16.25-inch perch pulled from Lake Cascade, sets state record

CASCADE, Idaho (CBS2) — A Wisconsin man set a state record Tuesday when he pulled a 16.25-inch yellow perch from Lake Cascade.

For Adam Mann, it wasn't the length of the fish but the weight that beat the previous record. Mann's perch was a whopping 3.22 pounds, beating Skye Coulter's 2016 record of 2.96 pounds.

Mann and several friends made the long trek to Idaho in search of trophy perch, according to Idaho Fish and Game. Although fishing had not been hot that day, they had been finding some large perch throughout the day.

“It was incredible, I’ve never seen anything like that,” Mann said.

While he ice fishes three or four days a week back home in Wisconsin, this was Mann's first time on Lake Cascade. He hooked the fish using a tungsten jig tipped with a nightcrawler.

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