Record IA perch

  • hib
    Waterloo, IA
    Posts: 55
    March 10, 2010 at 3:26 am #1301384

    This was posted on the IA DNR site today. Seems the perch are making an impressive comeback

    New Iowa Record Yellow Perch Caught in Mississippi River
    Posted: March 9, 2010

    GUTTENBERG, Iowa – A new state record for yellow perch was caught March 7, in Pool 11 of the Mississippi River. Angler Bob Ruff, of Garnavillo, caught the 2 pound, 6 ounces, 15 inch perch while ice fishing with his daughter. The weight was recorded at the Guttenberg Fish Management Station and verified on a certified scale.

    The previous record for yellow perch was 2 pounds, 3 ounces and shared by three anglers. ]

    dugout
    Dubuque Ia
    Posts: 154
    March 10, 2010 at 3:32 am #851494

    Wow, thats a big filet!

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    March 10, 2010 at 4:23 am #851519

    Great perch…especially for Iowa…
    That size is not too uncommon up here and especially out of Green Bay. My best is 17.5″… But the Mich state record surprised me… Lk. Independence is in Big Bay, MI… about 2 hrs from here.

    Yellow Perch
    Weight: 3.75
    Length: 21
    Year: 1947
    Water Body: Lk. Independence
    County: Marquette
    Angler: Eugene Jezinski

    francisco4
    Holmen, WI
    Posts: 3607
    March 10, 2010 at 4:51 am #851530

    That is a MONSTER perch! Thanks for sharing.

    Tom, a 21″ perch that only weighs 3#’s. I would have thought bigger.

    FDR

    deputycrappie
    Near Lake Pepin, Minnesota
    Posts: 50
    March 10, 2010 at 6:49 am #851543

    3.75 pounds is closer to 4 pounds but hey whos counting. Tom, do you have a photo or 2 of some of the green bay perch at or around 17 inches? Just wondering how much the spawn she had in her may have added to the new IA record.

    stevenoak
    Posts: 1719
    March 10, 2010 at 12:04 pm #851561

    How do you catch a perch like that out of the Miss. in Iowa and not manage a smile They would of needed a video camera to take my picture.

    buck-slayer
    Posts: 1499
    March 10, 2010 at 3:28 pm #851688

    Caught two 16″ 1lb 13oz on Devils in ND a couple of years ago and I thought those were big.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    March 10, 2010 at 8:28 pm #851873

    That is one nice perch

    I would like to see what a perch like this 5 ponder looks like coming up through an ice silo on pool 8 The UK rocks when it comes to river perch!!!

    targaman
    Inactive
    Wilton, WI
    Posts: 2759
    March 10, 2010 at 11:34 pm #851939

    That is one [censored] UK perch…

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