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.

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,” ...

Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) make their spawning run from late February to mid-March and offer some of the earliest opportunities for sport fishermen to break out their rods and tackle. Their ...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Lake Erie's fertile Western Basin has been slowly changing from a wonderful spawning ground for yellow perch and walleye to an ecosystem more friendly to invasive white perch, ...

Ruedi Reservoir anglers are catching lots of yellow perch this year, and it’s not a good thing. The species is considered invasive to waters of the Western Slope. As for the reservoir, 15 miles east ...

State fisheries biologists are asking anglers to help them with a three-year study of yellow perch habitat in the Severn River by reporting any tagged perch they catch and release. Rudy Lukacovic said ...

A bright sun shined down through a cobalt sky Thursday along the Lake Michigan shore in Milwaukee County. A few puffy white clouds drifted overhead and a light south breeze put a gentle riffle on the ...

For decades, Adirondack resource managers have blamed the yellow perch for the decline of heritage trout strains, believing that perch were... Oct 05, 2017 — For decades, Adirondack resource managers ...

You total your car by driving it off a cliff. The insurance company cuts you a check and you buy a replacement. Do you drive toward the abyss and tempt the fates? We might not, but the folks who ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland anglers heading out for yellow perch this winter are now limited to just five fish per person per day in tidal waters and rivers, a move state officials say is necessary to ...

Ruedi Reservoir anglers are catching lots of yellow perch this year, and it’s not a good thing. The species is considered invasive to waters of the Western Slope. As for the reservoir, 15 miles east ...