Late-season ice fishing often produces the biggest perch of the year. Learn where to find late-ice perch, the best lures to use, and how to fish safely.

Before sunrise, on a frigid, frozen lake south of Madison, Wisconsin, Zach Feiner is staring at a buzzing screen. He's drilled a hole through the ice on Lake Waubesa and dropped two things down: a ...

Wisconsinite Alan Hintz has been ice fishing for more than 50 years, and he’s fished a lot of places in that time: from small ponds in the Midwest to Canadian rivers to the famed waters of Lake Erie.

Minnesota residents will need to update their fishing licenses, but Wisconsin residents have until the end of the month.

A perch weighing nearly 3 pounds caught at Devils Lake might very well be North Dakota's new state record. The perch in question — measuring 16 1/2 inches and weighing 2.99 pounds — was caught ...

White perch are a bit odd. They exist in strong numbers in many regions of the country, yet few anglers make them a primary target. Much of this has to do with size. For the most part, white perch are ...

Black, crystal clear ice on the north end of Chautauqua Lake was about 6 inches on Saturday, with small yellow perch and white perch eager to bite. Photo by Rich Davenport Winter doesn’t knock ...