Local Waters

← Around Maupin

Lake / pond Open — summer

Cowans Gap Lake

Fort Loudon, PA · about 57 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)

The Fulton County park lake between Chambersburg and McConnellsburg.

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
Cowans Gap State Park day-use and boat-launch lots on Aughwick Road. DCNR GPS at the lake.
Walk in
Short from the launch and picnic lots.
Wading
Bank, pier, or boat. Not a wade river.
Usual window
After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.
Wednesday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 81° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:32 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:54
Wind at dawn
W 2 mph · Sunny · 55°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 2 mph
  • 10am: W 3 mph
  • 2pm: W 6 mph
  • dusk: W 3 mph
Next dawn (Thursday)
Wind ? mph. · 0 mph
A setup that belongs here
5-wt.
Notes
State park. Electric motors only. Stocked trout lake. Confirm PFBC and DCNR.

Overnight plan: Wednesday evening and Thursday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

W 2 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 (Boiling Springs)

2 First St, Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Call — limestone hours

Yellow Breeches desk. Cumberland Valley limestone.

Call Website

Guides

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

TCO — book a day

Boiling Springs, PA · wade · Half or full day

Good for: Yellow Breeches and Cumberland Valley limestone

Shop desk. Ask who they send on the Breeches.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day