Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

River Open — summer

Penns Creek

Coburn / Weikert, PA · about 85 min from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)

The destination limestone if they already fish.

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
Village and PFBC lots. The walk-in stretch is a hike.
Walk in
Some lots are a real walk. Not a sidewalk river.
Wading
Big limestone. Green Drake crowds in late May.
Usual window
Green Drake if you can stand the circus. Otherwise midweek.
Tuesday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 78° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:28 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:55
Wind at dawn
W 2 mph · Sunny · 54°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 2 mph
  • 10am: W 6 mph
  • 2pm: W 8 mph
  • dusk: W 6 mph
A setup that belongs here
5-wt, big dries when they're on.
Notes
Special-reg water on posted stretches. Confirm PFBC.

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

W 2 mph · Sunny

How did it go

Shops

Flyfisher's Paradise

2603 E College Ave, State College, PA 16801
Call

Spring Creek / Fisherman's Paradise and the Little J.

Stay

Hand-checked, not a hotel scrape. Check dates on their site. Default two nights.

Cabins and rentals (you leave Local Waters):

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