Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

Lake / pond Open — summer

Raccoon Lake

Hookstown, PA · about 5 hours from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)

The 101-acre Beaver County park lake.

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
Raccoon Creek State Park launch and day-use lots west of Pittsburgh.
Walk in
Short from the park lots.
Wading
Bank or boat.
Usual window
After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.
Wednesday conditions

W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 76° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:42 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 8:05
Wind at dawn
W 5 mph · Sunny · 60°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 5 mph
  • 10am: W 5 mph
  • 2pm: S 5 mph
  • dusk: SW 5 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.

W 5 mph · Sunny

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 (Boiling Springs)

2 First St, Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Call — limestone hours

Yellow Breeches desk. Cumberland Valley limestone.

Call Website

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.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day