Yellow Perch

Yellow Perch are one of the best-
tasting freshwater fish. Some
anglers absolutely love catching
perch, while others may get

annoyed by them because they will steal your bait when
anglers are fishing for walleye or bass with live bait. Most
perch are between 6 and 9 inches long, but many lakes
produce good populations of jumbo perch in the 10 to 12
inch range with some even bigger. Perch fishing is
typically best in clear, cool lakes and in reservoirs that
contain rock, gravel or sand bottoms. Weedy, muddy
bottomed lakes can hold large populations of perch, but
there usually isn't a big enough food source for them to
sustain a good population of big fish. The weeds give
them plenty of places to hide from walleye, pike and
bass. With more perch there is more competition, which
leads to smaller fish.