Three Pennsylvania lakes are among Bassmaster’s best 25 bass fishing destinations in the northeastern U.S. in 2026.
Presque Isle Bay/Lake Erie central basin, Shenango River Lake, and Pymatuning Reservoir – all in northwestern Pennsylvania – made the cut. They were chosen from waters in 19 states ranging from Maine to Virginia to Indiana.
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James Neely has no problem with stocked trout. He just doesn’t want them in wild trout streams.
A lifelong outdoorsman who lives in McKean County, Neely said it’s time for Pennsylvania to rethink its hatchery culture and let self-sustaining salmonids thrive. Now 70, he recently launched the Pennsylvania Wild Trout Coalition to gain support for his mission.
“I want the great white fleet off our wild trout streams,” he said. “Let nature raise the fish.”
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The recent landmark Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision – ruling that warrantless searches of private property by state game wardens and state waterways conservation officers violate the state Constitution – may have far-reaching consequences.
The precedent-setting, 7-0 decision, rendered July 21, rejects the long-established open fields doctrine and provides property owners with a greater right to privacy than does the U.S. Constitution.
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Penn State entomologist Michael Skvarla is glad to have taken part in a clinical trial for a Lyme disease vaccine that Pfizer and Valneva are hoping to bring to market.
In his work, Skvarla is exposed to all kinds of bugs including blacklegged ticks, which spread Lyme and other serious infections.
“I’m in the field a lot so I’m at really high risk,” Skvarla said, noting he has gotten more than a few tick bites over the years.
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Yellow Breeches Creek in Pennsylvania’s Cumberland County was so warm July 17 TCO Fly Shop was advising anglers to go instead to one of the local spring creeks for trout – or better yet, to head to the Susquehanna River for smallmouth bass.
The company had similar advice about Tulpehocken and Valley creeks and urged anglers to check water temperatures before fishing limestone-fed waters like Spring Creek and Penns Creek for wild trout.
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Bass tournaments at Octoraro Lake in Chester and Lancaster counties sometimes come with a bonus – a side pot for northern snakeheads. The sleek, hard-fighting fish has acquired a following since it first surfaced in the 622-acre reservoir in the summer of 2018.
“We have casual snakehead anglers, and die-hards, and at least a dozen bowhunters,” said Jim Neary, owner of his namesake tackle shop on the lake. “A lot of guys get snakehead fever when they’re fishing for bass with spinnerbaits and topwaters.”
Pennsylvania anglers like snakeheads, which has helped the invasives spread Read More »
David Argent’s first fishing rod was one he crafted himself from a stick, a piece of found fishing line, and a hook fashioned from a nail.
He was 8 years old and on a family outing at Moraine State Park, in Butler County, Pa. “My father had a rod for himself and I wanted to participate, so I took the initiative,” recalled Argent, 55, who managed to catch a few bluegills and bass on his jury-rigged gear. “It blossomed from there.”
Although it may not have moved yet beyond the American southwest, Pennsylvania officials are taking measures to protect against a new and potentially devastating threat to livestock and wildlife – the flesh-eating new world screwworm (NWS).
While federal agriculture officials work to contain a growing outbreak in Texas and New Mexico, Pennsylvania agriculture secretary Russell Redding ordered a quarantine June 9 to try to keep the potentially deadly parasite from wreaking havoc here.
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