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Fishing

Pittsburgh Region

  • Keystone Bass Buddy Circuit
    http://www.kbass.com/
    KBBC is a non-profit fishing tournament organization, the largest and most progressive tournament organization in the state of Pennsylvania.
  • Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
    http://www.fish.state.pa.us/
    • Pittsburgh's 3 Rivers
      Includes an Allegheny County fishing and boating map and informative articles about fishing in the region from PA Angler & Boater magazine [all in PDF].

  • Pennsylvania Southwest Bassmen
    http://www.paswb.com/
    Established in 1976, they are one of Pennsylvania's oldest clubs affiliated with National B.A.S.S. and the PA B.A.S.S. Federation. They are currently centered around the town of Saltsburg, PA, but their membership spreads through out Western Pennsylvania and into Ohio, and they primarily fish the waters of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and New York.
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Outdoors Section
    http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/outdoors/
    Includes many articles on fishing from the Sunday Sports issue, including "Tidbits" which lists outdoor clubs (especially sportsmen's clubs) and events with associated links. It also includes a "Fishing Report" periodically during the fishing season.
  • Tribune Review Sports: Outdoors
    http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/outdoors/
    Articles from the Sunday edition of the Tribune Review on hunting and fishing.
  • Trout Unlimited, Mountain Laurel Chapter
    http://www.mltu.org/
    a volunteer cold water preservation and enhancement group located in the Cambria, Somerset & Bedford Counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
  • Trout Unlimited, Penn's Woods West Chapter
    http://www.pwwtu.org/
    Founded in 1963, Penn's Woods West is the largest chapter in the state and one of the largest in the country.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District
    http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/
    • Lake Information
      Daily pool and outflow levels, safety messages, recreation information, special events and fishing information are available as recorded telephone messages at most of their reservoir projects.

Pennsylvania

  • Fish Erie!
    http://www.fishusa.com/FishErie/
    Information about fishing in the Pennsylvania waters of Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay, and the Pennsylvania streams in the Lake Erie watershed.
  • PAHuntandFish.com
    http://www.pahuntandfish.com/
    Here's another site from the Commonwealth's 100% Pennsylvania Experience. Use it to get general information about hunting, fishing, and nature watching in the 6 regions of Pennsylvania. For additional information, the site will link you off to the Pennsylvania Game Commission website which will link you off to yet another separate domain called The Outdoor Shop to enable you to purchase your hunting and fishing licenses online (as well as books, patches, prints, etc).
  • Pennsylvania B.A.S.S Federation
    http://www.pabass.com/
    PA B.A.S.S. Federation is a non-profit organization made up of 7 districts with 102 bass fishing clubs and 1518 members in Pennsylvania. Southwestern Pennsylvania is in District 5. The website lists BASS clubs in each district.
  • Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
    http://www.fish.state.pa.us/
    WOW! They now have a directory to Pennsylvania fishes online! You can also get information on fish licenses.
  • Pennsylvania Fly Fishing
    http://www.paflyfish.com/
    This website by David Kile includes a database of stream reports by anglers, lists of approved trout streams by county, state fishing regulations, a message board, links, and information on books of interest.
  • Pennsylvania Taxidermist Association
    http://www.pataxidermy.com/
    Members include taxidermists, novices and aspiring taxidermists.
  • Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited
    http://www.patrout.org/
    This is the state chapter of the national Trout Unlimited, representing 11,000 members in 57 Trout Unlimited Chapters across the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited has one common goal: the conservation and enhancement of Pennsylvania's cold water streams and fisheries, and specifically our wild trout resources .

Nearby States

United States

  • Bassmaster
    http://espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/
    The online website of Bassmaster Magazine and ESPN
  • Field & Stream Magazine
    http://www.fieldandstream.com/
    Field & Stream's website contains the table of contents of the current issue, selected articles and columns.
  • Fly Fishing Connection
    http://www.flyfishingconnection.com/
    This website, based in New York, has feature articles and information on selected areas including Pennsylvania.
  • National Hunting and Fishing Day
    http://www.nhfday.org/
    NHF Day occurs the last Saturday in September and provides opportunities for everyone to learn more about outdoor skills and activities, including hands-on events for archery, firearms and muzzleloader shooting, fishing, canoeing, cooking or duck calling. Wildlife art and taxidermy, dog training, hunter and/or wildlife education and outdoor skills enhancement for camping, hiking, bird watching and photography can be found at most events.
  • Take Me Fishing
    http://www.takemefishing.org/
    A marketing initiative from the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation. On their website you can find out the basics about fishing as well as places to fish.
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service
    http://www.fws.gov/
    major responsibilities are: migratory birds, endangered species, certain marine mammals, freshwater and anadromous fish, the National Wildlife Refuge System, wetlands, conserving habitat, and environmental contaminants.

International

  • Catch Fishing
    http://www.catchfishing.com/
    Canada’s Catch Fishing Program is a national awareness campaign aimed at making it easy for Canadians and visitors to enjoy fishing. It is hosted by the Canadian National Sportfishing Foundation.