Local Waters
Cowans Gap Lake
Fort Loudon, PA · about 59 hours from Portland, OR (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
- 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.
- Thursday conditions
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Wind ? mph.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 82° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:33 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:53
- Wind at dawn
- 0 mph · Mostly Sunny · 56°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: 0 mph
- 10am: SW 2 mph
- 2pm: S 6 mph
- dusk: S 5 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5-wt.
- Notes
- State park. Electric motors only. Stocked trout lake. Confirm PFBC and DCNR.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
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.