Located
in Luzerne County,
Lily Lake is a 160-acre impoundment owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and managed by the Fish and
Boat Commission for public fishing and boating.
FISHING
Lily Lake is managed under the Commission's Big Bass program.
It is closed to fishing from April 1 until 8 a.m. on opening day of trout.
The Commission stocks
Lily Lake with trout,
it is also part of the Commission's Early Season Trout-Stocked Waters
Program.
Other than these programs, statewide regulations for
Commonwealth Inland Waters apply for
all other species of fish.
The Commission also stocks the lake with northern pike fingerling to supplement
the warmwater species found in the lake.
BOATING
Boats with greater than 60 horsepower engines or greater than 18 feet in length are prohibited. Boats are limited
to slow, minimum height swell speed except those operating within the buoyed high speed operating zone, between noon
and sunset between the Saturday preceding Memorial Day and September 30.
There is a surfaced launch ramp and associated parking facilities.
Un-powered boats may be moored at the lake in accordance with Commission
property regulations. To be used at the lake, boats must be registered or
have a valid launch permit (permits are issued by the Commission or
PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources). |