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Caught in PA
Greg Rekitt with 2 pound yellow perch caught from Presque Isle Bay in February 2010
Jim McCarthy with a perch taken on a jig while trolling a waterway in Wayne County
Joseph Getz of Nazareth displays a yellow perch caught while ice fishing at Mauch Chunk Lake, Carbon County
Walker Loveland Sr., Wallsville, caught this nice perch from a local pond in Lackawanna County in May 2007. The fish was 15 inches long with a girth of 12 1/2 inches.
Top 5 caught in PA in 2009 (not pictured)
  1. 2 lb 7 oz — Susquehanna River
  2. 2 lb 2 oz — Pikes Creek Reservoir
  3. 1 lb 15 oz — Beltzville Lake
  4. 1 lb 12 oz — Lake Erie
  5. 1 lb 12 oz — Lake Erie

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PA State Record — 2 lb. 11 oz.
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