The Pocono Mounatins
Endless Water, All year Round!
There are thousands of miles of trout water scattered throughout the Pocono Mountain region and beyond. Whether you’re fishing a three foot wide native brook trout stream or a large freestone river, the trout possibilities in the Pocono Mountains are endless. You can fish a spring creek one day, a freestone river the next, then top it off with a cold tailwater river.
The Pocono Mountains are fishable throughout the year, but mostly rely on weather patterns. You can hope for good fishing in the spring and early summer with streamers, nymphs and dry flies. The summer can get tricky as our rivers usually drop in flow and warm up. If the fall brings precipitation, the fishing should pick back up before slowing down in the winter. Over the years, I’ve found it harder to rely on the Pocono Mountain streams to fish consistently. Use caution when fishing in the Poconos, and check your river levels and water temps before casting line.
All about the Trout
Most of our rivers in the Pocono Mountains are stocked with rainbow, brown, and brook trout. However, there are plenty of trout streams that support wild brown trout. Wild browns are common in many east coast trout rivers. Pennsylvania’s state fish, the native brook trout, can be caught in many of the smaller mountain creeks throughout the commonwealth. They might be small, but they’re beautiful.
The Lehigh River
The Lehigh River below Francis E. Walter Dam is a fun trout fishery. It’s both stocked with rainbow and brown trout, while maintaining and growing its population of wild brown trout. This large, boisterous river flows from the dam, through a very scenic, nearly impassable gorge, before calming down near the town of Lehighton. From there the Lehigh River continues to widen and slow down before entering the lower Delaware River.
The Lehigh River provides great fly fishing opportunities for stocked and wild trout most of the year. Usually by Memorial Day they start releasing warm water from the top of the Dam for white water rafting. This activity takes the river over by late spring and early summer. Before that you can catch trout on nymphs, streamers, and dry flies.
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