Pay lakes in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 19 pay lakes; 6 stock bass; listed day prices run $9 to $10; 3 charge by the pound.
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Do you need a fishing license at a pay lake in Pennsylvania?
It depends. No PA fishing license is needed at a Class A regulated fishing lake (public fee-fishing lake), with no size/season/creel limits; a license is required at Class B lakes and unlicensed pay ponds.
Pennsylvania licenses pay lakes through its Regulated Fishing Lake License - Class A and Class B (30 Pa.C.S. §§ 3101-3106), run by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC). The license rule depends on the lake holding that state license, so ask the lake if you are unsure.
"Persons patronizing a Class A regulated fishing lake may catch, kill, and possess fish without regard to size, season or possession limit and need not possess a Pennsylvania fishing license."
Source: PFBC - Apply for a Regulated Lake Fishing License, checked November 2026. Compare every state on our pay lake license rules page.
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