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 ...

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.

DNR officials aren’t necessarily looking to put Saginaw Bay commercial fishers out of business. They’d just like less commercial fishing on the Bay.

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.

Saginaw and Bay City News Bills would allow commercial walleye fishing on Great Lakes, ban catching perch for profit Published: Aug. 29, 2019, 12:46 p.m.