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    Seasons, Sizes and Creel Limits

    Father and Daughter Trout Fishing along a forest stream

    Commonwealth Inland Waters

    Seasons, minimum size and daily creel limits for Pennsylvania inland waters game fish.

    Commonwealth Inland Waters
    Close-up of a person holding a smallmouth bass while standing out in a stream

    Big Bass Program

    Special regulations applied to Largemouth, Smallmouth and Spotted Bass in various lakes and waterways.

    Big Bass Program
    Photo of a wide shot of geese swimming on Pymatuning Reservoir

    Pymatuning and Conowingo Reservoirs

    Seasons, minimum sizes and daily creel limits for the Pymatuning and Conowingo Reservoirs

    Pymatuning and Conowingo
    Two PFBC Biologists each holding a large Striped bass while surveying the Delaware Estuary.

    Delaware River and Estuary

    Seasons, sizes and daily creel limits for the Delaware River and Delaware River tributaries.

    Delaware River and Estuary
    A group of anglers lined up along the Lake Erie shoreline fishing for steelhead

    Lake Erie

    Seasons, minimum sizes and daily creel limits applied to Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay and peninsular waters, and all Lake Erie tributaries in their entirety.

    Lake Erie
    Close-up of a person holding a black crappie caught in F.J. Sayers Lake at Bald Eagle State Park

    Panfish Enhancement Program

    Regulations intended to increase the number, quality and size of panfish through the use of minimum length limits on specific species of panfish.

    Panfish Enhancement Program
    Overview shot of Penns Creek during the fall season

    Miscellaneous Waters

    Special regulations applied to fish species in designated areas

    Miscellaneous Waters

    Reptiles and Amphibians

    Seasons, minimum sizes, daily limits and possession limits for specific species of frogs, turtles, and snakes.

    Reptiles and Amphibians