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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