No stranger to setting world records, Hall of Fame fisherman Scott Smith set a state record with his latest catch from Lake St. Clair, Michigan—a 2-pound, 5.92-ounce white perch which he called “monstrous.”
The fish measured 16.25 inches and beat the previous state record of 2 pounds and 13.57 inches caught in 2015 by Cindy Cordo at Bear Lake in Muskegan County, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Smith made the catch on April 25 using a minnow. The record...