Once again, winter is just around the corner and the time has come to tuck away our summer fishing gear and dust off the ice rods and teardrop jigs. Pennsylvania has more water than the average fisherman has time to explore in a lifetime, so as lakes, ponds and reservoirs freeze all across the Keystone State, let’s take a minute to break down the state’s ice fishing resources by region.
Southeast Pennsylvania
- Tuscarora Lake: bluegill, walleye, trout
- Lake Ontelaunee: bluegill, crappie, yellow perch,
- Lake Nockamixon: bluegill, crappie, yellow perch, pickerel, walleye
- Muddy Run Lake: crappie
- Marsh Creek Lake: yellow perch, pickerel
- Struble Lake: largemouth bass, walleye
- Blue Marsh Lake: largemouth bass
- Middle Creek Lake: largemouth bass
- Leaser Lake: trout
- Minsi Lake: trout
Northeast Pennsylvania
- Mauch Chunk Lake: bluegill, crappie, yellow perch, largemouth bass, walleye
- White Oak Pond: bluegill, crappie, largemouth bass
- Lower Woods Pond: bluegill, crappie, walleye
- Upper Woods Pond: trout
- Beltzville Lake: bluegill, yellow perch, largemouth bass, walleye
- Lackawanna Lake: bluegill, largemouth bass
- Pecks Pond: bluegill, yellow perch
- Promised Land Lake: bluegill, yellow perch
- Frances Sloakum Lake: crappie, largemouth bass, walleye
- Harveys Lake: trout, walleye
- Lake Wallenpaupack: yellow perch
- Prompton Dam: largemouth bass, walleye
- Bradys Lake: largemouth bass
- Belmont Lake: pickerel, walleye
- Quaker Lake: pickerel
- Fairview Lake: trout
South-Central Pennsylvania
- Meadow Grounds Lake: bluegill
- Koon Lake: bluegill, crappie,
- Gordon Lake: bluegill, crappie,
- Shawnee Lake: crappie, largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye
- Lake Marbug: yellow perch, largemouth bass, northern pike
- Lake Redman: yellow perch, largemouth bass
- Canoe Lake: walleye
- Holman Lake: trout
- Stoevers Dam: trout
North-Central Pennsylvania
- Stevenson Lake: bluegill
- Rose Valley Lake: bluegill, yellow perch, largemouth bass
- Lake Chillisquaqua: bluegill, crappie, largemouth bass, northern pike
- Foster Joseph Sayers Lake: crappie, yellow perch,
- Beechwood Lake: crappie, trout
- Lake Hammond: crappie
- Hills Creek Lake: crappie, yellow perch
- Allegheny Reservoir: yellow perch, northern pike, walleye
- Black Moshannon Lake: largemouth bass
- Kyle Lake: largemouth bass
- Alvin R. Bush Dam: trout
- Walker Lake: trout
- Hamilton Lake: trout
Southwest Pennsylvania
- Raccoon Creek Lake: bluegill
- High Point Lake: bluegill, yellow perch, northern pike, walleye
- Yellow Creek Lake: bluegill, yellow perch, largemouth bass, northern pike
- Keystone Power Dam: bluegill, crappie, largemouth bass, walleye
- Hereford Manor Lakes: crappie, trout
- Glendale Lake: crappie, largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye
- Glade Run Lake: crappie, trout
- Yuoghiogheny River Lake: yellow perch, northern pike
- Laurel Hill Lake: trout
Northwest Pennsylvania
- Tamarack Lake: bluegill
- Pymatuning Reservoir: bluegill, crappie, yellow perch, walleye
- Presque Isle Bay: bluegill, crappie, yellow perch, northern pike
- Lake Wilhelm: crappie, largemouth bass, walleye
- Allegheny Reservoir: yellow perch, northern pike, walleye
- Lake Erie: yellow perch
- Lake Arthur: largemouth bass
- Hartstown Reservoir: largemouth bass
- Conneaut Lake: northern pike, walleye
- Chapman Dam: trout
- Lake Pleasant: trout
- Eaton Reservoir: trout
