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    Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

    Join us on Saturday, March 29th for Mentored Youth Trout Day! With a Voluntary Youth License or Mentored Youth Permit, anglers under the age of 16 can fish PA's stocked trout waters ahead of the Opening Day of trout season.

    Get a Mentored Youth Trout Fishing Permit
    View Trout Stocking Schedule (opens in a new tab)
    Mother and young son holding fishing rods sit on a forest bank overlooking Fuller Lake.

    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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    Family of four, all wearing life jackets, enjoying a boat ride on the Susquehanna River

    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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    Mission Mondays

    Mondays in
    February and March

    Join Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission biologists for a series of virtual lunch-and-learn programs to learn more about the core of our mission to protect, conserve and enhance the Commonwealth’s aquatic resources. 

    Mandatory Life Jacket Wear

    November 1 through April 30

    Life jackets are required to be worn by each person onboard canoes, kayaks, paddleboards and all boats less than 16 feet in length from November 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025.

    Close-up of a woman buckling her life jacket