Northeast Region Regulated Trout Waters

Statewide Opening Day of Trout Season

Opening Day: April 5

Stocked Trout Waters

– New Addition

– Section(s) of this Stocked Trout Water is also managed under Miscellaneous Special Regulations.

– This red keystone indicates that this water is a Keystone Select Stocked Trout Water. The Keystone Select Stocked Trout Waters program provides anglers with an exciting opportunity to fish for larger trout. Under the program, approximately 10,000 large trout, 2- to 3-years old and measuring between 14 to 20 inches, are distributed among these select waters under the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only Special Regulations and one water managed with Miscellaneous Special Regulations. These larger trout are stocked only during the spring stocking periods to coincide with the period of peak angler use. As with many waters managed with Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only and Miscellaneous Special Regulations, not all waters in the Keystone Select Stocked Trout Waters program receive a fall stocking. Fall stocking is limited to stream sections that are considered destination fisheries and provide relatively high angler use during fall. Currently, 16 of the 24 stream sections in this program receive a fall stocking.

Bradford:

• Gaylord Creek (Bradford/Susquehanna County Line to mouth)
• Little Schrader Creek (Marsh Creek to mouth)
• North Branch Sugar Creek (Alparon Park to mouth)
• Schrader Creek (upstream State Game Lands #12 boundary to Minersville Road)
• South Branch Towanda Creek (SR 220, Stevenson, to South Branch Road, Kellogg)
• South Creek (Dunnings Station to SR 14, Fassett)
• Sugar Creek (South Branch Sugar Creek to SR 0006, East Troy)
• Sunfish Pond
• Towanda Creek (South Avenue to SR 3001 bridge)
• Tuscarora Creek (Bradford/Susquehanna County Line to mouth)
• Wysox Creek (SR 187 to mouth)

Carbon:

• Aquashicola Creek (Buckwa Creek to entrance New Jersey Zinc Plant)
• Buckwha Creek (Princess Run to Aquashichola Creek)
• Drakes Creek (Drakes Creek Road and School House Road to mouth)
• Hickory Run (Hickory Run Lake to Saylorsville Dam)
• Hickory Run Lake
• Lehigh Canal (lock 0.4 kilometer upstream Long Run to lock upstream North Weissport)
• Lizard Creek (Lauchnor Road bridge to mouth and 1 mile upstream Andreas Road bridge to 0.5 mile upstream Stone Mountain Road bridge)
• Mahoning Creek (Berry Road bridge to Lehigh River)
• Mauch Chunk Creek (Mauch Chunk Lake to Mauch Chunk Reservoir)
• Nesquehoning Creek (bridge on East end Industrial Road to 350 meters downstream North Mermon Street bridge)
• Pohopoco Creek (Beltzville Lake to Hideaway H&F Club Cable across Creek)
• Sand Spring Run (Sand Spring Lake to mouth)

Columbia:

• Beaver Run (Moyers Farm 5 kilometers upstream mouth to mouth)
• Briar Creek (West Branch Briar Creek to mouth)
• Fishing Creek (Camp Lavigne Road to upstream Kriebel property line and 180 yards upstream Benton Borough line to Benton/Fishing Creek Township line and 1 kilometer upstream SR 1022 to Orange/Fishing Creek Township line and 0.6 kilometer upstream SR 0487 bridge to Back Branch Road bridge)
• Huntington Creek (Forks Farm to Twin Bridges Park)
• Little Fishing Creek (Talmar Road to Eyers Grove Road)
• Mugser Run (T-315 Fisherdale to mouth)
• Pine Creek (Volanski Road to mouth)
• Roaring Creek (Lick Run to mouth)
• Scotch Run (first bridge upstream Mifflin crossroads to mouth)
• South Branch Roaring Creek (Jepko/Campground Road to mouth)
• West Branch Briar Creek (unnamed tributary 300 yards upstream Ridge Road to mouth)
• West Creek (third bridge SR 0239 upstream Benton to mouth)

Lackawanna:

• Aylesworth Creek Lake
• Desandis Pond
• Eston Wilson Lake
• Gardner Creek (Milwaukee Road to mouth)
• Lackawanna River (old Stillwater Dam to Panther Creek)
• Lehigh River (upstream border State Game Lands #127 to 1.1 miles downstream confluence Choke Creek)
• Merli-Sarnoski Park Lake
• Roaring Brook (Elmhurst Reservoir to 550 meters downstream Rock Bottom Creek and Reservoir #7 Dam to Myrtle Street)
• South Branch Tunkhannock Creek (Boyarski Road bridge to mouth)
• West Branch Wallenpaupack Creek (Mountain Cobb Road bridge to Forks Road bridge)

Luzerne:

• Big Wapwallopen Creek (Nuangola Road to County Road)
• Harvey’s Creek (Meeker-Outlet Road to Rice Dam and Pavlick Road, T-497, to mouth)
• Kitchen Creek (Shedy Hill Road to mouth)
• Lake Frances
• Lehigh River (upstream border State Game Lands #127 to 1.1 miles downstream confluence Choke Creek)
• Nescopeck Creek (old bridge south of Lake Frances to I-80 and private bridge at Honey Hole to County Road downstream I-81)
• Pine Creek (Volanski Road to mouth)

Monroe:

• Brodhead Creek (0.57 mile upstream North 5th Street to I-80 bridge East of Exit 309)
• Buckwha Creek (Princess Run to Aquashichola Creek)
• Bush Kill (lower Resica Falls Boy Scouts of America boundary to mouth)
• Lehigh River (upstream border State Game Lands #127 to 1.1 miles downstream confluence Choke Creek)
• McMichael Creek (300 meters upstream Strawberry Hill Road bridge to 1.6 kilometers downstream Beaver Valley Road bridge and Glennbrook Road bridge to mouth)
• Pocono Creek (Flagler Run to McMichaels Creek)
• Princess Run (Princess Run Road bridge to mouth)
• Snow Hill Dam
• Tobyhanna Creek (Mill Pond #1 to Still Swamp Run)
• Tobyhanna Lake

Pike:

• Bush Kill (Pickerel Lake to lower Delaware State Forest boundary and upper Resica Falls Boy Scouts of America boundary to mouth)
• Decker Brook (second downstream SR 006 bridge to State Game Lands #183 downstream boundary)
• Fairview Lake
• Lackawaxen River (0.6 miles upstream Middle Creek to mouth)
• Lake Loch Lomond
• Lake Minisink
• Little Bush Kill (Lake Lehman club boundary to Bushkill Rod & Gun Club boundary and Bushkill Falls boundary to mouth)
• Lower Lake (Lower Promised Land Lake including outlet from Upper Lake)
• Masthope Creek (State Game Lands #316 upstream boundary to State Game Lands #316 downstream boundary)
• Middle Branch Bush Kill (State Forest boundary to mouth)
• Saw Creek (Bushkill Falls Road bridge to State Forest boundary downstream Whitaker Road bridge)
• Shohola Creek (SR 0739 to downstream boundary State Game Lands #180)

Sullivan:

• Elk Creek (SR 0154 bridge Lincoln Falls to mouth)
• Hoagland Branch (Porter Creek to mouth)
• Kings Creek (intersection Tall Maple Road and SR 4008 to mouth)
• Little Loyalsock Creek (SR 0087 bridge South of Dushore to Big Bottom Run)
• Loyalsock Creek (0.25 mile upstream Rock Run Road to SR 973)
• Mill Creek (Hillsgrove) (Big Hollow Road bridge to mouth)
• Muncy Creek (Peters Creek to Little Muncy Creek)
• North Branch Mehoopany Creek (Saxer Road to mouth)
• Schrader Creek (upstream State Game Lands #12 boundary to Minersville Road)
• West Branch Fishing Creek (Hemlock Run to Sullivan/Columbia County Line)

Susquehanna:

• Canawacta Creek (confluence East Branch and South Branch Canawacta Creek to mouth)
• East Branch Tunkhannock Creek (SR 2027 bridge upstream Little Creek to SR 374 bridge nearest mouth)
• East Branch Wyalusing Creek (Forest Lake to Fairdale Road, SR 3029, to mouth)
• Fall Brook (pipeline crossing to mouth)
• Gaylord Creek (Bradford/Susquehanna County Line to mouth)
• Horton Creek (Village Pine Grove to mouth)
• Lackawanna River (old Stillwater Dam to Panther Creek)
• Martins Creek (South Bailey Road, T-377, to mouth)
• Meshoppen Creek (West Nicholson Road to Route 29)
• North Branch Wyalusing Creek (first major tributary upstream Gaylord to mouth)
• Riley Creek (Singer Road to mouth)
• Salt Lick Creek (Johnston Street New Milford to Hallstead town park)
• Silver Creek (Cranberry Run to mouth)
• Snake Creek (Booth Road to Stateline)
• South Branch Canawacta Creek (SR 1007 to mouth)
• Starrucca Creek (Stevens Point to mouth)
• Tunkhannock Creek (Gelatt to Nine Partners Creek)
• West Branch Meshoppen Creek (SR 3004 at Risley Road to mouth)

Wayne:

• Dyberry Creek (Headwaters to mouth)
• East Branch Dyberry Creek (Lower Woods Pond outlet to mouth)
• Equinunk Creek (Kinneyville Creek to mouth)
• Jones Creek (Mountain Cobb Road bridge to mouth)
• Lackawanna River (old Stillwater Dam to Panther Creek)
• Lackawaxen River (confluence Dyberry Creek and West Branch Lackawaxen River to 1.0 mile downstream Honesdale Sewer Treatment Plant and 0.6 mile upstream Middle Creek to mouth)
• Long Pond
• Rose Pond Branch (State Game Lands #159 access road crossing to mouth)
• Shehawken Creek (Holbert Pond to unnamed tributary downstream Hempstead Lake)
• Van Auken Creek (Keen Pond to mouth)
• West Branch Dyberry Creek (Howell Pond to mouth)
• West Branch Lackawaxen River (Prompton Reservoir to mouth)
• West Branch Wallenpaupack Creek (Mountain Cobb Road bridge to Forks Road bridge)

Wyoming:

• Bowman Creek (Wyoming County Line to Church Road)
• Horton Creek (Village Pine Grove to mouth)
• Leonard Creek (Wyoming/Luzerne County Line to mouth)
• Martins Creek (South Bailey Road, T-377, to mouth)
• Mehoopany Creek (North Fork Mehoopany Creek to Rogers Hollow)
• Meshoppen Creek (West Nicholson Road to Route 29 and Lemon Creek Road to Potts Falls)
• North Branch Mehoopany Creek (Saxer Road to mouth)
• Oxbow Lake
• Riley Creek (Singer Road to mouth)
• South Branch Tunkhannock Creek (Boyarski Road bridge to mouth)
• Tuscarora Creek (Bradford/Susquehanna County Line to mouth)
• West Branch Meshoppen Creek (SR 3004 at Risley Road to mouth)

Stocked Trout Waters Open to Year-Round Fishing

Bradford:

• Cooks Pond
• Mountain Lake
• Sugar Run (T-420 to mouth)

Carbon:

• Lehigh River (0.33 mile upriver from railroad bridge at Glenn Onoko downriver to Mauch Chunk Creek)

Carbon/Luzerne:

• Francis E. Walter Reservoir (Bear Creek Reservoir)
• Lehigh River (Carbon/Luzerne County Line from outlet of F. E. Walter Reservoir downstream to confluence with Sandy Run)

Columbia:

• Briar Creek Lake

Lackawanna:

• Lackawanna Lake

Luzerne:

• Frances Slocum Lake
• Harveys Lake (see miscellaneous special regulations on page 17)
• Lake Irena
• Lake Took A While (Riverlands)
• Lily Lake
• Moon Lake
• Sylvan Lake

Monroe:

• Hidden Lake

Pike:

• Lily Pond
• Little Mud Pond

Sullivan:

• Hunters Lake

Susquehanna:

• Quaker Lake

Wayne:

• Duck Harbor Pond
• Upper Woods Pond

Wyoming:

• Lake Winola
• Mehoopany Creek (Henry Lott Brook to confluence of North Fork Mehoopany Creek)

Catch and Release Artificial Lures Only

Carbon:

• Hickory Run (3.12 miles; from the outlet of Saylorsville Dam downstream to the mouth)

Lackawanna:

• Roaring Brook (3.84 miles; from Hollisterville Dam downstream to Elmhurst Reservoir)

Pike:

• Toms Creek (2.17 miles; from the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area boundary downstream to the mouth)

Catch and Release Fly-Fishing Only

Monroe:

• Bush Kill (6.1 miles; on the Resica Falls Scout Reservation property except 200 yards on each side of the falls)

Wayne:

• Dyberry Creek (0.87 mile; from 300 meters, .19 mile, downstream from the third bridge on Dug Rd., SR 4009, upstream of the mouth, downstream to the second bridge on Dug Rd., SR 4009, upstream from the mouth)

Wyoming:

• Bowman Creek (0.8 mile; from SR 0292 downstream to Marsh Creek)

Trophy Trout Artificial Lures Only

Lackawanna:

• Lackawanna River (4.9 miles; from the Gilmartin Street bridge in Archbald downstream to the Lackawanna Avenue bridge, SR 0347, in Olyphant. Excepted is a mid-section area extending .7 mile from the Depot Street bridge in Jessup downstream to the foot bridge in Robert Mellow Park)

Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only

Bradford:

• Towanda Creek (1.7 miles; from SR 3001 downstream to Con’s Road, T-350)

Carbon:

• Mud Run (2.5 miles; in Hickory Run State Park)

Lackawanna/Wyoming:

• South Branch Tunkhannock Creek (.99 mile; from SR 6 downstream through Keystone College campus)

Luzerne:

• Harveys Creek (1.7 miles; from Jackson Road, T-812, downstream to Pavlick Road, T-497)
• Nescopeck Creek (2.24 miles; from the upstream boundary of State Game Lands #187 downstream to a cable across the stream)

Monroe:

• McMichael Creek (2.42 miles; 0.13 kilometer downstream from the Turkey Hill Road, T-416, bridge downstream to Glenbrook Rd., SR 2004, bridge)
• Tobyhanna Creek (1 mile; from the confluence of Still Swamp Run, downstream to the PPL service bridge)

Susquehanna:

• Salt Lick Creek (1.45 miles; from 90 yards downstream from Beaver Creek downstream to boundary of State Game Lands #35)

Wayne:

• West Branch Wallenpaupack Creek (1.74 miles; from 0.6 mile downstream from the Jones Creek confluence downstream to the Callapoose Rd., SR 3009, bridge)