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Trout Fishing Regulations
SOUTHWEST REGION - Regulated Trout Waters
Southwest Region

Opening Day of Trout Season for counties in this region: April 18, 2009. In effect for all approved trout waters (listed below) within the Southwest Region.

Special regulations in this region:

Approved Trout Waters [view regulation]
ALLEGHENY
Big Sewickley Creek -- Bull Creek -- Deer Creek -- Flaugherty Run -- Long Run -- Lower Deer Lake -- Middle Deer Lake -- Montour Run -- North Park Lake -- Pine Creek -- Turtle Creek -- West Deer Lake (Upper Deer Lake)

ARMSTRONG
Buffalo Creek -- Cherry Run -- Cornplanter Run -- Cowanshannock Creek -- Glade Run -- Huling Run -- Little Sandy Creek -- North Fork Pine Creek -- Patterson Creek -- Plum Creek -- Redbank Creek (county line to confluence with Little Sandy Creek) -- Scrubgrass Creek -- South Fork Pine Creek

BEAVER
Big Sewickley Creek -- Bradys Run Lake -- Lower Hereford Manor Lake -- Main Lake (Raccoon Lake) -- Mill Creek -- North Fork Big Sewickley Creek -- North Fork Little Beaver Creek (county line downstream to SR 551 Bridge) -- South Branch Brady Run -- Traverse Creek -- Upper Hereford Manor Lake

CAMBRIA
Beaverdam Run -- Bens Creek -- Chest Creek -- Clearfield Creek (confluence with Beaverdam Run near Ashville downstream to T-510 Bridge at Condron) -- Duman Lake -- Elton Sportsmens Dam -- Hinckston Run -- Howells Run -- Killbuck Run -- Lake Rowena -- Laurel Lick Run -- Laurel Run (trib to Conemaugh River) -- Laurel Run (trib to South Fork Little Conemaugh River) -- Little Killbuck Run -- Little Paint Creek -- Noels Creek -- North Branch Blacklick Creek -- North Branch Little Conemaugh River -- Slate Lick Run -- Stewart Run

FAYETTE
Back Creek -- Big Sandy Creek -- Chaney Run -- Dunbar Creek -- Dunlap Creek -- Dunlap Creek Lake -- Georges Creek -- Indian Creek -- Meadow Run -- Mill Run (trib to Indian Creek) -- Mill Run (trib to Quebec Run) -- Mountain Creek -- Virgin Run Lake -- Youghiogheny River (see miscellaneous waters with special regulations)

GREENE
Browns Creek (Bates Fork “Sycamore” downstream to mouth) -- Dunkard Fork -- Enlow Fork -- Lake Wilma -- North Fork Dunkard Fork -- South Fork Dunkard Fork -- Whiteley Creek (headwaters downstream to SR 0088)

INDIANA
Blacklegs Creek -- Brush Creek -- Canoe Creek -- Cush Creek -- Cush Cushion Creek -- Laurel Run -- Little Mahoning Creek (intersection of T-836 and SR 1037 at Antioch Church downstream to McCormick Road Bridge (SR 4018)) -- Little Yellow Creek -- Mudlick Run -- South Branch Two Lick Creek -- Toms Run -- Yellow Creek

SOMERSET
Allen Creek -- Beaverdam Creek -- Beaverdam Run -- Bens Creek -- Breastwork Run -- Brush Creek -- Casselman River (from MD - PA state line downstream to Moser Road (T-353) Bridge) -- Clear Shade Creek -- Cub Run -- Elk Lick Creek -- Flaugherty Creek -- Gladdens Run -- Glade Run -- Jones Mill Run -- Kimberly Run -- Kooser Lake -- Kooser Run -- Laurel Hill Creek -- Laurel Hill Lake -- Little Piney Creek -- McClintock Run -- Middle Creek -- Miller Run -- Piney Creek -- Piney Run -- Raystown Branch Juniata River -- Shafer Run -- Shaffers Run -- South Fork Bens Creek -- Stonycreek River (from Yonai Road (T-515) Bridge downstream to railroad retaining wall 0.25 mile downstream of Covered Bridge Road (T-565) Bridge) -- Tub Mill Run -- Whites Creek -- Wills Creek -- Youghiogheny River Lake tailwaters

WASHINGTON
Aunt Clara Fork -- Canonsburg Lake -- Dutch Fork -- Enlow Fork -- Kings Creek -- Little Chartiers Creek -- Millers Run -- Mingo Creek -- Pike Run -- Templeton Fork -- Tenmile Creek (from SR 0018 downstream to SR 0019)

WESTMORELAND
Donegal Lake -- Fourmile Run -- Hannas Run -- Hendricks Creek -- Indian Creek -- Indian Lake -- Jacobs Creek -- Keystone Lake -- Linn Run -- Loyalhanna Creek -- Mammoth Lake -- Mill Creek -- Northmoreland Lake -- Sewickley Creek -- Shannon Run -- Tubmill Creek -- Turtle Creek -- Twin Lakes Number One Reservoir (Lower Twin Lake) -- Twin Lakes Number Two Reservoir (Upper Twin Lake)

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Approved Trout Waters Open to Year-Round Fishing [view regulation]
ARMSTRONG
bulletMahoning Creek -- Mahoning Creek Dam outflow downstream to the confluence of Pine Run

INDIANA
bulletCummings Reservoir (Blue Spruce Lake)

SOMERSET
bulletBlue Hole Creek -- from confluence with Garys Run downstream to mouth
bulletFall Creek -- from confluence with Ansell Run downstream to mouth

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Catch & Release Fly-Fishing Only [view regulation]
FAYETTE
bulletDunbar Creek – 4.1 miles; from the confluence of Glade Run downstream to the stone quarry along SR 1055

INDIANA
bulletLittle Mahoning Creek – 4.1 miles; from Oberlin Road Bridge abutments upstream of SR 1041 Bridge upstream to Cesna Run

SOMERSET
bulletClear Shade Creek – 1.0 mile; from the cable at Windber Water Dam upstream

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Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only [view regulation]
ALLEGHENY
bulletDeer Creek – 2.1 miles; from the SR 0910 Bridge at T-678 intersection downstream to the lower boundary of Rose Ridge Golf Course
bulletPine Creek – 1.4 miles; from the abandoned railroad bridge near the T-575 and Duncan Ave. intersection downstream to 150 yards downstream of the SR 4019 bridge
bulletBull Creek – 1.0 mile; from the first bridge on T-721 (above the T-721 and T-719 intersection) downstream to the T-721 bridge in Millerstown

ARMSTRONG/BUTLER
bulletBuffalo Creek – 3.7 miles; from Little Buffalo Run downstream to 0.6 mile above SR 4035 in Craigsville

CAMBRIA
bulletChest Creek – 1.8 miles; from the northern Patton borough line downstream to the SR 4022 bridge at Thomas Mills

FAYETTE
bulletMeadow Run – 2.2 miles; from the SR 2011 bridge (Dinner Bell Road) adjacent to the Ohiopyle St. Park office downstream to mouth

SOMERSET
bulletLaurel Hill Creek – 1.2 miles; from the footbridge on State Game Lands #111 Road in Humbert downstream to Paddytown Hollow Run
bulletLaurel Hill Creek – 2.2 miles; from Laurel Hill State Park at Boy Scout Camp downstream to T-364

WASHINGTON
bulletDutch Fork – 1.8 miles; from the first bridge (SR 0070) upstream of the Columbia Gas Compressor Station downstream to the Dutch Fork Lake backwaters at T-487 bridge just off SR 3001 (Lake Road)
bulletPike Run – 1.1 miles; from the confluence with the unnamed tributary upstream of the SR 2079 bridge downstream to the powerline crossing downstream of the SR 2036 bridge

WESTMORELAND
bulletIndian Creek – 1.6 miles; from the T-916 bridge downstream to the SR 0381 bridge.
bulletLoyalhanna Creek – 1.7 miles; from SR 711 downstream to SR 2045

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Early Season Trout-Stocked Waters Program [view regulation]
ALLEGHENY
bulletNorth Park Lake

BEAVER
bulletBradys Run Lake
bulletLower Hereford Manor Lake
bulletMain Lake (Raccoon Lake)

CAMBRIA
bulletDuman Lake
bulletLake Rowena

FAYETTE
bulletDunlap Creek Lake
bulletVirgin Run Lake

FAYETTE/SOMERSET
bulletYoughiogheny River -- from the lake downstream to the confluence of the Casselman River

SOMERSET
bulletLaurel Hill Lake

WASHINGTON
bulletCanonsburg Lake

WESTMORELAND
bulletDonegal Lake
bulletKeystone Lake
bulletMammoth Lake
bulletNorthmoreland Lake
bulletTwin Lakes Number One Reservoir ( Lower Twin Lake)
bulletTwin Lakes Number Two Reservoir (Upper Twin Lake)

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Trophy Trout All Tackle [view regulation]
FAYETTE/SOMERSET
bulletYoughiogheny River – 9.0 miles; from the confluence with Ramcat Run downstream to the Route 381 bridge at Ohiopyle
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Wild Brook Trout Enhancement Program [view regulation]
WESTMORELAND
bulletCamp Run Watershed – 4.1 miles; from the headwaters downstream to mouth and all intermittent flow tributaries
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