Record white perch caught on Lake St. Clair – 9&10 News

An upstate man now holds the state record for largest white perch caught in Michigan.

Scott Smith of St. Clair County was fishing April 25 on Lake St. Clair when he reeled in his 2-pound, 5.92-ounce perch measuring 16.25 inches.

It beats the old record set in Muskegon County in 2016 by three inches.

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.