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Trout Fishing Regulations
APPROVED TROUT WATERS OPEN TO YEAR-ROUND FISHING
 
Waters with this designation are considered “approved trout waters.” From 8 a.m. opening day of trout through Sep. 3, Commonwealth inland size and creel limits apply. From Jan. 1 through Feb. 29, and from Sep. 4 through Dec. 31, “extended season” size and creel limits apply. These waters are open to fishing from March 1 through opening day of trout season; however, no trout may be taken or possessed on these waters during this period.

It is unlawful to fish in rivers and streams designated as approved trout waters open to year-round fishing without a current trout/salmon permit (or Combination Trout/Salmon/Lake Erie permit).

A trout/salmon permit is not required to fish in lakes and ponds that have been designated as approved trout waters open to year-round fishing unless the person takes, kills, or possesses, while in the act of fishing, a trout or salmon on or in these waters.

Waters under these regulations – listed by county
ARMSTRONG
Mahoning Creek – Mahoning Creek Dam outflow downstream to the confluence of Pine Run

BEDFORD
Koon Lake

BERKS
Tulpehocken Creek – from covered bridge at T-921 downstream to the mouth
Kaercher Creek Dam – winter stocking

BRADFORD
Mountain Lake
Sugar Run

BUCKS
Lake Luxembourg

CAMERON
West Creek

CUMBERLAND
Laurel Lake
Mountain Creek – from Adams County line downstream to the backwaters of Laurel Lake

DAUPHIN / LEBANON
Stony Creek – from 0.4 mile upstream of Cold Spring Road downstream to State Game Lands #211 gate

ELK
Straight Creek
West Creek – SR 1008 at Rathbun downstream to SR 3001 at Howard Siding

FOREST
Tionesta Creek – from Tionesta Dam outflow downstream

INDIANA
Cummings Reservoir (Blue Spruce Lake)

LANCASTER
Muddy Run Rec Lake

LAWRENCE
Cascade Quarry

LEBANON
Lakeside Quarry

LEBANON / DAUPHIN
Stony Creek – from 0.4 mile upstream of Cold Spring Road downstream to State Game Lands #211 gate

LUZERNE
Frances Slocum Lake
Sylvan Lake

LUZERNE / SULLIVAN
Lake Jean

McKEAN
Meade Run

NORTHAMPTON
Minsi Lake

PERRY
Little Buffalo Lake (Holman Lake)

SCHUYLKILL
Sweet Arrow Lake
Tuscarora Lake
– fall stocking

SOMERSET
Blue Hole Creek – from confluence with Garys Run downstream to mouth
Fall Creek – from confluence with Ansell Run downstream to mouth

SULLIVAN / LUZERNE
Lake Jean

WAYNE
Duck Harbor Pond

WYOMING
Mehoopany Creek – from confluence with Kasson Brook downstream to confluence of North Fork Mehoopany Creek

YORK
South Branch Codorus Creek – from SR 0616 in Centerville downstream to T-527
Glatco Lake
Lake Marburg

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