Take advantage of the abundant fishing in the Poconos this season. The public streams are well stocked and the fish are active. We have several rivers which are exellent for fishing with plenty of variety of species. Ask our professional sales people for help. You will find they that they may be able to assist you with your fishing plans, such as what bait to use, when to fish, what gear to use, and where to go.
Fishing in the fall and early winter is some of the best fishing of the year! You will relize that there are less people on the streams, lakes and rivers during the cooler seasons, yet the fishing is as good as in the Spring.
Best of luck!

"Trout, What Is Wild" As quoted from the PA Fish & Boat Commision

As you know, the Commission stocks fish across the state to provide a variety of fishing opportunities. These fish are grown in our hatcheries. Then we stock them so you can catch them. We stock nearly 5,000 stream miles with trout that you can catch and keep. We call these trout "catchable" because they are at least 7 inches long. That's the minimum size for trout. But there are parts of some trout streams that we don't stock. These waters are still great places to fish. Why don't we stock them with catchable trout? Because they have lots of wild trout in them. There are so many wild trout that we don't need to stock them. But what are "wild trout"? Wild trout are fish that are not stocked. These fish are born and grow up in the wild, not in a hatchery.

Each year, Commission biologists survey many streams. They look at a part of the stream called a section. They count, weigh and measure the trout collected in that section. They know that little ones (less than 6 or 7 inches) were born there. These trout are wild, because all the hatchery fish are 7 inches or bigger. They also know that the bigger ones collected grew up in that stream. If there are enough wild trout (of all sizes) in that part of the stream, we don't stock fish there. Fish and Boat Commission biologists call these sections of streams "wild trout waters." There are almost 1,500 stream miles of wild trout water. These waters have great habitat for trout. More than half of these miles have lots of wild brook trout.

The Fish and Boat Commission works hard to protect these fish. These streams have shorter seasons when fish can be kept. Many have larger minimum sizes. The "best of the best" even have smaller creel limits.