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Southeast Region Regulated Trout Waters

Color-coded map of Pennsylvania divided into six trout fishing regions: Northwest, Southwest, Northcentral, Southcentral, Northeast, and Southeast.
Map of Pennsylvania showing six designated trout fishing regions: Northwest, Southwest, Northcentral, Southcentral, Northeast, and Southeast. These regions help manage seasonal trout stocking, regulations, and angler resources throughout the state.

Statewide Opening Day of Trout Season

Opening Day: April 5

Stocked Trout Waters

Red icon indicating this is a new addition to the listing of stocked trout waters in Pennsylvania

– New Addition

Green icon indicating section(s) of this Stocked Trout Water in Pennsylvania are also managed under Miscellaneous Special Regulations

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

Red icon indicating this is a Keystone Select Stocked Trout Water in Pennsylvania

– 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.

Berks:

  • Antietam Creek (Antietam Reservoir to South St. Lawrence Borough Line at Exeter Park)
  • Antietam Reservoir
  • Furnace Creek (Robesonia Reservoir Dam to mouth)
  • Hay Creek (White Bear Road bridge to mouth)
  • Kistler Creek (junction Kistler Valley Road and Donats Peak to mouth)
  • Little Lehigh Creek (Longswamp Road bridge to Smith Lane bridge)
  • Little Swatara Creek (South Faust Road to Salem Road)
  • Maiden Creek (Kistler Creek to dam in Lenhartsville)
  • Manatawny Creek (SR 0073 bridge to 250 meters downstream confluence Furnace Run and Oley/Earl Township line to Airport Road bridge and 400 meters downstream Levengood Run to Ironstone Creek)
  • Mill Creek (500 meters upstream Stump Road bridge to mouth)
  • Mill Creek (Creamery Road bridge at Mill Road intersection to Hassler Run)
  • Mill Creek (unnamed tributary downstream Millbach Road to unnamed tributary downstream Lebanon/Berks County Line)
  • Northkill Creek (Feick Drive bridge to mouth)
  • Ontelaunee Creek (unnamed tributary 225 meters upstream SR 4036 to mouth)
  • Perkiomen Creek (Tollgate Road bridge, Berks County, to first unnamed tributary downstream Fruitville Road, Montgomery County)
  • Pine Creek (unnamed tributary near Pine Creek Road/Hawk Mountain Road junction to mouth)
  • Sacony Creek (Bowers Road to SR 222 bridge Kutztown)
  • Scotts Run Lake
  • Spring Creek (Sewer Treatment Plant 490 meters upstream SR 3010 to Blue Marsh)
  • Swabia Creek (State Street Bridge, Berks County, to mouth)
  • Tulpehocken Creek (450 meters upstream Richland Road to Charming Forge Road bridge)
  • West Branch Conestoga River (approximately 350 meters upstream powerline to mouth)
  • Willow Creek (unnamed tributary 1.5 kilometers upstream Schaeffer Road to SR 73)
  • Wyomissing Creek (former mill dam upstream Mohnton Borough boundary to SR 222 bridge)

Bucks:

  • Red icon indicating this is a new addition to the listing of stocked trout waters in Pennsylvania Caroline Lake
  • Delaware Canal (upstream boundary up Washington Crossing State Park to canal lock at lower Park boundary and upstream boundary Lower Washington Crossing State Park to Ferry Road bridge Morrisville)
  • East Branch Perkiomen Creek (Branch Road bridge to Mill Creek)
  • Levittown Lake
  • Tohickon Creek (Dark Hollow Road bridge to mouth)
  • Unami Creek (150 meters downstream T-477 Milford Square Park to Pennsylvania Turnpike)

Chester:

  • Beaver Creek (SR 0030 to mouth)
  • Big Elk Creek (confluence East and West Branch Elk Creek to Camp Bonsall Road bridge)
  • Buck Run (Compass Road bridge to SR 372)
  • East Branch Big Elk Creek (swale 400 meters upstream Oxford Road to West Branch Elk Creek)
  • East Branch Brandywine Creek (SR 4031 to Reeds Road and Dowlin Forge to Pennsylvania Avenue in Downingtown)
  • East Branch Octoraro Creek (Steelville Road bridge, Steeleville, to Knight Run)
  • East Branch White Clay Creek (first unnamed tributary downstream
    SR 0001 to mouth)
  • French Creek (upper State Game Lands #43 boundary off Harmonyville Road to 475 meters downstream Coventryville Road and 750 meters upstream Bertolet School Road to Hoffecker Road and unnamed tributary upstream West Seven Stars Road to SR 23 bridge)
  • Middle Branch White Clay Creek (Guernsy Road to Good Hope Road)
  • Pickering Creek (Pikeland Road bridge to Merlin Road bridge)
  • Pocopson Creek (Red Lion Road to mouth)
  • Valley Creek West (SR 100 to the confluence with the unnamed tributary, locally known as Colebrook Run)
  • West Branch Brandywine Creek (SR 4005 Cedar Knoll downstream to SR 0340)
  • White Clay Creek (confluence East and Middle Branch White Clay Creek to PA/DE Stateline)

Delaware:

  • Chester Creek (dam upstream Forge Road to Bridgewater Road bridge)
  • Darby Creek (804 meters upstream Little Darby Creek to Hilldale Road bridge)
  • Ithan Creek (I-476 to mouth)
  • Little Darby Creek (most upstream bridge in Willows Park to mouth)
  • Ridley Creek (2,000 meters upstream SR 4008 to falls 225 meters upstream SR 4004 Barren and Bishop Hollow Roads and Brookhaven Road bridge to Chestnut Street bridge)
  • West Branch Chester Creek (Railroad crossing upstream Ivy Mills Road to mouth)

Lancaster:

  • Big Beaver Creek (SR 222 and White Oak Road intersection to mouth)
  • Bowery Run (Railroad overpass to mouth)
  • Conowingo Creek (Black Bear Road to Black Baron Road)
  • Conoy Creek (Saegerville Road bridge to mouth)
  • East Branch Octoraro Creek (Steelville Road bridge, Steeleville, to Knight Run)
  • Fishing Creek (Silver Spring Road bridge to mouth)
  • Hammer Creek (Hammer Creek Road to SR 322 bridge and Speedwell Forge Lake to Brunnerville Road and Clay Road to mouth)
  • Indian Run (Pleasant View Road to mouth)
  • Little Beaver Creek (Calamus Run to Walnut Run Road)
  • Little Chiques Creek (unnamed tributary 0.65 miles upstream Mountain Joy Road to SR 230)
  • Little Cocalico Creek (unnamed tributary 250 meters upstream Southwest Creamery Road crossing to mouth)
  • Little Conestoga Creek (powerline upstream Miller Road to Harrisburg Pike)
  • Little Muddy Creek (Bowmansville Road to 140 meters downstream SR 897–Sewer Treatment Plant Discharge)
  • Meetinghouse Creek (Haiti Road bridge to Nickel Mines Run)
  • Middle Creek (Middle Creek Reservoir Dam to West Lime Rock Road)
  • Muddy Creek (100 meters upstream Pleasant Valley Road bridge to SR 897 bridge, Fivepointville)
  • Muddy Run (unnamed tributary upstream northern SR 772 crossing to powerline crossing)
  • Pequea Creek (Wanner Drive bridge downstream to 100 meters downstream of School Lane Road)
  • Rock Run (downstream boundary of campground 1.94 kilometers downstream Berks County to mouth)
  • Stewart Run (St. Catherine Road to mouth)
  • Swarr Run (Yellow Goose Road to SR 741)
  • West Branch Little Conestoga Creek (Bender Mill Road to Owl Bridge Road)
  • West Branch Octoraro Creek (Mount Pleasant Road bridge to Noble Road)

Lehigh:

  • Cedar Creek (Lake Muhlenburg to mouth)
  • Coplay Creek (Dam upstream Hill Street bridge, Ormrod, to mouth)
  • Jordan Creek (SR 309 to Ceder Crest Boulevard bridge and 0.3 kilometer upstream Mauch Chunk Road to mouth)
  • Kistler Creek (junction Kistler Valley Road and Donats Peak to mouth)
  • Laurel Run (Mill Road bridge to Coopersburg Discharge Sewer Treatment Plant)
  • Lehigh Canal (first lock upstream Monocacy Creek crossing to Nancy Run crossing)
  • Green icon indicating section(s) of this Stocked Trout Water in Pennsylvania are also managed under Miscellaneous Special Regulations Little Lehigh Creek (Longswamp Road bridge to Smith Lane bridge and Spring Creek to Wild Cherry Lane and 0.4 kilometer upstream Country Club Road bridge to upstream Face Fish Hatchery Road bridge and 155 meters upstream 24th Street Bogart’s bridge to mouth)
  • Green icon indicating section(s) of this Stocked Trout Water in Pennsylvania are also managed under Miscellaneous Special Regulations Monocacy Creek (Illicks Mill Dam to mouth)
  • Ontelaunee Creek (Mosserville Road to Donats Peak Road and unnamed tributary 225 meters upstream SR 4036 to mouth)
  • Swabia Creek (State Street bridge, Berks County, to mouth)
  • Switzer Creek (junction Bachman Road and Bausch Road to mouth)
  • Trout Creek (Furnace Road bridge, Lehigh Furnace, to mouth)

Montgomery:

  • Deep Creek Dam
  • East Branch Perkiomen Creek (900 meters upstream Skip Sal Road to Bergeys Mill Road)
  • Kepner Creek (Whitehall Road to mouth)
  • Loch Alsh Reservoir
  • Manatawny Creek (Route 100 to mouth)
  • Pennypack Creek (Lorimer Park at old Railroad crossing/rail trail to Frankford Avenue)
  • Perkiomen Creek (Tollgate Road bridge, Berks County, to first unnamed tributary downstream Fruitville Road, Montgomery County)
  • Skippack Creek (Old Forty Foot Road to mouth)
  • Stony Creek (Railroad crossing downstream Germantown Avenue to junction West Elm and Markley Street)
  • Unami Creek (Whites Mill Road to SR 0063)
  • Wissahickon Creek (from Lafayette Ave. to Stenton Ave.)

Northampton:

  • Bushkill Creek (Bushkill Center Road bridge, Copella, to Filetown Road bridge, Belfast, junction and private bridge off Bushkill Drive to 0.1 mile upstream of Edgewood Avenue bridge, former Binney-Smith Dam, and 13th Street bridge to mouth)
  • Hokendauqua Creek (entrance bridge to Point Philips Rod & Gun Club to 0.38 mile downstream Church Road bridge and 0.5 mile upstream second upstream Kreidersville Road bridge
    to mouth)
  • Indian Creek (0.44 mile downstream Cedar Drive bridge to Indian Trail Road bridge)
  • Jacoby Creek (Sand Point Road bridge to mouth)
  • Lehigh Canal (first lock upstream Monocacy Creek crossing to Nancy Run crossing and 1.0 kilometer downstream Carbon County Line to West Bertsch Creek)
  • Little Bushkill Creek (Delabole Road bridge to Jones Hill Road bridge and 0.34 mile downstream Engles Road bridge to mouth)
  • Green icon indicating section(s) of this Stocked Trout Water in Pennsylvania are also managed under Miscellaneous Special Regulations Martins Creek (confluence East and West Branch Martins Creek to Bangor Sewer Treatment Plant discharge and Waltz Creek to dam 0.6 kilometer upstream intersection South Main Street and Old Franklin)
  • Minsi Lake
  • Green icon indicating section(s) of this Stocked Trout Water in Pennsylvania are also managed under Miscellaneous Special Regulations Monocacy Creek (SR 248 bridge to SR 512 bridge and 0.3 kilometer upstream Georgetown Road bridge to 100 meters downstream U.S. 22 bridge at PA19 and Illicks Mill Dam to mouth)
  • Saucon Creek (second railroad bridge upstream near Bingen to 0.38 mile upstream High Street bridge)

Philadelphia:

  • Pennypack Creek (Lorimer Park at old railroad crossing/rail trail to Frankford Avenue)
  • Wissahickon Creek (Germantown Pike to Wises Mill Road junction)

Schuylkill:

  • Bear Creek (500 meters downstream T-895/Bear Creek Road junction to a cable 800 yards above T-662)
  • Deep Creek (Creek Road to mouth)
  • Little Catawissa Creek (Reservoir Road to Trout Run Road)
  • Little Mahanoy Creek (Malones Road bridge to Gordon Mountain Road bridge)
  • Little Schuylkill River (Locust Creek to Panther Creek and 1.1 miles upstream mouth to mouth)
  • Lizard Creek (1 mile upstream Andreas Road bridge to 0.5 mile upstream Stone Mountain Road bridge)
  • Locust Creek (Locust Lake Dam to mouth)
  • Locust Lake
  • Lower Little Swatara Creek (SR 0895 bridge near Dad Burnhams Road to mouth)
  • Mahantango Creek (Route 125 bridge to Kiwania Farm Road bridge)
  • Mahoning Creek (Berry Road bridge to Lehigh River)
  • Pine Creek (Dam at East Mahanoy junction to mouth)
  • Pine Creek (Fountain Road to mouth)
  • Pine Creek (Whitetail Lane to 340 meters downstream T-723 bridge)
  • Rabbit Run Reservoir
  • Upper Little Swatara Creek (upstream boundary Frog Hollow Environmental Center to Sweet Arrow Lake)
  • Whippoorwill Dam

Stocked Trout Waters Open to Year-Round Fishing

Berks:

  • Kaercher Creek Dam
  • Tulpehocken Creek (from covered bridge at T-921 downstream to the mouth)

Bucks:

  • Lake Luxembourg

Lancaster:

  • Muddy Run Recreation Lake

Lehigh:

  • Leaser Lake

Schuylkill:

  • Sweet Arrow Lake
  • Tuscarora Lake

Catch and Release Artificial Lures Only

Northampton:

  • Bushkill Creek (1.19 miles; from 0.1 mile upstream of Edgewood Avenue bridge, former Binney-Smith Dam, downstream to the 13th Street Bridge)

Catch and Release All Tackle

Chester/Montgomery:

  • Valley Creek (at Valley Forge and tributaries including Little Valley Creek; be aware that Valley Forge National Historic Park has imposed special bait restrictions; check local posters)

Catch and Release Fly-Fishing Only

Chester:

  • French Creek (0.9 mile; from the dam at Camp Sleepy Hollow downstream to Hollow Road)

Delaware:

  • Ridley Creek (0.6 mile; from the falls in Ridley Creek State Park downstream to the mouth of Dismal Run)

Lancaster:

  • Donegal Creek (2.21 miles; from 275 yards below SR 772 downstream to T-334)
  • West Branch Octoraro Creek (2.0 miles; From 30 yards downstream of SR 0472 downstream to 230 yards upstream of the second unnamed tributary downstream of SR 2010, Puseyville Road)

Lehigh:

  • Little Lehigh Creek (1.54 miles; from the downstream face of the bridge on T-508, Wild Cherry Lane, downstream to the upstream face of the bridge on T-510, Millrace Road)
  • Little Lehigh Creek (0.83 mile; from the upstream face of Fish Hatchery Road bridge downstream to near the Oxford Drive bridge)

Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only

Berks:

  • Red icon indicating this is a Keystone Select Stocked Trout Water in Pennsylvania Tulpehocken Creek (3.8 miles; from the first deflector below Blue Marsh Dam downstream to the T-921 covered bridge)

Chester:

  • East Branch Brandywine Creek (1.2 miles; from SR 4019, Dorlan’s Mill Road, downstream to SR 4004, Dowlin Forge Road)
  • Pickering Creek (1.5 miles; from SR 1019, Charlestown Road, downstream to 330 yards upstream of the railroad bridge)
  • Red icon indicating this is a Keystone Select Stocked Trout Water in Pennsylvania Middle Branch White Clay Creek (1.67 miles; from SR 3009, Good Hope Road, downstream to the confluence with the East Branch)
  • West Valley Creek (1.2 miles; from the confluence with the unnamed tributary, locally known as Colebrook Run, upstream of SR 2020, Boot Road, downstream to 0.25 mile of the Railroad Tunnel)

Schuylkill:

  • Bear Creek (1.74 miles; from a cable 800 yards above T-662 downstream to the downstream side of the bridge on T-676)
  • Little Schuylkill River (1.7 miles; from SR 895 in New Ringgold downstream to the T-848 bridge near Rauschs)

Artificial Lures Only Trout Slot Limit

Northampton:

  • Monocacy Creek (2.21 miles; from Illick’s Mill Dam upstream to and including the Gertrude Fox Conservation Area)
  • Saucon Creek (2.10 miles; from the upstream boundary of the city of Bethlehem property downstream to the SR 0412 bridge)