Glafcke headed to one of his favorite small bass lakes in the Chequamegon National Forest in Ashland County. The rod tip and the fish went back into the water,” he said. Tokarski thinks the fish he caught-and-released was bigger than the mount.This much is a lead-pipe cinch: Tokarski's perch would have set a state record in the "live release" category.
After admiring its size, he released it back into the bay of Green Bay. He also knew he had fresh 8-pound-test line spooled on. On the way, they stopped at Kurt Justice’s Island Sport Shop in Minocqua. Glafcke, 62, was fishing alone that evening. “The rod snapped a couple of inches from the tip. Blue catfish 17 lb. “That’s one amazing bluegill,” he said. Yellow Perch Records :: State County Weight Length Location Angler Date Alabama Limestone 1 lbs 15 oz Wheeler Reservoir Matthew K. Patterson 2/26/2000 Alberta 2 lbs 15.5 oz N/A 0 Arizona 1 lbs 10 oz 13.5" Stoneman Lake Art Ellico 3/21/1984 Arizona 1 lbs 10 oz 13.5" Stoneman Lake Curt Bryant 3/24/1984 A 13-incher caught June 8, 2019, on Lake Altoona in Eau Claire County holds that record.Tokarski didn't take a photo of his fish next to a measuring tape, however, so it can't be entered in the catch-and-release category.When I spoke to him on the phone Thursday, records seemed like the furthest thing from his mind. “The biggest I’ve ever measured, whether by hook and line or when running survey nets, was just over 11 inches on a little lake up in Bayfield County. Thomas “Skip” Sommerfeldt never had seen an honest-to-goodness foot-long bluegill until Sept. 9, and he’s been netting lakes every spring and shocking shorelines every fall for 30 years. I’ve never seen a bluegill even close to this fish. “That’s one amazing bluegill,” he said. At Island Sport Shop – a good 18 hours after he had caught the fish – Glafcke was still excited about his catch. A Green Bay nonprofit is taking a new approach with hopes of making locally grown yellow perch more available. it's it's gotta gotta gotta gotta be. That fish was caught by Drew Garsow, of Green Bay, in 1995. Alexander and Tokarski, though, catch several walleyes that size every year. 9 lbs. He values his privacy when fishing, so besides fishing small, hard-to-reach lakes, he also had increased his chances of finding solitude by foregoing the Packers-49ers game. So, when Tom Glafcke, of Clam Lake, called Sommerfeldt on that Monday morning to ask if anyone at the Park Falls DNR office could verify his catch, Sommerfeldt naturally was a little skeptical. The weight came in at 2.32 pounds on a certified scale at the Super One grocery story on Monday morning. That fish was caught by Drew Garsow, of Green Bay, in 1995. The weight came in at 2.32 pounds on a certified scale at the Super One grocery story on Monday morning. Below is a list of all 50 states with links to each state's DNR site to investigate current state records, lake records in some cases and even the top 10 catches for each species.
If it had been a pre-spawn fish, it would have been darn close to a state record.Shop our online store for products and gear: Print of the Year, Outdoor News History Book, Outdoor News Clothing and more!