No trout stocking at Pennsylvania’s Lake Luxembourg

Harrisburg — Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners in their recent quarterly meeting voted to approve a change in fishing regulations at Lake Luxembourg, located in Middletown Township, Bucks County.

Under this change, the 166-acre impoundment owned by Bucks County will be removed from the Stocked Trout Waters Open to Year-Round Fishing.

In December 2021, the commission was notified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection of a do-not-eat fish consumption advisory issued for the entire Neshaminy Creek basin, which includes Lake Luxembourg.

The consumption advisory was issued due to elevated levels of Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in water samples collected and analyzed by the DEP.

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Subsequently, the commission canceled stockings of all waters included in the stocked trout waters program within the Neshaminy Creek basin, beginning in 2022.

Agency staff told commissioners they have not proposed to remove Lake Luxembourg from the Stocked Trout Waters Open to Year-Round Fishing program until this time because additional water quality sampling by the DEP could have resulted in the consumption advisory being revised to be less inclusive of the entire basin.

However, the consumption advisory for the basin will remain through 2026 and potentially longer.

Upon removal of this regulation, Lake Luxembourg will be managed with commonwealth inland waters regulations.

This change will go into effect Jan. 1, 2026.