Outdoors notebook: Lake Erie yellow perch breaks 32-year Ohio record

Fishing from east of the Chagrin River’s mouth at Fairport Harbor on Lake Erie, Dave Berg had latched onto something wet, wild and a little furious that was straining his ultralight equipment. Hanging on to what he thought might be a nice smallmouth, Berg suggested to his brother Fred, his fishing companion that morning, that someone ought to be helpful and fetch the net.