Yellow perch fishing in Lake Erie means dressing warm for a few hours on the water — the ice is gone, the fish are biting. Photo courtesy of Captain Hans Mann The spring weather is improving this week ...

This story is published in cooperation with Willamette Week and Oregon’s Adventure Coast: Coos Bay, North Bend, Charleston. There’s no mistaking it: That sharp tug on the line, the bend in the rod.

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.

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 ...