Maryland angler Thomas Dembeck Jr. and his fishing partner of 50 years, Lee Haile, are old hands at catching limits of big yellow perch. They chiefly drift fish in Haile’s 20-foot aluminum boat in the ...

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 ...

Pictured are the winning anglers in the “King of Spring” yellow perch contest at Cayuga Lake. From left to right are Craig Sleeman, Fischer Sleeman and Ethan Sleeman. The family fishing team took home ...

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 ...

One of the strangest stories to come out of the Klamath River watershed is the one I heard from guide Phil Desautels when I went salmon fishing with him on the upper river near the Oregon border in ...

Two fish herald spring for most anglers in Maryland: the yellow perch for tidal anglers and the trout for freshwater anglers.

Lake Barkley is famous for many things, including outstanding bass and crappie fishing. But Lynn Bumgardner, a visiting angler from Tennessee, may have added a new page to the lake’s reputation by ...

A phone call from a fishing buddy helped a Pennsylvania angler realize he shouldn’t filet the trophy fish he'd just caught. Chuck Main, 55, of Beaver County, caught a yellow perch April 7 that rivals ...

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 explosion ...

The nuclear Ovgard family is all in town this week. It’s not a common occurrence these days, with Jake in Phoenix, Gabe in Boise, my parents here and me afflicted with chronic wanderlust that will ...

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