Trout season in Pennsylvania kicks off Saturday, April 3 beginning at 8am.
To give anglers options for overnight stays at state parks, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced that 16 additional state parks will be available for camping ahead of opening day.
“We know how trout fishing and state park camping often go hand in hand and we are doing our best to facilitate these traditional recreational pursuits,” Dunn said. “This is a one-time extension reflecting pandemic-related changes to trout season’s opening day set forth by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.”
In western Pennsylvania, the parks new to the list include Parker Dam in Clearfield County, Ohiopyle in Fayette County, Clear Creek in Jefferson County and Chapman in Warren County.
Other parks in our region already on the list include Raccoon Creek in Beaver County, Ryerson Station in Greene County, Kooser and Laurel Hill in Somerset County and Keystone in Westmoreland County.
Campers will be able to stay in the parks beginning April 2 for Opening Day on April 3. On March 27, there will be a statewide Mentored Youth Trout Fishing Day.
See the full list of state parks available for camping during fishing season below.
Caledonia, Franklin County
Chapman, Warren County
Clear Creek, Jefferson County
Colonel Denning, Cumberland County
Cowans Gap, Fulton County
Fowlers Hollow, Perry County
Frances Slocum, Luzerne County
French Creek, Berks County
Greenwood Furnace, Huntingdon County
Hickory Run, Carbon County
Hyner Run, Clinton County
Kettle Creek, Clinton County
Keystone, Westmoreland County
Kooser, Somerset County
Lackawanna, Lackawanna County
Laurel Hill, Somerset County
Little Buffalo, Perry County
Little Pine, Lycoming County
Locust Lake, Schuylkill County
Lyman Run, Potter County
Ohiopyle, Fayette County
Ole Bull, Potter County
Parker Dam, Clearfield County
Penn Roosevelt, Centre County
Pine Grove Furnace, Cumberland County
Promised Land, Pike County
Raccoon Creek, Beaver County
R.B. Winter, Union County
Reeds Gap, Mifflin County
Ryerson Station, Greene County
Sinnemahoning,Cameron and Potter counties
Sizerville, Potter County
Trough Creek, Huntingdon County
Worlds End*, Sullivan County