Although the yellow perch is not a fierce fighter when hooked, it is a popular panfish and good eating. Easily caught on natural bait, flies, and small spinners, they are often the mainstay of ice fishermen using jigs and small minnows. In addition, the yellow perch ranks right along with the various sunfishes as being the impatient young angler's old standby. Distribution of yellow perch in NY state. Dark dots represent where actual samples of yellow perch were taken.
White dots represent historic distributions.
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