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.

Thomas Dembeck Jr. of Hydes, Maryland landed a 2.3-pound, 16-inch yellow perch on February 7 while fishing the lower Susquehanna River. He was deep jigging in 50 feet of water, using a double-jig rig ...

Ashton Laird shares a picture of some monster yellow perch caught recently. Lairds adds, “Some of the fish weigh more than 2-pounds and are hitting artificial lures.” Photo by Devin Pleace Every ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Prospects for walleye fishing on Lake Erie continue to be outstanding, according to the most recent trawl surveys reported by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Each year, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Autumn fish fries are a tradition all along the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie, and a bone of contention for a legion of dedicated fishermen. There has been a decided lack of yellow ...

Dec. 5—The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is planning to stock adult yellow perch into Devils Lake next spring as part of a "trap-and-transport" effort to boost populations of the tasty panfish ...