Perch fishing offers the finest of simple pleasures. Among freshwater fish, the yellow perch’s sweet, white meat is arguably the best eating, rivaling fresh walleye fillets. These fish are also ...

The Port Clinton area party fishing boats were still reporting successful catches of Lake Erie yellow perch early this week, but mid-week winds and heavy rains created flooding onshore and slowed ...

It is time to get your perch fishing game on. The place to be is the New York waters of Lake Erie. Perch are fun to catch and, as table fare, they are tough to beat.

Lake Erie has been called The Walleye Capital of the World and experts expect that name to hold throughout the 2024 fishing season.

With big game season opening, be sure you include some bright clothing in your angling outfit if you're fishing near hunting land.

An angler holds a 12-inch-long yellow perch caught Dec. 29, 2024 while fishing in the Milwaukee harbor of Lake Michigan.

Charter Captain Rob Ebersole, left, and friends are pictured fishing aboard his 21-foot Starcraft Fishmaster used a Garmin Forward-Facing Sonar to score well fishing for Lake Erie yellow perch. Winter ...

A table full of jumbo perch is the ultimate reward for a day of successful ice fishing. / Joe Shead Yellow perch are some of the tastiest freshwater fish that swim. For many, finding and catching ...

The Lake Michigan yellow perch population remains very low and angler catches are far below historical averages. The drops trace to the 1990s.

Importantly, analysis of the fish caught in recent spawning studies shows at least some from each year class over about the last decade, said Aaron Schiller, DNR fisheries biologist.Get daily updates ...