Local Waters

← Around Portsmouth

Lake / pond Open — summer

Mauch Chunk Lake

Jim Thorpe Boro, PA · about 8 hours from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)

Official public lot from the state access map. Confirm the sign on site and the current rule. We have not written a full card for this water yet.

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
Launch Ramp "A" PFBC access, Jim Thorpe Boro
Friday conditions

S 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⚡ 82° storm
Sun and moon
Rise 6:25 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:44
Wind at dawn
S 1 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 61°F
Wind later
  • dawn: S 1 mph
  • 10am: S 2 mph
  • 2pm: SW 5 mph
  • dusk: SW 3 mph
Notes
Official public access. Confirm PA regulations.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

S 1 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers

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

Evening Hatch Fly Shop

797 State Route 940, Lake Harmony, PA 18624
Call — Poconos hours

Poconos desk on 940. Lehigh Gorge, Beltzville, Delaware Water Gap.

Call Website

Guides

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

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day