However, at dawn and at dusk, yellow perches move into shallow water to feed. Yellow perches, which do have small teeth, feed on smaller fish. Their diet also includes insects, snails and small crayfish. Impact on the inhabitants of the Alligator River area Yellow perches are commercially fished in the Alligator River area. Most of the fish are caught between the months of May and June.
Fishermen sometimes utilize pound nets to catch yellow perch.
The following videos illustrate commercial perch fishing on the Alligator River. Activity Learn the anatomy of bony fish by studying these illustrations of the yellow perch. Olfactory basket 17. Pyloric ceca 2. Olfactory nerve 18.