If you take Riverside Drive in Red Deer heading north towards olymel you'll see the sign for 3 mile Bend. Turn in there and the pond is on the left and the river is on the right.

I don't even think I was driving when I saw that perch so heck,6 or 7 years ago? I used to go down there and fish the river and if I got bored I'd skip across the road and try for some little perch. Never caught anything big but one day I showed up and there was this hawg floating towards shore. Definately the biggest perch I've ever seen.