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Winter anglers savored auguring holes for the first time in several years to enjoy ice fishing on Lake Erie. With all the ...

Anglers looking to hook walleye and yellow perch should be aware of the new 2025 guidelines for the limits on taking those ...

Get ready to cast a line, ODNR has compiled a list of the best fishing around the state. And Lake Erie isn't on it. Check out ...

Yellow perch action is starting to take off in Cattaraugus Creek reports Bob Rustowicz of Cheektowaga. He set his sights on ...

Not many lakes have large yellow perch to compare with our local Lake Erie. The immensely popular “King of Spring” yellow ...

"Additionally, a stable yellow perch population in Lake Erie’s west zone will provide good fishing in 2025, while lower catch rates are expected to continue in the central and east zones." ...

Circle your calendar. One of the most informative Lake Erie angler meetings each year will occur Thursday, April 24, from 6-9 ...

Lake Erie’s fisheries agencies met to set the 2025 walleye and yellow perch total allowable catch (TAC) harvest limits.

Last year’s harvest of yellow perch totaled 3.5 million pounds. The TAC numbers get converted into Lake Erie fishing catch limits under a blueprint the Ohio Division of Wildlife has in place.

Fish limits are in place to make sure the population doesn’t become depleted. Yellow perch, the other popular Lake Erie fish caught to be eaten, has an Ohio limit of 10 per day off Cleveland ...