Local Waters

← Around Portland

Lake / pond Open — summer

Tamarack Lake

Westmead Township, PA · about 14 hours from Portland (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

Around now

Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.

  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Trout Trout
  • Sunfish and crappie Sunfish and crappie

Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass, Chain pickerel.

Season
Legal on most trout water. Limestone springs stay cooler. Confirm PFBC. Official rule
License
Pennsylvania fishing license (PFBC)
Park
North Dam Access PFBC access, Westmead Township
Saturday conditions

W 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
☀️ 89° fair
Sun and moon
Rise 6:35 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 8:12
Wind at dawn
W 5 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust · 84°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 5 mph
  • 10am: W 5 mph
  • 2pm: W 5 mph
  • dusk: W 14 mph
Notes
Official public access. Confirm PA regulations.
Maps

Log this trip

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

W 5 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust

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

No shop pinned yet. Ask around before you invent a honey hole.

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