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Lily Lake
Pennsylvania Lakes - click for indexLocated 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).

 
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BIOLOGIST REPORTS -- 2002bullet2000
PRIMARY FISH -- Listed alphabetically. Click on illustration for larger, or text for species information.
largemouth bass
bass, largemouth
bluegill
bluegill
brown bullhead
bullhead, brown
yellow perch
perch, yellow
chain pickerel
pickerel, chain
northern pike
pike, northern
pumpkinseed
pumpkinseed
rainbow trout
trout, rainbow
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