Prime Locations

• Ontario has a plethora of yellow perch to offer anglers.Toronto image by Foto Factory from Fotolia.com
  
  Perch can be found all over Canada, with a high concentration of their population within Ontario. Most perch, particularly yellow perch, can be found in any size lake or river.
  
  

Behavior of Perch

• Most perch thrive in clear, cool waters with the bottom of their habitat consisting of different forms or rock or sand. They also enjoy dwelling along weed beds, as this provides both sustenance and protection from possible predators. Once hooked, perch can typically be angled in with ease due to their more passive nature.
  
  

Bait and Tackle

• Red or yellow are choice colors for lures when fishing for perch.bait image by Zbigniew Nowak from Fotolia.com
  
  Often, yellow perch in Canadian waters are attracted to bright lures. This allows the angler to try out a variety of different tackle. In particular, smaller lures are usually the most successful. In regard to live bait, any type of worm, leech or small minnow would be optimal for getting a perch riled up. Attaching a small worm to a lure could be the right combination to bring in a healthy perch catch during your outing.
  
  

Tips and Other Facts

• Perch are considered a smaller pan fish with the biggest reaching a weight of 2 lbs. Most perch are just shy of a foot long with an average weight of less than 1 lb. Perch are also known as a "schooling fish." Ideally, anglers should search for heavily reefed or weeded areas, where most schools of perch tend to congregate.
  
  

Regulations and Permits

• Per the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, all Canadian residents between the ages of 18 and 65 wanting to fish must carry a Canadian "Outdoors Card," which is valid for three years. Along with the outdoors card a one- or three-year sport-fishing license tag must be purchased and accompany the outdoors card.
  
  Non-residents must follow the same procedure to obtain the non-resident version of both the outdoors card and sport-fishing license tag.