The best perch fishing of the year happens right before ice-out

Late-season ice fishing often produces the biggest perch of the year. Learn where to find late-ice perch, the best lures to ...

‘Our Jaws Just Dropped.’ Jumbo Perch Caught Through the Ice Should Break a 44-Year-Old State Record

Visiting Wisconsin ice fisherman Alan Hintz caught a 3-pound yellow perch that should break a 44-year-old North Dakota record ...
Outdoor Life

‘Big as a Yellow Submarine.’ Yellow Perch Caught in the Tidewater Breaks 46-Year-Old Maryland Record

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 ...
The Post-Journal

Chautauqua Team Wins Biggest Perch Prize

The Scary Good Sportfishing yellow perch team, pictured, from left: Captain Rob Ebersole, Mark Mohr and John Woelfle, took first-place honors in the Southtowns Walleye Association of Western New York ...
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Has there been a better time to catch big perch?

DISCLAIMER: These fish were caught before March 15th 2025. The perch has been described in the past as the "biggest fish of them all" by legendary angler Richard Walker, and it is hard to disagree ...
Sports Illustrated

Angler Bests 45-Year-Old Perch State Record: It Looked Like a Yellow Submarine!

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 ...
The Post-Journal

Yellow Perch Fishing Pays Big Cash

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 ...