CLEVELAND, Ohio — The yellow perch fishing along the Ohio shoreline used to be at its best in spring and fall along the Lake Erie shoreline. This summer, there’s a Lake Erie Island perch ...

Creek Bait and Tackle said that good perch reports were coming from off Cattaraugus Creek to Evangola in 40 to 55 feet of water with Goldens or Emeralds. Smallmouth bass are being caught on gold ...

Yellow perch catches brightened the Marblehead Lighthouse Festival last Saturday. As thousands visited the lighthouse on its 200th anniversary, about 100 small fishing boats anchored just offshore ...

In addition to minnows, yellow perch will also hit worms and nightcrawlers. The most effective way to fish live bait is on a perch spreader or a crappie rig.

Retired charter captain Bob Rustowicz, right, and Tom Slawatycki ran out of bait, catching 80 perch up to 13 inches a few days ago. They were fishing Lake Erie east of Cattaraugus Creek in 50-60 feet ...

"The perch haven't been in here like this for 40 years," said Mike Benjamin, who cuts hair, runs fishing charters and works at Herb's Tackle Shop for a living in North East, which is nearly in ...

Lara’s fish weighed 3 pounds, 2 ounces. Photograph courtesy Hammond Marina It’s unknown what baits or rig Lara was using when he caught the yellow perch. The local derby allowed the use of both live ...

Now we do anchor more often, but not most of the time we fish for perch. Look at a standard perch rig. It has two or three hooks and a heavy sinker at the end.

Detroit River: Those using perch rigs and spreaders with minnows in 10 to 14 feet were still getting some yellow perch even though catch rates slowed a bit. Walleye were caught in the channels.

After an extremely odd year that saw a combination of drought conditions and record-breaking temperatures influencing fishing in the Great Lakes (and elsewhere), many anglers in Western New York have ...

Full bodied and robust, a gorgeous yellow perch better than 10 inches burst from the ice-cold water. Solid black bars and green and golden hues dominated the fish’s dorsal flanks, giving way to ...