New Mississippi State Record Yellow Perch Caught at Pickwick Lake
by TBC Press on 03/30/16
On Monday, March 21, Wesley Cummings of Booneville was fishing in Mill Creek at Pickwick Lake near Iuka. While crappie fishing using a small pink jig, Mr. Cummings hooked and landed a large yellow perch. The fish was positively identified by Tyler Stubbs, a fisheries biologist with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) and was weighed on a certified scale. Mr. Cummings' fish weighed 1.46 pounds, becoming the new Mississippi state record yellow perch! READ MORE
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