CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lake Erie yellow perch veterans generally rely on a multi-hook crappie rig or a double-hooked perch spreader. The rigs sport monofilament leaders with long-shanked No. 6 hooks ...

If you want to catch Lake Erie yellow perch, now is the time to do it. Yellow perch are favorite for table fare in the Great Lakes region, and there is no better fishery for them than Lake Erie. While ...

Yellow perch fishing is a rite of late winter and early spring in Maryland, when anglers work the tidal tributaries, hoping to find the spawning runs near peak levels. In some rivers, it is hard ...

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 ...

When the temperature drops below freezing and ice covers area lakes and ponds, even some of the hardiest anglers stay indoors, viewing the winter world through frost-covered windows. I do it myself ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lake Erie yellow perch are finally making an appearance along the Ohio shoreline, but where are the emerald shiner minnows? The most popular bait for catching yellow perch has been ...

I was talking with my friend Leon Cole, who for many years has operated Cole’s Bait and Tackle next to Paint Creek Lake with his wife Jean. Leon, who also frequently fishes at nearby Rocky Fork Lake, ...

Wow, it’s February and we are past the half- way point in our winter. I always think of the hard or cold core of winter as being January and February. So now that we are over halfway through winter, ...

LANSING — The good multispecies fishing on the Upper Mississippi River has gotten even better with the recent population explosion of yellow perch. “It’s becoming a destination for perch anglers,” ...