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listings on Trout Unlimited’s Best 100
Trout Streams in America, the state
is truly a trout enthusiast’s paradise.
Plentiful wild game fish plus approximately 3 million annually stocked
adult trout provide great sport or a
memorable meal!
Pennsylvania’s official tourism website
(www.visitpa.com) recommends these
top places to go trout fishing. Many
have special regulations and limits,
so check before you go.
Oil Creek: Located between Titusville
and Oil City, Oil Creek State Park
provides the best access to wild brook trout
drawn to the calm, clear waters of this
scenic limestone spring creek near the city
of Carlisle.
Neshannock Creek: A beautiful 20mile freestone trout stream in northwestern
Pennsylvania, thought to be one of the best
to fish in winter.
Monocacy Creek: Enjoy great fishing
year round in this peaceful stream near the
city of Bethlehem. A good population of
wild brown trout roams the creek, challenging even seasoned anglers.
Wissahickon Creek: Here’s a new
reason to visit Philadelphia – trout fishing in
fishing in this creek and its tributaries.
this 23-mile creek flowing through the city’s
Yellow Breeches Creek: This Cumber-
each spring, serious anglers and beginners
land County stream is one of the state’s
will enjoy the creek’s deep pools and
most popular, but a huge stocking program
fast riffles.
keeps plenty of trout feeding on t