Local Waters

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Lake / pond After Labor Day — check the water

Frances Slocum Lake

Kingston Township, PA · about 8 hours from Portsmouth (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

Around now

Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.

  • Trout Trout
  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Chain pickerel Chain pickerel
Season
Stocked-water harvest often ends after Labor Day. Delayed-harvest and C&R stretches stay open. Confirm PFBC. Official rule
License
Pennsylvania fishing license (PFBC)
Park
Francis Slocum State Park PFBC access, Kingston Township
Saturday conditions

S 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 68° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 7:16 · 🌒 Waxing crescent · Set 6:21
Wind at dawn
S 2 mph · Partly Cloudy · 49°F
Wind later
  • dawn: S 2 mph
  • 10am: SW 5 mph
  • 2pm: W 3 mph
  • dusk: N 5 mph
Notes
Official public access. Confirm PA regulations.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

S 2 mph · Partly Cloudy

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

Evening Hatch Fly Shop

797 State Route 940, Lake Harmony, PA 18624
Call — Poconos hours

Poconos desk on 940. Lehigh Gorge, Beltzville, Delaware Water Gap.

Call Website

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