“My good friend Derik Walcheski and I had another buddy show us a good sand-mud transition area for perch fishing that morning,” Thompson, 37, tells Outdoor Life. “We drilled holes through the ice ...

"Juvenile perch and tullibee, important forage species ... It also showed strong numbers of juvenile fish that are expected to contribute to the fishery in the future. Anglers share the Mille ...

“Although Sacramento perch struggle to reproduce in the presence of non-native sunfish, CDFW is experimentally stocking older juvenile and adult fish, which have shown to coexist more ...

Illegal nets—particularly those facilitating the "hurry-up" fishing method—are responsible for an estimated 40 percent of juvenile Nile Perch by-catch. This, along with increasing trade in ...