Local Waters

← Around Portland

Lake / pond Open — summer

Lake Jean (Ricketts Glen)

Benton, PA · about 9 hours from Portland (typical, off-peak)

The 245-acre park lake at Ricketts Glen, not the waterfall creek.

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
Ricketts Glen State Park Lake Jean day-use and launch lots on PA 487. Not the Falls Trail pin.
Walk in
Short from the Lake Jean lots.
Wading
Bank or boat.
Usual window
After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.
Monday conditions

S 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 72° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:22 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:53
Wind at dawn
S 5 mph · Patchy Fog · 64°F
Wind later
  • dawn: S 5 mph
  • 10am: S 10 mph
  • 2pm: S 15 mph
  • dusk: S 10 mph
A setup that belongs here
5-wt.
Notes
State park. Stocked trout and warmwater. 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.

S 5 mph · Patchy Fog

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 (Muncy)

1203 Lycoming Mall Circle, Muncy, PA 17756
10am–6pm daily — confirm

North-central desk. Pine Creek, Loyalsock, Lycoming.

Call Website

Guides

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

TCO Muncy — book a day

Muncy, PA · wade · Half or full day — ask the shop

Good for: Pine Creek, Loyalsock, Lycoming, north-central

Shop desk. We do not take the money.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day