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1-800-854-7365

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2001 Fishing License Fees

Type of License 

Age 

Cost 

Issuing Fee 

Total 

Resident  16-64  $16.25  $.75  $17.00 
Senior Resident  65-up  $ 3.25  $.75  $ 4.00 
Senior Resident - Lifetime  65-up  $15.25  $.75  $16.00 
Non-Resident  16-up  $34.25  $.75  $35.00 
Seven-Day Tourist  16-up  $29.25  $.75  $30.00 
Three-Day Tourist  16-up  $14.25  $.75  $15.00 
Trout Salmon Permit  16-up  $ 5.00  $.50  $ 5.50 

Commonwealth Inland Waters

Seasons, Sizes, and Creel Limits for 2001

Species

Seasons

Minimum
Size

Daily Limit

All Species of Trout and Salmon

Regular Season - 8 a.m. on Apr. 14 to midnight on Sept. 3

7 inches

5 - Streams, lakes and ponds (combined species) except areas with special regulations

Extended Season - All approved trout streams and their downstream areas and all lakes and ponds, Jan. 1 to midnight Feb. 28 and Sept. 4 to midnight Dec. 31

7 inches

3 (combined species)

Bass
Largemouth,
Smallmouth
Spotted
All inland waters

 

 

 

Muskellunge and Muskellunge Hybrids

Jan. 1 to midnight Mar. 14 and 12:01 a.m. May 5 to midnight, Dec. 31

30 inches

2 (combined species)

Pickerel

15 inches

6

Pike
Northern, Amur

24 inches

2 (combined species)

Walleye
and hybrids (Saugeye)

15 inches

6

Sauger

12 inches

6

American Shad

Open year round

No minimum

6

American Shad
(Lehigh River and tributaries)

1

American Shad
(Susquehanna River and tributaries)

Closed year round

Closed

0

Hickory Shad

Closed year round

Closed

0

Herring
Gizzard Shad

Open year round

No minimum

50

Striped Bass and Striped Bass/White Bass Hybrids

Open year round

20 inches

2 (combined species)

Sunfish, Yellow Perch, Crappies, Catfish, Rock Bass, Suckers, Eels, Carp, White Bass

Open year round

No minimum

50 (combined species)

Baitfish, Fishbait
(except mud bugs)

50 (combined species)

Mud Bugs
(dragonfly nymphs)

Unlimited if taken from lakes, ponds, swamps, and adjacent areas.

50 per day if taken from moving waters (rivers and streams)

Paddlefish

Closed year round

Closed

0

 Pa. State Fishing Areas
info provided by recreation.gov

Allegheny National Forest

814-723-5150

Alvin R Bush - Kettle Creek

717-923-1800

Aylesworth Creek Lake

717-679-2381

Beltzville Lake

610-377-0438

Blue Marsh Lake

610-376-6337

Conemaugh River Lake

724-459-7240

Cowanesque Lake

717-835-5281

Crooked Creek Lake

724-763-3161

Curwensville Lake

814-236-2000

Dashields Locks And Dam

724-457-8430

Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor

610-861-9345

Delaware National Scenic River

717-588-2135

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

717-588-2451

East Branch Clarion River Lake

814-965-2065

Emsworth Locks And Dams

412-766-6213

Erie NWR

814-789-3585

Foster Joseph Sayers Dam

717-962-2500

Francis E Walter Dam

717-443-9493

Friendship Hill National Historic Site

724-725-9190

Gray's Landing Locks And Dam

724-583-8304

John Heinz NWR at Tinicum

610-521-0662

Kinzua Dam And Allegheny Reservoir

814-726-0661

Lock And Dam 2 - Allegheny River

412-395-7127

Lock And Dam 3 - Allegheny River

412-828-3550

Lock And Dam 4 - Allegheny River

724-224-2666

Lock And Dam 5 - Allegheny River

724-295-2261

Lock And Dam 6 - Allegheny River

724-295-3775

Lock And Dam 7 - Allegheny River

724-543-2551

Lock And Dam 8 - Allegheny River

724-548-5119

Lock And Dam 9 - Allegheny River

724-868-2486

Locks And Dam 2 - Monongahela River

412-271-1272

Locks And Dam 3 - Monongahela River

412-384-4532

Locks And Dam 4 - Monongahela River

412-684-8442

Loyalhanna Lake

724-639-9013

Mahoning Creek Lake

814-257-8811

Maxwell Locks And Dam - Monongahela River

724-785-5027

Montgomery Locks And Dam - Ohio River

724-643-8400

New Cumberland Locks And Dam

740-537-2571

Ohio River Islands NWR

304-422-0752

Point Marion Lock And Dam - Monongahela River

724-725-5289

Prompton Lake

717-253-0198

Raystown Lake

814-658-3405

Shenango River Lake

724-962-7746

Tioga-Hammond Lakes

717-835-5281

Tionesta Lake

814-755-3512

Union City Dam

814-763-4422

Valley Forge National Historical Park

610-783-1000

Woodcock Creek Lake

814-763-4422

Youghiogheny River Lake

814-395-3242

Reporting Water Pollution
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
1-800-854-7365

Department of Environmental Protection
1-800-541-2050

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Pennsylvania State Parks
info from pennsylvania recreation.com

blue-ballArchbald Pothole State Park 
Bald Eagle State Park Beltzville State Park Bendigo State Park 
Big Pocono State Park 
Big Spring State Park 
Black Moshannon State Park 
Blue Knob State Park 
Buchanans Birthplace State Park 
Bucktail State Park Caledonia State Park Canoe Creek State Park Chapman State Park Cherry Springs State Park Clear Creek State Park Codorus State Park Colonel Denning State Park 
Colton Point State Park: Pennsylvania Grand Canyon Cook Forest State Park Cowans Gap State Park Delaware Canal State ParkDenton Hill State Park Elk State Park 
Evansburg State Park Fort Washington State Park 
Frances Slocum State Park 
French Creek State Park Fowlers Hollow State Park Gifford Pinchot State Park 
Gouldsboro State Park Greenwood Furnace State Park 
Hickory Run State Park Hillman State Park 
Hills Creek State Park
Hyner Run State Park Hyner View State Park Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center 
Jennings Environmental Education Center 
Kettle Creek State Park Keystone State Park
Kings Gap Environmental Education Center 
Kinzua Bridge State Park Kooser State Park Lackawanna State Park Laurel Hill State Park Laurel Mountain State Park 
Laurel Ridge State Park 
Laurel Summit State Park 
Lehigh Gorge State Park Leonard Harrison State Park: Pennsylvania Grand Canyon 
Linn Run State Park Little Buffalo State Park Little Pine State Park Locust Lake State Park Lyman Run State Park M.K. Goddard State Park Marsh Creek State Park McCall Dam State Park McConnels Mill State Park Memorial Lake State Park Milton State Park 
Mont Alto State Park Moraine State Park 
Mt. Pisgah State Park
Neshaminy State Park Nockamixon State Park Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center 
Ohiopyle State Park 
Oil Creek State Park 
Ole Bull State Park Parker Dam State Park Patterson State Park Penn Roosevelt State Park Pine Grove Furnace State Park 
Poe Paddy State Park 
Poe Valley State Park Point State Park 
Presque Isle State Park 
Prince Gallitzin State Park 
Promised Land State Park 
Prouty Place State Park 
Pymatuning State Park 
R.B. Winter State Park 
Raccoon Creek State Park 
Ralph Stover State Park 
Ravensburg State Park Reeds Gap State Park Ricketts Glen State Park Ridley Creek State Park Ryerson Station State Park 
S.B. Elliott State Park 
Salt Springs State Park 
Samuel S. Lewis State Park 
Sand Bridge State Park Shawnee State Park Shikellamy State Park 
Sinnemahoning State Park 
Sizerville State Park Snyder Middleswarth State Park 
Susquehanna State Park Susquehannock State Park Swatara State Park Tiadaghton State Forest Tobyhanna State Park Trough Creek State Park Tuscarora State Park Tyler State Park 
Upper Pine Bottom State Park 
Warriors Path State Park Whipple Dam State Park White Clay Creek Preserve State Park 
Worlds End State Park Yellow Creek State Park

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