North Muskgon’s Cindy Lou Cordo has caught a state record size white perch, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Cordo reeled in the 2-pound white perch measuring 13.57 inches while fishing with her husband Jeff Cordo on Bear Lake the afternoon of Saturday, April 18. The two were baitcasting worms and “blind man”-type spinners, she said.
The record was verified by Rich O’Neal, a DNR fisheries biologist in Muskegon.
The previous state-record white perch was caught by Holland’s Aaron Slagh on Muskegon Lake (Muskegon County) Jan. 21, 2014. That fish weighed 1.93 pounds and measured 13.25 inches.
Before that, the state-record white perch was caught by Kyle Ryan of Reese on Lake Huron in Tuscola County on July 13, 2002. That fish weighed 1.88 pounds and measured 13.25 inches.
For the full article, see Stephen Kloosterman, “State record white perch caught by Muskegon woman”, MLive, June 22, 2015.
James Jahnke, “Man catches state-record white perch in Muskegon Lake”, Detroit Free Press, January 29, 2014