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    Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

    National Safe Boating Week (May 17-23, 2025) reminds all boaters to brush up on boating safety skills and prepare for the boating season. Join in on the fun with our upcoming boating events held all across Pennsylvania.

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    Learn About Boating Safety
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    Know Before You Go

    Get the details on when and where you can cast a line or launch your boat in Pennsylvania.

    Musky caught in a net while PBFC biologist survey Canoe Creek Lake

    Fishing Regulations

    Fishing seasons, minimum sizes, creel limits and regulations for specific waterways.

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    Boating Regulations

    Boating safety and regulations for powered and unpowered boats

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    Meet Rock & Log

    Join our new animated friends, Rock & Log, on their adventures across Pennsylvania's waterways.

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    PFBC Presents: Rock & Log. PFBC's animated characters picturing a cartoon rock and log
    Three friends wearing life jackets are laughing and having fun while kayaking along a stream in Central Pennsylvania.

    Explore PA Waters

    For those who haven’t experienced the thrill of feeling a tug on the end of their fishing line or the peace of a meandering paddle trip, learn the basics on some of the best ways to take to Pennsylvania's 86,000 miles of flowing water. 

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    Angler & Boater Magazine

    The "Keystone State's Official Fishing and Boating Magazine!"

    Read up on the latest information on fishing hotspots, types of fishing, boating locations and so much more!

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    National Safe Boating Week

    May 17 - 23, 2025

    National Safe Boating Week reminds all boaters to brush up on boating safety skills and prepare for the boating season.

    Check out our list of boating events held all across Pennsylvania.