A Berks County angler has broken the record for a white perch in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced the new state record Friday caught by Christopher Barrett ...

Officials say that the perch measured 14.125 inches long and had a girth of 12.25 inches. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission “We usually keep a few perch to eat, and when I went to put that ...

CBS News Pittsburgh Live. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A Pennsylvania teenager caught a record-breaking white perch in the eastern part of the state. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission said it ...

A yellow perch caught in Lake Erie's Presque Isle Bay has been named as the new state record for the species by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Brian Clark, of Edinboro, Erie County ...

Mohnton resident Christopher Barrett, 19, recently caught an unusually large white perch while out fishing. The fish, which weighed over two pounds, broke his state's record.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania teenager set a new state record when he caught a large white perch on a fishing trip with his father. On the morning of Sunday, April 14, angler Christopher ...

A phone call from a fishing buddy helped a Pennsylvania angler realize he shouldn’t filet the trophy fish he'd just caught. Chuck Main, 55, of Beaver County, caught a yellow perch April 7 that ...

Either way, Main’s catch proves that Lake Erie is still producing plenty of whopper yellow perch. In addition to Rudzinski’s Pennsylvania record, both the Ohio and New York records were caught there.

When Barrett reeled in the perch, just after 11 a.m., he and his dad, Craig, who both live in Mohnton, Berks County, commented that it was the largest white perch they had ever seen.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission says 19-year-old Christopher Barrett of Mohnton, Berks County, caught a two-pound, three-ounce white perch near the Commodore Barry Bridge.

Chuck Main, 55, of Beaver County caught a yellow perch April 7 that rivals the Pennsylvania state record. Main of Ellwood City was fishing for perch on Presque Isle Bay in Erie when he caught an ...