Cool pics! Very nice perch. A couple lakes in our area put out perch in that size range on a regular basis. The locals refer to them as "elephant perch". My Dad and I had four rods rigged with alewives years back. Fishing 120 foot down for lake trout. Three of the rods went at the same time. Three perch from 15 1/4 to 17 1/2 inches! I told Dad not to fillet the largest when we got back as I was going to have it mounted. Came back from the store to see six big perch fillets on a plate. "You're not going to spend money on mounting a perch. We'll get a big laker or something good." That was over thirty years ago. Still the largest perch I ever saw!
