Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

Lake / pond Open — summer

Lake Arthur

Portersville, PA · about 4 hours from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)

The Butler County reservoir.

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
Moraine State Park launches and day-use lots.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Bank, tube, or boat.
Usual window
After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.
Wednesday conditions

W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 74° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:40 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 8:04
Wind at dawn
W 5 mph · Sunny · 61°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 5 mph
  • 10am: W 5 mph
  • 2pm: S 10 mph
  • dusk: SW 5 mph
A setup that belongs here
6-wt or a warmwater rod.
Notes
State park. Confirm PFBC and DCNR.
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 (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.

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

If this isn’t the day