2021 Pennsylvania Fishing Summary/ Boating Handbook MENTORED YOUTH TROUT DAY March 27 (statewide) FISH-FOR-FREE DAYS May 30 and July 4 Multi-Year Fishing Licenses–page 5 TROUT OPENER April 3 Statewide Pennsylvania Fishing Summary/Boating Handbookwww.fishandboat.com www.fishandboat.com 1 2 www.fishandboat.com Pennsylvania Fishing Summary/Boating Handbook PFBC LOCATIONS/TABLE OF CONTENTS For More Information: The mission of the Pennsylvania State Headquarters Centre Region Office Fishing Licenses: Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) 1601 Elmerton Avenue 595 East Rolling Ridge Drive Phone: (877) 707-4085 is to protect, conserve, and enhance P.O. Box 67000 Bellefonte, PA 16823 Boat Registration/Titling: the Commonwealth’s aquatic Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000 Lobby Phone: (814) 359-5124 resources, and provide fishing and Phone: (866) 262-8734 Phone: (717) 705-7800 Fisheries Admin. Phone: boating opportunities. Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (814) 359-5110 Publications: Monday through Friday Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Phone: (717) 705-7835 Monday through Friday Contents Boating Safety Regulations by Location Education Courses The PFBC Website: (All fish species) Phone: (888) 723-4741 www.fishandboat.com www.fishandboat.com/socialmedia Inland Waters............................................ 10 Pymatuning Reservoir............................... 12 Region Offices: Law Enforcement/Education Conowingo Reservoir................................ 12 Contact Law Enforcement for information about regulations and fishing and boating Delaware River and Estuary....................... 13 opportunities. Contact Outreach & Education for information about fishing and boating Lake Erie and Tributary Streams.................. 14 programs and boating safety education. Catch and Release Lakes............................. 15 Northwest Region Southcentral Region Miscellaneous Waters................................. 16 11528 State Highway 98, Meadville, PA 16335 1704 Pine Road, Newville, PA 17241 Law Enforcement: Outreach & Education: Law Enforcement: Outreach & Education: Regulations by Species (814) 337-0444 (814) 336-2426 (717) 486-7087 (717) 486-7352 Big Bass Program....................................... 11 Fax (814) 337-0579 Fax (814) 337-0579 Fax (717) 486-8227 Fax (717) 486-8227 Catch and Release Bass.............................. 11 Counties: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Counties: Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cumberland, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Brood Stock Lakes..................................... 15 Juniata, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, York Panfish Enhancement................................ 15 Southwest Region Reptiles and Amphibians........................... 17 236 Lake Road, Somerset, PA 15501 Northeast Region Law Enforcement: Outreach & Education: 5566 Main Road, Sweet Valley, PA 18656 Trout Fishing Regulations (814) 445-8974 (814) 443-9841 Law Enforcement: Outreach & Education: Trout Fishing Regulations......................... 20 Fax (814) 445-3497 Fax (814) 445-3497 (570) 477-5717 (570) 477-2206 Southeast Region....................................... 22 Counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Fax (570) 477-3221 Fax (570) 477-2621 Southcentral Region.................................. 23 Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Counties: Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Washington, Westmoreland Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan, Southwest Region...................................... 24 Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming Northwest Region...................................... 25 Northcentral Region Northcentral Region.................................. 26 595 East Rolling Ridge Drive Southeast Region Northeast Region....................................... 28 Bellefonte, PA 16823 P.O. Box 9, Elm, PA 17521 Law Enforcement: Outreach & Education: Law Enforcement: Outreach & Education: Requirements and Law (814) 359-5250 (814) 359-5127 (717) 626-0228 (215) 968-3631 Fishing Licenses........................................... 4 Fax (814) 359-5254 Fax (814) 359-5153 Fax (717) 626-0486 Fax (215) 968-1610 Permits......................................................... 4 Counties: Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Counties: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Clinton, Elk, Jefferson, Lycoming, McKean, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, General Fishing Regulations........................ 8 Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill Tackle, Equipment, and Bait......................... 8 Tioga, Union Unlawful Acts............................................... 9 Office hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you see anything suspected to be a pollution, ADA Accommodations................................. 9 disturbance, or poaching on any waterway, regardless of how seemingly insignificant, report it immediately by calling Boundary Waters........................................ 12 the local PFBC Region Law Enforcement office listed above during business hours or call the PFBC toll-free hotline: 855-FISH-KIL to leave a message. A pollution or disturbance may also be reported to the Pennsylvania Department of Saltwater Angler Registry........................... 12 Environmental Protection at 1-800-541-2050 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Endangered/Threatened Species................ 17 Aquatic Invasive Species............................. 18 State Fish Hatcheries Boating, BUI, and Life Jackets..................... 19 • Bellefonte* • Benner Spring • Oswayo* • Reynoldsdale* Fish Consumption Advisory........................ 30 1115 Spring Creek Road 1735 Shiloh Road 96 State Route 244 East 162 Fish Hatchery Road Bellefonte, PA 16823 State College, PA 16801 Coudersport, PA 16915 New Paris, PA 15554 Reporting Pollution.................................... 33 (814) 355-3371 (814) 355-4837 (814) 698-2102 (814) 839-2211 • Corry* • Huntsdale* • Pleasant Gap* • Tionesta* Boating Handbook.................................36 13365 Route 6 195 Lebo Road 450 Robinson Lane 172 Fish Hatchery Lane Corry, PA 16407 Carlisle, PA 17013 Bellefonte, PA 16823 Tionesta, PA 16353 (814) 664-2122 (717) 486-3419 (814) 359-5132 (814) 755-3524 • Fairview • Linesville* • Pleasant Mount* • Tylersville 2000 Lohrer Road 13300 Hartstown Road 229 Great Bend Turnpike 43 Hatchery Lane P.O. Box 531 Linesville, PA 16424 Pleasant Mount, PA 18453 Loganton, PA 17747 Fairview, PA 16415 (814) 683-4451 (570) 448-2101 (570) 725-3965 (814) 474-1514 • Union City * Includes visitor center. Visitors are welcome from 9450 Route 6 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily. Union City, PA 16438 © Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Groups should make advance arrangements. (814) 438-2222 Pennsylvania Fishing Summary/BoatingTo find the Handbookstocking day of trout streams and lakes near your, visit www.fishandboat.com www.fishandboat.com. 3 LICENSES, PRICING, PROOF OF RESIDENCY duty, be stationed outside Pennsylvania, and be here Fishing Licenses on authorized leave. While in the act of fishing, the Fishing licenses are sold by 2021 FISHING LICENSES military personnel must carry proof of each of these license issuing agents through an Code Type of Fishing License or Permit Age Cost* requirements, such as a PA driver’s license, a military electronic point-of-sale (P.O.S.) 101 Resident (Annual) 16-64 $22.97 ID, and valid military orders showing the place of system. This system brings in- 104 Senior Resident (Annual) 65 & up $11.97 assignment and leave status. 105 Senior Resident (Lifetime) 65 & up $51.97 creased efficiency, more options, 108 1-Day Resident (not valid March 15–April 30) 16 & up $11.97 Under the law, a qualifying soldier, sailor, airman, and easier upgrades for anglers. 102 Non-Resident (Annual) 16 & up $52.97 or Marine does not receive a free Pennsylvania fishing The $0.97 PALS transaction fee 113 Non-Resident PA Student (Annual)*** 16 & up $22.97 license. Instead, eligible active duty military personnel does not go into effect until after 106 1-Day Tourist **(not valid March 15–April 30) 16 & up $26.97 can legally fish without a license under the limited 103 3-Day Tourist 16 & up $26.97 circumstances outlined in the law. Have on their the week of January 11, 2021. 107 7-Day Tourist 16 & up $34.97 person while fishing evidence of Commonwealth Internet fishing licenses are sold 110 Voluntary Youth Fishing License (Annual) Less than 16 $2.97 online at: www.fishandboat.com. 109 Mentored Youth Permit Less than 16 $0.00 residency, proof of their assignment to a facility 150 Trout Permit 16 & up $9.97 outside this Commonwealth, and a copy of their A current license, signed in ink, is 033 3-Year Senior Lifetime Trout Permit 65 & up $25.97 orders assigning them to temporary leave. required of persons age 16 and over 053 5-Year Senior Lifetime Trout Permit 65 & up $41.97 063 10-Year Senior Lifetime Trout Permit 65 & up $81.97 The law does not exempt military personnel on to fish or angle for any species of fish 151 Lake Erie Permit 16 & up $9.97 leave from any other requirements of fishing or and to take fishbait, baitfish, and spe- 152 Combination Trout Lake Erie Permit 16 & up $15.97 boating laws and regulations. cies of amphibians and reptiles from 136 Alternate Display Annual Fishing License Button Any Age $10.00 Students from out of state who are attending school * Includes issuing agent fee of $1.00 and $0.97 PALS transaction fee. Excludes the 109 Mentored Youth Permit. Commonwealth waters by those legal **Includes Trout and Lake Erie permits, not valid March 15–April 30. *** Available after mid-January. in Pennsylvania