LivewellFish consumption advisories
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania publishes advisories for 108 waters, covering 143 species-and-size recommendations.
Contaminants of concern: DDT, Dioxins, Mercury, PCBs, Pesticides, PFOS
Statewide advisory
These apply across Pennsylvania, including waters with no specific advisory of their own.
- All Other Species General population Limit to one meal per week. Statewide baseline
Waters with advisories in Pennsylvania
108 waters on file. A water not listed here has no advisory in the state's data — which usually means it has never been sampled, not that it's been cleared.
Lakes 51
- Allegheny Res Warren
- Bearwallow Pond Sullivan
- Beechwood Lake Tioga
- Belmont Lake Wayne
- Brady’s Lake Monroe
- Canoe Creek Lake Blair
- Colyer Lake Centre
- Conneaut Lake Crawford
- Crystal Lake Crawford
- East Branch Lake Elk
- Edinboro Lake Erie
- Elk Lake Sullivan
- Francis Slocum Lake Luzerne
- Geneva Swamp Crawford
- Hamilton Lake Tioga
- Hammond Lake Tioga
- Hickory Lake Wayne
- Hunters Lake Sullivan
- Justus Lake Venango
- Kettle Creek Lake
- Lackawanna Lake
- Lake Canadohta Crawford
- Lake Erie Open waters Erie
- Lake Erie Presque Isle Erie
- Lake Jean
- Lake LeBoeuf Erie
- Lake Makoma Sullivan
- Lake Maskenozha Pike
- Lake Perez Huntingdon
- Lake Pleasant Erie
- Lake Towhee Bucks
- Lake Wallenpaupack Pike
- Lake Winola Wyoming
- Laurel Lake Cumberland
- Lily Lake Luzerne
- Long Pond Wayne
- Lopez Pond Sullivan
- Maple Lake Lackawanna
- Marsh Creek Lake Chester
- Miller Pond Wayne
- Poe Lake Centre
- Shohola Lake Pike
- Shumans Lake Sullivan
- Silver Lake Susquehanna
- Stairway Pond Pike
- Steven Foster Lake Bradford
- Sugar Lake Crawford
- Sunfish Pond Bradford
- Tamarack Lake Crawford
- White Oak Pond Lake Wayne
- Youghiogheny Lake Fayette/Somerset
Reservoirs 9
- Beaver Run Reservoir Westmoreland
- Chapman Dam Reservoir Warren
- Cowanesque River and Reservoir Tioga
- Eaton Reservoir Erie
- Lyman Run Reservoir Potter
- Prompton Reservoir
- Tioga Reservoir Tioga
- Tionesta Reservoir Forest
- Union City Reservoir Erie
Rivers 48
- Allegheny River McKean
- Allegheny River Armstrong
- Allegheny River Allegheny
- Beaver River Lawrence
- Briar Creek Columbia
- Broadhead Creek Monroe
- Bushkill Creek Monroe
- Chemung River Bradford
- Chester Creek Delaware
- Clarion River Clarion
- Conestoga River Lancaster
- Conewango Creek Warren
- Darby Creek Delaware
- Delaware River
- Dunkard Creek Greene
- Kettle Creek Clinton
- Lehigh River Northampton
- Little Bushkill Creek Pike
- Little Pine Creek Lycoming
- Logan Branch Centre
- Mahoning River Lawrence
- Monongahela River Fayette
- Monongahela River
- Monongahela River Allegheny
- Ohio River Allegheny
- Ohio River Beaver
- Oil Creek Venango
- Pine Creek Tioga
- Red Clay Creek Chester
- Schuylkill River Schuylkill
- Schuylkill River Schuylkill
- Schuylkill River
- Shenango River Mercer
- Sugar Creek Bradford
- Susquehanna River Susquehanna
- Tenmile Creek Washington
- Tionesta Creek Warren
- Tobyhanna Creek Carbon
- Towanda Creek Bradford
- Traverse Creek Beaver
- Tunkhannock Creek Wyoming
- Tunungwant Creek McKean
- Tuscarora Creek Juniata
- West Branch Brandywine Creek Chester
- West Branch Caldwell Creek Warren
- West Branch Schuylkill River Schuylkill
- White Clay Creek Chester
- Wyalusing Creek Bradford
Pennsylvania statewide fishing limits
Statewide defaults — specific waters and zones may differ. Verify the current rules before keeping a fish.
| Species | Size | Daily limit | Open season | Keep season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth Bass | 12" min | 6 | Year-round | 06-14 – 04-11 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 12" min | 6 | Year-round | 06-14 – 04-11 |
| Walleye | 15" min | 6 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Muskellunge | 40" min | 1 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Northern Pike | 24" min | 2 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Inland Trout | 7" min | 5 | Year-round | 04-05 – 09-30 |
| Bluegill | — | 50 | Year-round | Same as open |
Official rules: Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania Fish & Boat