Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens)


Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Perca
Species: P. flavescens

Yellow perch normally range from 6 to 12 inches in length and weigh from 1/4 to 1 pound. Larger yellow perch, up to 15 inches and 1.6 pounds, are occasionally caught in Maine.


Fishing Spots
Name Location
Chiatovich Creek Dyer, NV
Chimney Dam Reservoir Winnemucca, NV
Cleve Creek Ely, NV
Cold Creek Reservoir Eureka, NV
Cold Springs Reservoir Lund, NV
Colorado River  
Colorado River - Laughlin Laughlin, NV
Colorado River - Riviera AZ
Colorado River - Willow Beach Willow Beach, NV
Comins Lake Ely, NV
Crittenden Reservoir Montello, NV
Crystle Peak Pond Verdi, NV
Dacey Reservoir Preston, NV
Davis Creek Park Pond Washoe Valley, NV
Desert Creek Wellington, NV
Dorsey Reservoir Elko, NV
Dry Creek Reservoir Owyhee, NV
Duck Pond NV,
Dufurrena Ponds Virgin Valley, NV
Eagle Valley Reservoir Pioche, NV
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