Local Waters

← Around Portland

Lake / pond Open — summer

Buzzard Swamp

Jenks Township, PA · about 12 hours from Portland (typical, off-peak)

Official public lot from the state access map. Confirm the sign on site and the current rule. We have not written a full card for this water yet.

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
Buzzard Swamp PFBC access, Jenks Township
Thursday conditions

SW 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 82° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:36 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:59
Wind at dawn
SW 1 mph · Mostly Clear · 51°F
Wind later
  • dawn: SW 1 mph
  • 10am: SW 2 mph
  • 2pm: N 1 mph
  • dusk: N 5 mph
Notes
Official public access. Confirm PA regulations.

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

SW 1 mph · Mostly Clear

How did it go

Shops

TCO Fly Shop (State College)

2030 E College Ave, State College, PA 16801
Mon–Sat 9am–6pm, Sun 9am–3pm — confirm

Happy Valley desk. Spring Creek, Little J, Bald Eagle.

Guides

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

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day