Local Waters

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Lake / pond Open — summer

Cowans Gap Lake

Fort Loudon, PA · about 58 hours from Bend (typical, off-peak)

The Fulton County park lake between Chambersburg and McConnellsburg.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Legal on most trout water. Limestone springs stay cooler. Confirm PFBC. Official rule
License
Pennsylvania fishing license (PFBC)
Park
Cowans Gap State Park day-use and boat-launch lots on Aughwick Road. DCNR GPS at the lake.
Walk in
Short from the launch and picnic lots.
Wading
Bank, pier, or boat. Not a wade river.
Usual window
After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.
Monday conditions

SW 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 74° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:31 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:57
Wind at dawn
SW 5 mph · Partly Sunny · 66°F
Wind later
  • dawn: SW 5 mph
  • 10am: SW 5 mph
  • 2pm: S 10 mph
  • dusk: S 10 mph
A setup that belongs here
5-wt.
Notes
State park. Electric motors only. Stocked trout lake. Confirm PFBC and DCNR.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

SW 5 mph · Partly Sunny

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

TCO Fly Shop (Boiling Springs)

2 First St, Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Call — limestone hours

Yellow Breeches desk. Cumberland Valley limestone.

Call Website

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

TCO — book a day

Boiling Springs, PA · wade · Half or full day

Good for: Yellow Breeches and Cumberland Valley limestone

Shop desk. Ask who they send on the Breeches.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day