Local Waters

← Around Portsmouth

Lake / pond After Labor Day — check the water

Vetera Dam

Barr, PA · about 12 hours from Portsmouth (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.

  • Trout Trout
  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Chain pickerel Chain pickerel
Season
Stocked-water harvest often ends after Labor Day. Delayed-harvest and C&R stretches stay open. Confirm PFBC. Official rule
License
Pennsylvania fishing license (PFBC)
Park
Vetera Dam PFBC access, Barr
Friday conditions

Weather is not in yet.

Sky
☀️ fair
Sun and moon
Rise 7:25 · 🌒 Waxing crescent · Set 6:35
Wind at dawn
Wind not in yet
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.

Wind not in yet

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 (State College)

2030 E College Ave, State College, PA 16801
Mon–Sat 9am–6pm, Sun 9am–3pm — confirm

Happy Valley desk. Spring Creek, Little J, Bald Eagle.

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