Lake Erie has its problems with toxic algae, agricultural and suburban pollution, and invasive species. Yet though the year-to-year hatch results in stretches appear erratic and cyclical, the lake ...

RACINE - At 5:30 a.m. Thursday a southeast wind drove waves from Lake Michigan into the corrugated sea wall, periodically sending columns of spray 10 feet high and onto the South Pier walkway. The ...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Lake Erie's fertile Western Basin has been slowly changing from a wonderful spawning ground for yellow perch and walleye to an ecosystem more friendly to invasive white perch, ...

Perch: Yellow perch draw the most angler-manned boats to launch sites along Lake Erie. At all sites, nomadic runs rule. Shallow flats off Dunkirk Harbor continue to draw perch schools, but boaters ...

Ruedi Reservoir anglers are catching lots of yellow perch this year, and it’s not a good thing. The species is considered invasive to waters of the Western Slope. As for the reservoir, 15 miles east ...

Originally, this column was to be the third part in a series on ice fishing. However, warmer, inconsistent weather has not permitted safe ice with 100 miles of my home. Rather than run to the ...

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 ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - The North Dakota prairie is famous for its flatness. "We can watch our dogs run away for three days," said Steve "Zippy" Dahl of Devils Lake. But here, about 100 miles west of ...

It was 15-degrees below zero about mid-morning on February 8 near the eastern shore of 200-square mile Mille Lacs Lake in frosty Minnesota, located east of Brainerd. Danny Thompson grew up ice fishing ...

Yellow perch have the distinction of being the most frequently caught game fish. In addition, their reputation as a tasty fish makes them a preferred ice-fishing treat. During ice-out, they travel in ...

Ruedi Reservoir anglers are catching lots of yellow perch this year, and it’s not a good thing. The species is considered invasive to waters of the Western Slope. As for the reservoir, 15 miles east ...