, 13.57 inches – caught in 2015 by Cindy Cordo out of Bear Lake in Muskegon County.

The record is a yellow perch caught by Kirk Rudzinski of Erie while fishing April 9, 2021, on Lake Erie. His fish weighed 2.98 pounds and the PFBC rounded the weight to 3 pounds.