Its funny how no one has degraded the guy for keeping it like someone would have done probably by reply number 6 had it been a 15.5" crappie, then moral critcism would ensue and the topic would be locked.
It looks way over 2.5 lbs. THe state record perch was actually caught in a net by a DNR worker. Like many of our state records it is pretty scetchy! The pike record is just as bad....
Just to set the record straight on the Huge Jumbo. It was caught last March 30 in Webster,South Dakota area. The fish weighed 2 -10 and was 16". The reason I know is that I caught the fish and never thought it would keep appearing on different forms. Now you know that facts -