A downstate man now holds the state record the largest white perch caught in Michigan.
Scott Smith from St. Clair County and a friend were fishing back on April 25 on Lake St. Clair when he reeled in his 2 pound, 5.92 ounces perch measuring 16.25 inches.
It beats the old record set in Muskegon County in 2016 by three inches.
Smith is no stranger to big fish. His first world-record fish was a rainbow trout caught in 1996.
He now holds 53 world records but this is his first state-record fish.