Why Ice Fish for Perch? Yellow perch are some of the best-tasting freshwater fish. And when they're in a biting mood, they will hit just about any lure they can fit in their mouths. Other times, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lake Erie yellow perch veterans generally rely on a multi-hook crappie rig or a double-hooked perch spreader. The rigs sport monofilament leaders with long-shanked No. 6 hooks ...

Anglers tend to focus on the portion of their fishing tackle that comes into direct contact with the fish: hooks, artificial lures, flies. Narrowing it down still more, the point of the hook. It does ...

Sculling gently with a light wood paddle, I slipped up to the submerged brush pile. Reaching out with a 9-foot fly rod I ...

Why did you buy that expensive sonar-fish finder if you are not going to believe it? When you are anchored or drifting on Lake Erie, fishing for perch, most anglers leave the sonar on. Fewer anglers ...

BROWN ISN’T WORKING TODAY. Neither is white. Even orange on a green jighead isn’t getting bit. It’s a chilly sunny April day, and I’m out with Paula and Gordon in a Fletcher’s rowboat, bouncing tandem ...

Balog’s drop shot rigs consist of a No. 1 Gamakatsu hook tied to 6-pound test fluorocarbon line using a Palomar knot to make the hook stand straight out from the line with the point up. Balog usually ...