16" is a thresshold at or over which is EXTREMELY rare for perch. Oklahoma Angler Lands World Record Paddlefish I am in regular contact with most of the big commercial netters on L. Huron and L. Michigan to stay informed on the biggest perch they get for each season.
Even there, a 16"er is a very, very rare one. Lake Michigan has the most of the largest perch in Michigan.
The commercial netters on Saginaw Bay have NEVER seen a perch as long as 16". It was post spawn, so looked nothing like that one, had the normal look to it. List of Every Michigan State Fishing Record Jeremy Lorenz was visiting his cousin, Eric Reed of Birchwood, for a few days’ fishing. A 13-incher caught June 8, 2019, on Lake Altoona in Eau Claire County holds that record. I always carry a measuring tape with me, and except for TWO, every one of them was well short of 16".No one can KNOW the length of a perch without measuring it. Founded in 1999, Michigan-Sportsman.com started as a collection of links to Michigan related sites, and a series of manually edited blogs. No one like to have their claim questioned, but no one likes to be treated like a fool either. Reports of perch 16" or longer invariably lack proof. Care to buy us a beer? Thanks for your patronage - SteveThe management works very hard to make sure the community is running the best software, best designs, and all the other bells and whistles. A state record yellow perch was caught recently on the Ocoee River.
All of this has left me a skeptic. With dozens of species available to anglers, here is a list of the biggest pulled from the state.This post has been produced by the staff at PremierAngler.com. old news, nice fish. Those are the credentials I have to make the following comments.With the exception of ONE (MI record), there has NEVER been a documented yellow perch 18" or longer caught either by hook and line or in a commercial net aynwhere in the USA. I've been to the "big 3" (L. Gogebic, L. Independence, and Hubbard L.) asking about giant perch. Michigan, in many ways, can be an angler’s paradise!Let’s look at the geography: Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes — Superior, Michigan, Erie, and Huron. Even there, a 16"er is a very, very rare one.I have personally checked out every single report of any perch 16" or longer that I have heard of in Michigan. Yes, Pike can grow into the 55 pound range – Wikepedia gives a record weight of 68 pounds – but it was in Germany. The commercial netters on Saginaw Bay have NEVER seen a perch as long as 16". I am in regular contact with most of the big commercial netters on L. Huron and L. Michigan to stay informed on the biggest perch they get for each season. The commercial netters on Saginaw Bay have NEVER seen a perch as long as 16".