Lake / pond Open — summer

Poe Lake (Poe Valley)

Coburn, PA · about 10 hours from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)

The 25-acre park lake next to the Penns Creek country.

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

Poe Valley State Park lots on Poe Paddy Drive. Penns Creek at Poe Paddy is the other park.

Walk in

Short from the park lot.

Wading

Bank or small boat.

Usual window

After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.

Sunday conditions

W 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky: 🌧️ 78° rain
Sun and moon: Rise 6:27 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:58
Wind at dawn: W 3 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 64°F
Wind later: dawn: W 3 mph

10am: W 7 mph

2pm: W 9 mph

dusk: W 8 mph

A setup that belongs here

4- or 5-wt.

Notes

State park. Stocked trout. 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.

Shops

The Feathered Hook

516 Main St, Coburn, PA 16832
Open 9am–5pm every day — confirm

Penns Creek shop and B&B in Coburn. Call before Green Drake week.

Call Website

Flyfisher's Paradise

2603 E College Ave, State College, PA 16801
Call

Spring Creek / Fisherman's Paradise and the Little J.

Call Website

Guides

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

The Feathered Hook — book a day

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

Good for: Penns Creek, Elk Creek, Centre/Clinton limestone

Shop desk on Penns. Call; they book their own guides.