Local Waters
Mountain Creek (Pine Grove Furnace)
Pine Grove Furnace, PA · about 10 hours from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
State-park trout south of Carlisle.
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
- Pine Grove Furnace State Park lots at Fuller and Laurel lakes and along the creek.
- Walk in
- Park paths to public water.
- Wading
- Freestone in the park. Lakes if the creek is high.
- Usual window
- After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.
- Sunday conditions
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Wind ? mph.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 68° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:27 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:56
- Wind at dawn
- 0 mph · Chance Rain Showers · 63°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: 0 mph
- 10am: E 5 mph
- 2pm: E 5 mph
- dusk: SE 5 mph
- Flow
- 3.6 cfs · 4.0 ft · 3:45 am · Mountain Creek near Pine Grove Furnace, PA · USGS gauge
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- State park. Stocked water and year-round sections. 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.