Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

Lake / pond Open — summer

Scotts Run Lake

Union Township, PA · about 2 hours from Carlisle (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.

  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Trout Trout
  • Sunfish and crappie Sunfish and crappie

Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass, Chain pickerel.

Season
Legal on most trout water. Limestone springs stay cooler. Confirm PFBC. Official rule
License
Pennsylvania fishing license (PFBC)
Park
Scott's Run Lake-French Creek State Park PFBC access, Union Township
Sunday conditions

S 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 83° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:21 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:51
Wind at dawn
S 3 mph · Partly Cloudy · 59°F
Wind later
  • dawn: S 3 mph
  • 10am: W 1 mph
  • 2pm: NW 3 mph
  • dusk: N 6 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 3 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

TCO Fly Shop (Reading / West Lawn)

2229 Penn Ave, West Lawn, PA 19609
Mon–Fri 9am–7pm, Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–3pm — confirm

Reading desk. Tulpehocken, Blue Marsh, SE limestone.

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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