Yellow Perch Lakes in Indiana

Yellow Perch is panfish — the family of smaller, abundant species that anchor kid-friendly fishing and ice-fishing in Indiana. Documented in 114 lakes across our dataset. Yellow Perch is moderately distributed — 113 lakes in North Dakota and 1 in Indiana. Some counties have it, others do not, so checking the per-lake pages matters.

Panfish species like Yellow Perch tolerate a wide range of water quality, so their presence in a lake says less about the lake than the absence of a game-fish would. Cross-reference the Yellow Perch lake list below against the LakeGrade rubric: lakes with both an A or B grade and Yellow Perch documented are the best places to start for recreational targeting.