Normally I would Cut & Paste, but this fine Article is too big.

http://globalflyfisher.com/staff/bouma/perch/

Yellow Perch Records (I don't know how up to date these are):

State Yellow Perch Records:

Illinois State Record:
2 lbs 9 ozs caught by Joseph Grega caught on on January 5, 1974.

Indiana State Record:
2 lbs 8 ozs caught by Roy W. Burkel Jr. caught on Gravel Pit on January 1, 1981.

Iowa State Record:
2 lbs 3 ozs caught by Daniel Borchardt caught on Morse Lake on March 1, 1994.

Iowa State Record:
2 lbs 3 ozs caught by Steven Moore caught on Bussey Lake on December 1, 2001.

Michigan State Record:
3 lbs 12 ozs caught by George E. Slutter caught on Independence Lake, Marquette County on January 1, 1947.

Minnesota State Record:
3 lbs 4 ozs caught on Plantaganette Lake, Hubbard County.

Wisconsin State Record:
3 lbs 4 ozs caught on Lake Winnebago, Winnebago County.

Source: lake-link.com

Yellow Perch Images:
http://www.fish.state.pa.us/images/s.../press2001.htm
(Scroll down to the photo of the guy with the beard): http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries.../0315index.asp
(Can't you just about smell this Perch cooking right now?): http://www.stripersonline.com/fish_p...erch_giant.jpg
Doug