Yellow Perch Tag Request Form

Click here to download the 2013 Yellow Perch Tag Request Form.

You must fax a copy of your 2013 Yellow Perch Permit Card along with the Tag Request Form to receive additional tags.

**Please allow for at least 5 business days for process and shipment
of tags when making your request. **


2013 Commercial Yellow Perch Season Modification

Upper Bay and Patuxent River

The Secretary of Maryland Department of Natural Resources pursuant to COMAR 08.02.21.04B announces that the 2013 commercial yellow perch season on the Upper Bay and Patuxent River, as defined in COMAR 08.02.21.03D, will be extended through Saturday, March 16, 2013. The Chester River fishery, as defined in COMAR 08.02.21.03D, will close on March 10, 2013. The Upper Bay and Patuxent River yellow perch fisheries are subject to closure when the harvest target is projected to be met.

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Recreational Fisherman

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Delicious Yellow Perch Recipe

Perch 'Till It Hurts

Try this delicious Yellow Perch recipe provided by renowed chef and TV host John Sheilds

A friend of mine from Darlington, Maryland gave me this recipe. She got it from her mother who said that if it was spicy hot enough, you'd feel like the Holy Ghost had got hold of you.

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