The Must-Do List: Catch 30 Perch from the East 55th Street Pier

Anglers need to be on their best piscatorial game in order to hit the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ daily limit of 30 yellow perch per person. But Cleveland has a secret weapon: The Cleveland Metroparks’ recently renovated East 55th Street Pier makes luring the green and yellow fish a day at the beach. The perch swim to shallow waters during spring to feed and spawn, and are known to school around the 1,200-foot-long platform jutting into the lake. Armed with a light rod (perch are nibblers, so you’ll want to feel each bite), a bucket of minnows from the nearby bait shop and downtown as a backdrop, a day on the lake turns into a net gain. 5555 N. Marginal Road, Cleveland, 216-391-5566, clevelandmetroparks.com