UTERJanuary
Winter trout
Limestone creeks.
The Susquehanna to the limestone creeks
Pennsylvania freshwater fishing
What's biting in Pennsylvania freshwater in October: striped bass, white perch and largemouth bass at their peak, with bluegill, sauger and channel catfish around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 23 fish here month by month, from Susquehanna River to Delaware River.
Pre-spawn browns
Limestone spring creeks, stocked trout everywhere, Susquehanna smallmouth, Raystown's stripers, the Delaware's shad, and the Lake Erie steelhead (see Lake Erie).
Susquehanna RiverSpring CreekLetort Spring RunRaystown LakeAllegheny RiverDelaware River
Updated
Now · October
Pre-spawn browns
Streamers.
Smallmouth bassBrown troutRainbow troutWalleyeMuskellunge (muskie)Largemouth bass
This month here
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Striped bass
White perch
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Black crappie (speck)
Yellow perch
Walleye
Northern pike
Muskellunge (muskie)
Chain pickerel
Blue catfish
Flathead catfish
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Pre-spawn browns chase streamers
Brook trout
Northern snakehead
Bluegill
Sauger
Channel catfish
Brown bullhead
Common carp
Longnose gar
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Ice fishing
Northern lakes.
March
Pre-opener
Stocking.
April
Opening day
Statewide.
May
Shad on the Delaware
Darts.
June
Susquehanna smallmouth
Beds.
July
River smallmouth
Wading.
August
Night browns
Spring creeks.
September
Fall
Smallmouth.
October · now
Pre-spawn browns
Streamers.
November
Muskie
Pymatuning.
December
Winter
Trout.
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