A few years ago, while fishing with my kids on the backwaters of the Mississippi River near Winona, Minnesota, my dad and I came across a tangle of huge yellow perch. After an hour of jumbo madness, I asked, “Where did all these perch come from?”
Fishing the Mississippi in the 1980s, my buddies and I caught walleye, northern pike and catfish, in that order. Panfish was not a priority and I rarely recall seeing bass on the Mississippi or in its backwaters.
With improved water clarity and more vegetation, something amazing happened. The perch bounced back, great.
Jumbo bass are growing in the waters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota/Wisconsin
