How can fishing for Saginaw Bay walleyes be so good, and fishing for their relatives, yellow perch, be so — well — not? There are still some decent catches of perch made on the Bay, but perch ...

Commercial angler Lakon Williams stopped fishing in Saginaw Bay altogether. The reason was a rapid decline of yellow perch.

LANSING, Mich. -- Anglers in boats on Saginaw Bay have found the search for perch excellent, but it's still too early for the popular fish to enter rivers, cuts and marina basins, according to the ...

A trio of bills in the state House would, in part, stop commercial fishing of yellow perch. That worries Lakon Williams, whose family operates Bay Port Fish Co. in Michigan's Thumb.

The walleye anglers fish the channel edges for walleye and perch. This channel, which runs for many miles out into the bay is a major Saginaw Bay fishing location.

The Michigan DNR is asking for public input as it has updated its recreational fishing management plan for walleye and yellow perch for Saginaw Bay.

A young family tossed bread to ducks from shoreline rocks as we skimmed along the watery crotch of Michigan’s “thumb.” Saginaw Bay was being unusually nice to us. Our 18-foot walleye boat ...