The lowly perch - not walleye or trout, the state’s poster fish species - is attracting big numbers of ice anglers from across Montana to Holter Lake 60 miles southwest of Great Falls.

Roberts says he’s even started getting calls from Idaho and Washington residents planning trips to Holter Lake to ice fish for perch. “When the bite’s on, you can catch them on a bare hook ...

Here is the latest fishing report from Dave Graybill, longtime Eastern Washington outdoor radio host and angler: I had a hunch that there would be a good number of anglers on Fish Lake, near Lake ...

It was windy, raining intermittently and the tide was ebbing — conditions not conducive to good fishing for redtail surf perch along the Washington coast.

Fishing for surf perch off the Washington coast is allowed year-round, but the best time to catch them is during the summer.