12-Year-Old in Idaho Takes World Record Perch Title From Massachusetts - On The Water (2024)

In March of 2005, Massachusetts angler and regular On The Water contributor Roy Leyva set the ice-fishing world record for a yellow perch caught on a tip-up:2 pounds, 6 ounces, caughton Massachusetts’ Sheep Pond. That benchmark stood until 2014, when it was toppled by a hard-core ice-fisherman from Idaho—12-year-oldTia Wiese.

Tia’s humongous, 2-pound, 11.68-ounce yellow perch broke the Idaho state record andshattered theice-fishing world record for a fish caught on a tip-up, a category recognized by theNational Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame.

Leyva is big proponent of getting kids into fishing and has worked as project director andlead instructor for The Fishing Academy,a non-profit organization geared to take kids off the streets and into the outdoors by teaching them how to fish. On his Facebook page, he offered his congratulations to Tia: “So glad it was a 12-year-old girl who broke my world record. Fishing might not be the answer to fixing what the next generation will have deal with, but it’s a start! Good for her! Glad to pass the torch!”

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   Joe G10 years ago

   That’s a heck of a fish! Looks egg laden too. You go girl!

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   tom andreotta10 years ago

   Nice tiger perch

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   Jeff Jordan9 years ago

   Way to go!! Nothing greater than seeing that fish, except for that smile on her face. Great Job!!

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   Bonnie Booth8 years ago

   What a catch “Go Girl ;)”

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   Jesse8 years ago

   Just yesterday I caught a 13.5in. yellow perch fishing in the St.Lawrece river ..NNY…..On a tip up…5″ ice

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   Jared7 years ago

   Can be a world record Michigans state record perch is 21 inches and over 3.5 lbs

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      Mn4 years ago

      World record on a tip up!! Read the article ya meat wagon!

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   Trevor Bosanic5 years ago

   Michigan’s is way bigger it was caught near Marquette in Lake Independence

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   Steven Hanagan5 years ago

   Can’t really be the record in MA, my dad set it on record in 1984 in Ashland at 3lbs 2oz. Still have the award and pic. They are rectifying it as we speak

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   bob behling3 years ago

   what equipment was used to weigh the world record yellow perch caught in 1895?

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      Scott2 years ago

      Jersey still holds the world record. We used to get them three pounds sometimes in some of the lakes.

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    R. Champ2 years ago

    ON A TIP-UP !!!!, can you people not read