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Catching yellow perch through the ice can be fast-paced at times and very rewarding — especially when you’re catching big ones. Targeting these jumbo, rod-bending perch can be a challenge, but when ...
With perch biting well in local lakes, anglers are finding success targeting mud flats and cooler depths, creating great ...
To put those angler catches in perspective, in 1988 sport anglers caught 869,164 perch in the lake, including 133,328 in Kenosha, 213,163 in Racine and 408,438 in Milwaukee counties.
Yellow perch have historically been only a minor component of the Upper Mississippi fishery, but anglers are increasingly targeting them, both through the ice in the winter and in open water, ...
The state-record yellow perch in the nontidal division is a 3.3 pounder caught from a parm pond in 2006. After calling the DNR and filling out a record application online, the two anglers took the ...
Species Spotlight: Yellow Perch Scientific Name: Perca flavescens Nicknames: Perch, Common perch Current State Record: 3 lbs. 8 oz., Lake Erie, Erie County, 4/28/82 Identification: Yellow body with… ...
The 2025 TAC for yellow perch, at 5.9 million pounds, is lower than last year’s 6.6 million pounds, a decrease of 700,000 pounds, or about 10.6%.
Chuck Main, 55, of Beaver County, caught a yellow perch April 7 that rivals the Pennsylvania state record. Main, of Ellwood City, was fishing on Presque Isle Bay in Erie when he caught an ...
Both perch and walleye appear to be doing well in Mille Lacs, but the DNR has its reasons for new regulations announced this week. There are other factors at play, too.