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Best yellow perch lakes in Ontario

2939 Ontario waters hold yellow perch, 2939 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.

1. Lac Seul — 120 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie
2. Lake St. Joseph — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
3. Lake St. Joseph — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
4. Lake Abitibi — 49 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
5. Sandy Lake — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
6. Long Lake — 400 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
7. Lake Abitibi — 49 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
8. Lake Nipissing — 230 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
9. Lake Nipissing — 230 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
10. Eagle Lake — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
11. Lake Simcoe — 135 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
12. Sturgeon Lake — 260 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
13. Ogoki Reservoir — 236 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
14. Deer Lake — 217 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
15. Minnitaki Lake — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
16. Wunnummin Lake — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
17. Red Lake — 140 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
18. Missinaibi Lake — 250 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
19. Lac des Mille Lacs — 90 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
20. Trout Lake — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
21. MacDowell Lake — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
22. Dog Lake — 328 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
23. Wabigoon River — 43 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
24. Ivanhoe Lake — 70 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
25. Cat Lake — 85 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch

…plus 2914 more Ontario waters holding yellow perch.

When to fish yellow perch in Ontario

• Spring 3–12 ft — Spawning runs to shallow weeds and gravel — find the school, stay on it.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Schools slide deeper to soft-bottom flats and deep weedlines.
• Fall 12–35 ft — Jumbo perch pod up on deep basin flats feeding on invertebrates.
• Winter 15–35 ft — A premier ice-fishing target — deep mud flats, small jigs.

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