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 ...

I'm out here on the eastern basin of Lake Erie with a bucket full of live minnows and a T-Turn Bait Rig made especially for catching perch and panfish. I bait up the rig with live minnows and talk ...

ON LEECH LAKE -- Before he even shuts off his pickup, Brian "Bro" Brosdahl drops a Macho Minnow down an ice-fishing hole he had used four days earlier. It hasn't frozen over since then. In less than ...

In the pale morning light, the ghostlike outline of Sugarloaf Island appeared, quickly vanishing into the mist as our snowmobiles sped by. I had been ice fishing on Lake Cascade many times, but never ...

The dawn of spring in the Chesapeake region has always been heralded by yellow perch, which swarm up tidal rivers, creeks and streams to spawn at the first hint of a warm spell. This year the yellow ...

Winter in the UK can be a challenging time for anglers. With fewer daylight hours and colder conditions, the opportunities to get out on the water can sometimes feel a bit limited. However, the darker ...

Dan Hammer's brother has been having good luck catching perch on Waubay Lake recently. So much so that one day he timed how long it would take to catch his limit of 10 fish. Final tally: 11 minutes.

A Pennsylvania teenager recently scored a lifetime achievement after reeling in a fish that broke his state's record, officials say. Mohnton resident Christopher Barrett, 19, caught an unusually large ...

An observation not intended to cause controversy has garnered some passionate responses. Last Sunday's outdoors column shared that daily catch limits for yellow perch and walleye would remain the same ...

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Anglers can clip those tales of woe about poor yellow perch prospects. Final Lake Erie Unit data on perch catches put the 2009 season at or near record numbers in many categories. "The unit has been ...