Though they may often play a secondary role to their larger cousin the walleye, yellow perch are an important species in several local waters. Late fall is a productive time to target them. Take for ...

Identification: Yellow body with six to seven dark vertical bars. Average adult size is seven – 10 inches, but can grow much larger in some waters. Yellow perch are in the same family as walleye.

Lake Erie has its problems with toxic algae, agricultural and suburban pollution, and invasive species. Yet though the year-to-year hatch results in stretches appear erratic and cyclical, the lake ...

Every angler out there has a special place in their heart for a certain species, and if you grew up in the Northeast or Midwest, it’s likely to be the yellow perch. These hardy little fish are ...

Prized by both commercial netters and hook-and-line anglers, yellow perch these days could use help. A year ago the Ohio Division of Wildlife was forced by a prolonged decline in yellow perch to cut ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HAMMOND, Ind. — A new Indiana fishing record ...

Lakon Williams remembers her Bay Port Fish Company booming. People used to come to the Thumb community on Saginaw Bay from all over Michigan for different fish species, one of them being native yellow ...

Two nets mean two walleyes for Jim and Debbie Thomson, as the Lake Erie walleye schools between Sunset Bay and Barcelona Harbor have been larger than ever each year. A solid Lake Erie management plan ...

RACINE - At 5:30 a.m. Thursday a southeast wind drove waves from Lake Michigan into the corrugated sea wall, periodically sending columns of spray 10 feet high and onto the South Pier walkway. The ...