OTTAWA COUNTY, MI -- As boats bobbed around him trying to catch fish, Jake Stowe knew he needed to try something new. Boasts about plentiful perch catches ... Grand's flow into Lake Michigan.

The Lake Michigan yellow perch population has shown signs of natural reproduction in recent years but the number of fish and angler harvest remain far below historical averages, according to ...

In 1996, Wisconsin banned commercial fishing for perch on Lake Michigan and reduced the sport bag limit. The measures have failed, however, to produce a resurgence. Most scientists point to the ...

For reasons that fishery biologists still do not understand, the population of yellow perch in Lake Michigan has plunged dangerously close to the point of no return. Some blame the invading zebra ...

"Blas Lara was fishing Lake Michigan in Lake County during the Mayor’s Fishing Derby in Hammond on April 21 when he landed a 3-pound, 2-ounce yellow perch, shattering a 43-year-old Indiana state ...

(AP) — Michigan is cutting in half its catch limit for yellow perch this year ... The limit will remain at 50 for Lake Erie. Lake Gogebic in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties will have the 25 ...

Scott Smith from Adrian was fishing on Lake St. Clair on April 25 when he snagged a white perch, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The fish weighed at 2 pounds ...