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    All About PA Fish

    Man holding a brook trout above the stream water and fishing net

    Catch PA Fish

    Learn all about Pennsylvania's popular game fish! From fishing tips to interactive maps of where you can target these fish.

    Catch PA Fish
    Kirk Rudzinski on a boat holding up his 3 lb. 0 oz Pennsylvania State Record Yellow Perch

    Pennsylvania State Record Fish

    View the current state record holders in Pennsylvania for our popular sports fish.

    Pennsylvania State Record Fish

    Additional References

    ​Popular Sport Fishes of PA
    Where, how and when to catch popular game fishes.

    Pennsylvania Fishes Reference Book
    A "textbook" of information on Pennsylvania’s common fishes, providing fish life histories, biology/ecology descriptions, general identification and distribution.  

    Biologist Reports
    Surveys of streams and lakes by Commission fisheries biologists to document fish populations, etc.

    Threatened and Endangered Species
    Information about Pennsylvania's endangered and threatened species.

    Consumption Advisories - under "Public Health Advisories" of the PA Summary Book
    Public health advisory on consumption of caught sport fish.

    Species by Watershed Approved for Open System (Flow Through) Propagation and Introductions
    Fish species that can be legally introduced into PA waters.