Local Waters

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Lake / pond Open — summer

Pymatuning Reservoir

Linesville, PA · about 54 hours from Sisters (typical, off-peak)

The big northwestern border 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
Pymatuning State Park launches and day-use lots. Linesville spillway is the circus; park launches are the fishing.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Bank, pier, or boat. Not a wade river.
Usual window
After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.
Saturday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
☀️ 83° fair
Sun and moon
Rise 6:36 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 8:13
Wind at dawn
W 2 mph · Patchy Smoke · 58°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 2 mph
  • 10am: W 2 mph
  • 2pm: W 2 mph
  • dusk: W 13 mph
A setup that belongs here
6- or 8-wt, or a warmwater rod.
Notes
State park. Separate Pymatuning regulations. Confirm PFBC and DCNR. Ohio is across the lake.

Pymatuning has its own regs page. Read it.

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

W 2 mph · Patchy Smoke

How did it go

Shops

TCO Fly Shop (Boiling Springs)

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

Yellow Breeches desk. Cumberland Valley limestone.

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