Frequently Asked Questions This page contains links to our Frequently Asked Question topic pages (FAQs) which contain a wealth of fishing and boating related information. Also listed are a selection of more specialized topics of interest. FAQs FishingFishing licensesPublic access to water & land BoatingBoat registration & titlingBoating safety & PWC Amphibians & reptilesPond management Additional Questions & Answers Fishing Avian Botulism at Lake Erie Catch and release - mortality Fish kills, natural Fizzing Flood effects Schuylkill River - Pottsville/Middleport Slot limits Warm/coolwater fishing White fly hatch Fishing Licenses & Regulations Aquarium, moving caught fish into Corn for bait, chumming Culling Display of licenses Disposition of evidence Fish for free days Fishing without a license Gift licenses History of license formats Social security numbers Split shots, use in FFO areas Stonecats as bait Sunday fishing Trot lines Fish Bass, black Bowfin Burbot (freshwater cod) Carp, dead in Susquehanna Carp in a pond Hybrid fish Musky, odd behavior Pacu (not piranha) Pike, yellow Spawning, can stocked fish? Tagged fish Tagging fish Walleye, tumors on Warm/coolwater stocking survival Worms/parasites in fish Boating Abandoned boat, register/title Accident information Anchor rope Compliance inspections Documented boats with state titles Inner tubes, launching Noise Pymatuning HP limit Sales/use tax on documented boats Unpowered to motorboat registration Amphibians & Reptiles Bryozoan - mysterious blobs Crayfish Hellbenders Snakes as pets Snakes, more in summer Miscellaneaous Commemorative coins Crossing railroad tracks Didymo Foam floating on water Gifts/donations to the PFBC Mussels used for clear pond PDF files - how to view and print Special fish warden badges Trout Alkalinity & trout streams Best chances to catch trout Brook trout or char? Color (wild or hatchery) Ext. season/wild trout waters Golden trout Opening day history Spawning trout, male or female State Fish Hatcheries Steelhead or rainbow? Stocking - announcing inseason Stocking of brookies Stocking, late-season Tiger trout & hybrids Trout stamp revenues Year-round trout fishing

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