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State of the Waters · Keystone State

Pennsylvania Water Levels & the Daily Bite

Live pool levels for Pennsylvania's great reservoirs — the Corps lakes and the utility ponds from Lake Erie to the Poconos. Every tube shows the normal full pool, the current level, the lake's two signature fish (hover for the species, click for 2026 tournaments), and a live bite gauge at left. Scroll down for the Lehigh & Little Juniata trout waters, the catfish rivers, and the Susquehanna & Delaware smallmouth floats.

Fetching live readings…
Pick how you're using the water today — jump to live conditions:
🎣 Fishing another state?  Step 1: pick it Step 2: how you use the water
Flood / above normal At normal pool Below normal Current level Bite gauge: slow → hot (solunar)

Hover a fish for its species · click a fish to search that lake's 2026 tournaments

Each cylinder is scaled to its own operating band: the gold line is normal full (conservation) pool, the red line is the flood / above-normal line, and the blue water is the live reading. Where a Pennsylvania reservoir has a live federal gauge it reads true lake elevation (ft MSL); utility & water-supply lakes show the most recent published pool. The colored bar at left is a solunar bite forecast for right now at each lake (red = slow, green = hot).

Trout Tailwaters — Cold Water Below the Dams

Pennsylvania's coldwater runs deep: the Lehigh and Youghiogheny tailwaters plus the fabled limestone Little Juniata and Tulpehocken — wild and stocked brown and rainbow trout. The cylinder shows live flow (cfs), low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.

The limestoners fish year-round; on the Lehigh & Youghiogheny check the dam-release schedule before wading — generation raises the river fast.

River Catfish — Warm-Water Rivers

Big flathead and channel catfish hold on the Ohio at Pittsburgh and the Susquehanna at Harrisburg. Live river stage (ft) from NOAA with the action and flood stages marked — rising, off-color water after a rain turns the cats on. Hover a cat for the species; tap it for a guide.

Float Rivers — Paddle & Wade

The Susquehanna and Juniata are two of America's best smallmouth rivers, with the Allegheny and Delaware close behind. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT (minimum floatable), EXPERT (high water) and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.

These rivers are flashy — they jump fast after rain and drop just as quick; the Allegheny below Kinzua runs on dam release.

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