To perch anglers, Seneca Lake is a source of “yellow gold.” This gold is not the high value mineral; it is the extremely large yellow perch in the two- to three-pound class that are found in the lake.

I went out perch fishing Tuesday morning on Seneca Lake with Max Freeman, who lives along the lake and knows how to fish it from a boat. We landed 36, ranging in size from 10 to 13 1/2 inches. I'm ...

Seneca Lake has a decades-long reputation as a premiere perch-producing spot all around the Northeast. Boaters arrive from Western and Central New York as well as nearby states to get in on the ...

It’s not every day that an Oneida Lake ice fisherman reels in a fat, 15-inch yellow perch. Mike Masucci Sr., of Liverpool, did just that more than a week ago while fishing “around the islands” on the ...

For hundreds of years, people who have lived near Seneca Lake in upstate New York have reported hearing loud booms coming from the water. No one is exactly sure why. The Native people of the region ...

Lake Erie perch anglers would trade gold for some emeralds right now. Emerald shiners, often called Lake Erie minnows or Buckeyes, have been difficult to find. Warm surface waters have pushed bait ...