Wow Hollywood a 17 1/2 inch perch is like winning the lottery! That's a shame but then we all have our priorities. I'm guessing a lot of potential records have been eaten.
Was it measured on a board or on top wth a tape measure? My board perch are about 1/2 inch shorter vs. a flexible tape on top.
Even a 16 inches is extremely rare according to a Michigan friend that follows perch records and perch stories. People say they catch them, but they never seem to have the camera when they do. LOL! I do believe you though.
This was over thirty years ago. We didn't take many pics then and when we did they were Polaroid! We've always measured on the board.
I did look and find a couple good representatives of elephant perch, 15-16 inchers. These were from Seneca lake about eight years back. That's my Dad holding them. The three I mentioned were from Keuka lake... Both part of New York's Fingerlakes. A fair number of 15 and better come from these lakes each year. Great fishery!
