COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES - 2018 DELAWARE RIVER BASIN Belmont Lake (Wayne Entire Lake Rock Bass 1 meal/month Mercury Beltzville Lake (Beltzville State Park) Entire Lake (Carbon Broadhead Creek (Monroe Entire Basin Rock Bass Bushkill Creek (Monroe and Pike Entire Basin American eel - 4 - Chester Creek (Delaware Confluence of W. Br. Chester Ck. To Mouth Darby Creek (Delaware and Philadelphia Entire Basin Delaware River Source to Trenton, NJ- Rock bass Morrisville, PA bridge > 17 1 meal/month Delaware Estuary, including the tidal Trenton, NJ-Morrisville, PA White perch portion of all PA tributaries and the Schuylkill River to the Fairmount Dam (Bucks, Philadelphia, & Delaware Bridge to PA/DE border Flathead catfish Striped bass > 28 6 meals/year PCB American eel Do Not Eat PCB Hickory Lake (Wayne Entire Lake Large bass Lake Maskenozha (Pike Entire Lake Lake Wallenpaupack (Pike & Wayne Entire Lake 1 meal/month Mercury Lake Towhee (Bucks Entire Lake Large bass 2 meals /month Mercury Lehigh River (Northampton Confluence of Saucon Creek to American eel Little Neshaminy Creek (Bucks Entire Basin Long Pond (Wayne Entire Lake 1 meal/month Mercury Marsh Creek Lake (Chester Entire Lake Large bass Miller Pond (Wayne Entire Lake Chain pickerel 1 meal/month Mercury Large bass 2 meals/month Promised Land Lake (Promised Land State Entire Lake Large bass Park) (Pike Prompton Reservoir (W. Br. Lackawaxen River) (Wayne Red Clay Creek (Chester Schuylkill River (Schuylkill Schuylkill River (Schuylkill & Berks Confluence of Mahannon Cr. at Landingville to Kernsville Dam Schuylkill River (Berks Kernsville Dam to Maiden Creek Entire Lake Large bass 1 meal/month Mercury 2 meals/month Entire Basin (except East American eel Branch Red Clay Creek) Confluence of Mill Cr. at Trout Port Carbon to Auburn Dam Brown bullhead
Schuylkill River (Berks, Chester, & Montgomery Schuylkill River (Chester, Montgomery, & Philadelphia Schuylkill River (Berks, Chester, Montgomery & Philadelphia Confluence of Maiden Creek to Black Rock Dam above Phoenixville Black Rock Dam to Fairmount Dam in Philadelphia Confluence of Maiden Creek to Fairmount Dam 6 meals/year PCB Do Not Eat PCB American eel 1 meal/month Flathead catfish Corbicula (Asiatic clam) *The harvest of live mussels and clams in Pennsylvania is prohibited. American eel Do Not Eat PCB 1 meal/month Shohola Lake (Pike Entire Lake Large bass 1 meal/month Mercury Stairway Pond (Pike Entire Pond Large bass Tobyhanna Creek (Carbon and Monroe Pocono Lake dam to Valley Creek at Valley Forge (Chester Entire Basin Brown trout * No Harvest PFBC Catch & Release All Tackle Regulation West Branch Brandywine Creek (Chester From business Rt. 30 American eel (Lincoln Highway) in Coatesville to confluence of Buck Run West Branch Schuylkill River (Schuylkill Entire Basin Brook trout White Clay Creek Entire Basin American eel White Oak Pond (Wayne Entire Lake Large bass SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN Beechwood Lake (Tioga Entire Lake Large bass Black Moshannon State Park Lake (Centre Entire Lake Chain pickerel 1 meal/month Mercury Bearwallow Pond (Sullivan Entire Lake Large bass Chain pickerel Brady s Lake (Monroe Entire Lake Chain pickerel 6 meals/year Mercury 1 meal/month Chemung River (Bradford NY/PA border to 1 meal/month Conestoga River (Lancaster Slackwater to Rock bass Cowanesque River and Reservoir (Tioga Entire Basin Black crappie Large bass 1 meal/month - 5 -
First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek-George B. Stevenson Dam (Sinnemahoning State Park) (Cameron & Potter First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek (Cameron Entire Lake Large bass George B. Stevenson Dam to - 6 - Francis Slocum Lake (Luzerne Entire Lake Large bass Hunters Lake (Sullivan Entire Lake Large bass Jacks Creek (Mifflin Paintersville Bridge to Bluegill Rock bass Fallfish Kettle Creek Lake (Kettle Creek State Park) (Clinton Entire Lake Large bass Black crappie Kettle Creek (Clinton Alvin R. Bush Dam to Lackawanna Lake (Lackawanna State Park) (Lackawanna Entire Lake Large bass Lake Jean (UNT Kitchen Cr.) (Ricketts Entire Lake Glen State Park, Sullivan and Luzerne Chain pickerel Large bass 1 meal/month Mercury 2 meals/month Lake Makoma (Mill Cr.) (Sullivan Entire Lake Large bass Lake Winola (Wyoming Entire Lake Large bass Laurel Lake (Cumberland Entire Lake Large bass Lily Lake (Luzerne Entire Lake Large bass Little Pine Creek (Clinton Entire Basin Yellow Perch 2 meals/ month Mercury Logan Branch (Centre Axemann to Brown trout Lyman Run Reservoir (Potter Entire Lake Large bass 1 meal/month Mercury Maple Lake (Lackawanna Entire Lake Chain pickerel McWilliams Reservoir (Northumberland and Columbia Mountain Mud Pond (Merli_Sarnoski Park) (Lackawanna Pine Creek (Tioga Entire Reservoir Large bass Entire lake Large bass Confluence of Painter Run to confluence of Fourmile Run near Colton Point State Park Shumans Lake (Sullivan Entire Lake Chain pickerel Silver Lake (Susquehanna Entire Lake Large bass Stephen Foster Lake (Bradford Entire Lake Large bass Sugar Creek (Bradford Confluence of Bailey Run to Sunfish Pond (Bradford Entire Pond Large bass Susquehanna River (Susquehanna Entire section in PA from the NY border above Starrucca Fallfish Creek to the NY border below Great Bend Susquehanna River (Bradford and Wyoming NY border above Sayre to PA Route 92 bridge at Falls 1 meal/month Mercury
Susquehanna River (Wyoming, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Columbia, Northumberland, and Montour Susquehanna River (Snyder, Northumberland, Juniata, Perry, Dauphin, Cumberland, York, and Lancaster PA Route 92 bridge at Falls to confluence with West Branch West Branch to PA/MD border Do Not Eat PCB Quillback and 1 meal/month > 20 Tioga Reservoir (Tioga Entire Reservior Large bass Towanda Creek (Bradford Confluence of Schrader Creek to Trindle Spring Run (locally Silver Spring Run) (Cumberland Tunkhannock Creek (Wyoming Tuscarora Creek (Juniata West Branch Susquehanna River (Clinton, Lycoming, Union & Northumberland Silver Spring Meeting House to (approx. 1 mile) Confluence of South Branch to SR 3008 bridge above Port Royal to Bald Eagle Creek to Confluence with Susquehanna River All trout White Deer Creek (Union I-80 bridge to Brown trout Wyalusing Creek (Bradford SR 0706 bridge at Camptown to Yellow Breeches Creek (Cumberland SR 3017 bridge at Huntsdale to confluence of Spruce Run Brown trout OHIO RIVER BASIN Allegheny River (McKean Allegheny Reservoir (Warren & McKean Allegheny River (Warren, Forest & Venango Allegheny River (Armstrong Allegheny River (Armstrong Allegheny River (Armstrong & Allegheny Allegheny River (Allegheny Allegheny River (Allegheny Allegheny River (Allegheny Confluence of Potato Creek to PA/NY border 1 meal/month Mercury Entire Lake Kinzua Dam to confluence of Witherup Run at St. George Small Bass Pool 6 - Lock & Dam 7 to Lock & Dam 6 Pool 5 - Lock & Dam 6 to Lock & Dam 5 Pool 4 - Lock & Dam 5 to Lock & Dam 4 Pool 3 - Lock & Dam 4 to Lock & Dam 3 Pool 2 - Lock & Dam 3 to Lock & Dam 2 Lock & Dam 2 to See Ohio River (Allegheny and Beaver Montgomery Lock & Dam on the Ohio River - 7 -
Beaver River (Lawrence & Beaver Confluence of Mahoning and Small Bass Shenango Rivers to Do Not Eat PCB Beaver Run Reservoir (Westmoreland Entire Lake Large bass Brokenstraw Creek (Warren Confluence of Hare Creek to Chartiers & Little Chartiers Creeks Chartiers Creek - Canonsburg Large bass (Allegheny & Washington to Do Not Eat L. Chartiers Creek - Canonsburg Lake dam to 6 meals/year Chapman Dam Reservoir (Warren Entire Lake Large bass Clarion River (Clarion, Clearfield & Elk Clarion River (Clarion Conemaugh River (Indiana &Westmoreland Entire Basin upstream of Piney Dam Confluence of Canoe Creek above Callensburg to confluence of Turkey Run Conemaugh Lake dam to - 8 - Conewango Creek (Warren NY/PA border to Conneaut Lake (Crawford Entire Lake Large bass Northern pike 1 meal/month Crystal Lake (Crawford Entire Lake Large bass 1 meal/month Mercury Dunkard Creek (Greene Confluence of Toms Run to confluence of Roberts Run Large bass Dunkard Creek (Greene SR 2021 bridge to East Branch Lake (E. Br. Clarion River) Entire Lake (Elk Eaton Reservoir (Erie Entire Lake Large bass Edinboro Lake (Erie Entire Lake Large bass French Creek (Erie, Crawford, Mercer, & Venango Entire Mainstem Justus Lake (Venango Entire Lake Large bass Lake Canadohta (Crawford Entire Lake Large bass Lake LeBoeuf (Erie Entire Lake Muskellunge 1 meal/month Mercury Large bass 2 meals/month Lake Pleasant (Erie Entire Lake Large bass 1 meal/month Mercury Lopez Pond (Sullivan Entire Lake Yellow Perch Mahoning River (Lawrence Entire portion in PA 6 meals/year PCB Monongahela River (Fayette & Greene Point Marion Lock & Dam to Maxwell Lock & Dam Do Not Eat
Monongahela River (Fayette & Washington Monongahela River (Allegheny, Washington & Westmoreland Monongahela River (Allegheny Monongahela River (Allegheny Ohio River (Allegheny and Beaver Ohio River (Beaver Pool 4 - Maxwell Lock & Dam to Lock & Dam 4 Pool 3 - Lock & Dam 4 to Lock & Dam 3 Pool 2 - Lock & Dam 3 to Lock & Dam 2 From Lock & Dam 2 to the See Ohio River (Allegheny and Beaver Montgomery Lock & Dam on the Ohio River From Lock & Dam 2 on the Black crappie Monongahela River and Lock White crappie & Dam 2 on the Allegheny Freshwater drum River to the Montgomery Large bass Lock and Dam Spotted bass Based on advisories issued by Sauger Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Flathead catfish Hybrid Striped bass White bass <18 >18 From Montgomery Lock and Dam to the state border Black crappie White crappie 6 meals/year Do Not Eat Based on advisories issued by Flathead catfish Ohio River Valley Water Large bass Sanitation Commission Spotted bass Freshwater drum Sauger 6 meals/year < 18" Hybrid Striped bass White bass > 18" Do Not Eat Oil Creek (Venango SR 1004 bridge at Petroleum Center to Shenango River (Mercer & Lawrence Pymatuning Dam to Shenango Reservoir Shenango River (Mercer & Lawrence Shenango Reservoir Dam to - 9 - Channel Catfish All Species Do Not Eat PCB Sugar Lake (Crawford Entire Lake Large bass Tamarack Lake (Crawford Entire Lake Muskellunge 1 meal/month Mercury 2 meals/month Tionesta Creek (Warren and Forest SR 0666 bridge at Henrys Mills to Tionesta Reservoir dam
Tionesta Reservoir (Forest Entire Lake Traverse Creek (Beaver Tunungwant Creek (McKean Source to dam in Raccoon State Park Confluence of East and West Branches to PA/NY border Large bass Union City Reservoir (Erie Entire Lake Large bass West Branch Caldwell Creek (Warren Youghiogheny Lake (Fayette and Somerset Youghiogheny River (Fayette and Somerset Entire Basin Brown trout Entire Lake Youghiogheny Lake dam to confluence of Lick Run LAKE ERIE BASIN Lake Erie (Erie Open Waters Coho salmon* Steelhead* (Rainbow trout) Brown trout* White perch White bass Lake whitefish < 20" Freshwater drum Lake trout < 30 > 20" Do Not Eat PCB Lake trout > 30 Lake Erie (Erie Presque Isle Bay Northern pike White perch Freshwater drum Bowfin Coho salmon* Steelhead* (Rainbow Trout) Brown Trout* Conneaut Creek (Erie SR 0215 bridge to PA/OH border * Salmon and trout are migratory. They may be found seasonally in Presque Isle Bay or Lake Erie tributary streams. Trout, salmon and other fish, whether caught in the lake or tributaries, should be treated as Lake Erie fish. POTOMAC RIVER BASIN * There are currently no advisories for the Potomac River Basin, however the statewide advisory of 1 meal/week does apply to all waters throughout the Commonwealth including the Potomac River Basin. - 10 -