Record-Breaking Yellow Perch Caught In Lake Erie

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
ERIE, Pa. (KDKA) – An Erie fisher caught a record-breaking yellow perch.
The Fish and Boat Commission says Kirk Rudzinski was out with his friend Sam Troup fishing on Lake Erie last month.
Rudzinski says when he felt the pull on his line just before 7:30 p.m., “I thought for sure that I had a double.”
(Photo: Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission)
After a two-minute fight, Troup netted the fish and brought it on board. Rudzinski says he knew right away it