YELLOW PERCH

FISH FOR YELLOW PERCH

⇢ Yellow Perch Fishing Tips
⇢ Best Fishing Waters - Yellow Perch
⇢ Panfish Identification
⇢ Species overview, identification, habitat, life history (Perches chapter from PA Fishes book)

INTERACTIVE MAPS

Find fishing waters by using one or more of our interactive maps:

• Warmwater/Coolwater Fisheries for waters known to have panfish in them
• Special Regulation Areas (Panfish Enhancement Program)
• Biologist Reports for reports on waters surveyed by Commission biologists
• County Guide for access points

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

​Yellow Perch Management and Fishing in Pennsylvania

FEATURE ARTICLES FROM PA ANGLER & BOATER MAGAZINE

Fall Panfish
Go Deep for Late Fall Panfish
How to Fish for Spring Panfish
Lake Erie Yellow Perch
Lake Erie's Amazing Perch Fishing
Yellow Perch Fishing on Lake Erie

CAUGHT IN PA

Greg Rekitt with 2 pound yellow perch caught from Presque Isle Bay

Jim McCarthy with a perch taken on a jig while trolling a waterway in Wayne County

Joseph Getz of Nazareth displays a yellow perch caught while ice fishing at Mauch Chunk Lake, Carbon County

Walker Loveland Sr., Wallsville, caught this nice perch from a local pond in Lackawanna County. The fish was 15 inches long with a girth of 12 1/2 inches.