Local Waters

← Around Maupin

Lake / pond Open — summer

Blue Marsh Lake

Reading, PA · about 59 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)

The Reading reservoir next to the Tully.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Legal on most trout water. Limestone springs stay cooler. Confirm PFBC. Official rule
License
Pennsylvania fishing license (PFBC)
Park
USACE Blue Marsh day-use and launch lots. Not private marinas.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Bank or boat.
Usual window
After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.
Wednesday conditions

W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 76° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:24 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:47
Wind at dawn
W 5 mph · Sunny · 60°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 5 mph
  • 10am: W 5 mph
  • 2pm: S 5 mph
  • dusk: SW 5 mph
A setup that belongs here
6-wt.
Notes
USACE. Confirm PFBC and Corps.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

W 5 mph · Sunny

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

TCO Fly Shop (Reading / West Lawn)

2229 Penn Ave, West Lawn, PA 19609
Mon–Fri 9am–7pm, Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–3pm — confirm

Reading desk. Tulpehocken, Blue Marsh, SE limestone.

Call Website

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

TCO Reading — book a day

West Lawn, PA · wade / shore · Half or full day — ask the shop

Good for: Tulpehocken, Blue Marsh, Berks limestone

Shop desk. We do not take the money.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day