HAMMOND, Ind. — A new Indiana fishing record was set last month for the state’s largest yellow perch. Indiana DNR announced this week that angler Blas Lara was fishing Lake Michigan during the Mayor’s ...

Even though Blas Lara didn’t win the Mayor’s Fishing Derby on Lake Michigan last month, he was still the talk of the tournament. That’s because Lara caught a jumbo yellow perch during the derby, ...

May 4—Blas Lara was shore fishing Lake Michigan in Lake County during the Mayor's Fishing Derby in Hammond April 21 when he landed a 3-pound, 2-ounce yellow perch. The fish shattered a 43-year-old ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) Blas Lara was fishing Lake Michigan in Lake County during the Mayor’s Fishing Derby in Hammond on April 21 when he landed a 3-pound, 2-ounce yellow perch, shattering a 43-year ...

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Lakon Williams remembers her Bay Port Fish Company booming. People used to come to the Thumb community on Saginaw Bay from all over Michigan for different fish species, one of them being native yellow ...

Every angler out there has a special place in their heart for a certain species, and if you grew up in the Northeast or Midwest, it’s likely to be the yellow perch. These hardy little fish are ...

Putting a few panfish in the livewell during mid- to late-summer is a different matter than the springtime, when spawning activities have fish in predictable locations. Warm-weather success with ...