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HARFORD COUNTY, MD-Pennsylvania angler recently caught a new Maryland state record yellow perch while fishing a pond in Harford County.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources confirmed that angler Phil Deer Jr.'s 3-pound, 5-ounce, 16/-inch perch is the largest ever caught in Maryland and the fourth largest on record in the world. The state's previous record was a 2-pound, 6.75-ounce fish caught at Deep Creek Lake in 2003.

The current world record yellow perch is a 4-pound, 3-ounce fish caught in New Jersey in 1865
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