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Generally silvery-white in color, hence the name, depending upon habitat and size specimens have begun to develop a darker shade near the dorsal fin and along the top of the fish. This sometimes earns them the nickname "black-back". White perch have been reported up to 49.5 cm (19.5 in) in length and weighing 2.2 kg (4.9 lb). [4]
Other names for crappie are papermouths, strawberry bass, speckled bass or specks (especially in Michigan), speckled perch, white perch, [9] crappie bass, calico bass (throughout the Middle Atlantic states and New England), [10] and Oswego bass. [11] In Louisiana, it is called sacalait [12] (Cajun French: sac-à-lait, lit.
Rock bass are considered game fish throughout much of their range, the IGFA all-tackle world record for the species is a tie between 1.36 kg (3 lb 0 oz) fish caught in York River, Ontario, Canada, and Lake Erie, Pennsylvania, US, in 1974 and 1998 respectively.
In 2023 anglers in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan from Kenosha to Door counties landed 2,353 perch, according to the DNR. The catch included 473 perch in Kenosha County, 596 in Racine ...
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(Thomas's record was later broken by Mike Hart.) [5] He also broke Tyrone Wheatley's modern Michigan career record with 56 touchdowns (Thomas's record was later broken by Blake Corum.) He also set and continues to hold Michigan records with an average of 144.4 rushing yards per game in 2000 and six games in a season with at least 150 rushing yards.
The current record is a yellow perch caught by Kirk Rudzinski of Erie while fishing April 9, 2021, on Lake Erie. His fish weighed 2.98 pounds and the PFBC rounded the weight to 3 pounds.
On September 17, Corum tied Michigan's modern-era record with five rushing touchdowns in a game against UConn. He became the first Michigan player to score four first-half touchdowns since Ed Shuttlesworth in 1972. [15] [16] On September 24, Corum rushed for a career-high 243 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries in a 34–27 win over Maryland.