PFBC Yellow Perch Feature Page

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Yellow Perch

Anglers with yellow perch

Fish for Yellow Perch

Interactive Map of Warmwater / Coolwater Fisheries

Yellow Perch Fishing Tips

Feature articles from PA Angler & Boater magazine:

PA Map - linked to list of PA waters with yellow perch

Caught in PA

Greg Rekitt with 2 pound yellow perch caught from Presque Isle Bay in February 2010

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 in May 2007. The fish was 15 inches long with a girth of 12 1/2 inches.

Top 5 caught in PA in 2010 (not pictured)

2 lb 10 oz—Presque Isle Bay
2 lb—Presque Isle Bay
1 lb 15 oz—Presque Isle Bay
1 lb 12 oz—Lake Erie
1 lb 12 oz—Lake Erie

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PA State Record — 2 lb. 11 oz.
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Yellow perch fisheries management overview

Regs-summary book

Regs-panfish enhancement

Species overview, identification, habitat, life history (Perches chapter from PA Fishes book)

Biologist Reports - surveys of lakes and streams

Fishing

FAQ index

GIS data at PASDA (presence of warm/coolwater species)

PA fish species