To become really big, a perch will have wised-up to angling pressure, so making subtle tweaks and changes to your tactics is vital if you are to get them feeding confidently.

Captain Rob Ebersole of Scary Good Sportfishing, along with John Woelfle and Mark Mohr, braved the elements in the Southtowns Walleye Association of Western New York annual Spring Perch Tournament.

“That’s when I realized how big a perch it was. It’s easily the biggest one I’ve ever caught – and I’ve been fishing for them since I was a little kid on Lake of the Woods, and on Mille Lacs for ...

Haile, who holds the Maryland tidewater record for an 8-pound pickerel, realized Dembeck’s huge perch could be a state record. It was the biggest perch Dembeck had ever caught, and he’s caught ...