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 PFBC LOCATIONS/TABLE OF CONTENTS
For More Information: The mission of the Pennsylvania
Headquarters Centre Region Office Fishing Licenses: Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC)
1601 Elmerton Avenue 595 East Rolling Ridge Drive Phone: 1-800-838-4431 is to protect, conserve and enhance
P.O. Box 67000 Bellefonte, PA 16823 the Commonwealth’s aquatic
Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000 Lobby Phone: 814-359-5124
Boat Registration/Titling: resources, and provide fishing and
Phone: 866-262-8734 boating opportunities.
Phone: 717-705-7800 Fisheries Admin. Phone:
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 814-359-5110 Publications:
Monday through Friday Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Phone: 717-705-7835 Contents
Monday through Friday Regulations by Location
Boating Safety (All Fish Species)
Education Courses Commonwealth Inland Waters.................... 10
Phone: 888-723-4741 fishandboat.com/socialmedia Pymatuning Reservoir................................. 12
Region Offices: Law Enforcement/Education Conowingo Reservoir.................................. 12
Delaware River and Estuary........................ 12
Contact Law Enforcement for information about regulations and fishing and boating
Lake Erie and Tributary Streams.................. 14
opportunities. Contact Outreach and Education for information about fishing and boating
programs and boating safety education. Catch and Release Lakes.............................. 15
Miscellaneous Waters.................................. 16
Northwest Region Southcentral Region
11528 State Highway 98, Meadville, PA 16335 1704 Pine Road, Newville, PA 17241 Regulations by Species
Law Enforcement: Outreach and Education: Law Enforcement: Outreach and Education: Big Bass Program........................................ 11
814-337-0444 814-336-2426 717-486-7087 717-705-7919 Catch and Release Bass................................ 11
Fax 814-337-0579 Fax 814-337-0579 Fax 717-486-8227 Fax 717-705-7831 Brood Stock Lakes....................................... 15
Counties: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Counties: Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cumberland, Panfish Enhancement................................. 15
Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Reptiles and Amphibians............................ 18
Juniata, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, York
Southwest Region Trout Fishing Regulations
236 Lake Road, Somerset, PA 15501 Northeast Region Notice of Stocking (NOS)............................. 22
Law Enforcement: Outreach and Education: 5566 Main Road, Sweet Valley, PA 18656
Trout Fishing Regulations........................... 23
814-445-8974 814-443-9841 Law Enforcement: Outreach and Education:
Fax 814-445-3497 Fax 814-445-3497 570-477-5717 570-477-2206 Trout Fishing Southeast Region.................. 25
Counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Fax 570-477-3221 Trout Fishing Southcentral Region............. 26
Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Counties: Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Trout Fishing Southwest Region.................. 28
Washington, Westmoreland Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan, Trout Fishing Northwest Region................. 30
Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming Trout Fishing Northcentral Region............. 32
Northcentral Region Trout Fishing Northeast Region.................. 35
595 East Rolling Ridge Drive Southeast Region
Bellefonte, PA 16823 P.O. Box 9, Elm, PA 17521 Requirements and Law
Law Enforcement: Outreach and Education: Law Enforcement: Outreach and Education: Fishing Licenses............................................. 4
814-359-5250 814-359-5127 717-626-0228 215-968-3631 Permits......................................................... 5
Fax 814-359-5254 Fax 814-359-5153 Fax 717-626-0486 General Fishing Regulations......................... 8
Counties: Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Counties: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Tackle, Equipment and Bait.......................... 8
Clinton, Elk, Jefferson, Lycoming, McKean, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Unlawful Acts............................................... 9
Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill
Boundary Waters........................................ 12
Tioga, Union
Office hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you see anything suspected to be pollution, a
Saltwater Angler Registry........................... 12
disturbance or poaching on any waterway, regardless of how seemingly insignificant, report it immediately by calling Endangered/Threatened Native Species...... 18
the local PFBC Region Law Enforcement office listed above during business hours or call the PFBC toll-free hotline: Boat and Gear Cleaning Requirements....... 19
855-Fish-Kil to leave a message. A pollution or disturbance may also be reported to the Pennsylvania Department of General Boating Regulations...................... 20
Environmental Protection at 1-800-541-2050 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week).
Accessibility Resources............................... 20
State Fish Hatcheries Public Health Advisory............................... 37
• Bellefonte • Benner Spring • Oswayo • Reynoldsdale* Reporting Pollution.................................... 40
1115 Spring Creek Road 1735 Shiloh Road 96 State Route 244 East 162 Fish Hatchery Road
Bellefonte, PA 16823 State College, PA 16801 Coudersport, PA 16915 New Paris, PA 15554 On the cover
814-355-3371 814-355-4837 814-698-2102 814-839-2211
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Corry, PA 16407 Carlisle, PA 17013 Bellefonte, PA 16823 Tionesta, PA 16353 Lake at Bald Eagle
814-664-2122 717-486-3419 814-359-5132 814-755-3524 State Park, Centre
• Fairview • Linesville* • Pleasant Mount • Tylersville County. Photo by
2000 Lohrer Road 13300 Hartstown Road 229 Great Bend Turnpike 43 Hatchery Lane
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P.O. Box 531 Linesville, PA 16424 Pleasant Mount, PA 18453 Loganton, PA 17747
Fairview, PA 16415 814-683-4451 570-448-2101 570-725-3965
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Fishing Licenses mentation that within the previous 24 months be here on authorized leave. While in the act of
the person was deployed overseas as a member fishing, the military personnel must carry proof
Fishing licenses are sold by license issuing
of the reserve component of the armed forces for of each of these requirements, such as a Penn-
agents through an electronic point-of-sale
a period of 60 consecutive days or more or was sylvania driver’s license, a military ID and valid
(P.O.S.) system. This system brings increased
released early from service because of an injury military orders showing the place of assignment
efficiency, more options and easier upgrades
or disease incurred in the line of duty. and leave status.
for anglers. Fishing licenses are sold online.
POW licenses are available to persons who Under the law, a qualifying soldier, sailor, airman
A current license, on their person, is required
provide military documentation stating the person or Marine does not receive a free Pennsylvania
of persons age 16 and over to fish or angle for
is a former Prisoner Of War. Initial licenses are fishing license. Instead, eligible active duty mili-
any species of fish and to take fishbait, baitfish
available only at the PFBC and county treasurers. tary personnel can legally fish without a license
and species of amphibians and reptiles from
After providing verification of eligibility, annual under the limited circumstances outlined in the
Commonwealth waters by those legal methods
licenses may then be obtained at any issuing agent law. They must have on their person while fishing
described in this booklet.
or online. evidence of Commonwealth residency, proof of
FISHING is defined as the act of angling, or to Senior resident and senior lifetime licenses their assignment to a facility outside this Com-
catch, take, kill or remove, or the attempt to catch, are available to those persons at anytime during monwealth and a copy of their orders assigning
take, kill or remove, from any waters or other the year in which they will become age 65. them to temporary leave.
areas within or bordering this Commonwealth • Persons who possess a SENIOR RESIDENT The law does not exempt military personnel on
any fish by any means or method for any purpose LIFETIME license dated before January 1, 1991 leave from any other requirements of fishing or
whatsoever. CASTING and/or RETRIEVING, are not required to purchase a trout permit. How- boating laws and regulations.
whether by rod, reel and line, or by handline, for ever, a Senior Resident Lifetime license holder who Students from out of state who are attending
oneself or for others, requires a current license, purchased a trout permit or a Combination trout/ school in Pennsylvania but who have not become
unless specifically exempted by law. See “As- Lake Erie permit before January 1, 2015, remains residents of Pennsylvania are not eligible to pur-
sistance to Children” on page 8 for specifics on exempt from the requirement to purchase a trout chase a resident license and must obtain a tourist
when a license is required when assisting a child permit annually. or Non-Resident PA Student fishing license.
(15 years of age and under). Disabled Veterans Licenses – Any disabled Social Security Number requirements – Since
OBTAIN YOUR LICENSE: veteran who has a disability incurred in any war 1998, federal and state laws require purchasers
a) at more than 700 license-issuing agents or armed conflict that consists of the loss of one of a Pennsylvania fishing license to provide their
b) at county treasurers or more limbs or the loss of use of one or more Social Security Number when applying to purchase
c) at PFBC offices limbs, or total blindness, or who is 100 percent a fishing license.
d) at HuntFish.PA.gov disabled as certified by the United States Veterans Vouchers - A voucher may be purchased as a
Lost fishing licenses or replacements – A lost Administration and is a resident of this Com- gift for another individual that can be redeemed
fishing license can be replaced at any issuing agent monwealth may obtain a free resident fishing for a license and/or permit. A voucher may be
at cost or reprinted online for free. All replacement license upon application to the Commission or redeemed at any issuing agent. The voucher is non-
licenses include permits or privileges previously county treasurers. After providing verification of refundable and expires as noted. A voucher is not
purchased by the customer. The total cost for a eligibility, annual licenses may then be obtained a fishing license and individuals using a voucher to
replacement license and previously purchased at any issuing agent or online. fish are in violation of the Fish and Boat Code and
permits or privileges that were printed on the Disabled Veterans Reduced Licenses – Any may be subject to legal action. Individuals wish-
base license is $6.97. disabled veteran who has a disability incurred in ing to purchase vouchers for
You qualify for a RESIDENT fishing license any war or armed conflict who is between 60 and holiday presents need to wait
if you are a bona fide resident of Pennsylvania. 99 percent disabled as certified by the United States until December 1 of that year
When purchasing a resident fishing license, you Veterans Administration and is a resident of this before purchasing a voucher.
must show positive proof of permanent residency Commonwealth may initially obtain a reduced 1-Day Tourist and 1-Day Resident licenses –
by presenting one of the following documents: fee resident fishing license upon application to 1-Day Tourist and 1-Day Resident licenses are not
a) valid Pennsylvania driver’s license the PFBC or county treasurers. After providing valid for fishing during the period from March 15 to
b) valid non-driver photo identification card verification of eligibility, annual licenses may April 30 of any year. 1-Day Tourist or 1-Day Resident
c) previous year’s Pennsylvania state income then be obtained at any issuing agent or online. licenses issued to be used on March 14 will expire
tax return showing proof of payment of per- Military personnel are required to purchase at 11:59 p.m. on March 14, regardless of what time
sonal income tax as a resident of Pennsylvania a fishing license. Those who are stationed in the license begins.
d) previous year’s local earned income tax return Pennsylvania under permanent change of station
showing tax paid to a Pennsylvania municipality (PCS) orders for a duration of 6 months or more, POSSESSION AND DISPLAY OF LICENSES
e) a current Pennsylvania voter registration card who produce documentation proving the same, The license shall be kept about the person
All issued resident fishing licenses will remain qualify for a resident fishing license. All others while fishing and shown upon the request of
valid for the year or years for which issued, must obtain a tourist or non-resident license. any waterways or other officer designated by
regardless of whether the license holder is no Certain active duty military personnel are exempt the Commission. In addition to showing the
longer a bona fide Pennsylvania resident. from Pennsylvania’s fishing license requirement. license to the officer, the holder thereof shall,
National Guard and Armed Forces Reserve To be eligible for the military waiver, an angler upon demand, establish further identification
licenses are available only at the PFBC and county must be a bona fide Pennsylvania resident, be on to the satisfaction of the officer by producing
treasurers to those persons who provide docu- active duty, be stationed outside Pennsylvania and some other positive means of identification.

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 PERMITS

TROUT PERMIT For permit application and issuance

VOLUNTARY YOUTH
A current Pennsylvania FISHING LICENSE
of Charter Boat/Fishing Guide permits:
trout permit is required to
To participate in a Mentored Youth Fishing Day,
fish for trout in Pennsylvania
anglers 16 years of age or older (adult anglers) must
waters. Permits are printed
on the license. An angler “fishes for trout” when possess a valid Pennsylvania fishing license and
the angler: be accompanied by a youth (less than 16 years of
• Takes, kills or possesses, while in the act of age) who has obtained a Mentored Youth Permit
fishing, a trout from any Pennsylvania or bound- OR a Voluntary Youth Fishing License. In addi-
ary waters. tion to a valid fishing license, the adult angler
• Fishes in waters under special trout regulations. (mentor) must posses a valid trout permit when
• Fishes in any Class A Wild Trout Waters or HuntFish.PA.gov the Mentored Youth Fishing Day relates to trout.
Wilderness Trout Streams or their tributaries. While mentors will be permitted to fish for trout,
• Fishes in any streams and rivers designated as they are not permitted to harvest trout and must
For additional information about Charter Boat/
stocked trout waters on February 17 through May 31. release them unharmed. Youth may harvest up to
Fishing Guide permits, contact the Bureau of Law
(See page 10). Enforcement at 717-705-7861. two trout (combined species) with a minimum
size of 7 inches. All other Commonwealth Inland
ANGLERS: Water Regulations apply.
PERMIT EXEMPTIONS: The following • The Mentored Youth Permit is free, and the
persons are NOT required to possess a trout To find a charter boat operator or fishing guide
for a fish species or location you wish to fish, go Voluntary Youth Fishing License is $2.97 ($1.00
permit or Lake Erie permit:
to the Commission’s website. cost plus $1.97 in agent/transaction fee).
• Persons under 16 years of age.
• While both the permit and the Voluntary
• Disabled persons and other individuals who
are exempt from fishing license requirements, Youth Fishing License provide the opportunity
or who are authorized to fish using an for youth to fish on Mentored Youth Fishing Days,
institutional license. the Voluntary Youth Fishing License provides an
• Persons who possess a 1-Day Tourist license. extended return for both Pennsylvania’s youth
and the Commission. For each license purchased
for $2.97, the Commission receives $5 back in
funding as a federal reimbursement. The same
LAKE ERIE PERMIT
applies for each Voluntary Youth Fishing License
All anglers fishing in Voucher, once it is redeemed. The Commission
the waters of Lake Erie, receives no federal reimbursement for Mentored
Presque Isle Bay and their Youth Permits.
tributaries including waters that flow into those
• The funds received from the sales of the license
tributaries are required to possess a valid Lake
MULTI-YEAR FISHING LICENSES reimbursement are then dedicated toward invest-
Erie permit or Combination trout/Lake Erie
ment in youth outreach and education programs.
permit. See page 14 for a list of main tributaries A 3-year fishing license is valid through 2027,
that require a permit. • While both the permit and the license provide
a 5-year fishing license is valid through 2029, and
the opportunity to participate in Mentored Youth
a 10-year fishing license is valid through 2034.
Fishing Days, the Commission encourages anglers
Customers who buy multi-year licenses save money
COMBINATION by not having to pay agent/transaction fees each
to purchase either a Voluntary Youth Fishing
TROUT LAKE ERIE year. Anglers can also purchase multi-year trout,
License or a Voluntary Youth Fishing License
PERMIT Voucher—for the future of fishing!
Lake Erie and combo permits and experience
In many cases, an angler may need both a trout similar savings or purchase single year trout, Lake
permit and a Lake Erie permit to fish in waters Erie and combo permits. For the cost of fishing licenses and permits
in the Erie area. Rather than purchasing these or to purchase fishing licenses and permits:
individually, a combination Trout Lake Erie permit VOLUNTARY PERMITS
may be purchased.
Voluntary Permits are designed to help maintain
funding levels for several key fishing-related pro-
CHARTER BOAT/ grams. Revenues generated from the sale of these
FISHING GUIDE PERMITS permits will be reinvested into the Habitat/Water-
ways Conservation, Musky, Wild Trout & Enhanced
Charter boat operators and fishing guides are
Waters or Bass programs. The Wild Trout & En-
required to obtain a permit when conducting
business on the waters of the Commonwealth hanced Waters Permit does not meet the require- fishandboat.com
including the boundary waters. The annual fee for ment to fish for trout in Pennsylvania waters.
the permit is $101.97 for residents and $401.97
for non-residents. Pricing includes issuing agent
fee of $1.00 and $0.97 transaction fee.

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GENERAL FISHING REGULATIONS

General Fishing Regulations fish and may be a hook with a single barb, weighted
on a shank below the eye and above the barbs, or a
Bait
NURSERY WATERS are closed to fishing at hook otherwise designed or modified to make the BAITFISH includes all forms of minnows;
all times. snagging of fish more likely than it would be with suckers, chubs, Fallfish, lampreys; Gizzard Shad 8
FIELD DRESSING AND DISPOSAL OF FISH – It a normal hook. inches or less; and all forms of darters, killifishes
is unlawful to possess a fish in any form or condi- ICE FISHING EQUIPMENT. It is unlawful while and stonecats (except those listed as threatened or
tion other than in the whole or having the entrails ice fishing to use more than five fishing devices, endangered species). Legally taken gamefish may
removed while on shore, along the waters of the which may consist of rods, hand lines, tip-ups or any be used as bait. It is unlawful to use or possess
Commonwealth, onboard a boat or on a dock, pier, combination. Each device shall contain a single fishing goldfish, comets, koi and Common Carp as baitfish
launch area or parking lot adjacent thereto. Fish line with no restriction on the number of hooks used while fishing.
may be processed fully if they are being prepared for for fishing, except when fishing in the Pymatuning FISHBAIT includes crayfish, crabs and the
immediate consumption on site. This does not apply Reservoir, where no more than three hooks shall be nymphs, larvae and pupae of all insects spending
to fish processed at a fish cleaning station officially attached to each line. Self-hooking devices such as any part of their life cycle in the water.
recognized by the Commission or by a permitted jaw jackers and automated fisherman are allowed. For all crayfish species, the head must be im-
charter boat/fishing guide operation. Holes cut in ice may not exceed 10 inches between mediately removed behind the eyes upon capture
It is unlawful to discard any fish carcass or parts the farthest points as measured in any direction. All unless used as bait in the water from which taken.
thereof into the waters of the Commonwealth or upon lines, rods or tip-ups shall be under the immediate A person shall not release or dispose live bait-
any public or private lands contiguous to the waters fish into any water of this Commonwealth, ex-
control of the person using them. On PFBC lakes,
unless disposal is on lands with permission from the cept live baitfish baited on a hook for angling
shelters or shanties must be removed when through
landowner or it is where fish are properly disposed purposes. A person may collect live baitfish for
fishing for the day.
into suitable garbage or refuse collection systems or angling. A species of baitfish collected for use as
at an officially recognized fish cleaning station. GAFF OR LANDING NET. A gaff or landing net
is permitted to assist in landing fish caught using a bait may not be transferred from waters in this
TAGGED FISH – The PFBC and agencies in adjacent Commonwealth into another drainage of this Com-
states apply tags to fish for special research purposes. If lawful device (see page 13 for exception). Nets of
all types can be no larger (excluding the handle) monwealth where this particular species does not
an angler catches a tagged fish and wishes to keep the already exist.
fish, the tag number and location of the catch should than 4 feet square or 4 feet in diameter. The use of a
cast net or throw net in any Commonwealth waters SEASON, SIZE, LIMIT: No closed season (except
be reported to the address or phone number on the as noted below) and no minimum size. The daily limit
tag or to the PFBC. If the angler doesn’t wish to keep except waters listed on the Commission's website
are a violation of the Fish and Boat Code. These and possession limit is 50 combined species. When
the fish, no attempt should be made to remove the purchasing bait, obtain and keep the sales slip or
tag unless special instructions have been posted at waterways require permits. Cast net and throw net
permits are available online. It is unlawful to use receipt. The receipt authorizes the possession of the
access areas, by the media or elsewhere. For example, fishbait or baitfish so purchased for a period of 15 days
sometimes the PFBC uses two-part tags, and parts any type of net or seine to catch or take gamefish.
SPEARS OR GIGS. Spears or gigs may be used to after its date of issue. Fishbait or baitfish purchased
of or all of the tags should be removed in some cases from a licensed dealer do not have a possession limit
with scissors or a knife. This type of tag typically take ONLY snakeheads, carp, suckers and catfish.
Spears or gigs may not be mechanically propelled, and do not count toward your daily limit of fishbait
resembles rubber spaghetti, and information such and baitfish taken from Commonwealth waterways.
as tag numbers and toll-free phone numbers can be may not have more than five barbed points and may
not be used in stocked trout waters. Stocked trout waters are closed for taking fishbait
easily read. Tagged fish that are not kept should be
BOW AND ARROW (including compound and baitfish from February 17 to the opening day of
returned to the water immediately after removing
the tag or recording the information from the tag. In bows and crossbows) may be used for taking trout season. Most specially regulated trout waters
no case should tags be pulled from a fish as this will ONLY snakeheads, carp, suckers and catfish on are closed to taking fishbait and baitfish at all times.
cause significant injuries. all Commonwealth waters, day or night, with the TAKING AND KEEPING BAIT is permitted using
It is unlawful for a person to implant tracking devices following exceptions: (1) bowfishing is strictly rod and reel or handline, dip net or minnow seine
in or to tag, brand, mark or fin clip any fish taken from prohibited in stocked trout waters during the closed not over 4 feet square or in diameter, or a minnow
Commonwealth waters unless the fish are purchased season, (2) bowfishing is strictly prohibited in special trap with no more than two openings that shall not
from an authorized commercial aquaculture facility, regulations trout waters, (3) it is unlawful to cast exceed 1 inch in diameter. All devices must be under
are part of a Commission-recognized and sanctioned direct rays of a spotlight, mounted headlight or any the immediate control of the person using them.
stocking by a cooperative nursery, are authorized by a other kind of artificial light from any watercraft Unattended minnow traps or baitfish containers left
scientific collector’s permit issued by the Commission, upon any occupied building or another watercraft in Commonwealth waters must be identified with
are part of a tagged fish contest in a boundary lake and (4) it is unlawful to use generators on board a the owner’s or user’s name, address and telephone
for which the Commission has issued a permit or are watercraft while bowfishing with a noise level that number. If fishing in a group and the total number
part of a Commission-partnered tagged fish contest. exceeds 90 decibel. of fishbait or baitfish taken exceeds the possession
limit (50), separate containers must be provided
Tackle and Equipment ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN for the fishbait and baitfish. Total possession limit
RODS, LINES AND HOOKS. An angler may use a in any one container may not exceed 50 baitfish or
An adult who assists a child (15 years of age and fishbait combined.
maximum of three lines fished either by rod or hand younger) by casting or retrieving a fishing line or
when fishing for gamefish, baitfish or both. An excep- MUDBUGS (dragonfly nymphs): No daily limit
fishing rod is not required to possess a valid fishing from lakes, ponds, swamps or adjacent areas; the
tion to this rule exists for those fishing through ice
in winter (see Ice Fishing Equipment on this page). license provided that the child remains within arms’ daily limit from rivers and streams is 50.
On open water (not covered by ice), it is unlawful for reach of the assisting adult and is actively involved FROGS AS BAIT: Except for those listed as en-
a person to fish with more than three fishing rods in the fishing activity. An adult may assist a child by dangered or threatened or those with zero possession
at a time. There is no restriction on the number of baiting hooks, removing fish from the line, netting limit, frogs may be used as bait. Certain seasons and
hooks used on each fishing line. All rods, lines and fish, preparing the fishing rod for use and untangling possession limits apply.
hooks shall be under the immediate control of the the line without possessing a valid fishing license. An
person using them. adult is required to possess a fishing license if they
SNAGGING HOOKS may not be used or possessed intend to set the hook for the child. An adult may
while in the act of fishing. A snagging hook is a device not fish or set the hook for their child in a designated
designed or modified to facilitate the snagging of Children/Special Population Area.

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 UNLAWFUL ACTS

It is Unlawful . . . • To release any species of fish except those listed

as approved by the PFBC in Commonwealth waters
If a Violation Occurs . . .
• To possess, introduce or import, transport, sell, without written permission from the executive director Persons accused of violating the Pennsylvania Fish and
purchase, offer for sale or barter the following live spe- of the PFBC. Boat Code or rules and regulations may be issued a citation
cies in the Commonwealth: snakeheads (all species), • To release fish from another state, province or and have a right to a hearing before a district justice. Law
Black Carp, Bighead Carp, Silver Carp, Zebra Mussel, country into Commonwealth waters without written enforcement personnel have the authority to confiscate
Quagga Mussel, European Rudd, Ruffe, crayfish (all permission from the Commission. or seize as evidence fish and fishing equipment that are
species), Round Goby and Tubenose Goby. • To transfer fish from one Pennsylvania watershed illegal or used to violate fishing laws or regulations. The
• To fish with more than three fishing lines at any to another where that species is not always present PFBC may, upon proper notice, suspend or revoke the
time when fishing for gamefish, baitfish or both. without written consent from the Commission. fishing privileges, boating privileges or other permits
• To not have immediate control of all rods, lines •To introduce (stock) fish into waters of the Com- of any person convicted (or acknowledging guilt) of a
and hooks. monwealth without submission of a Notice of Stocking violation of the Fish and Boat Code or PFBC regulations.
• To fish (includes taking baitfish and fishbait) from to the Commission (see page 22). If you have been convicted of or plead guilty to a second
February 17 to 8:00 a.m. on the opening day of trout • To place an obstruction in any waterway that or subsequent violation within a 12-month period, you
season in any stocked trout water. Exceptions are certain blocks the free movement of fish. may be assessed an additional fine of $200 for those
specially regulated waters and Stocked Trout Waters • To use or have in possession while on or along offenses classified as summary offenses.
Open to Year-round Fishing. Commonwealth waters nets larger than 4 feet square
•To cast repeatedly into a clearly visible bass spawning or in diameter except with a special permit issued by
the PFBC.
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COMMONWEALTH INLAND WATERS

COMMONWEALTH INLAND WATERS-2025

Species Seasons Minimum Size Daily Limit

ALL SPECIES OF TROUT Statewide Opening Day of Trout Season 7 inches 5-streams, lakes and ponds
April 5 at 8 a.m. through Sept. 1 (combined species)

Extended Season: Stocked trout waters 7 inches 3 (combined species)

Jan. 1 through Feb. 16 and Sept. 2 through Dec. 31
Additional regulations may apply-
see Trout Regulations-pages 23-36. See pages 16-17 Extended Season: Waters not managed as stocked trout waters NO HARVEST - Catch and immediate release only
for stream sections that are both Stocked Trout
Waters and Class A Wild Trout Waters. Jan. 1 through Feb. 16 and Sept. 2 through Dec. 31
BASS - Lakes, Rivers and Streams Jan. 1 through April 11 and Oct. 1 through Dec. 31 15 inches 4 (combined species)
Largemouth, Smallmouth and Spotted April 12 through June 13 NO HARVEST - Catch and immediate release only
(no tournaments permitted)
Additional regulations may apply-
NO HARVEST begins at 12:01 a.m.
see page 11. June 14 through Sept. 30 12 inches 6 (combined species)
Muskellunge and Tiger Muskellunge* Open year-round 40 inches 1 (combined species)
Pickerel* 18 inches 4
Northern Pike* 24 inches 2
Walleye and Saugeye (Hybrids) Jan. 1 through March 14 and May 3 through Dec. 31 15 inches 6
Sauger Jan. 1 through March 14 and May 3 through Dec. 31 12 inches 6
American Shad** Open year-round No minimum 3
American Shad Open year-round - Lehigh River, Schuylkill River*** and tributaries NO HARVEST - Catch and immediate release only
American Shad CLOSED YEAR-ROUND
River Herring** Susquehanna River and tributaries
Hickory Shad** CLOSED YEAR-ROUND
Herring, Gizzard Shad Open year-round No minimum 50 (combined species)
American Eel Open year-round 9 inches 25
Striped Bass and Striped Bass/ Open year-round 20 inches 2 (combined species)
White Bass Hybrids
Sunfish, Yellow Perch, White Perch, Crappies, Open year-round No minimum 50 (combined species)
Catfish, Rock Bass, Suckers, Carp, White Bass,
Bowfin and Other Gamefish Not Otherwise Listed
Additional regulations may apply- see Panfish
Enhancement Special Regulations-page 15.
Baitfish/Fishbait****(except Mudbugs/includes Crayfish) Open year-round No minimum 50 (combined species)
Mudbugs (Dragonfly Nymphs) Open year-round No minimum Unlimited if taken from lakes, ponds, swamps
and adjacent areas. 50 per day if taken from
moving waters (rivers and streams).
Mussels/Clams CLOSED YEAR-ROUND
Paddlefish, Spotted Gar and Other Threatened CLOSED YEAR-ROUND
and Endangered Species

SEASONS, SIZES AND CREEL LIMITS – Except for trout season, NOTE: It is not a violation of the bass regulations if a bass is imme- trout season the following year. The exception is those stream
which begins at 8 a.m., all regulatory periods in the fishing regula- diately returned unharmed to the waters from which it was taken. It sections designated as both Class A Wild Trout Streams and
tions are based on the calendar day, one of which ends at midnight is unlawful for an angler to cast repeatedly into a clearly visible bass Stocked Trout Waters (Miscellaneous Special Regulations–see
and the next of which begins immediately thereafter. spawning nest or redd in an effort to catch or take bass. pages 16 and 17). These stream sections are closed to fishing
* Except those species in waters listed in the Brood Stock Lakes NOTE: For bass regulations, power dam pools and recreational dam from February 17 until 8 a.m. on the opening day of trout.
Program. Tiger Muskellunge is a muskellunge hybrid. pools on the Susquehanna River and navigational dam pools on the **** BAITFISH includes all forms of minnows; suckers,
** Unlawful to take, catch or kill American Shad in the Susque- Ohio River drainage are “rivers.” It is unlawful to conduct a fishing chubs, Fallfish, lampreys; Gizzard Shad 8 inches or less; and
hanna River and all its tributaries. River Herring (Alewife and tournament on the North Branch, West Branch or main stem of the all forms of darters, killifishes and stonecats (except those
Susquehanna River that allows a tournament angler to harvest bass. listed as threatened or endangered species). Legally taken
Blueback Herring) has a closed year-round season with zero NOTE: Stocked trout waters are closed to fishing from February 17
daily limit applied to Susquehanna River and tributaries, Lehigh to the opening day of the regular trout season in April, unless gamefish may be used as bait. It is unlawful to use or possess
River and tributaries, Schuylkill River and tributaries, West Branch included in the Stocked Trout Waters Open to Year-Round goldfish, comets, koi and Common Carp as baitfish while
Delaware River, Delaware River, Delaware estuary, Delaware Fishing Program. fishing. FISHBAIT includes crayfish, crabs and the nymphs,
River tributaries upstream to the limit of the tidal influence and NOTE: Landlocked Alewife less than 8 inches in length taken from larvae and pupae of all insects spending any part of their life
Conowingo Reservoir. inland ponds, lakes or reservoirs that are collected by legal means cycle in the water.
*** Lehigh River upstream of the first dam in Easton, Pennsylvania may be harvested for use as baitfish. For all crayfish species, the head must be immediately
and its tributaries and the Schuylkill River upstream of the I-95 NOTE: It is legal to fish for trout in Class A streams year-round, with removed behind the eyes upon capture unless used as bait in
Bridge and its tributaries. no harvest beginning the day after Labor Day to the opening day of the water from which taken.

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 BIG BASS PROGRAM

Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Spotted Bass

Big Bass Program LAKES

Special Regulations Season Minimum Size Daily Limit
Jan. 1 through 15 inches 4 (combined species)
These special regulations apply to Largemouth Bass, April 11 and
Smallmouth Bass and Spotted Bass in the waters listed below. June 14
Stocked trout waters (lakes) that are in the Big Bass Program through Dec. 31
are closed to all fishing from February 17 until the opening day April 12 through NO HARVEST- Catch and immediate release only
of the trout season. This closure does not pertain to stocked June 13 (no tournaments permitted). NO HARVEST begins at 12:01 a.m.
trout waters (lakes) open to year-round fishing. For all other
species, inland regulations apply. For the latest information and regulation updates, please consult the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s website: fishandboat.com.

WATERS GOVERNED BY THESE REGULATIONS

County Water County Water County Water
Allegheny Upper, Middle and Lower Deer Carbon Mauch Chunk Lake Monroe/Wayne Gouldsboro Lake
Lakes Closed to fishing from February 17 Centre Colyer Lake Montour Lake Chillisquaque
until 8 a.m. on opening day of trout. Chester Chambers Lake Perry Little Buffalo Lake (Holman Lake)
Allegheny Marshall Lake Chester Marsh Creek Lake Somerset Quemahoning Reservoir
Allegheny North Park Lake (State Park) Tioga Lake Nessmuk
Armstrong Keystone Lake Crawford Sugar Lake Venango Two Mile Run Reservoir
Beaver Bradys Run Lake Crawford Tamarack Lake (Justus Lake)
Berks Blue Marsh Lake Cumberland Opossum Lake Washington Cross Creek Lake
Berks Carsonia Lake Fayette Indian Creek Reservoir Washington Peters Twp. Lake (Res. #2)
Berks Hopewell Lake (Mill Run Reservoir) Westmoreland Indian Lake
Berks Kaercher Creek Dam Fayette/ Bridgeport Reservoir Westmoreland Keystone Lake (State Park)
Bedford Shawnee Lake (State Park) Westmoreland Westmoreland Twin Lakes Number One
Blair Canoe Creek Lake (State Park) Indiana Yellow Creek Lake Reservoir (lower)
to include two small ponds and (State Park) Westmoreland Mammoth Dam
raceway adjacent to Canoe Lake Lackawanna Lackawanna Lake Westmoreland Northmoreland Lake
Bucks Lake Towhee (State Park) Westmoreland Twin Lake Number Two
Bucks Nockamixon Lake (State Park) Lancaster Speedwell Forge Lake Reservoir (upper)
Butler Glade Run Lake Lehigh Leaser Lake Wyoming Stevens Lake
Butler Lake Arthur Luzerne Frances Slocum Lake York Lake Marburg
(Moraine State Park) (State Park) (Codorus State Park)
Cambria Beaverdam Run Reservoir Luzerne Harris Pond York Lake Redman
Cambria Duman Lake Luzerne Lily Lake York Lake Williams
Cambria Hinckston Run Reservoir Lycoming Rose Valley Lake York Pinchot Lake (State Park)
Cambria Wilmore Dam Mercer Shenango River Lake

SMALLMOUTH BASS AND LARGEMOUTH BASS–CATCH AND RELEASE

Counties Waters Season/Special Regulations
Cumberland, Dauphin, Susquehanna River (98.0 miles) from the January 1 to December 31: NO HARVEST CATCH AND IMMEDIATE
Juniata, Lancaster, inflatable dam near Sunbury downstream to RELEASE ONLY. It is unlawful for an angler to cast repeatedly into a
Northumberland, Holtwood Dam including all tributaries to a point ½ clearly visible bass spawning nest or redd in an effort to catch or take
Perry mile upstream from the confluence. bass as with Commonwealth Inland Waters fishing regulations.
From January 1 to April 11 and June 14 to December 31:
Dauphin, Juniata River (31.7 miles) from SR0075 bridge at Port Catch-measure-immediate release tournaments permitted
Juniata, Perry Royal downstream to the mouth including all tributaries (see fishandboat.com for tournament requirement details).
FOR MORE BOATING INFORMATION:
to a point ½ mile upstream from the confluence. From April 12 to June 13: No tournaments permitted.

See catch and release guidelines on page 15.

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PYMATUNING RESERVOIR AND CONOWINGO RESERVOIR

PYMATUNING RESERVOIR Fishing Privileges in

Species Seasons Minimum Size Daily Limit Boundary Waters
Walleye and Saugeye (Hybrids) Open year-round 15 inches 6 (combined species) The following fishing license agreements apply to
Bass: Largemouth, Smallmouth Open year-round 12 inches 5 boundary waters. You must abide by all other rules
Muskellunge and Open year-round 30 inches 2 (combined species) and regulations of the state in which fishing and
Tiger Muskellunge (Hybrids) where you launch or retrieve your boat.
Crappie** Open year-round 9 inches 20 A PENNSYLVANIA or MARYLAND LICENSE is
All Other Species Open year-round No minimum None valid on the Conowingo Reservoir or Youghiogheny
Baitfish/Fishbait* No minimum River Lake when fishing from a boat (excluding coves and
Open year-round None
See page 8 for definitions tributaries). DOES NOT INCLUDE SHORE FISHING.
Frogs and Tadpoles July 1 through Oct. 31 No minimum 15 A PENNSYLVANIA or NEW YORK LICENSE is
Snapping Turtles July 1 through Oct. 31 No minimum 15 daily limit valid on the Delaware River (including West Branch)
30 possession limit between New York and Pennsylvania when FISHING
Turtles (all species other Open year-round No minimum 2 FROM A BOAT OR FROM EITHER SHORE.
than Snapping Turtles) A PENNSYLVANIA or NEW JERSEY LICENSE
Mussels/Clams CLOSED YEAR-ROUND is valid on the Delaware River between New Jersey
and Pennsylvania when FISHING FROM A BOAT
Threatened and Endangered
Species
CLOSED YEAR-ROUND OR FROM EITHER SHORE. A Pennsylvania fishing
license is required to fish in all other waters identified
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS consist of rods, hand lines, tip-ups or any combination. on page 13 as being part of the Delaware Estuary.
FOR PYMATUNING RESERVOIR Each device shall contain a single fishing line with no A PENNSYLVANIA or OHIO LICENSE is valid on
more than three hooks attached to each line. Holes cut in the Pymatuning Reservoir when fishing from a boat.
• Lights or firearms may not be used to take frogs. ice may not exceed 10 inches between the farthest points
• Hooks used to take turtles shall be at least 3.5 inches long as measured in any direction. All lines, rods or tip-ups shall
DOES NOT INCLUDE SHORE FISHING.
with at least 1 inch space between the point and shank. be under the immediate control of the person using them. A PENNSYLVANIA LICENSE is required to fish
• Spears, longbows, compound bows and crossbows may Kinzua Reservoir in McKean and Warren counties.
ONLY be used to take carp and suckers. NOTE: See this page for reciprocal fishing privileges
between Pennsylvania and Ohio. No agreement has been established with New York.
• Minnow seines and dip nets are restricted to 4 feet in size; NO FISHING AGREEMENTS have been made on
mesh must measure not less than 1/8 inch, nor larger than *For all crayfish species, the head must be immediately
1/2 inch on a side. any other boundary waters.
removed behind the eyes upon capture unless used as bait
• ICE FISHING – An Ohio or Pennsylvania fishing license is in the water from which taken.
recognized anywhere on the lake. It is unlawful while ice
fishing to use more than five fishing devices, which may ** As per Panfish Enhancement Special Regulations-page 15
DELAWARE RIVER
AND ESTUARY
CONOWINGO RESERVOIR up to Holtwood Dam Saltwater Angler Registry
Species Seasons Minimum Size Daily Limit Anglers who target or catch
shad, striped bass and river
All Species of Open year-round No minimum 2 (combined species)
herring from the Delaware
Trout River below Trenton Falls or
Bass: Jan. 1 through Feb. 12 inches 5 (combined species) in the Delaware Estuary are
Largemouth, 28 and June 16 required to register for free
Smallmouth through Dec. 31 with the PFBC using the QR
Northern Pike Open year-round 30 inches 2 code on this page, register, for a HuntFish.PA.gov
Walleye Open year-round 15 inches 5 fee, with the National Saltwater
Muskellunge and Open year-round 36 inches 1 Angler Registry administered by the National Oceanic
Tiger Muskellunge (Hybrids) and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) or meet the
Pickerel Open year-round 14 inches 5 saltwater angler registration requirements of another
Striped Bass and Striped Bass/ Open year-round 18 inches 2 (combined species) state. Anglers do not need to register if they meet one of
White Bass Hybrids only one of which may the following exceptions:
exceed 30 inches • Are under the age of 16.
Sunfish, Bluegill, Rock Bass Open year-round No minimum 15 (combined species) • Hold a Highly Migratory Species Angling Permit.
Crappies Open year-round No minimum 15 • Fish commercially under a valid license.
Carp Open year-round No minimum 15 • Possess a valid registration with the National
Channel Catfish Open year-round No minimum 5 Saltwater Angler Registry.
Suckers Open year-round No minimum 30 • Registry administered by NOAA or from another
American Eel Open year-round 9 inches 25 exempted state.
Yellow Perch Open year-round No minimum No daily limit Pennsylvania fishing license holders may choose
Baitfish/Fishbait* See page 8 Open year-round No minimum 35 to register for free with the PFBC. Go online for
All Other Fish Species Open year-round No minimum No daily limit registration details.
American Shad and Hickory Shad, Anglers may also register with the National Saltwater
Angler Registry website at www.countmyfish.noaa.gov
River Herring (Alewife and Blue-
CLOSED YEAR-ROUND with NOAA by clicking on the National Saltwater
back Herring),
Angler Registry link. Please note that registered anglers
Bivalves/Shellfish (includes all threatened and endangered species) must still possess a valid state fishing license.
(Mussels/Clams)
*It is illegal to: catch or process any species of crayfish unless the head is immediately removed behind the eyes
upon capture; use any species of crayfish as bait unless the head is removed behind the eyes; catch and possess
a female crayfish with eggs attached to the underside of the abdomen.

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 DELAWARE RIVER AND ESTUARY
DELAWARE RIVER AND ESTUARY (including tributaries to limits of tidal influence)
The following seasons, sizes and creel daily limits apply to the Delaware River, West Branch Delaware River and Delaware River tributaries, from the mouths of the tributaries upstream to the limit of
the tidal influence and the Lehigh River from its mouth upstream to the first dam in Easton, Pennsylvania. The Delaware River estuary waters are listed at the right. ATTENTION: Non-offset (inline) circle
hooks are required when fishing with bait for any species of fish in the Tidal Delaware Estuary including tributaries from the mouths of the tributaries upstream to the limit of the tidal influence. The
definition of a non-offset (inline) circle hook is a non-offset hook where the point is pointed perpendicularly back towards the shank. The term 'non-offset' means the point and the barb are in the same
plane as the shank. ATTENTION: It is unlawful for any person to gaff
Species Seasons Minimum Size Daily Limit or attempt to gaff any Striped Bass at any time when fishing.
Trout April 5 at 8 a.m. North of I-84: 1 (combined species)
through Oct. 15 14 inches The Delaware River estuary consists of the water
areas listed below to their upper tidal limits:
South of I-84: 5 (combined species)
No minimum Water Area Upper Tidal Limit
Chester Creek Kerlin Street
West Branch 2 (combined species)
Delaware River * (Chester-city)
12 inches Crum Creek U.S. Route 13
Bass
(Eddystone)
Jan. 1 through April 11 and 12 inches 5 (combined species)
Largemouth and June 14 through Dec. 31 Darby Creek Pine Street
Smallmouth (Darby-borough)
Delaware River From the PA state line
upstream to the U.S.
Route 1 bridge
April 12 through June 13
NO HARVEST - Catch and immediate release only Frankford Creek U.S. Route 13
(Frankford Avenue)
Muskellunge and Open year-round 40 inches 1
Tiger Muskellunge Marcus Hook Creek U.S. Route 13
(Hybrids) (Marcus Hook-borough)
Neshaminy Creek Hulmeville Falls
Northern Pike Open year-round 24 inches 2 Pennypack Creek U.S. Route 13
Pickerel Open year-round 12 inches 5 (Frankford Avenue)
Walleye The portion of the Delaware 18 inches 3 Poquessing Creek State Road
River between New Jersey and Ridley Creek MacDade Boulevard
Pennsylvania - open year-round. (Chester-city)
The portion of the Delaware River
between New York and Pennsylvania Schuylkill River Fairmount Dam
- Jan. 1 until midnight, March 14 and Delaware River and Estuary Anglers:
May 3 until midnight, Dec. 31
Saltwater Angler Registry-see page 12

American Shad** Open year-round No minimum 2 DELAWARE RIVER BLUE CRABS

American Eel Open year-round 9 inches 25
Female Blue Crabs bearing eggs or from which
Striped Bass and From the Pennsylvania state line 1† the egg pouch or bunion has been removed may
Hybrid Striped Bass† upstream to Calhoun Street Bridge; 28 to less than
not be possessed.
**** Jan. 1 through March 31 and 31 inches†
June 1 through Dec. 31† Crab Pots are limited to no more than two pots
per person when taking crabs. In addition, two
April 1 through May 31 † 22 to less than 26 inches† 1† handlines may be used.
From Calhoun Street Bridge 28 to less than 31 inches 1
upstream - open year-round Unattended Crab Pots must be labeled with the
† It is unlawful to fish with bait for any species of fish in the tidal Delaware Estuary including tributaries from the mouths of the tributaries upstream to the limit of tidal influence using any hook type name and address of the owner or user.
other than non-offset (inline) circle hooks. The definition of a non-offset (inline) circle hook is a non-offset hook where the point is pointed perpendicularly back towards the shank. The term Disturbing Unattended Crab Pots is unlawful
"non-offset" means the point and the barb are in the same plane as the shank. For more information, consult: fishandboat.com.
except by the owner, user or members of the immedi-
Baitfish/Fishbait* Open year-round No minimum 50 (combined species)
See page 8 for definitions ate family and officers or representatives of the PFBC.
River Herring*** CLOSED YEAR-ROUND Horseshoe Crabs are unlawful to sell, offer for
Hickory Shad, sale or purchase. It is unlawful to import into or
Sturgeon and Other CLOSED YEAR-ROUND transport in this Commonwealth horseshoe crabs for
Threatened and the purpose of sale.
Endangered Species
Mussels/Clams CLOSED YEAR-ROUND
* Measured
Other Species Inland seasons, sizes and creel limits apply except for waters under special regs.
point to point
* A special no-kill season with the use of artificial lures only River and tributaries, West Branch Delaware River, Delaware River,
has been established on the West Branch Delaware River Delaware estuary and Delaware River tributaries upstream to the
(see page 17 for details). limit of the tidal influence.
**American Shad is catch and release in all Delaware River tributaries **** It is unlawful for any person to gaff or attempt to gaff any Striped Harvesting blue crabs from the Delaware River and
including those above tide. Bass at any time when fishing. its estuary waters is permitted pursuant to the regula-
***River Herring (Alewife and Blueback Herring) has a closed For all crayfish species, the head must be immediately removed behind tions below.
year-round season with zero daily limit applied to Susquehanna the eyes upon capture unless used as bait in the water from which taken.
River and tributaries, Lehigh River and tributaries, Schuylkill
Season Minimum Size Daily Limit
See fish consumption advisory for Delaware Estuary Striped Bass over 28”–see page 38.
Open 4 inches * (hard shell) One (1) bushel
When fishing with bait for any species of fish in the tidal Delaware Estuary, the year-round 3.5 inches * (soft shell) (combined - hard
use of a non-offset (inline) circle hook is required. A non-offset (inline) circle hook shell and soft shell)
is considered a fishing device with no more than one point or barb. Circle hook J-hook Treble hook

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LAKE ERIE AND TRIBUTARY STREAMS
fish species, fish parts and eggs taken from the Lake
LAKE ERIE Erie Watershed as fishbait in Commonwealth waters
outside the Lake Erie Watershed except when the fish
The following seasons, sizes and daily limits apply to Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay and peninsular waters, all Lake Erie are certified as VHS-negative. It is legal to transport dead
tributaries in their entirety, which include Cascade Creek, Conneaut Creek, Crooked Creek, East Branch Conneaut Creek, recreationally caught fish out of the Lake Erie Watershed
Eightmile Creek, Elk Creek, Fourmile Creek, Middle Branch Conneaut Creek, Marsh Run, Mill Creek, Mud Run, Raccoon Creek, solely for the purpose of human consumption.
Sevenmile Creek, Sixmile Creek, Sixteenmile Creek, Stone Run, Temple Run, Turkey Creek, Twelvemile Creek, Twentymile Because of diseases and invasive species, the
Creek, Walnut Creek, West Branch Conneaut Creek and all waters that flow into these tributaries. Commission recommends as a good conservation
Species Seasons Minimum Size Daily Limit practice that anglers not transport any live fish out of the
Muskellunge and Open year-round 40 inches 1 Lake Erie Watershed and introduce those fish into other
watersheds. For more information on invasive species,
Tiger Muskellunge see page 19. For more information on VHS, contact the
(Hybrids) Commission’s Northwest Region Office (page 3) or visit
Northern Pike Open year-round 24 inches 2 fishandboat.com.
* It is unlawful to conduct or participate in a fishing tournament
Walleye Jan. 1 through March 14 15 inches 6*** for bass on Lake Erie or Presque Isle Bay during the period from the
and May 3 through Dec. 31 second Saturday in April until midnight the second Saturday in June.
** It is unlawful to fish or possess trout in or along any Lake
Bass* Jan. 1 through April 11 and 15 inches 4 (combined species) Erie tributary stream from 12:01 a.m. on April 4 until 8 a.m. on
Largemouth and June 14 through Dec. 31 April 5 (32 hours total).
Smallmouth *** Adaptive management for daily limits: After the PFBC
April 12 through June 13* 20 inches 1 executive director establishes the daily limit for the year, the
Yellow Perch Dec. 1 through April 30 7 inches 30*** information will be available from any PFBC office and posted at
fishandboat.com.
May 1 through Nov. 30 None **** The daily limit for all species of trout and salmon (combined)
Sunfish, Crappies, Catfish, Open year-round No minimum 50 (combined species) is 5 from 8 a.m. the opening day of the regular season for trout
Rock Bass, Suckers, Eels, until midnight Labor Day. The daily limit for all species of trout
Carp, White Bass, Bowfin and salmon (combined) is 3 per day from 12:01 a.m. the day after
and Other Gamefish Not Labor Day until 12:01 a.m. on the Friday before the opening day
Otherwise Listed
of the regular season for trout.
Burbot (when taken by scuba June 1 through Sept. 30 No minimum 5
divers by use of nonmechanical
spears or gigs at a depth of at Special Regulations–Lake Erie
Tributary Streams
least 60 feet)

Burbot (when taken by Open year-round No minimum 5

hook and line) • Designated as Nursery Waters are Trout Run and its
Smelt (when taken by Open year-round No minimum None tributaries, Godfrey Run, Orchard Beach Run and Crooked
hook and line) Creek (where posted). It is unlawful to fish, wade or possess
Brook and Brown 8 a.m. the opening day of 9 inches 5 (combined species)**** fishing equipment while in or along Lake Erie tributary
Trout** the regular season for trout streams designated as Nursery Waters.
until midnight Labor Day • Archery fishing or spear fishing is prohibited in or along
12:01 a.m. the day after Labor 15 inches 3 (combined species)**** Lake Erie tributary streams.
Day until 12:01 a.m. on the • From September 3 until the opening day of trout season
Friday before the opening day in April, all Lake Erie tributary streams are closed to fishing
of the regular trout season from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. on the following day except for
Rainbow Trout 8 a.m. the opening day of the 15 inches 3 (combined species)**** Walnut Creek north of Manchester Bridge Road and Elk
and Salmon** regular season for trout until
12:01 a.m. the Friday before the Creek north of Route 5.
opening day of the regular sea- • It is unlawful to fish from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. on the
son for trout the following year following day within 50 yards of the mouth of both Trout
Lake Trout** 8 a.m. the opening day of the 15 inches 2**** Run and Godfrey Run while fishing the Lake Erie shoreline.
regular season for trout until
12:01 a.m. the Friday before the
opening day of the regular sea-
Lake Erie Permit
son for trout the following year All anglers fishing in the waters of Lake Erie, Presque
Open year-round No minimum 50 (combined species) Isle Bay and their tributaries including waters that flow
Baitfish/Fishbait
See page 8 for definitions into those tributaries are required to possess a valid Lake
American Eel Open year-round 9 inches 25 Erie permit or Combination Trout Lake Erie permit.
The main tributaries where a permit is required are:
Mussels/Clams CLOSED YEAR-ROUND Cascade Creek, Conneaut Creek, Crooked Creek, Eightmile
Sturgeon, Spotted Gar, Creek, Elk Creek, Fourmile Creek, Mill Creek, Raccoon
and Other Threatened CLOSED YEAR-ROUND Creek, Sevenmile Creek, Sixmile Creek, Sixteenmile Creek,
and Endangered Species
Turkey Creek, Twelvemile Creek, Twentymile Creek and
For regulations and information about “Cast and Throw Net Permits,” visit fishandboat.com. Walnut Creek. A permit is also required for all of those
waters that flow into these main tributaries.
Transportation of VHS-Susceptible Fish Out of the Lake Erie Watershed Anglers fishing the East and West Basin ponds
An infectious fish disease, caused by a variant of Pike, Pink Salmon, Pumpkinseed, Rainbow Trout, (Waterworks Ponds, Presque Isle State Park) are not
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS), has caused Redhorse Sucker, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, required to possess a Lake Erie Permit.
fish mortalities in the Great Lakes. The initial list of White Bass, White Perch, Whitefish and Yellow Perch. Anglers fishing inland ponds, lakes and reservoirs in
fish species that are susceptible to VHS includes Black It is unlawful to transport or cause the transportation Erie County are not required to possess a Lake Erie Permit.
Crappie, Bluegill, Bluntnose Minnow, Brown Bullhead, of VHS-susceptible species of fish out of the portion of the
Brown Trout, Burbot, Channel Catfish, Chinook Salmon, Lake Erie Watershed in this Commonwealth into other For all crayfish species, the head must be
Coho Salmon, Emerald Shiner, Freshwater Drum, Gizzard watersheds of this Commonwealth except when certain immediately removed behind the eyes upon capture
Shad, Herring, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern conditions are met. It is illegal to use VHS-susceptible unless used as bait in the water from which taken.
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BROOD STOCK LAKES PROGRAM
These regulations are intended to restrict harvest and fish consumption from designated For all other County Water Area
lakes during the FDA-mandated withdrawal period. During this period, fish anesthetics species, Com- Crawford Conneaut Lake
are used during Muskellunge, Tiger Muskellunge (hybrids), Northern Pike and pickerel monwealth Lake Canadohta
culture operations. From April 1 through May 31, fishing for these species is permitted inland waters Woodcock Creek Lake
on a catch and release/no harvest basis. It is unlawful to take or possess any Muskel- seasons, sizes Erie Edinboro Lake
lunge, Tiger Muskellunge (hybrids), Northern Pike and pickerel from these lakes during and creel lim- Howard Eaton Reservoir
this period. When caught, these fish species shall be immediately returned unharmed. its apply. Mercer Lake Wilhelm

CATCH AND RELEASE LAKES PANFISH ENHANCEMENT SPECIAL REGULATIONS

These lakes are regulated year-round as catch and These regulations are intended to increase the number, quality and size of panfish through the use of minimum
release for all fish species. This means fishing is permitted length limits on sunfish, crappies and Yellow Perch. For all other species, Commonwealth inland waters seasons,
on a catch and release/no harvest basis. It is unlawful sizes and creel limits apply, unless listed in other special regulation programs. It is unlawful to fish in the Panfish
to take, kill or possess any fish from these lakes. Once Enhancement Special Regulations waters listed below except in compliance with the following size and creel limits:
caught, all fish shall be immediately returned unharmed. County Water Area Species Minimum Size Daily Limit
Additional catch and release regulations specifically Berks Crappie 20
Blue Marsh Reservoir 9 inches
for trout can be found on page 24. These include Catch
and Release Artificial Lures Only, Catch and Release All Butler Glade Run Lake Crappie 9 inches
Cambria When Panfish
Tackle and Catch and Release Fly-Fishing Only. Beaverdam Run Reservoir Yellow Perch 9 inches Enhancement
Hinckston Run Reservoir Sunfish 7 inches Regulations
County Water Area
Crappie 9 inches apply to more
Allegheny Pine Township Park Pond
Wilmore Dam Sunfish 7 inches than one
Columbia and Bear Gap Reservoir
Northumberland McWilliams Reservoir Crappie 9 inches species in the
Columbia Klines Reservoir Yellow Perch 9 inches same water-
Jefferson Kyle Lake Centre Colyer Lake Crappie 9 inches way, the creel
Schuylkill Lower Owl Creek Reservoir Sunfish 7 inches limit is 20 for
Yellow Perch 9 inches each species
Schuylkill Owl Creek Reservoir
Centre Foster Joseph Sayers Lake* 7 inches with the total
Somerset Somerset Lake Sunfish
creel not
Wayne Lower Woods Pond (Bald Eagle State Park) to exceed
Westmoreland Lower Burrell Park Pond Chester Chambers Lake Sunfish 7 inches 50 panfish
Crappie 9 inches combined.
Yellow Perch 9 inches
HOW TO RELEASE FISH Crawford Pymatuning Reservoir (State Park) Crappie 9 inches “Sunfish”
CATCH AND RELEASE Crawford Tamarack Lake Sunfish 7 inches includes
Some waters are managed strictly as “Catch and Release” waters. Crappie 9 inches Bluegills,
Minimum size limits require that fish less than the minimum Opossum Lake 9 inches Pumpkin-
must be released. Creel limits require that fish caught in excess Cumberland Crappie
Fayette/ Bridgeport Reservoir Crappie 9 inches seeds
of the limit must be released. Closed seasons require the release and Redear
of fish species caught during a season when keeping them is not Westmoreland Sunfish 7 inches
Lake Perez
Sunfish.
permitted. The number of fish that survive depends on several Huntingdon Crappie 9 inches
factors including the length of the fight, where the fish is hooked, Sunfish 7 inches “Crappie”
water temperature and how the fish is handled and released. Lehigh Leaser Lake Crappie 9 inches includes
To give fish released the best chance for survival, follow these
recommended guidelines: Yellow Perch 9 inches both Black
1. Use barbless hooks. Mercer Shenango River Lake Crappie 9 inches Crappies
2. Play fish quickly. Monroe Gouldsboro Lake (State Park) Sunfish 7 inches and White
Try to land your fish as quickly as possible, and don’t play Crappie 9 inches Crappies.
the fish to exhaustion. Yellow Perch 9 inches * see Misc.
3. Use a landing net. Pike Lower Lake (Lower Promised Sunfish 7 inches Special Regu-
4. Keep the fish in the water. The chance of a fish being lations for
injured increases the longer it is held out of water. Land Lake) (State Park) Yellow Perch 9 inches Crappies at
5. Wet your hands, net and other materials that may come Promised Land Lake (Upper Sunfish 7 inches Foster Joseph
in contact with the fish. Promised Land Lake) (State Park) Yellow Perch 9 inches Sayers Lake.
6. Hold the fish upside down while removing the hook. Somerset Quemahoning Reservoir Sunfish 7 inches
This can often pacify the fish and reduce handling time. Crappie 9 inches
7. Remove hooks quickly. Hemostats or long-nose pliers Yellow Perch 9 inches
are essential tools for quickly removing hooks.
8. Cut the line. When it is not possible to remove the hook Tioga Lake Nessmuk Crappie 9 inches
without harming the fish, cut the line. Sunfish 7 inches
9. Don’t touch the gills. Do not handle fish by placing your Yellow Perch 9 inches
fingers in the gill slits. Washington Cross Creek Lake Sunfish 7 inches
10. Hold the fish upright underwater after hook removal Crappie 9 inches
and allow it to swim away under its own power. If Peters Twp. Lake (Reservoir #2) Crappie 9 inches
necessary, hold the fish out of the current until it revives. Indian Lake Crappie 9 inches
11. Fish that are bleeding from the mouth or gills due to Westmoreland
hook removal do not survive after being released back into Sunfish 7 inches
the water. Anglers may be charged with violating the Fish Lower Twin Lake Crappie 9 inches
and Boat Code by failing to immediately release the fish Northmoreland Lake Sunfish 7 inches
unharmed. If regulations permit, the angler should keep the Crappie 9 inches
fish and have it count towards his or her daily limit. Upper Twin Lake Crappie 9 inches

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Miscellaneous Waters with Special Regulations

These special regulations apply to fish species harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout • All species except trout – inland regulations apply.
identified for each location and regulation. Fish from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight the See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters).
species not covered by a special regulation in these third Sunday in February the following year. COLUMBIA AND NORTHUMBERLAND: South
locales – inland regulations apply unless otherwise • Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third Mon- Branch of Roaring Creek – from the bridge on State
designated for these species. day in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day of the Route 3008 at Bear Gap upstream to the bridge on State
regular season for trout. Route 42 – This is a catch and release/no harvest fishery
BEAVER: Hopewell Township Park Lake for all species. It is unlawful to take, kill or possess any
• Bass – 15-inch minimum size, creel limit 2 per day. • All species except trout – inland regulations apply.
See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters). fish. All fish caught must be immediately returned
Panfish – Creel limit 10 combined species per day. Use of unharmed.
CENTRE: Bald Eagle Creek – from 0.38 mile upstream
live fish for bait is prohibited. Refer to Big Bass Program of Steel Hollow Run to 0.48 mile downstream of Steel CRAWFORD: Paden Creek, Linesville Creek and
for NO HARVEST dates (see page 11). Hollow Run. Shenango River
BEDFORD: Yellow Creek – from the confluence with • Trout (all species), all other species, inland regula- • Nursery waters closed to all fishing March 1 through
Beaver Creek downstream to Red Bank Hill. tions apply. Open to fishing year-round. May 1. Waters involved are Paden Creek (Finley Creek)
• All tackle types are permitted. • From June 15 through Labor Day – the daily creel from the mouth upstream to “Finley Bridge” on U.S.
• Brown Trout – catch and release/no harvest; it limit for trout is 3 (combined species). Trout must be at Route 6, Linesville Creek from the mouth (Pymatuning
is unlawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at least 9 inches in length to be killed or possessed. Sanctuary) upstream to the Conrail Railroad bridge
any time. • From the day after Labor Day through June 14, no north of U.S. Route 6 in Linesville and Shenango River
• All other trout species – 7 inches minimum size trout may be killed or possessed. from the Pymatuning Lake Sanctuary boundary at the
• All tackle types are permitted. Route 285 bridge, locally known as Blair Bridge, up-
limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from
CENTRE: Foster Joseph Sayers Lake stream 100 yards.
8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for CRAWFORD/ERIE: Conneaut Creek
trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no • Black and white crappie: Daily creel limit is 10
(combined crappie species). No more than 5 fish may be • Lake Erie Tributary Regulations apply (see page 14)
harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout for entire stream in Crawford and Erie counties.
greater than or equal to 9 inches in length. Total panfish
from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight daily creel limit may not exceed 50 when other panfish ERIE: Lake Pleasant
the third Sunday in February the following year. species are in the creel (see page 10 and 15 applicable • It is unlawful to use any fish, live or dead, as bait
• Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third to other panfish). while fishing at Lake Pleasant except for "salted min-
Monday in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day CENTRE: Penns Creek – from the State Road 45 nows." Further, it is unlawful to release any fish into
of the regular season for trout. bridge in Spring Mills downstream to the confluence Lake Pleasant except for those caught while fishing.
• All species except trout – inland regulations apply. with Elk Creek. HUNTINGDON: Raystown Lake and Raystown
See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters). • All tackle types are permitted. Branch – From dam downstream to Juniata River.
BLAIR/HUNTINGDON/JUNIATA/MIFFLIN/ • Brown Trout – catch and release/no harvest; it is • Trout (all species) no closed season. Creel limit 5
unlawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at any time. per day during regular season; 3 per day from the day
PERRY: Juniata River and tributaries
• All other trout species – 7-inch minimum size after Labor Day to 8 a.m. on the opening day of the next
• The daily creel limit of Rock Bass is 10; open sea- regular season, minimum size – 7 inches.
son year-round; no minimum size limit. limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from
8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for • Raystown Lake and Tributaries – Smelt may be taken
CARBON: Pohopoco Creek – from the outlet of trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no with a dip net from the shore or by wading only. Dip net
Beltzville Lake downstream to Hideaway Hunting and harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout may not exceed 20 inches in diameter or square. Daily
Fishing Club cable across creek. from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight limit – 200 smelt or one gallon by volume, whichever
• All tackle types are permitted. the third Sunday in February the following year. is greater.
• Brown Trout –catch and release/no harvest; it • Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third Mon- HUNTINGDON: Whipple Lake
is unlawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at day in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day of the • All species, except trout–catch and release/no
any time. regular season for trout. harvest; it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any fish,
• All other trout species – 7 inches minimum size • All species except trout – inland regulations apply. except trout. All fish caught other than trout must be
limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters). immediately returned unharmed. For trout, inland
8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for CLARION: Beaver Creek Ponds regulations apply. This regulation will remain in effect
• Closed to fishing from January 1 through opening until further notice.
trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no LEHIGH: Little Lehigh Creek – from the confluence
day of bass season.
harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout with Spring Creek downstream to Wild Cherry Lane
• Bass – 15-inch minimum size, creel limit 2 per day
from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight on entire project area. Panfish – creel limit 10 per day bridge.
the third Sunday in February the following year. combined species on entire area. • All tackle types are permitted.
• Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third CLINTON: Fishing Creek – from the confluence with • Brown Trout – catch and release/no harvest; it is
Monday in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day Cedar Run downstream to Country Club Road bridge in unlawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at any time.
of the regular season for trout. Mill Hall. • All other trout species – 7-inch minimum size
• All species except trout – inland regulations apply. • All tackle types are permitted. limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from
See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters). • Brown Trout – catch and release/no harvest; it 8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for
CENTRE: Bald Eagle Creek – from the confluence is unlawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no
with Spring Creek downstream to the inlet of Sayers any time. harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout
Lake near Boggs/Howard Township line. • All other trout species – 7-inch minimum size from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight
limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from the third Sunday in February the following year.
• All tackle types are permitted.
8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for • Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third Mon-
• Brown Trout – catch and release/no harvest; it day in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day of the
trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no
is unlawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout regular season for trout.
any time. from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight • All species except trout – inland regulations apply.
• All other trout species – 7-inch minimum size the third Sunday in February the following year. See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters).
limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from • Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third Mon- LEHIGH: Little Lehigh Creek – from 0.25 mile
8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for day in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day of the upstream of Country Club Road bridge downstream to
trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no regular season for trout. Fish Hatchery Road bridge.

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• All tackle types are permitted. The taking, catching, killing and possession of any WARREN: Allegheny River – 8.75 miles from the
• Brown Trout – catch and release/no harvest; it is un- species of amphibian or reptile within the boundaries outflow of the Allegheny Reservoir downstream to
lawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at any time. of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area the confluence of Conewango Creek.
• All other trout species – 7-inch minimum size is prohibited. • From 8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular
limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from NOTICE FOR INFORMATION ONLY: Anglers trout season through Labor Day, the minimum size
8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for are advised that the National Park Service 2016’s
for trout is 14 inches, and the daily limit is 2 (com-
trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no Superintendent’s Compendium of Designations,
Closures, Permit Requirements and Other Restrictions bined species).
harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout
states: “The use of crayfish, clams, mussels, reptiles • From the day after Labor Day until 8 a.m. of the
from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight
the third Sunday in February the following year. or amphibians as fishbait is prohibited, unless it is opening day of the trout season of the following year,
• Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third a commercially produced, preserved and packaged no trout may be killed or had in possession.
Monday in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day product.” – Duration until further notice within WAYNE: West Branch Delaware River – From the
of the regular season for trout. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Pennsylvania/New York border downstream to the
• All species except trout – inland regulations apply. NORTHAMPTON: Martins Creek – from the con- confluence with the East Branch of the Delaware River.
See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters). fluence of the East and West Branch of Martins Creek • Artificial Lures Only season runs from October
LEHIGH/NORTHAMPTON: Monocacy Creek – downstream to the outflow of the Bangor sewage treat- 16 until 8 a.m. on the opening day of the trout season.
from Schoenersville Road bridge downstream to the ment plant near unnamed tributary. • Fishing may be done with artificial lures only,
confluence with Lehigh River. • All tackle types are permitted. constructed of metal, plastic, rubber or wood, or
• All tackle types are permitted. • Brown Trout – catch and release/no harvest; it is un- with flies and streamers constructed of natural or
• Brown Trout – catch and release/no harvest; it is un- lawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at any time.
synthetic materials. All lures may be used with spin-
lawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at any time. • All other trout species – 7-inch minimum size
ning or fly fishing gear.
• All other trout species – 7-inch minimum size limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from
8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for • The daily creel limit of trout is zero (0) during
limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from the artificial-lures-only season.
8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no
harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout (see page 13 for additional regulation for the
trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no Delaware River)
from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight
harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout WESTMORELAND: Donegal Lake
the third Sunday in February the following year.
from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight • All species, except trout–catch and release/no
• Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third
the third Sunday in February the following year. Monday in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day harvest; it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any
• Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third of the regular season for trout. fish, except trout. All fish caught other than trout
Monday in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day • All species except trout – inland regulations apply. must be immediately returned unharmed. For trout,
of the regular season for trout. See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters).
• All species except trout – inland regulations apply. inland regulations apply. This regulation will remain
NORTHAMPTON: Minsi Lake in effect until further notice.
See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters). • All species, except trout – catch and release/no
LUZERNE: Harveys Lake YORK: Sheppard-Meyers Reservoir
harvest; it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any fish,
• Open year-round to fishing. The daily limit is 3 • All species, except trout–catch and release/no
except trout. All fish caught other than trout must be
trout (combined species) during the period from 8 a.m. immediately returned unharmed. For trout, inland harvest; it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any
on the opening day of trout season to midnight the regulations apply. This regulation will remain in effect fish, except trout. All fish caught other than trout
third Monday in February the following year. Only until further notice. must be immediately returned unharmed. For trout,
1 of the 3 trout daily limit may exceed 18 inches in NORTHAMPTON: Monocacy Creek – from Illicks inland regulations apply. This regulation will remain
length. No trout may be killed or had in possession Mill Dam downstream to Schoenersville Road bridge. in effect until further notice.
from February 17 to the opening day of trout season. • All tackle types are permitted.
Inland regulations apply for other fish species. • Brown Trout – catch and release/no harvest; it is un-
MIFFLIN: Kishacoquillas Creek – from 1.5 miles up-
stream of the confluence with Tea Creek downstream
lawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at any time.
• All other trout species – 7-inch minimum size CONNECT WITH US
to the Penn Central Railroad bridge. limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from
• All tackle types are permitted. 8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for
• Brown Trout – catch and release/no harvest; it is un- trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no
lawful to take, kill or possess Brown Trout at any time. harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout @PAFishandBoat
• All other trout species – 7-inch minimum size from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight #FishPA
limit – 5 trout daily limit (combined species) from the third Sunday in February the following year.
• Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third #PAFishandBoat
8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season for
trout to midnight on Labor Day. Catch and release/no Monday in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day #WearIt
of the regular season for trout.
harvest – it is unlawful to take, kill or possess any trout
• All species except trout – inland regulations apply.
from 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day to midnight Join the
See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters).
the third Sunday in February the following year. SOMERSET/FAYETTE/WESTMORELAND/
• Closed to all fishing from 12:01 a.m. the third Conversation!
ALLEGHENY: Youghiogheny River – From the
Monday in February until 8 a.m. on the opening day confluence with the Casselman River downstream to the Like, share and
of the regular season for trout. confluence with Ramcat Run and Youghiogheny River stay connected.
• All species except trout – inland regulations apply. from the PA Route 381 bridge at Ohiopyle downstream
See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters). to the mouth of the river.
MONROE/NORTHAMPTON/PIKE: Delaware • No closed season on trout. Daily limit – Opening
Water Gap National Recreation Area -The use of eel day of the trout season through Labor Day – 5 trout;
chutes, eel pots and fyke nets is prohibited. The taking the day after Labor Day through the opening day of the
of the following fishbait is prohibited: Crayfish or crabs, trout season of the following year – 3 trout. For all other
mussels, clams and the nymphs, larvae and pupae of all species, inland regulations apply. See All Tackle Trophy
insects spending any part of their life cycle in the water. Trout regulations on page 24.

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REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS - SEASONS AND LIMITS

Species Season Daily Limit Possession Limit ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS
American Bullfrog July 1 through October 31 10 (combined species) 20 (combined species) • A fishing license is required to catch or take reptiles and
Green Frog July 1 through October 31 10 (combined species) 20 (combined species) amphibians from the lands and waters of the Commonwealth.
Snapping Turtle July 1 through October 31 15 30 • Unless otherwise indicated, reptiles and amphibians may
Amphibian Eggs No closed season 15 (combined species) 15 (combined species) only be taken by hand, hook, snake tongs, turtle hooks, traps
and Tadpoles and nets less than 4 feet square or 4 feet in diameter.
Timber Rattlesnake* June 8 through July 31 1 annual limit** (must be at least 42 inches in length, • It is unlawful to take, catch or kill a reptile or amphibian
measured lengthwise along the dorsal surface from through the use of firearms, chemicals, explosives, winches,
the snout to the tail, excluding the rattle, and must jacks or other devices.
possess 21 or more subcaudal scales.***) • It is unlawful to damage or disrupt the nest or eggs of a reptile
Eastern Copperhead June 8 through July 31 1 annual limit** or to gather, take or possess the eggs of any reptile in the natural
environment of this Commonwealth.
* It is unlawful to hunt, take, catch or kill Timber Rattle- Boat Code) relating to organized reptile and amphibian • It is unlawful to alter, damage or destroy habitat in the pursuit
snakes west of Route 15 and south of Interstate 81 to the hunt permits.
Maryland line where there is no open season.
of a reptile or amphibian.
*** Subcaudal scales are large flat scales located on the
** It is unlawful to possess, take, catch or kill more than one underside of a Timber Rattlesnake between the vent (anal • It is unlawful to take, catch, kill or possess for the purposes
Timber Rattlesnake or Eastern Copperhead per calendar scale) and the base of the tail rattle. of selling or offering for sale, importing or exporting for con-
year except as provided in Chapter 79.7(f ) (Fish and See page 37 for Snapping Turtle consumption advice. sideration, trading or bartering or purchasing an amphibian or
reptile whether dead or alive, in whole or in parts, including the
eggs or any life stage that was taken from lands or waters within
The following Endangered/Threatened Native Species have NO OPEN this Commonwealth.
SEASON. The DAILY LIMIT is 0 (zero) and POSSESSION LIMIT is 0 (zero). • It is unlawful to transport or import into or within this
Commonwealth a native species from another jurisdiction.
The Commission has SALAMANDERS: New Jersey Chorus Frog Northern Rough It is also unlawful to receive a native species that was trans-
identified some species Eastern Mud Salamander (Endangered) Greensnake ported or imported into or within this Commonwealth from
of reptiles, amphibians, (Endangered) Eastern Cricket Frog (Endangered) another jurisdiction.
fish and aquatic Green Salamander (Endangered) TURTLES: • Taking, catching and possessing amphibians and reptiles
organisms as endangered, (Threatened) Coastal Plains Leopard Bog Turtle (Endangered) in Department of Conservation and Natural Resources natural
threatened or candidate Blue-spotted Salamander Frog (Endangered) Southeastern Mud Turtle areas designated by posters is prohibited.
species. Endangered and (Endangered) SNAKES: (Endangered) Frogs:
threatened species face FROGS and TOADS: Eastern Massasauga Northern Red-bellied • The use of artificial light to take frogs at night is illegal.
extirpation and have Eastern Spadefoot (Endangered) Cooter (Threatened) • Frogs may be taken with long bow and arrow including
NO OPEN SEASON. (Threatened) Kirtland’s Snake compound bows, crossbows, spears or gigs. Spears or gigs may
(Endangered) not have more than five barbs and cannot be used in stocked
FOR A LIST OF ALL ENDANGERED, THREATENED AND CANDIDATE FISH SPECIES, visit the Commission's website. trout waters.
Turtles:
• Set-lines, turtle traps or other devices for catching turtles must
The following native reptile and amphibian species have NO OPEN SEASON. include a tag indicating the name, address and phone number of
The DAILY LIMIT is 0 (zero) and POSSESSION LIMIT is 0 (zero). the owner or user. Traps, nets or other devices must be of a floating
SALAMANDERS: FROGS and TOADS: Eastern Smooth TURTLES: or partially submerged design to allow for the release of untargeted
Eastern Hellbender Mountain Chorus Frog Earthsnake Blanding’s Turtle turtles. Hooks must be at least 3.5 inches long with not less than 1
Four-toed Salamander Upland Chorus Frog Eastern Wormsnake Woodland Box Turtle inch space between the point and shank of the hook. The number
Jefferson Salamander Western Chorus Frog Mountain Earthsnake Spotted Turtle of lines or hooks per line is unlimited.
Marbled Salamander Queensnake Wood Turtle
SNAKES: PERMITS
Common Mudpuppy Short-headed
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake SKINKS/LIZARDS: • A permit is required to hunt, take, catch, kill or possess
Northern Ravine Salamander Gartersnake
Eastern Ribbonsnake Eastern Fence Lizard Timber Rattlesnakes and Eastern Copperheads.
Smooth Greensnake
Northern Coal Skink • Venomous Snake Permit holders must submit a catch
The following native reptile and amphibian species have NO CLOSED SEASON. report regardless if they did not hunt or hunted and did
not harvest.
The DAILY LIMIT is 1 (one) and POSSESSION LIMIT is 1 (one). • A permit is required to hunt, take, catch or kill Snapping
SALAMANDERS: Northern Two-lined Northern Leopard Frog Northern Ring-necked Turtles for the purpose of sale, barter or trade.
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander Pickerel Frog Snake • The venomous snake permit fee for residents is $31.97
Salamander Seal Salamander Spring Peeper Northern Watersnake per year; the fee for non-residents is $61.97 per year.
Eastern Red-backed Spotted Salamander Wood Frog TURTLES: • The Snapping Turtle permit fee for residents is $61.97
Salamander Wehrle's Salamander per year; the fee for non-residents is $121.97 per year.
SNAKES: Eastern Musk Turtle
Red-spotted Newt Valley and Ridge Eastern Painted Turtle • Prices for venomous snake and Snapping Turtle permits
Eastern Gartersnake
Eastern Long-tailed Salamander Eastern Spiny Softshell include a $1.00 agent fee and $0.97 transaction fee.
Eastern Milksnake
Salamander FROGS and TOADS: Eastern Ratsnake Northern Map Turtle To purchase Venomous Snake and Commercial Turtle
Northern Dusky Salamander Eastern American Toad Northern Black Racer Midland Painted Turtle permits, visit your license issuing agent. Commercial
Northern Red Salamander Gray Treefrog Red-bellied Snake Turtle Permits can also be purchased online.
Northern Slimy Salamander Fowler's Toad SKINKS/LIZARDS:
Dekay's Brownsnake Common Five-lined Skink
Northern Spring Salamander
The practice of catch and release of amphibians and reptiles is encouraged.

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 BOAT AND GEAR CLEANING REQUIREMENTS

Boat and Gear Cleaning Requirements

Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) are plants and animals that have been introduced into new ecosystems and have environmental,
recreational, economic or health impacts. These invaders may damage equipment and compete with native species. Anglers and
boaters may unknowingly introduce AIS into new waters.
It is unlawful to transport any plants, fish or other aquatic life from one body of water to another. It is unlawful to release unused
bait into the waters you are fishing. Dispose of unused bait in a trash can.
CHECK DRAIN STOP INVASIVE CARP!
Inspect every inch of your boat, trailer Drain water from all equipment before Bighead, Silver and Black Carp are invasive carp. It
and fishing gear before leaving any body leaving the area you are visiting. Some is unlawful to possess, introduce or import, transport,
of water. Remove and leave behind plants, species may live for months in water that has sell, purchase, offer for sale or barter these species in
mud and aquatic life. not been removed. Pennsylvania. These species pose a significant threat
• Motors to the biodiversity of native species and habitat, along
Check your boat
• Jet drives with imposing safety risks to boaters.
• Anchor and line
• Live wells Invasive carp had a devastating impact in the
• Live wells • Compartments
• Motor lower unit Mississippi River system and now pose this threat
• Boat hulls to the Great Lakes Basin. As AIS, these fish do not
• Hull and bilge • Bilge
• Trailer hitch, rollers, lights and axle naturally occur in Pennsylvania waters and would
• Shoes, boots and waders only occur if transported and released.
• Life jackets • Bait buckets
• Swimming floats, water skis, These carp species are a threat due to their large
• Life jackets size (some can grow to more than 100 pounds and
wakeboards and tubes • Swimming floats, water skis,
5 feet in length), reproductive success, habitat damage
wakeboards and tubes
REMOVE THE PLUG and large, year-round food consumption. In addition,
• Kayaks (pull open plugs)
Silver Carp, when startled, can jump up to 10 feet out
Dock Lines/Ropes Live Wells Anchor CLEAN of the water, striking boaters and causing severe injury.
Many AIS are microscopic and can't be For more information and to report sightings or
seen. It's important to clean your gear even catches of these fish species and other AIS, go to
if it doesn't appear to have anything on it. fishandboat.com.
Follow the cleaning instructions below after Grass Carp are also known as invasive carp.
Motor
the water has been removed. Diploid Grass Carp are banned from stocking in
Trailer Lights Bilge Axle Rollers Hitch • Use hot (140° F) water to clean your Pennsylvania, but Triploid (sterile) Grass Carp are
equipment. allowed to be stocked in lakes and ponds with a
• Spray equipment with a high- PFBC-approved permit.
Check your fishing gear pressure washer. If hot water is not
• Shoes or boots available, a commercial hot water car
• Clothing wash also makes an ideal location to YOU ARE REQUIRED TO
• Fishing vests
• Fishing rod, reel and line
wash your boat, motor and trailer. STOP AQUATIC HITCHHIKERS!
• Freezing gear for at least 6 hours will
• Hooks and lures Tips for New Zealand Mudsnails:
kill most AIS.
• Tackle boxes • Freeze gear for a minimum of 6 hours.
DRY • Soak gear in hot (>120 Fahrenheit) water for at
Remove Dry everything before entering new
• Visible plants least 5 minutes.
waters. Allow equipment to dry to the touch,
• Fish or other aquatic animals • Soak gear in a 1:1 solution of Formula 409
and then allow it to dry another 48 hours.
• Mud and dirt Thick and dense material like life jackets and Degreaser Disinfectant and water. Other
Do not transport any potential hitchhiker, felt-soled wading gear will hold moisture typical AIS disinfection methods and other
even back to your home. Remove and leave longer, take longer to dry and can be more 409 brand products are not effective in killing
them at the site you visited. difficult to clean. New Zealand Mudsnails.

A Waterways Conservation Officer may order:

• The removal of aquatic plants or prohibited species from a watercraft, trailer or water-related equipment before transport or before immersing
in Commonwealth waters.
• Confinement of the watercraft at a mooring, dock or other location until the related equipment is removed from the water.
• Removal of a watercraft from a Commonwealth water to remove prohibited AIS if the water has not previously been known
to be infected with that species. Find lists of known waters of the Commonwealth with AIS in the United States Geological
Survey's Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database.
• A prohibition of a watercraft into a Commonwealth water when the watercraft has aquatic plants or prohibited AIS attached
or when water has not been drained or the drain plug not removed.
• Decontamination of a watercraft, if possible, on site. nas.er.usgs.gov

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GENERAL BOATING REGULATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY RESOURCES

General Boating Regulations include loss of boating privileges, significant CHILDREN AND SPECIAL
fines and imprisonment. POPULATIONS
REQUIREMENTS – A Coast Guard-approved For additional information, see the Pennsyl-
wearable life jacket is required for each person on To inquire about waters available exclusively for
vania Boating Handbook or visit the Commis-
all boats in all waters. See additional life jacket re- children 15 years of age or younger and special
sion's website. populations, please contact a PFBC region office.
quirements in the Pennsylvania Boating Handbook
and online. Motorboats (including boats powered
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
by electric motors) must be registered in their Accessibility Resources
state of principal use. Boat operators born on or A copy of the Pennsylvania Fishing Summary The PFBC and its partners offer fishing and boating
after January 1, 1982, who operate boats greater opportunities at a variety of facilities throughout
and Pennsylvania Boating Handbook is available
than 25 horsepower must have a Boating Safety the Commonwealth.
online in alternative accessible format.
Education Certificate in their possession. All PWC Facility enhancements can provide greater access for
(personal watercraft) operators must have a Boating all to enjoy Pennsylvania’s waterways. The Commission
Safety Education Certificate in their possession.
TTY provides funding for the planning, acquisition,
Persons using a TTY may dial Pennsylvania development, expansion and rehabilitation of public
Persons 11 years old or younger may NOT oper-
ate a boat with greater than 25 horsepower or a Relay telephone number 711 to contact us. fishing and boating facilities. Some of the most
PWC. Persons 12–15 years old may not operate a successful funding requests come from townships,
PWC with any passengers on board 15 years old MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIRS boroughs and municipal governments that partner
or younger or rent a PWC. AND OTHER POWER-DRIVEN with nonprofit groups, private businesses and service
Unpowered boats (canoes, kayaks, rowboats, MOBILITY DEVICES clubs. Find grant applications, guidelines and more
stand-up paddleboards, etc.) can be launched at at fishandboat.com.
A person who requires the use of a motorized
Commission lakes and access areas or Pennsylva- wheelchair or similar device powered by an
nia State Parks and Forests if they display a boat electric motor may use the device on Commission
BORROW FISHING TACKLE
registration, Commission launch use permit or property. The Commission does not represent At the PFBC, we believe the lack of tackle should
Pennsylvania State Parks launch permit or mooring never be a reason to miss out on fishing. Partners
that its properties, except those specifically
permit. An unpowered boat may have a registration across the Commonwealth loan out fishing tackle to
marked and designated for access by persons
OR launch permit, but it is not required to have get you casting a line into your local fishing spot. Find
with disabilities, are suitable for this use. People the loaner site closest to you on our website. Give us
both. The Commission does NOT recognize launch
needing the use of some other power-driven a call or visit our website if you or your organization
permits from other states. A Commission launch
permit can be purchased on the PFBC’s website. mobility device to access Commission property is interested in becoming a loaner site.
Boating and alcohol do not mix. Alcohol use for fishing or boating opportunities may contact
increases the chances of having an accident. Alcohol the Bureau of Law Enforcement for an application BORROW A LIFE JACKET
affects balance, coordination and judgment. It is for access (also found on the Commission’s Need a life jacket? We’ve got you covered. Let us
illegal to operate a boat while under the influence website): PFBC Bureau of Law Enforcement, connect you with our partners who loan life jackets across
of alcohol or a controlled substance. Penalties P.O. Box 67000, Harrisburg PA 17106-7000. the state. Link to our partners at fishandboat.com.

The Holland Street Pier, Erie County, features smooth

and open paved surfaces from parking lot to pier and
Nathan Buchinski enjoyed fishing at Lackawanna provides lowered railings for anglers to fish from the An adaptive kayak launch at Beltzville Lake,
State Park, Lackawanna County. seated position. Carbon County.

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 2025 MENTORED YOUTH TROUT DAY:
MARCH 29 (Statewide) 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Mentored Youth Trout Day Regulations:

• Youth anglers must obtain a current • Anglers 16 years of age or older must • Other waters may be added to the
year Mentored Youth Permit OR a possess a valid Pennsylvania fishing list of waters available for Mentored
Voluntary Youth Fishing License license and current trout permit Youth Trout opportunities.
from the Commission and be and be accompanied by a youth • Special regulation areas are not
accompanied by a licensed adult (less than 16 years of age) who has included in the program.
angler in order to participate. The obtained a Mentored Youth Permit
angler may mentor multiple youth. OR a Voluntary Youth Fishing The PFBC is providing this opportunity
No more than one licensed angler per License from the Commission. for youth to fish with their mentors, and
actively fishing mentored youth. • Only youth anglers with a current it is not intended as a way for mentors to
year Voluntary Youth Fishing get an early start to trout season. Mentors
License OR Mentored Youth Permit fishing with youth on this date should
may possess a total of two trout follow these guidelines:
(combined species) with a minimum • The youth should be capable of
length of 7 inches. Adult anglers are fishing on their own, with limited
prohibited from possessing trout. assistance from the mentor.
• All other Commonwealth inland • The mentor should be fishing within
regulations apply. arms reach or 6 feet of the actively
• It is unlawful to fish in waters fishing mentored youth.
designated as part of the Mentored • The PFBC is discouraging youth
Youth Fishing Day Program except organizations to use this as an
when participating in the program. opportunity to get a large group
• The waters included in the Mentored of youth fishing with minimal
Youth Fishing Day Program are the adult supervision.
Stocked Trout Waters statewide.

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NOTICE OF STOCKING (NOS)

Notice of Stocking (NOS)

Ensuring the health and events (per waterbody) may be A NOS IS NOT NEEDED FOR:
wellbeing of Pennsylvania's submitted on a single NOS form. • Fish baited on a hook for fishing
waters and aquatic life is The NOS form submission • Stocking an ornamental pond
paramount to the mission of the is free and easy and helps the constructed with a closed
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat PFBC track the number, species system of water circulation
Commission, and we must be and location of fish being with no risk of contacting the
proactive in responding to the introduced into the waters of Commonwealth’s surface waters
increasing challenges brought on the Commonwealth. • Stocking allowed by a Triploid
by Aquatic Invasive Species. The information will Grass Carp Permit
Any person or group engaged in assist the PFBC in assessing • Stocking waters contained
stocking fish into Commonwealth and quantifying fishing within a property or premise of
waters is required to notify opportunities created outside a propagation facility licensed
the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat of the PFBC as well as monitor under the Pennsylvania
Commission (PFBC) by way of NOS. threats to the Commonwealth's Aquaculture Development Law
This includes streams and ponds aquatic resources. (3 Pa.C.S. §§ 4201-4223)
located on private properties.

NOS SUBMISSION For a NOS: For more information:

A NOS is required for each
waterbody. Multiple stocking

fishandboat.com/Fishing/Stocking/Pages/
HuntFish.PA.gov
Notice-of-Stocking.aspx

If you don’t submit a NOS, a Waterways Conservation Officer may provide

education of the requirement, request you submit a NOS to comply with the
regulation, issue a warning or issue a $150.00 citation.

REMINDER: Aquaculture Licensing and Fish

• A VHSv certification is required Importation:
for stocking in the Great Lakes
Watershed of Erie, Crawford
and Potter counties.
• Gill Lice certification is required
for any PFBC Special Activities
Permit that consists of stocking
Brook Trout or Rainbow Trout.
agriculture.pa.gov/Animals/AHDServices/
The certification is only needed licenses-certificates/Aquaculture%20
when a stocking occurs. Licensing/Pages/default.aspx

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 TROUT FISHING REGULATIONS

NORTHWEST Find the Regulation that Applies to

NORTHEAST Where You Want to Fish.
NORTHCENTRAL To assist trout anglers in knowing the regulations
that apply to locations where they fish, the trout
regulations are separated by PFBC Regions. From
pages 25 through 36, each region contains a listing of
SOUTHCENTRAL its counties separated by specific trout regulation.
SOUTHWEST
SOUTHEAST An explanation of each regulation and its
requirements is on this page and the next page.

Stocked Trout Waters or she has in possession any fishing line, Stocked Trout Waters Open
Many streams, lakes, ponds and reservoirs are rod or other device that can be used for to Year-Round Fishing
officially classified as “stocked trout waters.” fishing while on or in any water or on the
Waters with this designation are considered “stocked
This means that these waters contain significant banks within 25 feet of any water where
trout waters.” From 8 a.m. opening day of trout
portions that are open to public fishing and are fishing is prohibited. Unless geographically
through September 1, Commonwealth inland sizes
stocked with trout. The waters listed here are designated in the Region Regulated Trout and creel limits apply. From January 1 through
open to trout harvest during the “extended sea- Waters section, the term stocked trout waters February 16, and from September 2 through
son” (see page 10). Unlisted streams (those not includes the entire stream from headwaters December 31, “extended season” sizes and creel
included in this list of “stocked trout waters”) to mouth. limits apply. These waters are open to fishing from
are not open to harvest of trout during the Special note: Although the list was up to February 17 to opening day of trout season; however, no
“extended season.” Only stocked trout waters date at the time this booklet was printed, it trout may be taken or possessed on these waters during
are open to harvest during this period. Spearing is possible that some streams may later be this period. It is unlawful to fish in rivers and streams
fish is not permitted in any of these waters at deleted or added as “stocked trout waters” designated as stocked trout waters open to year-round
any time of the year. because of last-minute changes in water fishing without a current trout permit. A trout permit is
These waters are closed to all fishing (including quality conditions. Check with the nearest not required to fish in lakes and ponds that have been
taking of minnows) from February 17 to Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission designated as stocked trout waters open to year-round
8 a.m. on the opening day of the trout season. office ( see page 3) if there is any question fishing unless the person takes, kills or possesses, while
A person shall be deemed to be fishing if he about whether or not a water area is “stocked.” in the act of fishing, a trout on or in these waters.

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 TROUT FISHING REGULATIONS
TROUT FISHING REGULATIONS

Special Regulation Areas CATCH AND RELEASE ALL TACKLE • Fishing may be done with artificial lures only constructed
of metal, plastic, rubber or wood, or with flies and streamers
The Commission establishes specially regulated areas • Open to fishing year-round.
• Fishing is permitted on a 24-hour basis. constructed of natural or synthetic materials. All such lures
on some trout waters. These specially regulated areas are may be used with spinning or fly fishing gear.
assigned to one of the programs on this page with the • No trout may be killed or had in possession.
• There are no tackle restrictions. • The use or possession of any natural bait, baitfish, fishbait,
regulations for each program included. These program bait paste and similar substances, fish eggs (natural or molded)
regulations apply only to those waters designated by the • An angler in a boat may possess bait and fish caught in
compliance with the seasons, sizes and creel limits in effect or any other edible substance is prohibited.
Commission as being part of that program, not to all trout • Taking baitfish or fishbait is prohibited.
waters. When applicable, a list of specially regulated waters for a water from which it was taken, provided that the boat
• An angler in a boat may possess bait and fish caught in
appears at the end of the stocked trout waters section for angler floats through the Catch and Release All Tackle area
compliance with the seasons, sizes and creel limits in effect for
each region of the state. without stopping or engaging in the act of fishing or the boat
a water from which it was taken, provided that the boat angler
angler puts in or takes out his or her boat at an access point
floats through the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only area
ALL TACKLE TROPHY TROUT within the Catch and Release All Tackle area.
without stopping or engaging in the act of fishing or the boat
• Open to fishing year-round. • A current trout permit is required. angler puts in or takes out his or her boat at an access point
• Fishing is permitted on a 24-hour basis. within the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only area.
• Minimum size – 18 inches, caught on, or in possession CATCH AND RELEASE • A current trout permit is required.
on, the waters under these regulations from 8 a.m. on the ARTIFICIAL LURES ONLY
opening day of the regular trout season through Labor Day. • Open to fishing year-round. TROPHY TROUT
• The daily creel limit is one trout – except for the period • Fishing is permitted on a 24-hour basis.
from the day after Labor Day to 8 a.m. of the first Saturday • No trout may be killed or had in possession.
ARTIFICIAL LURES ONLY
in April of the following year, when no trout may be killed • Fishing may be done with artificial lures only constructed • Open to fishing year-round.
or had in possession. • Fishing is permitted on a 24-hour basis.
of metal, plastic, rubber or wood, or with flies or streamers
• There are no tackle restrictions. • Minimum size – 18 inches, caught on, or in possession
constructed of natural or synthetic materials. All such lures on, the waters under these regulations from 8 a.m. on the
• An angler in a boat may possess bait and fish caught in
compliance with the seasons, sizes and creel limits in effect may be used with spinning or fly fishing gear. Use or possession opening day of the regular trout season through Labor Day.
for a water from which it was taken, provided that the boat of any other lures or substance is prohibited. • The daily creel limit is one trout – except for the period
angler floats through the All Tackle Trophy Trout area without • Wading is permitted unless otherwise posted. from the day after Labor Day to 8 a.m. of the first Saturday
stopping or engaging in the act of fishing or the boat angler • Taking baitfish or fishbait is prohibited. in April of the following year, when no trout may be killed
puts in or takes out his or her boat at an access point within • An angler in a boat may possess bait and fish caught in or had in possession.
the All Tackle Trophy Trout area. compliance with the seasons, sizes and creel limits in effect • Fishing may be done with artificial lures only, constructed
• A current trout permit is required. for a water from which it was taken, provided that the boat of metal, plastic, rubber or wood, or with flies and streamers
• The regulations apply to trout only; all other species, angler floats through the Catch and Release Artificial Lures constructed of natural or synthetic materials. All lures may
inland regulations apply. Only area without stopping or engaging in the act of fishing or be used with spinning or fly fishing gear.
the boat angler puts in or takes out his or her boat at an access • Taking baitfish or fishbait is prohibited.
ALL TACKLE TROUT SLOT LIMIT point within the Catch and Release Artificial Lures Only area. • An angler in a boat may possess bait and fish caught in
• Open to fishing year-round. • A current trout permit is required. compliance with the seasons, sizes and creel limits in effect
• Fishing is permitted on a 24-hour basis. for a water from which it was taken, provided that the boat
• From 8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season CATCH AND RELEASE angler floats through the Trophy Trout Artificial Lures Only
for trout through Labor Day, the daily creel limit of trout FLY-FISHING ONLY area without stopping or engaging in the act of fishing or the
is two (combined species). Trout must be at least 7 inches boat angler puts in or takes out his or her boat at an access
but less than 12 inches in length to be killed or possessed. • Open to fishing year-round. point within the Trophy Trout Artificial Lures Only area.
• From the day after Labor Day until 8 a.m. on the opening • Fishing is permitted on a 24-hour basis. • A current trout permit is required.
day of the regular season for trout, no trout may be killed • No trout may be killed or had in possession.
• Fishing may be done with artificial flies and streamers The Keystone Select Stocked Trout
or possessed.
constructed of natural or synthetic materials, so long as all Waters program provides anglers
• There are no tackle restrictions.
• A current trout permit is required. flies are constructed in a normal fashion with components with an exciting opportunity to fish
wound on or about the hook. Fishing must be done with for larger trout. Under the program,
approximately 10,000 large trout, 2- to
ARTIFICIAL LURES ONLY tackle limited to fly rods, fly reels and fly line with leader
3-years old and measuring between 14
material of monofilament line attached. Anything other
TROUT SLOT LIMIT than these items is prohibited. to 20 inches, are distributed among these
• Open to fishing year-round. • Taking baitfish or fishbait is prohibited. select waters under the Delayed Harvest
• Fishing is permitted on a 24-hour basis. • Wading is permitted unless otherwise posted. Artificial Lures Only Special Regulations and one water
• From 8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular season • An angler in a boat may possess bait and fish caught in managed with Miscellaneous Special Regulations. These
for trout through Labor Day, the daily creel limit of trout compliance with the seasons, sizes and creel limits in effect larger trout are stocked only during the spring stocking
is two (combined species). Trout must be at least 7 inches for a water from which it was taken, provided that the boat periods to coincide with the period of peak angler use. As
but less than 12 inches in length to be killed or possessed. angler floats through the Catch and Release Fly-Fishing Only with many waters managed with Delayed Harvest Artificial
• From the day after Labor Day until 8 a.m. on the opening area without stopping or engaging in the act of fishing or the Lures Only and Miscellaneous Special Regulations, not
day of the regular season for trout, no trout may be killed boat angler puts in or takes out his or her boat at an access all waters in the Keystone Select Stocked Trout Waters
or possessed. point within the Catch and Release Fly-Fishing Only area. program receive a fall stocking. Fall stocking is limited to
• Fishing may be done with artificial lures only constructed • A current trout permit is required. stream sections that are considered destination fisheries
of metal, plastic, rubber or wood; or with flies and streamers and provide relatively high angler use during fall. Currently,
constructed of natural or synthetic materials. Lures may be DELAYED HARVEST 16 of the 24 stream sections in this program receive a
used with spinning or fly fishing gear. Use or possession of
other lures or substances is prohibited. ARTIFICIAL LURES ONLY fall stocking. In the stocked trout water listings and the
miscellaneous waters with special regulations sections,
• Taking of baitfish or fishbait is prohibited. • Open to fishing year-round. look for the red keystone, which indicates that
• A current trout permit is required. • Fishing is permitted on a 24-hour basis. this water is a Keystone Select Stocked
• An angler in a boat may possess bait and fish caught in • Minimum size – 9 inches, caught on or in possession on, Trout Water.
compliance with seasons, sizes and creel limits in effect for the the waters under these regulations from June 15 through
water from which taken, provided that the boat angler floats Labor Day.
through the Artificial Lures Only Trout Slot Limit area without • The daily creel limit is three trout (combined species) Special regulation waters appear on
stopping or engaging in the act of fishing or the boat angler from June 15 through Labor Day, caught on or in possession pages 25 through 36 after each region’s
puts in or takes out his or her boat at an access point within on the waters under these regulations. From the day after
the Artificial Lures Only Trout Slot Limit area. Labor Day until June 15, the daily creel limit is zero. section of stocked trout waters.
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 TROUT FISHING SOUTHEAST REGION

Southeast Region Regulated Trout Waters

Statewide Opening Scotts Run Lake East Branch Brandywine West Branch Chester Creek Rock Run (downstream
Day of Trout Season Spring Creek (Sewer Creek (SR 4031 to Reeds (Railroad crossing upstream boundary of campground
Treatment Plant 490 Road and Dowlin Forge to Ivy Mills Road to mouth) 1.94 kilometers downstream
Stocked Trout Waters Pennsylvania Avenue in LANCASTER: Berks County to mouth)
meters upstream SR 3010
OPENING DAY: to Blue Marsh) Downingtown) Big Beaver Creek (SR 222 Stewart Run (St. Catherine
APRIL 5 Swabia Creek (State Street East Branch Octoraro Creek and White Oak Road Road to mouth)
BERKS: Bridge, Berks County, to (Steelville Road bridge, intersection to mouth) Swarr Run (Yellow Goose
Antietam Creek (Antietam Steeleville, to Knight Bowery Run (Railroad Road to SR 741)
mouth)
Reservoir to South St. Run) overpass to mouth) West Branch Little Conestoga
Tulpehocken Creek (450 Conowingo Creek
Lawrence Borough Line at East Branch White Clay Creek (Bender Mill Road to
Exeter Park) meters upstream Richland Creek (first unnamed (Black Bear Road to Black
Road to Charming Forge Owl Bridge Road)
Antietam Reservoir tributary downstream Baron Road) West Branch Octoraro Creek
Furnace Creek (Robesonia Road bridge) SR 0001 to mouth) Conoy Creek (Saegerville
West Branch Conestoga (Mount Pleasant Road
Reservoir Dam to mouth) French Creek (upper State Road bridge to mouth)
bridge to Noble Road)
Hay Creek (White Bear Road River (approximately Game Lands #43 boundary East Branch Octoraro Creek
(Steelville Road bridge, LEHIGH:
bridge to mouth) 350 meters upstream off Harmonyville Road to
Steeleville, to Knight Run) Cedar Creek (Lake
Kistler Creek (junction powerline to mouth) 475 meters downstream
Fishing Creek (Silver Spring Muhlenburg to mouth)
Kistler Valley Road and Willow Creek (unnamed Coventryville Road and 750
Donats Peak to mouth) meters upstream Bertolet Road bridge to mouth) Coplay Creek (Dam upstream
tributary 1.5 kilometers
Little Lehigh Creek School Road to Hoffecker Hammer Creek (Hammer Hill Street bridge, Ormrod,
upstream Schaeffer Road
(Longswamp Road bridge Road and unnamed tributary Creek Road to SR 322 to mouth)
to SR 73)
to Smith Lane bridge) upstream West Seven Stars bridge and Speedwell Forge Jordan Creek (SR 309 to
Wyomissing Creek (former Lake to Brunnerville Road
Little Swatara Creek (South Road to SR 23 bridge) Ceder Crest Boulevard
mill dam upstream and Clay Road to mouth) bridge and 0.3 kilometer
Faust Road to Salem Road) Middle Branch White Clay Creek
Mohnton Borough Indian Run (Pleasant View upstream Mauch Chunk
Maiden Creek (Kistler Creek (Guernsy Road to Good
boundary to SR 222 Road to mouth) Road to mouth)
to dam in Lenhartsville) Hope Road)
Manatawny Creek (SR 0073 bridge) Pickering Creek (Pikeland Little Beaver Creek (Calamus Kistler Creek (junction Kistler
bridge to 250 meters BUCKS: Road bridge to Merlin Road Run to Walnut Run Road) Valley Road and Donats
downstream confluence Caroline Lake bridge) Little Chiques Creek (unnamed
Peak to mouth)
Delaware Canal (upstream Pocopson Creek (Red Lion tributary 0.65 miles
Furnace Run and Oley/Earl Laurel Run (Mill Road bridge
boundary up Washington Road to mouth) upstream Mountain Joy
Township line to Airport to Coopersburg Discharge
Crossing State Park to Valley Creek West (SR 100 Road to SR 230)
Road bridge and 400 meters Sewer Treatment Plant)
canal lock at lower Park Little Cocalico Creek
downstream Levengood to the confluence with Lehigh Canal (first lock upstream
boundary and upstream (unnamed tributary
Run to Ironstone Creek) the unnamed tributary, Monocacy Creek crossing to
boundary Lower 250 meters upstream
Mill Creek (500 meters locally known as Nancy Run crossing)
Washington Crossing State Southwest Creamery Road
upstream Stump Road Colebrook Run) Little Lehigh Creek
Park to Ferry Road bridge crossing to mouth)
bridge to mouth) West Branch Brandywine
Morrisville) Little Conestoga Creek (Longswamp Road bridge
Mill Creek (Creamery Creek (SR 4005 Cedar Knoll
East Branch Perkiomen (powerline upstream Miller to Smith Lane bridge and
Road bridge at Mill Road downstream to SR 0340) Road to Harrisburg Pike)
Creek (Branch Road White Clay Creek (confluence Spring Creek to Wild Cherry
intersection to Hassler Run) Little Muddy Creek
Mill Creek (unnamed tributary bridge to Mill Creek) East and Middle Branch Lane and 0.4 kilometer
(Bowmansville Road to upstream Country Club
downstream Millbach Levittown Lake White Clay Creek to PA/DE 140 meters downstream Road bridge to upstream
Road to unnamed tributary Tohickon Creek (Dark Stateline) SR 897–Sewer Treatment Face Fish Hatchery Road
downstream Lebanon/Berks Hollow Road bridge to DELAWARE: Plant Discharge)
County Line) mouth) Chester Creek (dam upstream bridge and 155 meters
Meetinghouse Creek (Haiti
Northkill Creek (Feick Drive Unami Creek (150 meters Forge Road to Bridgewater Road bridge to Nickel upstream 24th Street
bridge to mouth) downstream T-477 Road bridge) Mines Run) Bogart's bridge to mouth)
Ontelaunee Creek (unnamed Milford Square Park to Darby Creek (804 meters Middle Creek (Middle Creek Monocacy Creek (Illicks
tributary 225 meters Pennsylvania Turnpike) upstream Little Darby Reservoir Dam to West Mill Dam to mouth)
upstream SR 4036 to mouth) CHESTER: Creek to Hilldale Road Lime Rock Road) Ontelaunee Creek (Mosserville
Perkiomen Creek (Tollgate Beaver Creek (SR 0030 to bridge) Muddy Creek (100 meters Road to Donats Peak Road and
Road bridge, Berks County, mouth) Ithan Creek (I-476 to mouth) upstream Pleasant Valley unnamed tributary 225 meters
to first unnamed tributary Big Elk Creek (confluence Little Darby Creek (most Road bridge to SR 897 upstream SR 4036 to mouth)
downstream Fruitville East and West Branch Elk upstream bridge in Willows bridge, Fivepointville) Swabia Creek (State Street bridge,
Road, Montgomery Creek to Camp Bonsall Park to mouth) Muddy Run (unnamed Berks County, to mouth)
County) Road bridge) Ridley Creek (2,000 meters tributary upstream
Buck Run (Compass Road upstream SR 4008 to falls Switzer Creek (junction
Pine Creek (unnamed northern SR 772 crossing to
tributary near Pine Creek bridge to SR 372) 225 meters upstream powerline crossing) Bachman Road and Bausch
Road/Hawk Mountain Road East Branch Big Elk Creek SR 4004 Barren and Pequea Creek (Wanner Drive Road to mouth)
junction to mouth) (swale 400 meters Bishop Hollow Roads and bridge downstream to 100 Trout Creek (Furnace Road
Sacony Creek (Bowers Road upstream Oxford Road to Brookhaven Road bridge to meters downstream of bridge, Lehigh Furnace, to
to SR 222 bridge Kutztown) West Branch Elk Creek) Chestnut Street bridge) School Lane Road) mouth)

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MONTGOMERY: Lehigh Canal (first lock Creek and 1.1 miles former Binney-Smith Dam, Delayed Harvest
Deep Creek Dam upstream Monocacy Creek upstream mouth to mouth) downstream to the 13th Artificial Lures Only
East Branch Perkiomen crossing to Nancy Run Lizard Creek (1 mile upstream Street Bridge) BERKS:
Creek (900 meters upstream crossing and 1.0 kilometer Andreas Road bridge to 0.5 Tulpehocken Creek
Skip Sal Road to Bergeys downstream Carbon County mile upstream Stone Moun- Catch and Release
All Tackle (3.8 miles; from the first
Mill Road) Line to West Bertsch Creek) tain Road bridge) deflector below Blue Marsh
Kepner Creek (Whitehall Road Little Bushkill Creek (Delabole CHESTER/MONTGOMERY:
Locust Creek (Locust Lake Dam downstream to the
to mouth) Road bridge to Jones Hill Valley Creek (at Valley Forge
Dam to mouth) T-921 covered bridge)
Loch Alsh Reservoir Road bridge and 0.34 mile and tributaries including
Locust Lake CHESTER:
Manatawny Creek (Route 100 downstream Engles Road Little Valley Creek; be aware
Lower Little Swatara Creek that Valley Forge National East Branch Brandywine
to mouth) bridge to mouth) (SR 0895 bridge near Dad Creek (1.2 miles; from SR
Pennypack Creek Historic Park has imposed
Martins Creek (confluence Burnhams Road to mouth) 4019, Dorlan’s Mill Road,
(Lorimer Park at old special bait restrictions;
East and West Branch Mahantango Creek (Route downstream to SR 4004,
Railroad crossing/rail trail to check local posters)
Martins Creek to Bangor 125 bridge to Kiwania Farm Dowlin Forge Road)
Frankford Avenue) Sewer Treatment Plant Road bridge) Catch and Release Pickering Creek (1.5 miles;
Perkiomen Creek (Tollgate discharge and Waltz Creek to Mahoning Creek (Berry Road Fly-Fishing Only from SR 1019, Charlestown
Road bridge, Berks County, dam 0.6 kilometer upstream bridge to Lehigh River) CHESTER: Road, downstream to 330
to first unnamed tributary intersection South Main French Creek (0.9 mile; from yards upstream of the
Pine Creek (Dam at East
downstream Fruitville Road, Street and Old Franklin) the dam at Camp Sleepy railroad bridge)
Mahanoy junction to mouth) Middle Branch White Clay
Montgomery County) Minsi Lake Hollow downstream to
Pine Creek (Fountain Road to Creek (1.67 miles; from SR
Skippack Creek (Old Forty Monocacy Creek (SR 248 Hollow Road)
mouth) 3009, Good Hope Road,
Foot Road to mouth) bridge to SR 512 bridge DELAWARE:
Pine Creek (Whitetail Lane downstream to the confluence
Stony Creek (Railroad crossing and 0.3 kilometer upstream Ridley Creek (0.6 mile; from
to 340 meters downstream with the East Branch)
downstream Germantown Georgetown Road bridge to the falls in Ridley Creek State
T-723 bridge) West Valley Creek (1.2 miles;
Avenue to junction West 100 meters downstream U.S. Park downstream to the
Elm and Markley Street) Rabbit Run Reservoir from the confluence with the
22 bridge at PA19 and Illicks mouth of Dismal Run)
Upper Little Swatara Creek unnamed tributary, locally
Unami Creek (Whites Mill Mill Dam to mouth) LANCASTER:
(upstream boundary Frog known as Colebrook Run,
Road to SR 0063) Saucon Creek (second railroad Donegal Creek (2.21 miles;
Hollow Environmental upstream of SR 2020, Boot
Wissahickon Creek (from bridge upstream near Bingen from 275 yards below SR 772 Road, downstream to 0.25
Lafayette Ave. to Stenton Ave.) to 0.38 mile upstream High Center to Sweet Arrow Lake) downstream to T-334)
Whippoorwill Dam mile of the Railroad Tunnel)
NORTHAMPTON: Street bridge) West Branch Octoraro SCHUYLKILL:
Bushkill Creek (Bushkill Center PHILADELPHIA: Stocked Trout Waters Creek (2.0 miles; From
Bear Creek (1.74 miles; from
Road bridge, Copella, to Pennypack Creek (Lorimer Park Open to Year-Round 30 yards downstream of
a cable 800 yards above
Filetown Road bridge, Belfast, at old railroad crossing/rail Fishing SR 0472 downstream to
T-662 downstream to the
junction and private bridge trail to Frankford Avenue) BERKS: 230 yards upstream of the
downstream side of the
off Bushkill Drive to 0.1 Wissahickon Creek Kaercher Creek Dam second unnamed tributary
downstream of SR 2010, bridge on T-676)
mile upstream of Edgewood (Germantown Pike to Wises Tulpehocken Creek (from
Avenue bridge, former Puseyville Road) Little Schuylkill River (1.7
Mill Road junction) covered bridge at T-921
Binney-Smith Dam, and 13th LEHIGH: miles; from SR 895 in New
SCHUYLKILL: downstream to the mouth)
Street bridge to mouth) Little Lehigh Creek (1.54 miles; Ringgold downstream to the
Bear Creek (500 meters down- BUCKS:
Hokendauqua Creek (entrance Lake Luxembourg from the downstream face T-848 bridge near Rauschs)
stream T-895/Bear Creek
bridge to Point Philips Road junction to a cable 800 LANCASTER: of the bridge on T-508, Wild
Rod & Gun Club to 0.38 Muddy Run Recreation Lake Cherry Lane, downstream Artificial Lures Only
yards above T-662) Trout Slot Limit
mile downstream Church Deep Creek (Creek Road to LEHIGH: to the upstream face of the
NORTHAMPTON:
Road bridge and 0.5 mile mouth) Leaser Lake bridge on T-510, Millrace
Monocacy Creek (2.21
upstream second upstream Little Catawissa Creek (Res- SCHUYLKILL: Road)
miles; from Illick’s Mill
Kreidersville Road bridge ervoir Road to Trout Run Sweet Arrow Lake Little Lehigh Creek (0.83 mile; Dam upstream to and
to mouth) Road) Tuscarora Lake from the upstream face of including the Gertrude Fox
Indian Creek (0.44 mile Fish Hatchery Road bridge
Little Mahanoy Creek Catch and Release downstream to near the
Conservation Area)
downstream Cedar Drive (Malones Road bridge to Artificial Lures Only Saucon Creek (2.10 miles; from
bridge to Indian Trail Gordon Mountain Road Oxford Drive bridge) the upstream boundary
NORTHAMPTON:
Road bridge) bridge) Bushkill Creek (1.19 miles; of the city of Bethlehem
Jacoby Creek (Sand Point Road Little Schuylkill River from 0.1 mile upstream of property downstream to the
bridge to mouth) (Locust Creek to Panther Edgewood Avenue bridge, SR 0412 bridge)

Southcentral Region Regulated Trout Waters

Statewide Opening ADAMS: Carbaugh Run (1.28 kilometers Conococheague Creek (former Latimore Creek (Mountain
Day of Trout Season Bermudian Creek (Cranberry upstream Franklin/Adams dam at Birch Run Reservoir Road to mouth)
Road bridge to Wireman's to mouth) to Boyers Mill Road bridge) Little Marsh Creek (SR 3018 to
Stocked Trout Waters Mill Road bridge and Conewago Creek (SR 234 East Branch Antietam Creek Knoxlyn Road)
OPENING DAY: Greenbriar Road bridge to bridge Arendtsville to (Waynesboro Reservoir to Marsh Creek (Cashtown Road
APRIL 5 SR 0094 bridge) Harrisburg Road) Vineyard Run) bridge to Route 30 bridge)

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Middle Creek (Strawberry Poplar Run (first bridge FRANKLIN: Wooden Bridge Creek (North Laurel Run (Little Valley Creek
Nature Preserve to on Poplar Run Road Carbaugh Run (1.28 kilometers Hess Road bridge to to mouth)
McGlaughlin Road T-318) downstream, T-380, to upstream Franklin/Adams Wooden bridge #2 Road) Lost Creek (Route 35 bridge
Opossum Creek (Wenksville mouth) to mouth) HUNTINGDON: upstream Little Lost Creek
Road to mouth) South Poplar Run (Carson Conococheague Creek (former Blacklog Creek (Farm Lane to mouth)
Orrtanna Pond Run to mouth) Bridge at Byron Church to Tuscarora Creek (old Route
dam at Birch Run Reservoir
Toms Creek (Mount Hope Vanscoyoc Run (Decker mouth) 2009 bridge Nossville to
to Boyers Mill Road bridge) Horse Valley Run)
Road to SR 0016 bridge) Hollow Road to mouth) Conodoguinet Creek (Bear Globe Run (150 meters
West Branch Mahantango
Waynesboro Reservoir CUMBERLAND: Valley Run to Letterkenny downstream lake to mouth)
Creek (Crater Hill Road
BEDFORD: Big Spring Creek (Nealy Road Reservoir) Great Trough Creek, Newburg to Creek Road and Stream
Beaver Creek (SR 1027 bridge to Route 641 bridge) Dennis Creek (McCord Road Park Road bridge, T-370, to Ford)
to mouth) Childrens Lake (Boiling bridge to mouth) 200 yards downstream State LEBANON:
Bobs Creek (Rhodes Run Springs) East Branch Antietam Creek Park swimming area) Bachman Run (SR 0322 to
to mouth) Doubling Gap Lake (Waynesboro Reservoir to Greenwood Lake mouth)
Clear Creek (Black Valley Road Fuller Lake Laurel Run (Owl Gap Trail to Conewago Creek (first SR 241
Vineyard Run and Village of
bridge to Elk Lake Lick Green Spring Creek (800 mouth) bridge Northeast of Lawn to
Roadside to SR 0016 bridge)
Road and first bridge on meters upstream Route 641 North Branch Little Aughwick Little Conewago Creek)
Falling Spring Branch (Fifth Hammer Creek (Hammer
North Milk and Water Road to 600 meters upstream Creek (Pleasant Hill Road
to mouth) Avenue to mouth) bridge to mouth) Creek Road to SR 322
Bullshead Road bridge) Letterkenny Reservoir bridge)
Cove Creek (Valley Road North Spring Branch (Route
Laurel Lake Little Cove Creek (3rd Route Indiantown Run (Joseph
bridge to mouth) 829 bridge to 200 meters
Evitts Creek (last downstream Middle Spring Creek (Avon 456 bridge downstream SR downstream Route 944 Springs Hatchery to
SR 220 bridge to Koon Lake) Road to mouth) 0456 to Mill Drive) bridge) Marquette Lake)
Gladdens Run (SR 2013 Mountain Creek (Laurel Lake Rowe Run (700 meters upstream Saddler Creek (SR 1007 bridge Lions Lake
Dam outflow to 400 meters Pinola Road to mouth) Marquette Lake
to mouth) to mouth)
downstream campground West Branch Antietam Creek Mill Creek (unnamed
Little Wills Creek (Wolf Camp Shade Creek (unnamed tributary downstream
Run to mouth) entrance and Hunters Run (Nunnary Road bridge to tributary upstream Felix
to mouth) Millbach Road to unnamed
Maple Run (State Game Lands mouth) Run to mouth) tributary downstream
#73 boundary to mouth) Yellow Breeches Creek (Route West Branch Conococheague Shaver Creek (Stone Valley Lebanon/Berks County
Raystown Branch Juniata River 233 bridge to mouth) Creek (Amberson Road Lake to SR 0305 bridge at Line)
(0.8 kilometer upstream SR DAUPHIN: bridge to new U.S. 30 bridge Bethel Church) Quittapahilla Creek (Snitz
1013 to Shobers Run) Armstrong Creek (Rutter at Fort Loudon) Standing Stone Creek (Penn Creek to Annville Sewer
Sherman Valley Run (Valley Road to SR 0225) FULTON: Roosevelt Dam to first Treatment Plant and Clear
Church Road Building Clark Creek (T-684 to mouth) Big Cove Creek (300 yards SR 0026 bridge north of Spring Road bridge to
to mouth) Mahantango Creek (Route upstream SR 1003 bridge to Huntingdon) mouth)
Town Creek (Blues Gap Road 125 bridge to Kiwanis Farm Laurel Ridge Road) Three Springs Creek Snitz Creek (Zinns Mills to
bridge to 1.4 miles upstream Bridge Road) Cowans Gap Lake (confluence North Spring mouth)
PA/MD stateline) Manada Creek (Furnace Road Branch and Spring Creek to Stovers Lake
Licking Creek (SR 0522 bridge Trout Run (Upper Ridge Road
Wills Creek (0.5 kilometer to Orchard Road) to Baby Run) mouth)
upstream Mckenzie Road Tuscarora Creek (old Route to mouth)
Middletown Reservoir Little Aughwick Creek Tulpehocken Creek (Creamery
bridge to Railroad bridge Pine Creek (Fountain Road to (confluence North and South 2009 bridge Nossville to
Street bridge to 100 meters
400 meters downstream mouth) Branch Little Aughwick Creek Horse Valley Run) downstream from unnamed
Brush Creek) Powell Creek (confluence to Huntingdon County Line) West Licking Creek tributary downstream of
Yellow Creek (Beaver Creek North and South Fork Little Brush Creek (Roaring (2.13 kilometers upstream T-618 bridge)
to Red Bank Hill and SR Powell Creek to Back Run to Little Brush Creek) Mountain Union Water MIFFLIN:
0026 bridge to mouth) Road bridge Waynesville Reservoir to mouth) East Licking Creek (Wynn
Little Tonoloway Creek (Upper
BLAIR: and unnamed tributary Whipple Lake Gap Road bridge to mouth)
State Game Lands 128
Bald Eagle Creek (California JUNIATA: Havice Creek (intersection
near T-358 and T-553 boundary to SR 0655 bridge)
Hollow Run to mouth) Big Run (Arch Rock Road Havice Valley Road and Flat
intersection to Mountain North Branch Little Aughwick Hollow Road to Locke Mills
Beaverdam Creek (Bedford/ bridge to mouth)
Blair County Line to mouth) Road bridge) Creek (Pleasant Hill Road Blacklog Creek (Farm Lane Road bridge, Siglerville)
Bells Gap Run (Bellwood Rattling Creek (Lykens Water bridge to mouth) bridge at Byron Church to Honey Creek (Upper
Reservoir to mouth) Authority Reservoir to mouth) Oregon Creek (4.8 kilometers mouth) Bald Eagle State Forest
Blair Gap Run (lower Blair Gap South Fork Powell Creek upstream mouth to mouth) Cocolamus Creek (SR 2013 boundary to 0.91 kilometer
Muleshoe Reservoir to mouth) (Carsonville Road to Sideling Hill Creek (confluence bridge to Cranes Run) downstream to 0.5 mile
Canoe Creek (bridge 100 mouth) of Oregon Creek and Laurel Delaware Creek (first Route downstream Treaster Run)
Stony Creek (State Game Fork to Trestle Hollow club Kishacoquillas Creek
meters upstream powerline 333 bridge downstream East
Lands 211 gate to mouth) boundary and Roaring Run (Bunker Road bridge to
to mouth) Salem to mouth) Taylor Mill Road and 1.5
Clover Creek (SR 2005 bridge at West Branch Rattling Creek to SR 4013 and SR 0913 at East Licking Creek (Wynn Gap miles upstream confluence
Henrietta to Larke Road bridge (Lykens Road bridge to New Grenada) Road bridge to mouth) Tea Creek to Penn Central
near Larke) Lykens Water Authority South Branch Little Aughwick Horning Run (Spigelmyer Run Railroad bridge and Mill
Frankstown Branch Juniata cable crossing upstream of Creek (spring upstream to mouth) Street bridge to mouth)
River (Confluence Pine Run Powells Valley Road) Richmond spring to mouth) Horse Valley Run (upper Lingle Creek (625 meters
and Beaverdam Creek to Wiconisco Creek (SR 0225 Spring Run (Union Church Tuscarora State Forest upstream Conklin Road
Halter Creek) bridge to mouth) Road to mouth ) boundary to mouth) Bridge to mouth)

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Meadow Creek (Drivey Valley Codorus Creek (Tannary CUMBERLAND: Catch and Release Delayed Harvest
Road bridge to mouth) Road to West Branch Mountain Creek (from Adams All Tackle Artificial Lures Only
Strodes Run (Valley Road Codorus Creek) County line downstream to BLAIR/HUNTINGDON: DAUPHIN:
bridge to 500 meters Deer Creek (Five Forks Road the backwaters of Laurel Lake) Little Juniata River (13.7 miles Manada Creek (1.8 miles; from
downstream Strodes Run bridge, junction T-540 and Opossum Lake from the railroad bridge Fogarty Road downstream to
Road bridge) T-542, to first unnamed DAUPHIN/LEBANON: at the east, downstream, Furnace Road, T-616)
Treaster Run (Treaster Valley tributary downstream Stony Creek (from .4-mile border of Ironville Wiconisco Creek (0.74 mile:
Road bridge to lower Bald Stewartstown Road) upstream of Cold Spring downstream to mouth) from the western edge of the
Eagle State Forest boundary) East Branch Codorus Creek Road downstream to State Catch and Release Ned Smith Center for Nature
West Licking Creek (2.13 (first unnamed tributary Game Lands #211 gate) Fly-Fishing Only and Art walking bridge
kilometers upstream downstream South HUNTINGDON: ADAMS: downstream to the power
Mountain Union Water boundary city park to Iron Lake Perez Conewago Creek (1.1 miles; line crossing located 1.7 miles
Reservoir to mouth) Stone Hill Road bridge) LEBANON: from 0.1 mile downstream upstream from the mouth)
PERRY: Fishing Creek (Red Mill Road of T-340, Russell Tavern Rd., FRANKLIN:
Lakeside Quarry downstream to SR 34)
Bixler Run (SR 850 bridge, to SR 0262) Falling Spring Branch (1.02
PERRY: BEDFORD:
Kistler, to SR 850/274 bridge, Fishing Creek (Snyder miles; from Walker Road
Little Buffalo Lake Yellow Creek (0.9 mile from downstream to Fifth Avenue)
Fort Robinson) Corner Road to 500 meters (Holman Lake) mouth of Maple Run, Jacks FULTON:
Buffalo Creek (Heritage Hills upstream mouth)
Road bridge to Route 849 YORK: Run, upstream to cable near Big Cove Creek – (0.93 mile;
Muddy Creek (confluence South Branch Codorus Creek Red Bank Hill )
bridge downstream to North and South Branch from 200 yards downstream of
(from SR 0616 in Centerville CUMBERLAND: the SR 0928 bridge downstream
Walnut Grove) Muddy Creek to private Big Spring Creek (1.52 miles;
Bull Run (Historic Community downstream to T-527) to the lower Buchanan State
Road on north bank and 300 from 100 feet below the source,
Christian Church to mouth) Catch and Release Big Spring, downstream to Forest boundary)
yards upstream of Bridgeton JUNIATA/MIFFLIN:
Fishing Creek (Trout Run to Road, SR 2032, bridge in Artificial Lures Only the Nealy Road bridge)
SR 11/15) Green Spring Creek (1.2 mile; East Licking Creek (4.0 miles;
Bridgeton to powerline CUMBERLAND: from the Texas Eastern gas
Fowler Hollow Run (where crossing 2.6 kilometers from mouth upstream to
Yellow Breeches Creek (1.17 near confluence with Bulls pipeline crossing downstream
Fowler Hollow Road leaves
downstream PA 425) miles; 0.17 miles of the Head Branch) to the upstream boundary of
Creek to mouth)
North Branch Muddy Creek Unnamed Tributary to Letort Spring Run (1.7 miles; the Karl B. Guss State Forest
Horse Valley Run (upper
(Pine Run to Carter Creek Yellow Breeches Creek, from from 300 yards upstream of Picnic Area)
Tuscarora State Forest
and Laurel Road bridge to the outfall of Children’s bridge on T-481, Bonnybrook LEBANON:
boundary to mouth)
mouth) Lake to the confluence with Road, downstream to the Quittapahilla Creek (1.1 miles;
Laurel Run (Little Valley Creek Reading Railroad bridge at
to mouth) Otter Creek (Hake Road Yellow Breeches Creek at from Spruce Street bridge on
bridge to mouth) Boiling Springs, and 1.0 mile the southern edge of Letort T-398 downstream to the SR
Little Buffalo Creek Spring Park)
(Mannsville Road bridge to Sheppard-Meyers Reservoir of Yellow Breeches Creek 0934 bridge)
South Branch Codorus Creek DAUPHIN: MIFFLIN:
mouth) from the confluence with Clark Creek (2.4 miles; PGC rifle
(AUD prop 700 meters the Unnamed Tributary at Honey Creek (1.75 miles; from
Little Juniata Creek (Roth Road range parking area on SR 325 the upper Bald Eagle State
to Linton Hill Road) upstream T-537 bridge to Boiling Springs downstream downstream to PGC access
350 meters downstream Forest boundary downstream
McCabe Run (Trout Run to to the vicinity of Allenberry) road at the Iron Furnace) 1.75 miles)
mouth) Shaffers Church Road) HUNTINGDON: FRANKLIN:
Montour Creek (SR 274 South Branch Muddy Spruce Creek (0.5 mile; Penn East Branch Antietam Creek Artificial Lures Only
to mouth) Creek (Alum Rock Run State Experimental Fisheries (0.88 mile; from SR 16 Trout Slot Limit
to 430 meters upstream Area, about 0.6 mile above downstream to T-365, YORK:
Panther Creek (Route 17
confluence unnamed Welty Rd.) Codorus Creek (2.0 miles; from
bridge, Ickesburg, to mouth) the village of Spruce Creek) Falling Spring Branch
Raccoon Creek (Route 17 tributary East T-633 and Spruce Creek (0.15 mile; PFBC the West Branch Codorus
(2.5 miles; from the first Creek downstream to 0.40
bridge upstream Donnally T-634) property at Indian Caverns private lane located 672
Mills to mouth) Yellow Breeches Creek (RT near Franklinsville) mile downstream from
feet upstream of Briar Lane Thoman Drive)
Sherman Creek (lower 233 bridge to mouth) MIFFLIN/UNION: bridge downstream to a wire
Tuscarora State Forest Stocked Trout Penns Creek (7.45 miles; fence crossing the Thomas
boundary to Couchtown from approximately 600 L. Geisel property)
Road bridge, Cisna Run)
Waters Open to meters downstream of Swift YORK:
Shultz Creek (Fowler Hollow Year-Round Fishing Run downstream to the Muddy Creek (1.6 miles; from
Run to mouth) BEDFORD: 300 yards downstream of
downstream extent of the Bruce Road bridge, T-628, in
YORK: Koon Lake island near the end of Jolly
BLAIR: Bruce downstream to 300 yards
Beaver Creek (Burkholder Grove Lane) upstream of Bridgeton Road,
Road to mouth) Canoe Creek Lake SR 2032, bridge in Bridgeton)

Southwest Region Regulated Trout Waters

Statewide Opening ALLEGHENY: Bull Creek (Stone Quarry Road Flaugherty Run (Boggs Run to Lower Deer Lake
Day of Trout Season Big Sewickley Creek bridge to mouth) mouth) Middle Deer Lake
(confluence Big and East Deer Creek (328 yards Long Run (Jacks Run at Montour Run (Trout Run to
Stocked Trout Waters upstream West Branch Deer Lincoln Way bridge to upper Ewings Mills Road bridge)
Branch Sewickley Creek to
OPENING DAY: Big Sewickley Creek Road, Creek to big bend 0.56 mile boundary Versailles Borough Peters Creek (Piney Fork to bend 0.8
APRIL 5 SR 4036, bridge) downstream Rich Hill Road near SR 48 and Marshall mile downstream of the Large Park
bridge) Drive intersection) and Ride on Peters Creek Road)

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Pine Creek (North Park Lake to South Branch Brady Run (May Georges Creek (Mountain and unnamed tributary Piney Run (Crumb Road
410 yards upstream Montour Road bridge to Brady Run) Creek to U.S. 119 bridge) East White/Cherryhill bridge to mouth)
Run and 100 yards upstream Traverse Creek (0.23 mile Indian Creek (SR 0381 bridge Township line to Route 954 Raystown Branch Juniata River
of Willow Run to railroad upstream of second Cabin to Champion Creek) bridge) (0.8 kilometer upstream SR
bridge near the Bryant Drive Road bridge at former Group Meadow Run (Beaver Creek SOMERSET: 1013 to Shobers Run)
and Duncan Ave. intersection Camping Area to mouth) to bridge on Dinner Bell Allen Creek (2.3 miles Shafer Run (437 yards
and SR 0008 bridge Allison CAMBRIA: Road) upstream mouth to mouth)
Beaverdam Run (SR 1011 to downstream former Shafer
Park to Butler Plank Road Mill Run (Clay Run to mouth) Beaverdam Creek (Somerset/
mouth) Quemahoning Township line Run Trout Hatchery to mouth)
bridge near the Glenshaw Mountain Creek (Route 857
Bens Creek (Portage Water to Dunmyer Road bridge) Shaffers Run (upstream
Ave. intersection) bridge to mouth)
Turtle Creek (Saunders Station Authority Dam to 0.56 mile Virgin Run Lake Beaverdam Run (0.7 mile SR 2021 bridge to mouth)
bridge to Brush Creek) downstream Scanlon Hill GREENE: downstream Shaffer South Fork Bens Creek
West Deer Lake (Upper Deer Road, SR 2012, bridge) Browns Creek (Garners Run Mountain Road, SR 1018, (unnamed tributary 219
Lake) Chest Creek (confluence to mouth) bridge to mouth) yards downstream SR
ARMSTRONG: unnamed tributary Bradley Dunkard Fork (North and Bens Creek (confluence 0985 bridge to 33 yards
Buffalo Creek (upstream end of junction to mouth) South Fork Dunkard Fork to North and South Fork downstream private bridge
Clearfield Creek (Beaverdam Bens Creek to mouth) off Jenner Lane/Waterway
Chicora Borough Park to 0.87 first Veterans Road, SR 4003,
Run to Kolak Road) Breastwork Run (SR 1017 to
miles downstream Sarver Duman Lake bridge, Durbin) Drive and Keafer Hill Road
mouth)
Road, SR 3004, bridge) Elton Sportsmens Dam Enlow Fork (Enon Church Road, bridge to mouth)
Brush Creek (School House
Cherry Run (SR 2005 bridge Hinckston Run (0.31 mile SR 3026, bridge to second Road bridge to mouth) Stonycreek River (Yonai Road
to mouth) upstream Blackburn Road downstream State Game Casselman River (from PA/ bridge to Glessner Covered
Cornplanter Run (Moorehead bridge to Hinckston Run Lands #302 Road bridge) MD state line to Coal Run) Bridge on Covered Bridge Road)
Road bridge to mouth) Reservoir) Lake Wilma Clear Shade Creek (Pine Lake Tub Mill Run (Oak Dale Road,
Cowanshannock Creek Howells Run (first Wilmore North Fork Dunkard Fork to mouth) SR 2001, bridge to mouth)
(Huskins Run to mouth) Road, SR 2013, bridge (Riggs Road bridge to mouth) Cub Run (1.6 miles upstream Whites Creek (first Whites
Glade Run (Lemmon Hollow downstream Ebensburg to South Fork Dunkard Fork mouth to mouth) Creek Road bridge upstream
Road bridge to second mouth) (McCracken Road, SR 3016, Elklick Creek (Cranberry
tributary 625 meters bridge to mouth) Enos Run to mouth)
Killbuck Run (Little Killbuck Run to Mt. Davis Road,
downstream Pony Fork Whiteley Creek (I-79 to Wills Creek (0.5 kilometer
Run to mouth) SR 2004/Faidley Road
Road bridge) Lake Rowena Greene Lakes Road bridge) intersection) upstream Mckenzie Road
Huling Run (fourth tributary Laurel Lick Run (Veterans INDIANA: Flaugherty Creek (Great bridge to Railroad bridge 400
upstream mouth to 2nd Dam to mouth) Blacklegs Creek (0.3 mile Allegheny Passage bridge meters downstream Brush
T-440 bridge) Laurel Run (Lecks Road bridge upstream Shrokman Road, 0.8 mile upstream of Old Creek
Little Sandy Creek (SR 0236 to mouth) T-336/Blacklegs Road, Deal Road to Glade City Road WASHINGTON:
bridge to mouth) Laurel Run (0.75 mile SR 3027, to Big Run) (SR 2006) bridge/Scratch Aunt Clara Fork (Purdy Road,
North Fork Pine Creek (Route upstream Red Run to mouth) Brush Creek (Brush Creek Hill Road intersection) SR 4003, bridge to mouth)
66 bridge to mouth) Little Paint Creek (Elton Road bridge to mouth) Gladdens Run (SR 2013 to Dutch Fork (Dutch Fork Lake
Patterson Creek (due east of Sportsmen Club Dam to Canoe Creek (Painter Run to mouth) Dam to mouth)
junction Little Road and Berwick Road bridge) mouth) Glade Run (High Point Lake Dutch Fork Lake
Pumpstation Road, SR 4007, Noels Creek (Gailey Road Cush Creek (Horton Run to to mouth)
bridge to mouth) Jones Mill Run (first bridge Enlow Fork (Enon Church Road,
to mouth) mouth) SR 3026, bridge to second
Plum Creek (headwaters to North Branch Blacklick Creek Cush Cushion Creek (Hemlock downstream Becks Spring
(SR 0271 bridge, Blue Goose, to Laurel Hill Lake) downstream State Game
mouth) Road to mouth)
to Elk Creek) Kimberly Run (396 yards Lands #302 Road bridge)
Redbank Creek (North Fork Laurel Run (first tributary
Redbank Creek to Little North Branch Little downstream Laurel Run upstream U.S. 219 upper Kings Creek (Kings Creek Road
Sandy Creek) Conemaugh River (Wilmore Road to mouth) bridge to mouth) bridge to Aunt Clara Fork)
Dam to SR 0160 bridge) Little Mahoning Creek Kooser Lake Little Chartiers Creek (SR 0519
Scrubgrass Creek (Muskrat
Stewart Run (0.25 mile Kooser Run (upstream bridge to first bridge on
Slide Road bridge to Pine (Buterbaugh Road bridge
upstream US22 bridge to boundary Kooser State Linden Creek Road, SR 1023,
Township Line) mouth) to 700 meters downstream
Park to mouth) downstream Linden)
South Fork Pine Creek FAYETTE: West and North Mahoning
Laurel Hill Creek (Clear Run
(headwaters to mouth) Back Creek (Trout Run to Township lines) Millers Run (Galati Road bridge to
to mouth)
BEAVER: mouth) Little Yellow Creek (Malloy Little Piney Creek (Elk Lick Parks Road bridge off SR 0050)
Big Sewickley Creek Big Sandy Creek (Chaney Run Hollow Road bridge to Rod and Gun Club Dam to Mingo Creek (Sugar Run
(confluence Big and East to 383 yards downstream Yellow Creek Lake) Piney Creek) Road, SR 1059, bridge at
Branch Sewickley Creek Stony Fork) Mudlick Run (SR 4024 bridge McClintock Run (Glade Run upstream Mingo Creek Park
to Big Sewickley Road, SR Chaney Run (Headwaters to mouth) to mouth) boundary to downstream
4036, bridge) to 219 yards downstream South Branch Two Lick Creek Middle Creek (Copper Kettle park boundary)
Brush Creek Park Pond fourth Wharton Furnace (Valley Road, SR 1019, bridge Road, SR 3029, bridge to Pike Run (Laurel Road bridge
Mill Creek (Mill Street bridge in Road, SR 2003, bridge) to Wandin Road, SR 1014, mouth) to mouth)
Hookstown to last Georgetown Dunbar Creek (stone quarry bridge) Miller Run (Headwaters to
Toms Run (Pine Ridge County Templeton Fork (Rocky Run to
Road bridge crossing) along Furnace Hill Road, mouth)
North Fork Big Sewickley SR 1055, to Sheepskin Trail Park, State Game Lands mouth)
Piney Creek (third PA/MD
Creek (2 miles upstream crossing downstream of #276 boundary, to mouth) state line crossing to Tenmile Creek (SR 0221
mouth to mouth) ballfield) Yellow Creek (300 meters Greenville Road bridge bridge at Weir Cole Road
North Fork Little Beaver Creek Dunlap Creek (SR 0166 bridge upstream Diehl Road and 0.8 mile upstream intersection to Bane Creek)
(County Line downstream to and Creek Road intersection bridge to Yellow Creek Engles Mill Road bridge to WESTMORELAND:
Diner Street bridge) to Simpson Road bridge) Lake Route 422 bridge mouth) Donegal Lake

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Fourmile Run (Donegal Lake ARMSTRONG: Catch and Release Delayed Harvest SOMERSET:
Road to mouth) Mahoning Creek (Mahoning Fly-Fishing Only Artificial Lures Only Laurel Hill Creek (2.33 miles;
Hannas Run (Baton Road to Creek Dam outflow FAYETTE: ALLEGHENY: from 200 yards downstream
mouth) downstream to the Dunbar Creek (4.22 miles; Bull Creek (1.0 mile; of Jimtown Road bridge
Hendricks Creek (SR 0711 confluence of Pine Run) from the confluence of Glade from the first bridge on downstream to the Laurel
bridge to mouth) Thompson Road, above Hill State Park Road bridge
BEAVER: Run downstream to the
Indian Creek (SR 0381 bridge the Hemphill Road upstream of Laurel Hill Lake)
Bradys Run Lake stone quarry along Furnace
to Champion Creek) and Thompson Road Laurel Hill Creek (1.26
Main Lake (Raccoon Lake) Hill Road, SR 1055)
Indian Lake intersection, downstream miles; from the footbridge
Jacobs Creek (Pennsylvania FAYETTE: INDIANA:
Little Mahoning Creek (3.6 to the Thompson Road on State Game Lands
Turnpike bridge to Dunlap Creek Lake bridge in Millerstown) #111 Road in Humbert
Bridgeport Reservoir) FAYETTE/SOMERSET: miles; from Oberlin Road
Deer Creek (1.9 miles; from downstream to Paddytown
Linn Run (unnamed tributary Youghiogheny River (from bridge abutments upstream the SR 0910 bridge at
of SR 1041 bridge upstream Hollow Run)
547 yards upstream Grove the lake downstream Martin Road intersection
Run Spring to lower State to Cesna Run) WASHINGTON:
to the confluence of the downstream to the lower
Park boundary) SOMERSET: Dutch Fork (1.8 miles; from
Casselman River) boundary of Rose Ridge
Loyalhanna Creek Clear Shade Creek (1 mile; Golf Course) the first SR 0070 bridge
(Zimmerman Run to
INDIANA: upstream of the Columbia
from the cable at Windber Pine Creek (1.4 miles; from
Monastery Run except in Cummings Reservoir (Blue Gas Compressor Station
Water Dam upstream 1 mile) the railroad bridge near the
Keystone Select Stocked Trout Spruce Lake) Bryant Drive and Duncan Ave. downstream to the Dutch
Waters program section) SOMERSET: Catch and Release intersection downstream to 150 Fork Lake backwaters)
Mammoth Lake Blue Hole Creek (from All Tackle yards downstream of the Mt. Pike Run (1.1 miles; from
Mill Creek (186 yards upstream confluence with Garys Run CAMBRIA/INDIANA: Royal Blvd., SR 4019, bridge) the confluence with the
Mill Road bridge to mouth) downstream to mouth) West Branch Susquehanna River ARMSTRONG/BUTLER: unnamed tributary upstream
Sewickley Creek (Fairgrounds Fall Creek (from confluence (26.1 miles; from outflow Buffalo Creek (3.7 miles;
Road bridge to Brinker Run) of South Ridge Road, SR
with Ansell Run of AMD treatment plant from Little Buffalo Run 2079, bridge downstream
Shannon Run (Wildcat Road near Watkins downstream downstream to 0.6 mile above
upper bridge to mouth) downstream to mouth) to the powerline crossing
Laurel Hill Lake to confluence of Cush Creek Craigsville Road bridge)
Tubmill Creek (Tubmill Reservoir downstream of the Pike Run
WASHINGTON: near Dowler Junction) CAMBRIA:
to private lane connected to Drive, SR 2036, bridge)
Chest Creek (2.5 miles;
Keiper Road) Canonsburg Lake All Tackle Ridge Avenue downstream WESTMORELAND:
Turtle Creek (Saunders Station WESTMORELAND: Trophy Trout Indian Creek (1.6 miles; from
to Thomas Mills Road)
bridge to Brush Creek) Keystone Lake FAYETTE/SOMERSET: Hunters Lane bridge downstream
FAYETTE:
Northmoreland Lake Youghiogheny River (9.16 to the SR 0381 bridge)
Stocked Trout Meadow Run (2.2 miles;
Twin Lakes Number One miles; from the confluence Loyalhanna Creek
Waters Open to Reservoir (Lower Twin Lake)
from Dinner Bell Road
with Ramcat Run (1.67 miles; from SR 711
Year-Round Fishing Twin Lakes Number Two downstream to the Route
downstream to mouth)
downstream to SR 2045, Two
ALLEGHENY:
North Park Lake Reservoir (Upper Twin Lake) 381 bridge at Ohiopyle) Mile Run Road)

Northwest Region Regulated Trout Waters

Statewide Opening Little Connoquenessing Coon Creek (Zipp Run to CRAWFORD: Sugar Creek (Center Road
Day of Trout Season Creek (SR 0422 bridge to Irish Run) Caldwell Creek (West Branch bridge to Wright Road
Stocked Trout Waters SR 3029 bridge) East Sandy Creek (T-586 Caldwell Creek to mouth) bridge)
North Branch Slippery Rock bridge to Clarion/Venango Conneaut Creek Thompson Creek (100 meters
OPENING DAY: upstream bridge SR 2031
Creek (White Oak Road County Line) (Dicksonburg Road bridge,
APRIL 5 bridge to mouth) Leatherwood Creek (T-478 Dicksonburg, to Pennside to mouth)
BUTLER: Silver Creek (T-633 bridge bridge to Pump Station, Road) Woodcock Creek (SR 2036
Bear Creek (T-712 upstream bridge to mouth)
to mouth) Saint Charles) East Branch Oil Creek (Clear
Troutman to first bridge ERIE:
Slippery Rock Creek Mill Creek (T-342 bridge to Lake Dam to mouth)
upstream Bruin) Cascade Creek (12th Street
(0.75 mile downstream Little Mill Creek) Fivemile Creek (T-922 bridge
Bonnie Brook (Bonnie Brook bridge to mouth)
Slippery Rock Road to Piney Creek (SR 2001 bridge to mouth)
Road to mouth) Conneauttee Creek (Edinboro
Buffalo Creek (upstream end of Heinz Camp property) to Little Piney Creek) Little Sugar Creek (SR 2009
Lake to Route 99)
Chicora Borough Park to 0.87 Thorn Creek (Great Redbank Creek (North Fork bridge to mouth) Crooked Creek (Gloskey
mile downstream Sarver Belt Road bridge to Redbank Creek to Little McLaughlin Creek (T-890 Road bridge to Railroad
Road, SR 3004, bridge) McCalmont Road bridge) Sandy Creek) bridge to mouth) bridge North SR 5)
Connoquenessing Creek CLARION: Richey Run (Route 208 Muddy Creek (Dewey Road East Basin Pond
(Lake Oneida to SR 0356 Beaver Creek (T-384 bridge bridge upstream T-550 bridge to Teepleville Road (Waterworks Ponds,
bridge) to Route 338 bridge, to Allegheny River Trail bridge) Presque Isle State Park)
Cornplanter Run (Moorehead Blair's Corner) bridge near mouth) North Deer Creek Elk Creek (200 meters
Road bridge to mouth) Canoe Creek (I-80 bridge to Toms Run (T-627 bridge to (Headwaters to mouth) upstream I-79 NB bridge
Glade Run Lake mouth) childrens area near mouth) Oil Creek (Mosey Run to SR 8 to 500 meters downstream
Harbar Acres Lake Cathers Run (220 meters Turkey Run (Salem Road bridge at Rynd Farm) SR 98 bridge and 500 meters
Little Buffalo Run (Clearfield upstream Cathers Run bridge to SR 0058 bridge, Pine Creek (Seldom Seen upstream Halls Run to
Road bridge to mouth) Road to mouth) Alum Rock) Road bridge to mouth) mouth)

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French Creek (PA/NY line to Honey Creek (0.25 mile Little Scrubgrass Creek (South Jackson Run (SR 0027 bridge Catch and Release
West Branch French Creek) upstream Musser Road Fork Little Scrubgrass Creek to mouth) Fly-Fishing Only
Lake Pleasant bridge to North Fork Little to mouth) Little Brokenstraw Creek LAWRENCE:
South Branch French Creek Beaver Creek) Little Sugar Creek (SR 0027 (SR 0957 bridge, Lottsville, Slippery Rock Creek (0.75
(SR 2018 bridge, Corry Little Neshannock Creek (West bridge, Diamond, to mouth) to T-441 bridge, Pittsfield) mile; from Heinz Camp
Limits, to mouth) Branch Little Neshannock Lower Twomile Run (Isaac Perry Magee Run (Youngsville
Twentymile Creek property downstream to
Creek to mouth) Walton Park to mouth) Road to mouth)
(SR 20 bridge to Dohler Mill Creek (SR 0038 bridge to lower McConnells Mill
Neshannock Creek Pine Creek (Seldom Seen
Property Line) T-522 bridge) State Park property line)
(Headwaters to I-80 bridge Road bridge to mouth)
Upper Gravel Pit Oil Creek (Mosey Run to Queen Creek (Beers Hollow VENANGO:
and Pine Run to mouth) Little Sandy Creek (1.3 miles;
West Basin Pond SR 0008 bridge at Rynd to mouth)
North Fork Little Beaver from the old bridge at
(Waterworks Ponds, Farm) Sixmile Run (North Fork
Creek (Mud Road bridge to Polk Center Pump House
Presque Isle State Park) Pine Run (SR 0038 bridge to Sixmile Creek to mouth)
FOREST: County Line) Bear Run) downstream to the bridge
South Branch Tionesta Creek
Beaver Run (50 meters Slippery Rock Creek (0.75 Pithole Creek (SR 0036 to 300 on Savannah Road,
(800 meters upstream Fork
upstream Lick Run to mile downstream Slippery meters downstream SR 1004 SR 3024)
Run to mouth)
mouth) Rock Road to Heinz Camp Stone Arch bridge) Spring Creek (East Branch WARREN:
Bluejay Creek (first SR 1003 property) Prather Creek (T-508 bridge to Spring Creek to SR 3001 Caldwell Creek (1.49 miles;
bridge downstream SR Taylor Run (1 mile upstream mouth) bridge) from Selkirk highway
0066 to mouth) SR 1018 bridge to Slippery Richey Run (Route 208 bridge Thompson Run (800 meters bridge downstream to
Coon Creek (Zipp Run to Rock Creek) upstream T-550 to Allegheny upstream Double Run to approximately 0.5 mile
Irish Run) MERCER: River Trail bridge near mouth) upstream of the Dotyville
East Hickory Creek Buhl Lake mouth) Tidioute Creek (SR 3011 bridge)
(Allegheny National Forest Cool Spring Creek (Lake Sandy Creek (SR 0173 bridge bridge to mouth)
Road 119 bridge to mouth) Latonka to mouth) to SR 3013 bridge in Pecan) Tionesta Creek (South Delayed Harvest
Little Hickory Run (Furnace Little Neshannock Creek (West Sugar Creek (Center Road Branch Tionesta Creek to Artificial Lures Only
Run to mouth) Branch Little Neshannock bridge to Wright Road Kellettville bridge) CLARION:
Maple Creek (T-323 bridge Creek to mouth) bridge and 300 meters Twomile Run (headwaters to Piney Creek (1.2 miles; SR
to mouth) Little Shenango River (Lake upstream Creek Road bridge mouth) 2016 bridge downstream
Queen Creek (Beers Hollow Wilhelm Road bridge to to mouth) West Branch Caldwell Creek to 0.2 mile upstream of the
to mouth) mouth) Twomile Run (Reed Run to (unnamed tributary West of SR 0066 bridge)
Ross Run (unnamed mouth) Sanford to Three Bridge Run) FOREST:
Mill Creek (Scrubgrass Road
tributary 1 kilometer West Pithole Creek (Coe Road West Branch Tionesta Creek East Hickory Creek (1.7
bridge to mouth)
upstream East Branch Ross bridge to mouth) (Jones Run to Wildcat Run miles; from the Queen
Neshannock Creek WARREN:
Run to Ross Run Road and Chapman Dam to Creek bridge downstream
bridge) (Headwaters to I-80 bridge Blue Eye Run (Eldred Hill Road
and Pine Run to mouth) mouth) to the Otter Creek bridge)
Salmon Creek (Bluejay Road bridge to State Game Lands West Hickory Creek
North Deer Creek boundary) LAWRENCE:
bridge to mouth) (Youngsville Road bridge
South Branch Tionesta Creek (Headwaters to mouth) Brokenstraw Creek (SR 3010 Neshannock Creek (2.67
Pine Run (Crill Road bridge to to mouth) miles; from the base of
(800 meters upstream Fork bridge to 2.6 kilometers
Run to mouth) Neshannock Creek) upstream SR 0027 bridge Stocked Trout the Mill Dam in Volant
Spring Creek (East Branch Sandy Creek (SR 173 bridge to Garland and 100 meters Waters Open to downstream to the covered
Spring Creek to mouth) SR 3013 bridge Pecan) upstream SR 3010 bridge to Year-Round Fishing bridge on T-476)
The Branch (Coal Bed Run to West Branch Little Matthews Run) FOREST: MERCER:
mouth) Neshannock Creek (Bend Browns Run (Hook Run to Tionesta Creek (from Tionesta Cool Spring Creek (1.18
Tionesta Creek (South Road to mouth) mouth) Dam outflow to mouth) miles; from SR 2014
Branch Tionesta Creek to Wolf Creek (East Pine Street, Caldwell Creek (West Branch LAWRENCE: bridge upstream to the
Kellettville bridge) Grove City, to 300 feet Caldwell Creek to mouth) Cascade Quarry abandoned railroad grade)
Toms Run (T-627 bridge to downstream Airport Road Chapman Lake MERCER: VENANGO:
childrens area near mouth) bridge) East Branch Spring Creek (SR Shenango River (Hamburg Oil Creek (1.55 miles;
West Branch Millstone Creek VENANGO: 3001 to mouth) Road bridge in New from bridge at Petroleum
(Scott Run to SR 2005 East Branch Sugar Creek (SR East Branch Tionesta Creek Hamburg to pipeline Center downstream
bridge) 0428 to mouth) (T-300 bridge downstream crossing upstream of Big to railroad bridge at
West Hickory Creek Jojo to mouth) Bend access area) Columbia Farm)
East Sandy Creek (Tarklin Run
(Youngsville Road bridge East Hickory Creek (Allegheny VENANGO: Oil Creek (1.0 mile; from
to mouth)
to mouth) National Forest Road 119 Two Mile Run Reservoir the two green posts near
Hemlock Creek (Porcupine bridge to mouth)
LAWRENCE: (Justus Lake) the Drake Well Museum
Run to mouth) Farnsworth Branch (bridge at
Bessemer Lake downstream to Oil Creek
Big Run (SR 388 bridge to Horse Creek (250 meters Farnsworth Coop Hatch to Catch and Release
upstream Wolf Branch to Artificial Lures Only State Park hiking trail
mouth) mouth)
mouth) WARREN: bridge)
Deer Creek (1,500 feet Fourmile Run (North Branch
upstream Route 208 bridge Little Sandy Creek (400 meters Fourmile Run to mouth) West Branch Caldwell Creek
to mouth) upstream Bombishi Road Hemlock Run (100 meters (2.75 miles; West Branch
Hickory Run (T-312 bridge to bridge to old bridge at Polk upstream Logging Road to bridge upstream to Three
mouth) Center Pump House) mouth) Bridge Run)

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Northcentral Region Regulated Trout Waters

Statewide Opening Sinking Creek (Colyer Lake Little Muddy Run (SR 0253 Big Mill Creek (SR 0948 West Branch Clarion River
Day of Trout Season Dam to mouth) bridge to confluence bridge to Rockey Run (SR 0219 bridge north
Sixmile Run (Clay Mine Road unnamed tributary 1.7 and Ridgway Reservoir to of Halsey to Silver Creek
Stocked Trout Waters to mouth) mouth)
kilometers upstream Road)
OPENING DAY: South Fork Beech Creek mouth) Boggy Run (dam at West Branch Hicks Run
APRIL 5 (Private Pond to SR 0080) Medix Run (Jack Dent headwaters to mouth) (Shaffer Draft Road to
CAMERON: Standing Stone Creek (Penn Branch to mouth) Byrnes Run (unnamed mouth)
Clear Creek (Mud Run to Roosevelt Dam to first Moose Creek (first unnamed tributary 1,000 meters Wilson Run (McKean/Elk
mouth) SR 0026 bridge north of tributary 0.7 kilometer upstream Auman Hollow County Line to mouth)
Driftwood Branch Huntingdon) downstream Moose Creek to mouth) Wolf Run (T-317 bridge
Wallace Run (unnamed Reservoir to mouth) Crooked Creek (500 meters nearest Route 66 to
Sinnemahoning Creek
tributary at Gumstump Mosquito Creek (Grimes upstream Long Branch to mouth)
(Shippen township building
to 0.25 mile upstream to SR 1004 bridge) JEFFERSON:
to mouth) Run to mouth)
ballfield) Dents Run (Hodag Trail Big Run (T-506 bridge to
East Branch Cowley Run North Witmer Run (Hunter
White Deer Creek (powerline crossing to mouth) T-519 bridge)
(Cowley Road bridge to Run to mouth)
crossing 125 meters East Branch Clarion River Big Run (second bridge
mouth) upstream Black Gap Road Parker Lake
(State Game Land boundary upstream junction T-374
First Fork Sinnemahoning to White Deer dam) Shaggers Inn Pond 1.15 miles downstream of
Creek (headwaters to South Witmer Run (pipe and SR 3014 to mouth)
Wolf Run (Wolf Run Trail to East Branch Dam to Indian Callen Run (3.8 kilometers
mouth) Little Wolf Run) crossing at State Game Run)
Mix Run (Red Run to mouth) Lands #120 to mouth) upstream Johns Run to
CLEARFIELD: East Branch Millstone Creek mouth)
North Creek (Fivemile Run to Anderson Creek (Dubois Stony Run Pond (0.5 miles upstream Loleta Canoe Creek (Painter Run
mouth) Reservoir to unnamed Wilson Run (Barrett Run to Road bridge to mouth) to mouth)
Sinnemahoning Portage tributary 1,000 meters mouth) East Branch Spring Creek Cathers Run (220 meters
Creek (SR 0155 bridge near downstream SR 0322) Wolf Run (State Game Lands (headwaters to Pigs Ear upstream Cathers Run
Sizer Run to mouth) Bennett Branch to mouth) bridge) Road to mouth)
West Branch Cowley Run (Fee Sinnemahoning Creek CLINTON: Elk Creek (Water Tank Run
Clear Creek (Trap Run to
Run to mouth) (South Branch Bennett Cooks Run (end of Road near to mouth)
mouth)
Wykoff Run (Big Spring Draft Branch to Wilson Run) Lick Run to Rock Run) Hicks Run (confluence East
Clear Run (T-486 bridge to
to mouth) Chest Creek (confluence with Fishing Creek (Cedar Run and West Branch Hicks
mouth)
CENTRE: unnamed tributary Bradley to Country Club Road Run to mouth)
Cloe Lake
Bald Eagle Creek (Bell junction to mouth) bridge Mill Hall) Hoffman Run (Dam to
East Branch Mahoning Creek
Hollow Road bridge to Curry Run (Webb Road Hyner Run (Power line mouth)
bridge to mouth) (Beech Run to 1 kilometer
inlet of Sayers Lake near crossing upstream Hyner Laurel Run Reservoir
East Branch Mahoning Creek Little Toby Creek (Mead Run downstream Branch Road
the Boggs-Howard Town- Run State Park to mouth) bridge)
ship line) (Beech Run to 1 kilometer Kettle Creek (Long Run to to mouth)
downstream Branch Road Maxwell Run (Civilian Fivemile Run (T-830
Big Poe Creek (Poe Lake to Slide Hollow) bridge upstream
mouth) bridge) Left Branch Young Womans Conservation Corps Road
Gazzam Run (headwaters to near headwaters to 1.5 Colon to T-830 bridge
Black Moshannon Creek Creek (Forest Road bridge 100 meters upstream
(Black Moshannon Dam mouth) to mouth) miles downstream SR
Gifford Run (Merrill Road 0949) Swamp Run)
to unnamed tributary Little Fishing Creek (fourth Laurel Run (Jeep Road
bridge to Lost Run Road Mead Run (unnamed
downstream to Gorton bridge upstream SR 0064 near pond to mouth)
bridge) tributary at Shawmut to
Road) bridge, Hublersburg, to Little Sandy Creek (SR
Goss Run Dam mouth)
Cold Stream Dam mouth) 0236 bridge to mouth)
Janesville Dam Medix Run (Jack Dent
Harvest Fields Ponds Young Womans Creek Little Toby Creek (Mead
Juniata Lake (Tannery Dam) Branch to mouth)
Little Fishing Creek (fourth Laborde Branch (T-899 (County Line Branch to Millstone Creek (confluence Run to mouth)
bridge upstream SR 0064 bridge near junction mouth) East and West Branch to Mill Creek (T-342 bridge
bridge, Hublersburg, to SR 4016 to 700 meters ELK: mouth) to Little Mill Creek)
mouth) downstream SR 4016 Bear Creek (Maple Run to Mix Run (Red Run to Mill Creek (T-550 bridge,
Marsh Creek (unnamed bridge) mouth) mouth) Reitz, to mouth)
tributary 0.5 mile Laurel Run (Parker Lake Belmouth Run (State Game Powers Run (SR 1001 bridge North Fork Redbank
upstream Manntown Road Dam to Abbot Run) Lands boundary bridge to mouth) Creek (Hetrick Run
to mouth) Laurel Run (Jeep Road near crossing to mouth) Ridgway Reservoir to Pekin Run and first
Penns Creek (SR 0045 to pond to mouth) Bennett Branch Rocky Run (tributary 1,500 tributary downstream
Elk Creek) Little Clearfield Creek Sinnemahoning Creek meters downstream Rose and Eldred
Pine Creek (Stony Run Road (confluence Watts Creek (Jay/Benezette Township county line to mouth) Township Line to
bridge to Bald Eagle State and Gazzam Run to 0.4 Line to 300 meters Spring Creek (East Branch mouth)
Forest boundary) mile downstream of the downstream Station Road Spring Creek to mouth) Pekin Run (Mays Road
Poe Lake T-584 bridge) bridge) Twin Lakes bridge to mouth)

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Rattlesnake Creek (450 Combs Creek (Strang Hollow Schwaben Creek (Moyer Middle Creek (Black Penns Creek (downstream
meters upstream Siple Run to mouth) Road to Mouse Creek) Mountain Road bridge end of island near Jolly
Road bridge to mouth) East Branch Tionesta Creek South Branch Roaring Creek to SR 4008 bridge near Grove Lane to Creek Road
Rattlesnake Run (SR 1015 (T-300 bridge downstream (Jepko/Campground Road Faylor Lake inflow and bridge near Libby Road)
bridge to mouth) Jojo to mouth) to mouth) 0.3 mile upstream Pine Rapid Run (Walbash Road
Redbank Creek (North Fork Hamlin Lake Zerbe Run Rod & Gun Club Swamp Road to 0.5 mile bridge to mouth)
Redbank Creek to Little Havens Run (Pigeon Hollow Pond downstream SR 0522 in Spring Creek (SR 2001 bridge
Sandy Creek) to mouth) POTTER: Middleburg) to mouth)
Sandy Lick Creek Kinzua Creek (dam 0.8 Allegheny River (Seven North Branch Mahantango
Bridges to Allegheny White Deer Creek (0.7 mile
(Schoolhouse Run to mile upstream SR 3009 Creek (Heister Valley
Portage Creek) upstream Dyer Road to
Fivemile Run) Kushequa to 200 meters Road bridge near
Bailey Run (120 meters mouth)
Walburn Run (confluence downstream Allegheny Township line to Swamp
National Forest Road 15) upstream Little Bailey Run Road bridge near Aline) Stocked Trout
East and West Branch
to mouth)
Walburn Run to mouth) Marvin Creek (T-450 bridge
Cowanesque River (Dodge
North Branch Middle Creek Waters Open to
Wolf Run (State Game Lands to SR 6) (Clarence F. Walker Lake Year-Round Fishing
North Branch Sugar Run Hollow to Troupes Creek)
to mouth) to mouth) CAMERON:
(Railroad Run to mouth) East Branch Cowley Run
LYCOMING: South Branch Middle Creek George B. Stevenson Reservoir
Potato Creek (confluence (Cowley Road bridge to
Hoagland Run (Big Sandy mouth) (Steeky Road to mouth) West Creek (SR 1008 at
Run to mouth) East Branch Potato and Swift Run (Sandhill Road to
Havens Run to Marvin East Branch Fishing Creek Rathbun downstream to
Larrys Creek (first SR (Jeep Trail 0.2 mile mouth)
Creek) SR 3001 at Howard Siding)
973 bridge upstream upstream SR 4005 to West Branch Mahantango
Red Mill Brook (Sergeant CLEARFIELD:
Salladasburg to mouth) mouth) Creek (Crater Hill Road
Norwich Township line to West Branch Susquehanna
Little Bear Creek (Red Run East Fork Sinnemahoning to Creek Road and Stream
mouth) River (SR 1001 bridge
to mouth) Creek (Mud Lick Run to Ford)
Sevenmile Run (350 meters TIOGA: near Hyde to first Railroad
Little Muncy Creek (SR mouth)
upstream pipeline at two Charleston Creek (Outflow bridge downstream of the
0118 bridge to Big Run, Elevenmile Creek (Turkey
tributaries to mouth) Hamilton Lake to mouth) confluence with Moose
Lairdsville) Path Road bridge to mouth)
Skinner Creek (Sherwood Corey Creek (Route 6 Creek)
Little Pine Creek (0.4 mile First Fork Sinnemahoning
Hollow to mouth) West Branch Susquehanna
upstream Bonnell Run to Creek (headwaters to bridge, Mainesburg, to
South Branch Kinzua Creek River (Anderson Creek to
mouth) mouth) Newtown Hill Road)
(Hubert Run to mouth) SR 2024 crossing at Porters
Loyalsock Creek (0.25 mile Fishing Creek (Fisk Hollow Cowanesque River (Dodge
Sugar Run (Kavanaugh Run to mouth) bridge)
upstream Rock Run Road Hollow to Troupes Creek)
to mouth) Genesee River (Ludington CLINTON:
to SR 973) Crooked Creek (Hills Creek
Twomile Run (headwaters to Run to state line)
Lycoming Creek (Roaring Road to Ives Run Lane) Kettle Creek Lake
mouth) Kettle Creek (Long Run to
Brook to Hoagland Run) East Branch Stony Fork ELK:
West Branch Clarion River Slide Hollow)
Mill Creek (Warrensville) (Draper Village to mouth) West Creek (SR 1008 at
(SR 219 bridge north of Little Kettle Creek (Bloss
(700 meters upstream Halsey to Silver Creek Long Run (Blue Run to Rathbun downstream to SR
Sugar Camp Road to first Hollow to mouth) mouth) 3001 at Howard Siding)
Road) Lyman Run (Lyman Run
Warrensville Road bridge West Branch Potato Creek Marsh Creek (Lower Marsh LYCOMING:
downstream Warrensville) Lake to mouth) Creek Road to mouth)
(confluence West and Little Pine Lake
Muncy Creek (Peters Creek Lyman Run Lake Mill Creek (Sopertown Road
South forks to mouth) Oswayo Creek (Clara Creek Pine Creek (Bonnell Run at
to Little Muncy Creek) Willow Creek (headwaters to to mouth) DCNR Clark Farm Access
to Horse Run Road) Pine Creek (Genesee Forks
Pleasant Stream (Potash Willow Bay bridge) Area downstream to the
Pine Creek (Genesee Forks
Hollow to mouth) MONTOUR: to 0.5 mile downstream confluence with Little Pine
to 0.5 mile downstream
Rock Run (Hawk Run to Mahoning Creek (from SR Campbells Run) Creek)
Campbells Run)
mouth) 0054 to mouth) Stony Fork (confluence East LYCOMING/TIOGA:
South Branch Oswayo Creek
Spring Creek (SR 2001 Mauses Creek (first dirt road (T-354 bridge to mouth) Branch and West Branch Pine Creek (from SR 0414
bridge to mouth) upstream Old Furnace South Woods Branch (Heth Stony Fork to mouth)
bridge in Blackwell
White Deer Hole Creek (State Road to mouth) Run to mouth) Tioga River (Tioga/Bradford
downstream to the
Forest Boundary to Bob Roaring Creek (Lick Run to West Branch Cowley Run County Line to Fall Brook)
confluence with Slate Run)
Drick Road (T-464) bridge) mouth) (Fee Run to mouth) UNION:
MCKEAN:
MCKEAN: NORTHUMBERLAND: West Branch Pine Creek Buffalo Creek (Aikey Road
Allegheny River (Seven bridge to Rapid Run) Meade Run (Blacksnake Run
Little Shamokin Creek (Lyman Run to mouth)
bridges to Allegheny Halfway Lake to mouth)
(T-445 to Foye Road SNYDER:
Portage Creek) bridge and transmission Laurel Run (SR 0235 bridge TIOGA:
Beaver Creek (0.5 mile
Bell Run (Chapman Brook line crossing upstream downstream Snyder to mouth) Beechwood Lake
Run to Wingard Hollow intersection of Comfort Avenue near Three Rivers Limestone Run (Second SR Hamilton Lake
Run) and Miller roads to Church to mouth) 45 bridge upstream of
Bradford City Number mouth) Kern Run (Brick Plant mouth to mouth)
Three Reservoir Mahantango Creek (Route Road bridge upstream North Branch Buffalo Creek
Chappel Fork (Bucklick Run 125 bridge to Kiwanis Beavertown to mouth) (Mifflinburg Reservoir to
to mouth) Farm Road bridge) mouth)

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Catch and Release Catch and Release TIOGA: LYCOMING/TIOGA: Lycoming Creek –
Francis Branch Tributary Cedar Run (7.44 miles; (3.0 miles; 0.5 mile
Artificial Lures Only Fly-Fishing Only upstream Daugherty Run
to Slate Run (1.7 miles; from the confluence with
CAMERON: CAMERON: downstream to 0.1 mile
from mouth upstream to Buck Run downstream to
Hunts Run (4.7 miles; from Driftwood Branch downstream of the SR
Kramer Hollow) the mouth)
confluence with McNuff Sinnemahoning Creek 0015 bridge, Old Route 15,
UNION: McKEAN:
Branch downstream to the (1.55 miles; from the East Branch Tunungwant near Haleeka)
mouth) White Deer Creek (3.16 Muncy Creek (1.1 miles;
Shippen Township Creek (3.0 miles; from the
CLINTON: miles; from Cooper Mill 0.3 mile upstream T-650
Building downstream to confluence with Pigeon
Road upstream to Union/ bridge downstream to Big
Fishing Creek (5.3 miles; 330 yards upstream of Run downstream to the
Centre County Line) Run and 1.1 miles; 0.25
from the private lane the SR 0120 bridge near Main Street bridge in
bridge at the Tylersville Emporium) Catch and Release Lewis Run) mile downstream of the
SR 220 bridge in Picture
State Fish Hatchery CENTRE: All Tackle Delayed Harvest Rocks downstream to 0.2
downstream to Fleming's Spring Creek (Fisherman’s CENTRE:
Bridge, SR 2004, at the Spring Creek (16.22 miles; Artificial Lures Only miles downstream of the
Paradise)(1.3 miles; from CENTRE: Pine Run Road bridge)
Lamar Fish Hatchery) a point adjacent to the from the Boalsburg Road McKEAN:
bridge, SR 3010, at Oak Hall Black Moshannon Creek
Rauchtown Creek (1.12 Stackhouse School Pistol Kinzua Creek (4.77 miles;
upstream of Hanson Quarry, (1.3 miles; from Dry
miles; from the confluence Range downstream to the Hollow downstream to 0.3 from Guffey Road bridge,
of Rockey Run and Krape formerly HRI/Neidig Bros. Rocky Road, downstream
lower Bellefonte Hatchery Quarry, downstream to the mile downstream of the
Run downstream to the SR Huckleberry Road bridge) to Allegheny National
grounds) mouth with the exception
0880 crossing upstream of Forest boundary near
ELK: of special regulations area CLEARFIELD:
the Ravensburg St. Park Westline)
West Branch Clarion at Fisherman’s Paradise Little Clearfield Creek (1.1 West Branch Tunungwant
Picnic Area.) miles; from 0.4 mile
River (0.68 mile; from and the Exhibition Area, Creek (1.2 miles; from
Young Womans Creek downstream of the T-584
intersection of SR 219 Talleyrand Park, in T-499 bridge downstream
(5.7 miles; from the Bellefonte ) bridge downstream to 0.2 to pipeline crossing near
and SR 4003 upstream
Beechwood Trail mile upstream of the SR confluence of Gates
to the former Texas Gulf CLEARFIELD:
downstream to a point West Branch Susquehanna 2023, Turkey Hill, bridge) Hollow)
Sulphur property line 0.6
.7 mile upstream of the River (26.1 miles; from Sandy Lick Creek (1.71 miles; POTTER:
mile upstream of SR 4003
confluence with the Left outflow of AMD treatment from the mouth of Laborde Allegheny River (2.7 miles;
bridge) from Pond Road 0.3 mile
Branch Young Womans plant near Watkins Branch downstream to the
Creek) JEFFERSON: downstream of Coles-
downstream to confluence SR 219 bridge)
LYCOMING: North Fork Redbank burg downstream to ford
of Cush Creek near Dowler ELK:
Grays Run (2.2 miles; Creek (1.9 miles; from 0.3 mile downstream of
Junction) Big Mill Creek (1.5 miles;
SR 322 in Brookville Prosser Hollow bridge)
from the Grays Run ELK:
upstream 1.9 miles, from the confluence of First Fork Sinnemahoning
Hunting Club property Clarion River (8.48 miles;
except a 110-yard section Rocky Run downstream Creek (3.9 miles; Route 872
line downstream to the from the confluence of the bridge at Schoolhouse Run
from the Brookville East and West branches to 0.3 mile downstream
concrete bridge on T-842, downstream to Berge Run)
Water Authority Dam downstream to the Main St. of the Allegheny National
Grays Run Road, at the old SNYDER:
downstream to the wire bridge, SR 948, in Ridgway) Forest, Forest Road 135
CCC camp) Middle Creek (2.0 miles;
across the creek) LYCOMING: bridge)
MIFFLIN/UNION: 0.3 mile upstream of Pine
LYCOMING/TIOGA: Pine Creek (2.88 miles; from East Branch Clarion River Swamp Road downstream
Penns Creek (7.45 miles;
the confluence with Slate (1.15 miles; from 110 to 0.6 mile upstream
from approximately 600 Slate Run (7.13 miles; from
Run downstream to the yards downstream of Covered Bridge Road)
meters downstream of the confluence of the
confluence with Bonnell the outflow from the TIOGA:
Swift Run downstream to Cushman and Francis East Branch Clarion
Run at DCNR Clark Farm Pine Creek (3.3 miles;
the downstream extent of branches downstream to River Dam to the State
Access Area) Marsh Creek downstream
the island near the end of the mouth) POTTER/TIOGA: Gameland boundary 1.15 to Bear Run)
Jolly Grove Lane) McKEAN: Upper Kettle Creek basin miles downstream of East
POTTER: Marvin Creek (0.9 mile; (28.3 miles; Kettle Creek Branch Dam) All Tackle Trout
Cross Fork (5.03 miles; from the vicinity of the LYCOMING:
from the headwaters
Little Pine Creek (3.9
Slot Limit
Rhulo Hollow to Weed high voltage line 3 miles downstream to the CENTRE:
property located 0.2 mile south of Smethport confluence with Long Run miles; Little Pine Creek
Road bridge located 1.0 Penns Creek (7.0 miles;
downstream of the T-416 downstream for a distance and all tributaries including from the confluence with
bridge) of 0.9 mile) Long Run upstream to the mile upstream Otter Run
downstream to inflow of Elk Creek downstream
UNION: POTTER: headwaters) to the Catch and Release
Little Pine Lake)
Cherry Run (2.7 miles; from the Kettle Creek (1.7 miles; Trophy Trout Loyalsock Creek (3.8 miles; area located 600 meters
mouth upstream a distance from a sign located 500
of 2.7 miles)
Artificial Lures Only 1.0 mile upstream Sullivan downstream of Swift Run)
feet downstream of the CENTRE: County Line downstream
SR 0144 bridge to a sign Lick Run (2.5 miles; from to unnamed tributary
located 1.7 miles upstream the headwaters to the located 0.9 mile upstream
of the lower boundary) mouth) of Plunketts Creek)

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Northeast Region Regulated Trout Waters

Statewide Opening Mahoning Creek (Berry LACKAWANNA: Bush Kill (lower Resica Middle Branch Bush Kill
Day of Trout Season Road bridge to Lehigh Aylesworth Creek Lake Falls Boy Scouts of (State Forest boundary to
Stocked Trout Waters River) Desandis Pond America boundary to mouth)
Mauch Chunk Creek (Mauch Eston Wilson Lake mouth) Saw Creek (Bushkill
OPENING DAY: Chunk Lake to Mauch Gardner Creek (Milwaukee Lehigh River (upstream Falls Road bridge to
APRIL 5 Chunk Reservoir) Road to mouth) border State Game State Forest boundary
BRADFORD: Nesquehoning Creek Lackawanna River (old
Gaylord Creek (Bradford/ Lands #127 to 1.1 miles downstream Whitaker
(bridge on East end Stillwater Dam to Panther downstream confluence Road bridge)
Susquehanna County Line Industrial Road to 350 Creek)
to mouth) Choke Creek) Shohola Creek (SR 0739 to
meters downstream North Lehigh River (upstream McMichael Creek (300
Little Schrader Creek downstream boundary
Mermon Street bridge) border State Game
(Marsh Creek to mouth) meters upstream State Game Lands #180)
Pohopoco Creek Lands #127 to 1.1 miles
North Branch Sugar Creek Strawberry Hill Road SULLIVAN:
(Beltzville Lake to downstream confluence
(Alparon Park to mouth) bridge to 1.6 kilometers Elk Creek (SR 0154 bridge
Hideaway H&F Club Cable Choke Creek)
Schrader Creek (upstream across Creek) Merli-Sarnoski Park Lake downstream Beaver Lincoln Falls to mouth)
State Game Lands #12 Sand Spring Run (Sand Roaring Brook (Elmhurst Valley Road bridge and Hoagland Branch (Porter
boundary to Minersville Spring Lake to mouth) Reservoir to 550 meters Glennbrook Road bridge Creek to mouth)
Road) COLUMBIA: downstream Rock Bottom to mouth) Kings Creek (intersection
South Branch Towanda Beaver Run (Moyers Farm Creek and Reservoir #7 Pocono Creek (Flagler Run Tall Maple Road and SR
Creek (SR 220, Stevenson, 5 kilometers upstream Dam to Myrtle Street) to McMichaels Creek) 4008 to mouth)
to South Branch Road, mouth to mouth) South Branch Tunkhannock Princess Run (Princess Run Little Loyalsock Creek (SR
Kellogg) Briar Creek (West Branch Creek (Boyarski Road Road bridge to mouth) 0087 bridge South of
South Creek (Dunnings Briar Creek to mouth) bridge to mouth) Snow Hill Dam Dushore to Big Bottom
Station to SR 14, Fassett) Fishing Creek (Camp West Branch Wallenpaupack Tobyhanna Creek (Mill Run)
Sugar Creek (South Branch Lavigne Road to upstream Creek (Mountain Cobb Pond #1 to Still Swamp Loyalsock Creek (0.25 mile
Sugar Creek to SR 0006, Kriebel property line Road bridge to Forks Road Run) upstream Rock Run Road
East Troy) and 180 yards upstream bridge) PIKE: to SR 973)
Sunfish Pond Benton Borough line to LUZERNE: Bush Kill (Pickerel Lake Mill Creek (Hillsgrove) (Big
Towanda Creek (South Benton/Fishing Creek Big Wapwallopen Creek to lower Delaware Hollow Road bridge to
Avenue to SR 3001 Township line and 1 (Nuangola Road to County State Forest boundary mouth)
bridge) kilometer upstream SR Road) and upper Resica Falls
1022 to Orange/Fishing Harvey’s Creek (Meeker- Muncy Creek (Peters Creek
Tuscarora Creek (Bradford/ Boy Scouts of America
Creek Township line and Outlet Road to Rice Dam to Little Muncy Creek)
Susquehanna County Line boundary to mouth)
0.6 kilometer upstream and Pavlick Road, T-497, North Branch Mehoopany
to mouth) Decker Brook (second
Wysox Creek (SR 187 to SR 0487 bridge to Back to mouth) Creek (Saxer Road to
Branch Road bridge) Kitchen Creek (Shedy Hill downstream SR 006 mouth)
mouth) bridge to State Game
CARBON: Huntington Creek (Forks Road to mouth) Schrader Creek (upstream
Farm to Twin Bridges Lake Frances Lands #183 downstream State Game Lands #12
Aquashicola Creek (Buckwa
Park) Lehigh River (upstream boundary) boundary to Minersville
Creek to entrance New
Little Fishing Creek (Talmar border State Game Fairview Lake Road)
Jersey Zinc Plant)
Road to Eyers Grove Road) Lands #127 to 1.1 miles Lackawaxen River (0.6 West Branch Fishing
Buckwha Creek (Princess
Mugser Run (T-315 downstream confluence miles upstream Middle Creek (Hemlock Run
Run to Aquashichola
Creek) Fisherdale to mouth) Choke Creek) Creek to mouth) to Sullivan/Columbia
Drakes Creek (Drakes Creek Pine Creek (Volanski Road Nescopeck Creek (old bridge Lake Loch Lomond County Line)
to mouth) south of Lake Frances to Lake Minisink SUSQUEHANNA:
Road and School House
Roaring Creek (Lick Run to I-80 and private bridge Little Bush Kill (Lake Canawacta Creek
Road to mouth)
mouth) at Honey Hole to County Lehman club boundary to
Hickory Run (Hickory Run (confluence East Branch
Scotch Run (first bridge Road downstream I-81) Bushkill Rod & Gun Club
Lake to Saylorsville Dam) and South Branch
upstream Mifflin Pine Creek (Volanski Road boundary and Bushkill
Hickory Run Lake Canawacta Creek to
crossroads to mouth) to mouth) Falls boundary to mouth)
Lehigh Canal (lock 0.4 mouth)
South Branch Roaring Creek MONROE: Lower Lake (Lower
kilometer upstream Long (Jepko/Campground Road East Branch Tunkhannock
Brodhead Creek (0.57 mile Promised Land Lake
Run to lock upstream to mouth) Creek (SR 2027 bridge
upstream North 5th Street including outlet from
North Weissport) West Branch Briar Creek upstream Little Creek
to I-80 bridge East of Exit
Lizard Creek (Lauchnor Upper Lake) to SR 374 bridge nearest
(unnamed tributary 300 309)
Road bridge to mouth yards upstream Ridge Masthope Creek (State mouth)
Buckwha Creek (Princess
and 1 mile upstream Road to mouth) Game Lands #316 East Branch Wyalusing
Run to Aquashichola
Andreas Road bridge to West Creek (third bridge SR upstream boundary to Creek (Forest Lake to
Creek)
0.5 mile upstream Stone 0239 upstream Benton to State Game Lands #316 Fairdale Road, SR 3029,
Mountain Road bridge) mouth) downstream boundary) to mouth)

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Fall Brook (pipeline Long Pond CARBON: PIKE: LUZERNE:
crossing to mouth) Rose Pond Branch (State Lehigh River (0.33 mile Toms Creek (2.17 miles; from Harveys Creek (1.7 miles;
Gaylord Creek (Bradford/ Game Lands #159 access upriver from railroad the Delaware Water Gap from Jackson Road, T-812,
Susquehanna County road crossing to mouth) bridge at Glenn Onoko National Recreation Area downstream to Pavlick
Line to mouth) Van Auken Creek (Keen downriver to Mauch boundary downstream to Road, T-497)
Horton Creek (Village Pine Pond to mouth) Chunk Creek) the mouth) Nescopeck Creek (2.24
Grove to mouth) West Branch Dyberry Creek CARBON/LUZERNE: Catch and Release miles; from the upstream
Lackawanna River (old Francis E. Walter Reservoir boundary of State Game
(Howell Pond to mouth)
(Bear Creek Reservoir)
Fly-Fishing Only Lands #187 downstream
Stillwater Dam to West Branch Lackawaxen MONROE:
Panther Creek) River (Prompton Reservoir Lehigh River (Carbon/ to a cable across the
Bush Kill (6.1 miles; on
Martins Creek (South Bailey Luzerne County Line stream)
to mouth) the Resica Falls Scout
Road, T-377, to mouth) from outlet of F. E. Walter Reservation property MONROE:
West Branch Wallenpaupack
Meshoppen Creek (West Reservoir downstream except 200 yards on each McMichael Creek (2.42
Creek (Mountain Cobb
Nicholson Road to to confluence with Sandy side of the falls) miles; 0.13 kilometer
Road bridge to Forks Road
Route 29) Run) WAYNE: downstream from the
bridge) COLUMBIA: Turkey Hill Road, T-416,
North Branch Wyalusing WYOMING: Dyberry Creek (0.87 mile;
Creek (first major tributary Briar Creek Lake from 300 meters, .19 mile, bridge downstream to
Bowman Creek (Wyoming LACKAWANNA: Glenbrook Rd., SR 2004,
upstream Gaylord to downstream from the
County Line to Church Lackawanna Lake bridge)
mouth) third bridge on Dug Rd.,
Road) LUZERNE: SR 4009, upstream of the Tobyhanna Creek (1 mile;
Riley Creek (Singer Road to Horton Creek (Village Pine Frances Slocum Lake mouth, downstream to the from the confluence
mouth) Grove to mouth) Harveys Lake (see second bridge on Dug Rd., of Still Swamp Run,
Salt Lick Creek (Johnston Leonard Creek (Wyoming/ miscellaneous special SR 4009, upstream from downstream to the PPL
Street New Milford to Luzerne County Line to regulations on page 17) service bridge)
the mouth)
Hallstead town park) mouth) Lake Irena WYOMING: SUSQUEHANNA:
Silver Creek (Cranberry Run Lake Took A While Bowman Creek (0.8 mile; Salt Lick Creek (1.45
Martins Creek (South Bailey
to mouth) (Riverlands) from SR 0292 downstream miles; from 90 yards
Road, T-377, to mouth)
Snake Creek (Booth Road to Lily Lake to Marsh Creek) downstream from Beaver
Mehoopany Creek (North
Stateline) Moon Lake Creek downstream to
South Branch Canawacta
Fork Mehoopany Creek to
Sylvan Lake
Trophy Trout boundary of State Game
Rogers Hollow) Artificial Lures Only
Creek (SR 1007 to mouth) MONROE: Lands #35)
Meshoppen Creek (West LACKAWANNA:
Starrucca Creek (Stevens Hidden Lake WAYNE:
Nicholson Road to Route Lackawanna River (4.9
Point to mouth) PIKE: West Branch Wallenpaupack
29 and Lemon Creek Road miles; from the Gilmartin
Tunkhannock Creek (Gelatt Lily Pond Creek (1.74 miles; from
to Potts Falls) Street bridge in Archbald
to Nine Partners Creek) Little Mud Pond 0.6 mile downstream
North Branch Mehoopany downstream to the
West Branch Meshoppen SULLIVAN: from the Jones Creek
Creek (SR 3004 at Risley Creek (Saxer Road to Lackawanna Avenue
Hunters Lake confluence downstream
mouth) bridge, SR 0347, in
Road to mouth) SUSQUEHANNA: to the Callapoose Rd., SR
Oxbow Lake Olyphant. Excepted is a
WAYNE: Quaker Lake 3009, bridge)
Riley Creek (Singer Road to mid-section area extending
Dyberry Creek (Headwaters WAYNE: .7 mile from the Depot
to mouth) mouth) Duck Harbor Pond
South Branch Tunkhannock Street bridge in Jessup
East Branch Dyberry Creek Upper Woods Pond downstream to the foot
(Lower Woods Pond outlet Creek (Boyarski Road WYOMING: bridge in Robert Mellow
to mouth) bridge to mouth) Lake Winola Park)
Equinunk Creek (Kinneyville Tuscarora Creek (Bradford/ Mehoopany Creek (Henry
Creek to mouth) Susquehanna County Line Lott Brook to confluence Delayed Harvest
Jones Creek (Mountain Cobb to mouth) of North Fork Mehoopany Artificial Lures Only
Road bridge to mouth) West Branch Meshoppen Creek) BRADFORD:
Creek (SR 3004 at Risley Towanda Creek (1.7 miles;
Lackawanna River (old Catch and Release from SR 3001 downstream
Stillwater Dam to Road to mouth)
Artificial Lures Only to Con’s Road, T-350)
Panther Creek) Stocked Trout CARBON:
Lackawaxen River (confluence CARBON:
Dyberry Creek and West
Waters Open to Hickory Run (3.12 Mud Run (2.5 miles; in
Year-Round Fishing miles; from the outlet Hickory Run State Park)
Branch Lackawaxen River of Saylorsville Dam
BRADFORD: LACKAWANNA/
to 1.0 mile downstream
Cooks Pond
downstream to the mouth) WYOMING: An explanation
Honesdale Sewer Treatment LACKAWANNA:
Plant and 0.6 mile upstream Mountain Lake South Branch of each trout
Roaring Brook (3.84 miles; Tunkhannock Creek
Middle Creek to mouth) Sugar Run (T-420 to mouth)
from Hollisterville Dam (.99 mile; from SR 6 regulation is on
downstream to Elmhurst downstream through pages 23 and 24.
Reservoir) Keystone College campus)

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For the most current advisories, visit dep.pa.gov/Business/Water/CleanWater/WaterQuality/FishConsumptionAdvisory/Pages/default.aspx.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public Health Advisory Fish Consumption

HEALTH BENEFITS OF EATING FISH STATEWIDE ADVISORY
Fish are nutritious and good to eat. Fish are low in fat, Pennsylvania has issued a general, statewide health For most recent advisories:
high in protein and provide substantial human health advisory for recreationally caught sport fish: eat no more
benefits. Fish provide valuable vitamins and minerals than one meal (1/2 pound) per week of sport fish caught in
and beneficial oils that are low in saturated fat. Omega-3 the state’s waterways. This general advice was issued to
fatty acids found in fish are also beneficial, particularly protect against eating large amounts of fish that have not
in terms of cardiovascular health. The United States been tested or that may contain unidentified contaminants.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends
that consumers eat a balanced diet, choosing a variety HOW TO USE THIS ADVISORY
of foods including fruits and vegetables, foods that are Follow the general, statewide one meal per week advi-
low in trans fat and saturated fat, as well as foods rich sory to limit your exposure to contaminants. To determine
in high fiber grains and nutrients. A diet that includes if more protective advice applies to the fish you have caught, dep.pa.gov/Business/Water/CleanWater/
a variety of fish and shellfish can be an important part find the locations and species of fish you’ve caught in the WaterQuality/FishConsumptionAdvisory/Pages/
of a balanced healthy diet. The United States FDA, EPA, tables that follow. Find the meal advice for the waterbody default.aspx
the American Heart Association and other nutrition and fish species you’ve caught. “Do Not Eat” means no one
experts recommend eating two meals (12 oz.) of fish should eat those fish because of high contamination. The
per week. By following these advisories, you should other groups are advice for how often to eat a fish meal.
feel comfortable making one of those meals (up to 8 One meal is assumed to be 1/2 pound of fish (8 oz. before
oz.) a recreationally caught Pennsylvania sport fish. cooking) for a 150-pound person. The meal advice is
CONTAMINANTS IN FISH equally protective for larger people who eat larger meals FATTY
While most recreationally caught sport fish in Penn- and smaller people who eat smaller meals. AREAS
sylvania are safe to eat, chemicals, such as heavy People who regularly eat sport fish, women of child-
metals, PCBs, PFAS and pesticides, have been found bearing age and children are particularly susceptible to
in some fish from certain waters. While the levels of contaminants that build up over time. If you fall into one
unavoidable chemical contaminants are usually low, of these categories, you should be careful to space fish
there can be potential health concerns to pregnant meals out according to the advisory tables that follow.
and breast-feeding women, women of childbearing Your body can get rid of some contaminants over time.
age, children and individuals whose diet consists of a Spacing the meals out helps prevent the contaminants TRIM AWAY
high percentage of fish. from building up to harmful levels in the body. For DOTTEDAREAS
The same contaminants found in fish tissue tend example, if the fish you eat is in the one meal a month
to be persistent and can build up in your body over group, wait a month before eating another meal of fish
time. It may take months or years of regularly eating from any restricted category.
contaminated fish to build up amounts that are a health Women beyond their childbearing years and men
concern. Health problems that may result from the generally face fewer health risks from these contaminants.
contaminants found in fish range from small changes However, it is recommended that you also follow the
in health that are hard to detect to birth defects and advisory to reduce your total exposure to contaminants. Fish stocked from Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Com-
cancer. Mothers who eat highly contaminated fish For these groups, it is the total number of meals that you mission state fish hatcheries are subject to the blanket
for many years before becoming pregnant may have eat during the year that becomes important and many one-meal-per-week consumption advisory that applies
children who are slower to develop and learn. The meal of those meals can be eaten during a few months of the to recreationally caught sport fish in Pennsylvania.
advice in this advisory is intended to protect children year. If most of the fish you eat are from the one meal a Snapping Turtle Consumption Advice: Snapping
from these potential developmental problems. Adults month category, you should not exceed 12 meals per year. Turtle meat has been found to contain only small amounts
are less likely to have health problems at the low levels of PCBs and is safe to eat without restrictions. Snapping
Sometimes, anglers catch fish with external growths,
that affect children. If you follow this advisory over your Turtles do retain PCBs in their fat and internal organs. If
sores or other lesions. Such abnormalities generally result
lifetime, you will minimize your exposure and reduce you choose to eat Snapping Turtles, you can reduce your
from viral or bacterial infections and may occasionally be exposure by carefully trimming away all fat and internal
health risks associated with contaminants in fish.
caused by exposure to certain chemical contaminants. The organs and discarding them before cooking the meat or
INTRODUCTION TO FISH CONSUMPTION appearance of viral or bacterial infections in fish may be making soup.
ADVISORIES unsightly, but there is no evidence to suggest that these
We are not recommending that you stop eating infections pose a threat to consumers of these fish. Whether FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
sport caught fish, except where “Do Not Eat” is shown. or not to eat such fish is a matter of personal choice. The advisory listing was current at the time this summary
When properly prepared, eating fish regularly offers went to press. Fish consumption advisories may have been
important health benefits as a good choice to replace CLEANING AND COOKING YOUR FISH issued or lifted since that time. Notice of such actions has
high fat foods. You will gain benefits if you follow PCBs and most other organic contaminants usually build been released to the public through press releases or can
the sport fish consumption advisory carefully to: up in a fish’s fat deposits and just underneath the skin. By be found online.
consume safer species of fish, trim and cook your removing the skin and fat before cooking, you can reduce For further information or the most current advice,
catch correctly and follow the recommended meal the levels of these chemicals. Mercury, however, collects in contact:
frequencies. Using this advice, you will reduce your the fish’s muscle and cannot be reduced by cleaning and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection:
exposure to possible contaminants. cooking methods. To reduce PCBs and other organics: 717-787-9637, dep.pa.gov.
Consumption advisories provide guidance to indi- • Remove all skin. (Questions concerning current advisory listings, waters
viduals or segments of the population who are at greater • Slice off fat belly meat along the bottom of the fish. sampled and sampling methods)
risk from exposure to contaminants in fish. Advisories • Cut away any fat above the fish’s backbone. Pennsylvania Department of Health: 717-787-3550,
are not regulatory standards but recommendations • Cut away the V-shaped wedge of fat along the lateral health.pa.gov.
intended to provide additional information to high-risk line on each side of the fish. (Questions about effects of chemicals on human health)
groups. These advisories apply only to recreationally • Bake or broil trimmed fish on a rack or grill, so some Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission: 814-359-5147,
caught sport fish in Pennsylvania, not commercial of the remaining fat drips away. fishandboat.com.
fish. The FDA establishes the legal standards for con- • Discard any drippings. Do not eat them or use them (Questions about effects of chemicals on fisheries and
taminants in food sold commercially including fish. for cooking other foods or in preparing other sauces. current advisory listings)

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2025 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN * The harvest of live mussels and clams in Pennsylvania is prohibited.

Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant

Belmont Lake (Wayne Co.) Entire lake Rock Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
Beltzville Lake (Beltzville State Park) (Carbon Co.) Entire lake Walleye 2 meals/month Mercury
Brady’s Lake (Monroe Co.) Entire lake Chain Pickerel 6 meals/year Mercury
Yellow Perch 1 meal/month Mercury
Broadhead Creek (Monroe Co.) Entire basin Rock Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Bushkill Creek (Monroe and Pike Cos.) Entire basin American Eel, All suckers 2 meals/month Mercury
Chester Creek (Delaware and Chester Cos.) Confluence of West Branch Chester Ck. to mouth Channel Catfish, American Eel 2 meals/month Mercury
Darby Creek (Delaware and Philadelphia Cos.) Entire basin upstream of Rt. 13 Channel Catfish 1 meal/month PCB
Darby Creek (Delaware and Philadelphia Cos.) Entire basin downstream of Rt. 13 including Cobbs Creek. All species Do Not Eat PCB, Pesticides,
Based on advisories from EPA. Metals
Delaware River Source to Trenton, NJ-Morrisville, PA bridge Rock Bass, Walleye over 17” 2 meals/month Mercury
Smallmouth Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
Delaware Estuary including the tidal portion of all Trenton, NJ-Morrisville, PA Bridge White Perch, 1 meal/month PCB
PA tributaries and the Schuylkill River to the Fair- to PA/DE border Flathead Catfish,
mount Dam (Bucks, Philadelphia and Delaware Cos.) Channel Catfish
Striped Bass: over 28” 1 meal/month PCB
Carp 6 meals/year PCB
American Eel Do Not Eat PCB
Hickory Lake (Wayne Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Lake Maskenozha (Pike Co.) Entire lake Yellow Perch 2 meals/month Mercury
Lake Towhee (Bucks Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Lake Wallenpaupack (Pike and Wayne Cos.) Entire lake Walleye 1 meal/month Mercury
Lehigh River (Northampton Co.) Confluence of Saucon Creek to mouth Carp, American Eel 1 meal/month PCB
Little Bushkill Creek (Pike Co.) Lake Maskenozha to mouth American Eel 2 meals/month Mercury
Long Pond (Wayne Co.) Entire lake Walleye 1 meal/month Mercury
Marsh Creek Lake (Chester Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Miller Pond (Wayne Co.) Entire lake Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
Yellow Perch 2 meals/month Mercury
Neshaminy Creek (Montgomery and Bucks Cos.) Entire basin All species Do Not Eat PFOS
Pennypack Creek (Montgomery and Philadelphia Cos.) Entire basin American Eel 1 meal/month PCB
Promised Land Lake (Promised Land State Park) (Pike Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Prompton Reservoir Entire lake Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
(West Branch Lackawaxen River) (Wayne Co.) Walleye 2 meals/month Mercury
Red Clay Creek (Chester Co.) Entire basin All species 3 meals/year PCB, DDT, Dioxins,
Chlorinated-
Pesticides
Schuylkill River (Schuylkill Co.) Confluence of Mill Creek at Port Carbon to Auburn Dam Trout 1 meal/month PCB
Schuylkill River (Schuylkill and Berks Cos.) Confluence of Mahannon Creek at Landingville Brown Bullhead, All suckers 1 meal/month PCB
to Kernsville Dam
Schuylkill River (Berks Co.) Kernsville Dam to Maiden Creek All suckers 1 meal/month PCB
Schuylkill River Confluence of Maiden Creek to Black Rock Dam All suckers 1 meal/month PCB
(Berks, Chester and Montgomery Cos.) above Phoenixville Carp, Channel Catfish 6 meals/year PCB
Schuylkill River Black Rock Dam to Fairmount Dam Carp, American Eel Do Not Eat PCB
(Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia Cos.) in Philadelphia All suckers, Channel Catfish, 1 meal/month PCB
Flathead Catfish, Corbicula (clam*)
Schuylkill River Confluence of Maiden Creek to Fairmount Dam American Eel Do Not Eat PCB
(Berks, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia Cos.) All suckers 1 meal/mouth PCB
Shohola Lake (Pike Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
Stairway Pond (Pike Co.) Entire pond Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Tobyhanna Creek (Carbon and Monroe Cos.) Pocono Lake Dam to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
West Branch Brandywine Creek (Chester Co.) From business Rt. 30 (Lincoln Highway) American Eel 1 meal/month PCB
in Coatesville to confluence of Buck Run
West Branch Schuylkill River (Schuylkill Co.) Entire basin Brook Trout 1 meal/month PCB
White Clay Creek (Chester Co.) Entire basin American Eel 2 meals/month Mercury
White Oak Pond Lake (Wayne Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN
Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant
Beechwood Lake (Tioga Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 1 meals/month Mercury
Black Moshannon State Park Lake (Centre Co.) Entire lake Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Bearwallow Pond (Sullivan Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass, Chain Pickerel 2 meals/month Mercury
Chemung River (Bradford Co.) NY/PA border to mouth Channel Catfish 2 meals/month Mercury
Smallmouth Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
Conestoga River (Lancaster Co.) Slackwater to mouth Rock Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Cowanesque River and Reservoir (Tioga Co.) Cowanesque River mouth to PA/NY border Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Black Crappie, Yellow Perch, 1 meal/month Mercury
Largemouth Bass
Elk Lake (Sullivan Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass, Chain Pickerel 2 meals/month Mercury
First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek-George B. Stevenson Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Dam (Sinnemahoning State Park) (Cameron and Potter Cos.)
First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek (Cameron Co.) George B. Stevenson Dam to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Francis Slocum Lake (Luzerne Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Hamilton Lake (Tioga Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Hammond Lake (Tioga Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 1 meals/month Mercury
Hunters Lake (Sullivan Co.) Entire lake All species 2 meals/month Mercury
Jacks Creek (Mifflin Co.) Paintersville Bridge to mouth Bluegill, Rock Bass, Fallfish 1 meal/month PCB
Kettle Creek Lake (Kettle Creek State Park) (Clinton Co.) Entire lake Black Crappie, Yellow Perch 2 meals/month Mercury
Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
Kettle Creek (Clinton Co.) Alvin R. Bush Dam to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Lackawanna Lake (Lackawanna State Park) (Lackawanna Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Lake Jean (UNT Kitchen Creek) Entire lake Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
(Ricketts Glen State Park) (Sullivan and Luzerne Cos.) Yellow Perch 2 meals/month Mercury
Lake Makoma (Mill Creek) (Sullivan Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Lake Winola (Wyoming Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Laurel Lake (Cumberland Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Lily Lake (Luzerne Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant
Little Pine Creek (Lycoming Co.) Entire basin Yellow Perch 2 meals/month Mercury
Logan Branch (Centre Co.) Axemann to mouth Brown Trout 1 meal/month PCB
Lopez Pond (Sullivan Co.) Entire lake Yellow Perch 2 meals/month Mercury
Lyman Run Reservoir (Potter Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
Maple Lake (Lackawanna Co.) Entire lake Chain Pickerel 2 meals/month Mercury
McWilliams Reservoir (Northumberland and Columbia Cos.) Entire reservoir Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Mountain Mud Pond (Merli-Sarnoski Park)(Lackawanna Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Pine Creek (Tioga Co.) Confluence of Painter Run to confluence of Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Fourmile Run near Colton Point State Park
Poe Lake (Centre Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Shumans Lake (Loyalsock Creek) (Sullivan Co.) Entire lake Chain Pickerel 2 meals/month Mercury
Silver Lake (Susquehanna Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Steven Foster Lake (Bradford Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Sugar Creek (Bradford Co.) Confluence of Bailey Run to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Sunfish Pond (Bradford Co.) Entire pond Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch 2 meals/month Mercury
Susquehanna River (Susquehanna Co.) Entire section in PA from the NY border above Smallmouth Bass, Fallfish 2 meals/month Mercury
Starrucca Creek to the NY border below Great Bend
Susquehanna River (Bradford and Wyoming Cos.) NY border above Sayre to PA Route 92 bridge at Falls Walleye 1 meal/month Mercury
Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Channel Catfish, Carp 1 meal/month PCB
Susquehanna River (Wyoming, Lackawanna, PA Route 92 bridge at Falls to confluence Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Luzerne, Columbia, Northumberland and Montour Cos.) with West Branch Channel Catfish, Quillback, 1 meal/month PCB
Carp, Walleye
Susquehanna River (Snyder, Northumberland, Juniata, West Branch to PA/MD border Channel Catfish over 20”, 1 meal/month PCB
Perry, Dauphin, Cumberland, York and Lancaster Cos.) Flathead Catfish over 30” Mercury, PCB
Tioga Reservoir (Tioga Co.) Entire reservoir Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Towanda Creek (Bradford Co.) Confluence of Schrader Creek to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Trindle Spring Run (locally Silver Spring Run) (Cumberland Co.) Silver Spring Meeting House to mouth (approx. 1 mile) All trout 1 meal/month PCB
Tunkhannock Creek (Wyoming Co.) Confluence of South Branch to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Tuscarora Creek (Juniata Co.) SR 3008 bridge above Port Royal to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
West Branch Susquehanna River (Clinton, Bald Eagle Creek to confluence with Walleye 2 meals/month Mercury
Lycoming, Union and Northumberland Cos.) Susquehanna River
White Deer Creek (Clinton, Centre and Union Cos.) Entire basin Brown Trout 2 meals/month Mercury
Wyalusing Creek (Bradford Co.) SR 0706 bridge at Camptown to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Yellow Breeches Creek (Cumberland Co.) SR 3017 bridge at Huntsdale to confluence of Spruce Run Brown Trout 1 meal/month PCB
OHIO RIVER BASIN
Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant
Allegheny River (McKean Co.) Confluence of Potato Creek to PA/NY border Smallmouth Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
Allegheny Res. (Warren and McKean Cos.) Entire lake Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Allegheny River (Warren, Forest, Venango, Kinzua Dam to Lock & Dam 7 Smallmouth Bass, Walleye 2 meals/month Mercury
Clarion and Armstrong Cos.)
Allegheny River (Armstrong Co.) Pool 6 - Lock & Dam 7 to Lock & Dam 6 Carp 1 meal/month PCB
Allegheny River (Armstrong Co.) Pool 5 - Lock & Dam 6 to Lock & Dam 5 Carp, Channel Catfish 1 meal/month PCB
Allegheny River (Armstrong and Allegheny Cos.) Pool 4 - Lock & Dam 5 to Lock & Dam 4 Carp, Channel Catfish 1 meal/month PCB
Allegheny River (Allegheny Co.) Pool 3 - Lock & Dam 4 to Lock & Dam 3 Carp, Channel Catfish 1 meal/month PCB
Allegheny River (Allegheny Co.) Pool 2 - Lock & Dam 3 to Lock & Dam 2 Carp, Channel Catfish 1 meal/month PCB
Allegheny River (Allegheny Co.) Lock & Dam 2 to Montgomery Lock & Dam on the Ohio River See Ohio River (Allegheny and Beaver Cos.)
Beaver River (Lawrence and Beaver Cos.) Confluence of Mahoning and Shenango Rivers to mouth Carp Do Not Eat PCB
Smallmouth Bass, 1 meal/month PCB
Channel Catfish
Beaver Run Reservoir (Westmoreland Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Brokenstraw Creek (Warren Co.) Confluence of Hare Creek to mouth All suckers, 2 meals/month Mercury
Smallmouth Bass
Chapman Dam Reservoir (Warren Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Chartiers Creek and Little Chartiers Creek Chartiers Creek - Canonsburg to mouth Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month PCB
(Allegheny and Washington Cos.) Little Chartiers Creek - Canonsburg Lake Dam to mouth Carp Do Not Eat PCB
Smallmouth Bass 6 meals/year PCB
Clarion River (Clarion Co.) Confluence of Canoe Creek above Callensburg to confl. of Turkey Run Walleye 2 meals/month Mercury
Clarion River (Clarion, Clearfield and Elk Cos.) Entire basin upstream of Piney Dam Smallmouth Bass, 2 meals/month Mercury
Largemouth Bass
Conemaugh R. (Indiana and Westmoreland Cos.) Conemaugh Lake Dam to mouth Carp 1 meal/month PCB
Conewango Creek (Warren Co.) NY/PA border to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Conneaut Lake (Crawford Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Northern Pike 1 meal/month Mercury
Crystal Lake (Crawford Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 1 meal/month Mercury
Dunkard Creek (Greene Co.) Confluence of Toms Run to confluence of Roberts Run Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Dunkard Creek (Greene Co.) SR 2021 bridge to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
East Branch Lake (E. Br. Clarion R.) (Elk Co.) Entire lake Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Eaton Reservoir (Erie Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass, 2 meals/month Mercury
Walleye
Edinboro Lake (Erie Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
French Creek (Erie, Crawford, Mercer and Venango Cos.) Entire mainstem Smallmouth Bass, 2 meals/month Mercury
Walleye
Geneva Swamp (Crawford Co.) Entire marsh Bowfin 1 meal/month Mercury
Justus Lake (Venango Co.) Entire lake Smallmouth Bass, 2 meals/month Mercury
Largemouth Bass
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Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant
Lake Canadohta (Crawford Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass, Walleye 2 meals/month Mercury
Lake LeBoeuf (Erie Co.) Entire lake Muskellunge 1 meal/month Mercury
Largemouth Bass, Carp 2 meals/month Mercury
Lake Pleasant (Erie Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Mahoning River (Lawrence Co.) Entire portion in PA Smallmouth Bass 1 meal/month PCB
Carp 6 meals/year PCB
Channel Catfish Do Not Eat PCB
Monongahela River (Fayette and Greene Cos.) Point Marion Lock & Dam to Maxwell Locks & Dam Carp 1 meal/month PCB
Monongahela River (Fayette and Washington Cos.) Pool 4 - Maxwell Locks & Dam to Locks & Dam 4 Carp 1 meal/month PCB
Monongahela River Pool 3 - Locks & Dam 4 to Locks & Dam 3 Carp 1 meal/month PCB
(Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland Cos.)
Monongahela River (Allegheny Co.) Pool 2 (Braddock Pool)- Locks & Dam 3 to Locks & Dam 2 Carp 1 meal/month PCB
Monongahela River (Allegheny Co.) From Locks & Dam 2 to the Montgomery Locks & Dam See Ohio River
on the Ohio River (Allegheny and Beaver Cos.)
Ohio River (Allegheny and Beaver Cos.) From Lock & Dam 2 on the Monongahela River and Lock Freshwater Drum, Spotted Bass, 1 meal/month PCB
& Dam 2 on the Allegheny River to the Montgomery Lock & Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie,
Dam Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie,
Based on advisories issued by Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Sauger, Walleye
All suckers, Flathead Catfish, 6 meals/year PCB
Hybrid-Striped Bass, White Bass,
Channel Catfish
Carp Do Not Eat PCB
Ohio River (Beaver Co.) From Montgomery Locks & Dam to the state border. All suckers, Flathead Catfish, 1 meal/month PCB
Based on recommendation from the Ohio River Consumption Advisory Workgroup Black Crappie, White Crappie,
Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass,
Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Walleye,
Freshwater Drum
Channel Catfish under 18”, Carp, 6 meals/year PCB
Hybrid Striped Bass, White Bass
Channel Catfish over 18” Do Not Eat PCB
Oil Creek (Venango Co.) SR 1004 bridge at Petroleum Center to mouth Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Shenango River (Mercer and Lawrence Cos.) Shenango Reservoir Dam to mouth All species Do Not Eat PCB
Sugar Lake (Crawford Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass, Chain Pickerel 2 meals/month Mercury
Tamarack Lake (Crawford Co.) Entire lake Muskellunge 1 meal/month Mercury
Walleye 2 meals/month Mercury
Tenmile Creek (Washington and Greene Cos.) Entire basin Freshwater Drum 1 meal/month Mercury
Tionesta Creek (Warren and Forest Cos.) SR 0666 bridge at Henrys Mills to Tionesta Res. Dam Smallmouth Bass, All suckers 2 meals/month Mercury
Tionesta Reservoir (Forest Co.) Entire lake Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Traverse Creek (Beaver Co.) Source to dam in Raccoon State Park Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Tunungwant Creek (McKean Co.) Confluence of East and West branches to PA/NY border Carp, All suckers 2 meals/month Mercury
Union City Reservoir (Erie Co.) Entire lake Largemouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
West Branch Caldwell Creek (Warren Co.) Entire basin Brown Trout 2 meals/month Mercury
Youghiogheny Lake (Fayette/Somerset Cos.) Entire lake Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
Youghiogheny River (Fayette and Somerset Cos.) Youghiogheny Lake Dam to confluence of Lick Run Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
LAKE ERIE BASIN * Salmon and trout are migratory. They may be found seasonally in Presque Isle Bay or Lake Erie tributary
streams. Trout, salmon and other fish, whether caught in the lake or tributaries, should be treated as Lake Erie fish.
Water Body Area Under Advisory Species Meal Frequency Contaminant
Lake Erie (Erie Co.) Open waters Walleye, Coho Salmon*, Steelhead* (Rainbow Trout), Brown Trout*, 1 meal/month PCB
Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, White Bass, Lake Whitefish, Carp under 20”,
Freshwater Drum, Lake Trout under 30” and Channel Catfish
Carp over 20”, Lake Trout over 30”. Do Not Eat PCB
Lake Erie (Erie Co.) Presque Isle Bay Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Freshwater Drum, Bowfin, Carp, 1 meal/month PCB
Coho Salmon*, Steelhead* (Rainbow Trout) and Brown Trout*
Conneaut Creek (Erie Co.) SR 0215 bridge to PA/OH border Smallmouth Bass 2 meals/month Mercury
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN
There are currently no advisories for the Potomac River Basin.
However, the statewide advisory of 1 meal/week does apply to all waters throughout the Commonwealth including the Potomac River Basin.

Recognizing and Reporting POLLUTION or DISTURBANCE of Waterways

POLLUTION or DISTURBANCE of any waterway or gas or water well drilling and manufacturing waste. Com- pipes or culverts; building or installing bridges; making
watershed is a serious violation of the Pennsylvania Fish mon pollution indicators are: dead fish including crayfish, roadways through or along a stream; draining a waterway,
and Boat Code that must be recognized and reported frogs and any other types of aquatic life; strange odors like wetland or watershed; or changing the channel flow of
to a Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission region manure, sewage or chemicals; muddy, cloudy or discolored a waterway. Various types of permits are required for
law enforcement office. The law provides for criminal water; shiny, oily sheen on water’s surface; foamy material any such work.
penalties for pollution or disturbances. floating on the surface; and extremely muddy water. If you see anything suspected to be a pollution or dis-
POLLUTION is an introduction into any waterway DISTURBANCE of waterways or watersheds includes turbance of any waterway, regardless of how seemingly
of anything that “might” harm or kill fish. Examples of any alteration of a waterway, its banks, bed or fish habitat insignificant, report it immediately by calling the local
“pollutants” are: electricity, explosives, sediment runoff, that “might” cause damage to or kill fish. Common dis- Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission region law en-
sewage, insecticides, poisons, high volumes of extremely turbance indicators are: removal of gravel from stream forcement office listed on page 3 of this publication or the
hot water, liquid concrete or cement, paint, chemicals, beds; earth-moving in or along a waterway; dragging logs Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection at
petroleum products like gasoline or oil, brine runoff from across stream banks and through stream beds; installing 1-800-541-2050 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week).

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 CALLING ALL 2026 FISHING DATES* Commonwealth Inland Waters

PENNSYLVANIA ANGLERS! Statewide Opening Day of Trout: April 4, 2026 *Dates subject to change
by regulation until
We need your help. Pennsylvania is home to Opening Day of Walleye/Sauger: May 2, 2026
publication of the
two giant salamanders, the Eastern Hellbender Opening Day of Bass: June 13, 2026 2025 Pennsylvania
and the Common Mudpuppy. Both species Extended Trout Season: September 8, 2026 Fishing Summary.
are regularly found by anglers, often caught
accidentally on fishing hooks or in minnow traps.
Anglers have a great opportunity to help 2025 FISH-FOR-FREE DAYS!
herpetologists figure out the distribution and May 25 and July 4
status of these species by simply taking a picture
of any specimens encountered and e-mailing No fishing license is needed to fish on either of these days. It’s a great way to introduce
the picture, date, time and location of the someone to the world of fishing. Check the Commission’s website for more information.
observation to info@machac.org. Remember that all other regulations apply.

The Common Mudpuppy is found in the Ohio

River and Lake Erie drainages, in the western

E plore PA Waters
third of Pennsylvania. Mudpuppies have large,
feathery gills on either side of the head. Adults
grow to 19 inches in length.

The Eastern Hellbender was historically found in

the Susquehanna and Ohio drainages, covering ExplorePAWaters.com is for those who want to
two-thirds of Pennsylvania. Hellbenders do not experience the thrill of catching a fish or the peace
have external gills as adults and look wrinkled of paddling near native wildlife. Check out our maps
due to skin folds used for respiration. Adults and find fishing gear to borrow, boats to rent and
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HOW TO MEASURE A FISH
Tail slightly compressed
Tail in natural position

Close mouth
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Discover more about
fishing, fly fishing,
ice fishing and kayak Fork length: Not used in Pennsylvania.
fishing for a variety of
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to changes, which, as made, are printed in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Official text is found in 58 Pa. Code and
online at: www.pacodeandbulletin.gov. For detailed and up-to-date information, contact the nearest office
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VOLUNTARY PERMITS
Voluntary Permits are designed to help maintain The Wild Trout & Enhanced Waters Permit
funding levels for several key fishing-related does not meet the requirement to fish for trout in
programs. Revenues generated from the sale of Pennsylvania waters.
these permits will be reinvested into
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