Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

Lake / pond Open — summer

Marsh Creek Lake

Downingtown, PA · about 2 hours from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)

Chester County park lake.

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
Marsh Creek 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

Wind ? mph.

Sky
⛅ 81° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:24 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:46
Wind at dawn
0 mph · Sunny · 58°F
Wind later
  • dawn: 0 mph
  • 10am: 0 mph
  • 2pm: SW 2 mph
  • dusk: S 1 mph
A setup that belongs here
6-wt.
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.

? 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 (Bryn Mawr)

834 W. Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Mon–Fri 10am–7pm, Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–4pm — confirm

Main Line desk. Ridley, Valley Forge, Brandywine, Marsh Creek.

Call Website

Guides

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

TCO Bryn Mawr — book a day

Bryn Mawr, PA · wade / shore · Half or full day — ask the shop

Good for: Ridley, Valley Forge, Brandywine, SE parks

Shop desk. We do not take the money.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day