Northwest 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.

Butler:

• Bear Creek (T-712 upstream Troutman to first bridge upstream Bruin)
• Bonnie Brook (Bonnie Brook Road to mouth)
• Buffalo Creek (upstream end of Chicora Borough Park to 0.87 mile downstream Sarver Road, SR 3004, bridge)
• Connoquenessing Creek (Lake Oneida to SR 0356 bridge)
• Cornplanter Run (Moorehead Road bridge to mouth)
• Glade Run Lake
• Harbar Acres Lake
• Little Buffalo Run (Clearfield Road bridge to mouth)
• Little Connoquenessing Creek (SR 0422 bridge to SR 3029 bridge)
• North Branch Slippery Rock Creek (White Oak Road bridge to mouth)
• Silver Creek (T-633 bridge to mouth)
• Slippery Rock Creek (0.75 mile downstream Slippery Rock Road to Heinz Camp property)
• Thorn Creek (Great Belt Road bridge to McCalmont Road bridge)

Clarion:

• Beaver Creek (T-384 bridge to Route 338 bridge, Blair’s Corner)
• Canoe Creek (I-80 bridge to mouth)
• Cathers Run (220 meters upstream Cathers Run Road to mouth)
• Coon Creek (Zipp Run to Irish Run)
• East Sandy Creek (T-586 bridge to Clarion/Venango County Line)
• Leatherwood Creek (T-478 bridge to Pump Station, Saint Charles)
• Mill Creek (T-342 bridge to Little Mill Creek)
• Piney Creek (SR 2001 bridge to Little Piney Creek)
• Redbank Creek (North Fork Redbank Creek to Little Sandy Creek)
• Richey Run (Route 208 bridge upstream T-550 to Allegheny River Trail bridge near mouth)
• Toms Run (T-627 bridge to childrens area near mouth)
• Turkey Run (Salem Road bridge to SR 0058 bridge, Alum Rock)

Crawford:

• Caldwell Creek (West Branch Caldwell Creek to mouth)
• Conneaut Creek (Dicksonburg Road bridge, Dicksonburg, to Pennside Road)
• East Branch Oil Creek (Clear Lake Dam to mouth)
• Fivemile Creek (T-922 bridge to mouth)
• Little Sugar Creek (SR 2009 bridge to mouth)
• McLaughlin Creek (T-890 bridge to mouth)
• Muddy Creek (Dewey Road bridge to Teepleville Road bridge)
• North Deer Creek (Headwaters to mouth)
• Oil Creek (Mosey Run to SR 8 bridge at Rynd Farm)
• Pine Creek (Seldom Seen Road bridge to mouth)
• Sugar Creek (Center Road bridge to Wright Road bridge)
• Thompson Creek (100 meters upstream bridge SR 2031 to mouth)
• Woodcock Creek (SR 2036 bridge to mouth)

Erie:

• Cascade Creek (12th Street bridge to mouth)
• Conneauttee Creek (Edinboro Lake to Route 99)
• Crooked Creek (Gloskey Road bridge to Railroad bridge North SR 5)
• East Basin Pond (Waterworks Ponds, Presque Isle State Park)
• Elk Creek (200 meters upstream I-79 NB bridge to 500 meters downstream SR 98 bridge and 500 meters upstream Halls Run to mouth)
• French Creek (PA/NY line to West Branch French Creek)
• Lake Pleasant
• South Branch French Creek (SR 2018 bridge, Corry Limits, to mouth)
• Twentymile Creek (SR 20 bridge to Dohler Property Line)
• Upper Gravel Pit
• West Basin Pond (Waterworks Ponds, Presque Isle State Park)

Forest:

• Beaver Run (50 meters upstream Lick Run to mouth)
• Bluejay Creek (first SR 1003 bridge downstream SR 0066 to mouth)
• Coon Creek (Zipp Run to Irish Run)
• East Hickory Creek (Allegheny National Forest Road 119 bridge to mouth)
• Little Hickory Run (Furnace Run to mouth)
• Maple Creek (T-323 bridge to mouth)
• Queen Creek (Beers Hollow to mouth)
• Ross Run (unnamed tributary 1 kilometer upstream East Branch Ross Run to Ross Run Road bridge)
• Salmon Creek (Bluejay Road bridge to mouth)
• South Branch Tionesta Creek (800 meters upstream Fork Run to mouth)
• Spring Creek (East Branch Spring Creek to mouth)
• The Branch (Coal Bed Run to mouth)
• Tionesta Creek (South Branch Tionesta Creek to Kellettville bridge)
• Toms Run (T-627 bridge to childrens area near mouth)
• West Branch Millstone Creek (Scott Run to SR 2005 bridge)
• West Hickory Creek (Youngsville Road bridge to mouth)

Lawrence:

• Bessemer Lake
• Big Run (SR 388 bridge to mouth)
• Deer Creek (1,500 feet upstream Route 208 bridge to mouth)
• Hickory Run (T-312 bridge to mouth)
• Honey Creek (0.25 mile upstream Musser Road bridge to North Fork Little Beaver Creek)
• Little Neshannock Creek (West Branch Little Neshannock Creek to mouth)
• Neshannock Creek (Headwaters to I-80 bridge and Pine Run to mouth)
• North Fork Little Beaver Creek (Mud Road bridge to County Line)
• Slippery Rock Creek (0.75 mile downstream Slippery Rock Road to Heinz Camp property)
• Taylor Run (1 mile upstream SR 1018 bridge to Slippery Rock Creek)

Mercer:

• Buhl Lake
• Cool Spring Creek (Lake Latonka to mouth)
• Little Neshannock Creek (West Branch Little Neshannock Creek to mouth)
• Little Shenango River (Lake Wilhelm Road bridge to mouth)
• Mill Creek (Scrubgrass Road bridge to mouth)
• Neshannock Creek (Headwaters to I-80 bridge and Pine Run to mouth)
• North Deer Creek (Headwaters to mouth)
• Pine Run (Crill Road bridge to Neshannock Creek)
• Sandy Creek (SR 173 bridge to SR 3013 bridge Pecan)
• West Branch Little Neshannock Creek (Bend Road to mouth)
• Wolf Creek (East Pine Street, Grove City, to 300 feet downstream Airport Road bridge)

Venango:

• East Branch Sugar Creek (SR 0428 to mouth)
• East Sandy Creek (Tarklin Run to mouth)
• Hemlock Creek (Porcupine Run to mouth)
• Horse Creek (250 meters upstream Wolf Branch to mouth)
• Little Sandy Creek (400 meters upstream Bombishi Road bridge to old bridge at Polk Center Pump House)
• Little Scrubgrass Creek (South Fork Little Scrubgrass Creek to mouth)
• Little Sugar Creek (SR 0027 bridge, Diamond, to mouth)
• Lower Twomile Run (Isaac Walton Park to mouth)
• Mill Creek (SR 0038 bridge to T-522 bridge)
• Oil Creek (Mosey Run to SR 0008 bridge at Rynd Farm)
• Pine Run (SR 0038 bridge to Bear Run)
• Pithole Creek (SR 0036 to 300 meters downstream SR 1004 Stone Arch bridge)
• Prather Creek (T-508 bridge to mouth)
• Richey Run (Route 208 bridge upstream T-550 to Allegheny River Trail bridge near mouth)
• Sandy Creek (SR 0173 bridge to SR 3013 bridge in Pecan)
• Sugar Creek (Center Road bridge to Wright Road bridge and 300 meters upstream Creek Road bridge to mouth)
• Twomile Run (Reed Run to mouth)
• West Pithole Creek (Coe Road bridge to mouth)

Warren:

• Blue Eye Run (Eldred Hill Road bridge to State Game Lands boundary)
• Brokenstraw Creek (SR 3010 bridge to 2.6 kilometers upstream SR 0027 bridge Garland and 100 meters upstream SR 3010 bridge to Matthews Run)
• Browns Run (Hook Run to mouth)
• Caldwell Creek (West Branch Caldwell Creek to mouth)
• Chapman Lake
• East Branch Spring Creek (SR 3001 to mouth)
• East Branch Tionesta Creek (T-300 bridge downstream Jojo to mouth)
• East Hickory Creek (Allegheny National Forest Road 119 bridge to mouth)
• Farnsworth Branch (bridge at Farnsworth Coop Hatch to mouth)
• Fourmile Run (North Branch Fourmile Run to mouth)
• Hemlock Run (100 meters upstream Logging Road to mouth)
• Jackson Run (SR 0027 bridge to mouth)
• Little Brokenstraw Creek (SR 0957 bridge, Lottsville, to T-441 bridge, Pittsfield)
• Perry Magee Run (Youngsville Road to mouth)
• Pine Creek (Seldom Seen Road bridge to mouth)
• Queen Creek (Beers Hollow to mouth)
• Sixmile Run (North Fork Sixmile Creek to mouth)
• South Branch Tionesta Creek (800 meters upstream Fork Run to mouth)
• Spring Creek (East Branch Spring Creek to SR 3001 bridge)
• Thompson Run (800 meters upstream Double Run to mouth)
• Tidioute Creek (SR 3011 bridge to mouth)
• Tionesta Creek (South Branch Tionesta Creek to Kellettville bridge)
• Twomile Run (headwaters to mouth)
• West Branch Caldwell Creek (unnamed tributary West of Sanford to Three Bridge Run)
• West Branch Tionesta Creek (Jones Run to Wildcat Run and Chapman Dam to mouth)
• West Hickory Creek (Youngsville Road bridge to mouth)

Stocked Trout Waters Open to Year-Round Fishing

Forest:

• Tionesta Creek (from Tionesta Dam outflow to mouth)

Lawrence:

• Cascade Quarry

Mercer:

• Shenango River (Hamburg Road bridge in New Hamburg to pipeline crossing upstream of Big Bend access area)

Venango:

• Two Mile Run Reservoir (Justus Lake)

Catch and Release Artificial Lures Only

Warren:

• West Branch Caldwell Creek (2.75 miles; West Branch bridge upstream to Three Bridge Run)

Catch and Release Fly-Fishing Only

Lawrence:

• Slippery Rock Creek (0.75 mile; from Heinz Camp property downstream to lower McConnells Mill State Park property line)

Venango:

• Little Sandy Creek (1.3 miles; from the old bridge at Polk Center Pump House downstream to the bridge on Savannah Road, SR 3024)

Warren:

• Caldwell Creek (1.49 miles; from Selkirk highway bridge downstream to approximately 0.5 mile upstream of the Dotyville bridge)

Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only

Clarion:

• Piney Creek (1.2 miles; SR 2016 bridge downstream to 0.2 mile upstream of the SR 0066 bridge)

Forest:

• East Hickory Creek (1.7 miles; from the Queen Creek bridge downstream to the Otter Creek bridge)

Lawrence:

• Neshannock Creek (2.67 miles; from the base of the Mill Dam in Volant downstream to the covered bridge on T-476)

Mercer:

• Cool Spring Creek (1.18 miles; from SR 2014 bridge upstream to the abandoned railroad grade)

Venango:

• Oil Creek (1.55 miles; from bridge at Petroleum Center downstream to railroad bridge at Columbia Farm)
• Oil Creek (1.0 mile; from the two green posts near the Drake Well Museum downstream to Oil Creek State Park hiking trail bridge)