Lake / pond Open — summer

Lake Nockamixon

Quakertown, PA · about 60 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)

The Bucks County reservoir.

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

Nockamixon State Park launches and day-use lots.

Walk in

Short walk from the public lot.

Wading

Bank, tube, or boat. Not a wade river.

Usual window

After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.

Saturday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky: ☀️ 83° fair
Sun and moon: Rise 6:17 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:50
Wind at dawn: W 2 mph · Patchy Smoke · 58°F
Wind later: dawn: W 2 mph

10am: W 2 mph

2pm: W 2 mph

dusk: W 13 mph
Next dawn (Sunday): W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · W 2 mph

A setup that belongs here

6-wt or a warmwater rod.

Notes

State park. Confirm PFBC and DCNR.

Overnight plan: Saturday evening and Sunday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

Shops

TCO Fly Shop (Bryn Mawr)

834 W. Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Mon–Fri 10am–7pm, Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–4pm — confirm

Main Line desk. Ridley, Valley Forge, Brandywine, Marsh Creek.

Call Website

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.

TCO Bryn Mawr — book a day

Bryn Mawr, PA · wade / shore · Half or full day — ask the shop

Good for: Ridley, Valley Forge, Brandywine, SE parks

Shop desk. We do not take the money.