East Branch Antietam Creek is a freestone river in Pennsylvania, listed as Catch and release by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
The nearest USGS gauge on the same stream system is shown, labelled; Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission lists 1 species. 2 guides and 1 shop nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Carlisle & the Cumberland Valley.
East Branch Antietam Creek is a freestone river in Pennsylvania. Our destination hub Carlisle & the Cumberland Valley is 34 mi away in a straight line.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
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Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of East Branch Antietam Creek: gauges, shops and guides
Map of East Branch Antietam Creek with 1 USGS gauge.
Restrooms within 2 miles of East Branch Antietam Creek in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of 2 restrooms near East Branch Antietam Creek
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 2 restrooms near East Branch Antietam Creek, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Catch and releaseLetort Spring Run from a bridge on the Letort Spring Run Nature Trail, Carlisle. Photo: Morsea24, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pennsylvania · about 34 mi
Catch and releaseFishing on Yellow Breeches Creek at Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. Photo: Staecker, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Pennsylvania · about 45 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Falling Spring BranchThe Little Juniata River at the 1898 Birmingham Bridge, near Birmingham, Pennsylvania (black-and-white survey photograph). Photo: Jet Lowe, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Falling Spring Branch.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Green Spring CreekSunrise on Penns Creek, Union County, Pennsylvania. Photo: WiiWillieWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Green Spring Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 27 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Big Spring CreekSpring Creek in Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Big Spring Creek.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Codorus CreekLittle Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pennsylvania, upstream from Lehigh Street. Photo: Tim Kiser ( w:User:Malepheasant ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Not Codorus Creek.
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Catch-and-Release Fly-Fishing Only list (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
On the Catch-and-Release Fly-Fishing Only list (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
On the Class A Wild Trout Waters list (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
5.6 of 15 mi on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Fayetteville, PA · 11 mi
Beginners & lessons · Letort Spring Run & Yellow Breeches
Nearby
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), illustration by Duane Raver for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
8 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
Blue Quill (April) · Hendrickson (April) · Quill Gordon (April) · Green drake (May) · Mayflies (best hatches) (May) · Mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (June to September) · and 2 more on the chart
Carlisle sits in the Cumberland Valley of south-central Pennsylvania, where the LeTort Spring Run flows through town; the Yellow Breeches runs past Boiling Springs to the south-east, Big Spring Creek and Green Spring Creek rise near Newville to the west, and Falling Spring Branch flows through Chambersburg further down the valley.
Destination hub · 34 mi away in a straight line
Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.
At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.
Like the East Branch Antietam Creek? Same fish, overseas.
Flagship waterDaybreak on the Nipigon River. Photo: Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverThe Sava Dolinka below the confluence with Beli potok. Photo: Savinjc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Clarence LagoonPenstock Lagoon, Central Highlands, Tasmania. Photo: Mike Cline, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clarence Lagoon.
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Laguna ParrillarThe Río Simpson passing Coyhaique, Aysén. Photo: Manxuc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Laguna Parrillar.
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Lake PlimsollLake Burbury in the late afternoon, from the Lyell Highway. Photo: WikiWookie, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Plimsoll.
Southern seasons open while ours close.
Flagship waterRepresentative photo · not Penstock LagoonArthurs Lake, Tasmania. Photo: Lcham67, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Penstock Lagoon.
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Río PetrohuéThe Río Puelo at Las Gualas, Cochamó. Photo: Nicolás from seno de reloncaví, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Río Petrohué.
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Lago LlanquihueThe Río Petrohué near Puerto Varas, Los Lagos. Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lago Llanquihue.
Lake or reservoir
Flagship waterRepresentative photo · not Mataura RiverThe Oreti River near Lumsden, Southland. Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mataura River.
Flagship waterGreat Lake, Tasmania. Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.
7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
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A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “East Branch Antietam Creek”, halfway along its length in Pennsylvania, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Caution: Rising water: fishable, but watch the level
No water temperature here.
At ANTIETAM CREEK NEAR WAYNESBORO, PA (USGS 01619000). No gauge on East Branch Antietam Creek. Nearest: ANTIETAM CREEK NEAR WAYNESBORO, PA (6.4 mi away), on the river it flows into. East Branch Antietam Creek's own flow is not measured. Provisional USGS data
USGS 01619000 · NWS WANP1
No gauge on East Branch Antietam Creek. Nearest: ANTIETAM CREEK NEAR WAYNESBORO, PA (6.4 mi away), on the river it flows into. East Branch Antietam Creek's own flow is not measured.
What the agencies suggest
Stand back from the shoreline and be aware of surroundingsRhode Island Department of Environmental Management
General guidance from the readings and the published lines named above, not a fishing forecast. Local rules and closures come first.
Reading Nov 5, 7:45 PM EST · provisional USGS data
Normal for Nov 5 Rising · 24 h Below NWS action stage
Discharge, last 7 days: 169 readings from Oct 29, 8:45 PM EDT to Nov 5, 7:45 PM EST; ranging 24.6 to 34 ft³/s; latest 34 ft³/s.
USGS provisional data may be revised. Source: USGS instantaneous values.
| Time | Discharge (ft³/s) | Gauge height (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 7:45 PM EST | 34 | 2.24 |
| Nov 5, 6:45 PM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 5, 5:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 5, 4:45 PM EST | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Nov 5, 3:45 PM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 5, 2:45 PM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 5, 1:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 5, 12:45 PM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 5, 11:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 5, 10:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 5, 9:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 5, 8:45 AM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 5, 7:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 5, 6:45 AM EST | 31.8 | 2.22 |
| Nov 5, 5:45 AM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 5, 4:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 5, 3:45 AM EST | 34 | 2.24 |
| Nov 5, 2:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 5, 1:45 AM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 5, 12:45 AM EST | 31.8 | 2.22 |
| Nov 4, 11:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 4, 10:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 4, 9:45 PM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 4, 8:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 4, 7:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 4, 6:45 PM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 4, 5:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 4, 4:45 PM EST | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Nov 4, 3:45 PM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 4, 2:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 4, 1:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 4, 12:45 PM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 4, 11:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 4, 10:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 4, 9:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 4, 8:45 AM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 4, 7:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 4, 6:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 4, 5:45 AM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 4, 4:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 4, 3:45 AM EST | 31.8 | 2.22 |
| Nov 4, 2:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 4, 1:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 4, 12:45 AM EST | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Nov 3, 11:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 3, 10:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 3, 9:45 PM EST | 31.8 | 2.22 |
| Nov 3, 8:45 PM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 3, 7:45 PM EST | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Nov 3, 6:45 PM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 3, 5:45 PM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 3, 4:45 PM EST | 34 | 2.24 |
| Nov 3, 3:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 3, 2:45 PM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 3, 1:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 3, 12:45 PM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 3, 11:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 3, 10:45 AM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 3, 9:45 AM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 3, 8:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 3, 7:45 AM EST | 25.5 | 2.16 |
| Nov 3, 6:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 3, 5:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 3, 4:45 AM EST | 25.5 | 2.16 |
| Nov 3, 3:45 AM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 3, 2:45 AM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 3, 1:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 3, 12:45 AM EST | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Nov 2, 11:45 PM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 2, 10:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 2, 9:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 2, 8:45 PM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 2, 7:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 2, 6:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 2, 5:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 2, 4:45 PM EST | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Nov 2, 3:45 PM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 2, 2:45 PM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 2, 1:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 2, 12:45 PM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 2, 11:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 2, 10:45 AM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 2, 9:45 AM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 2, 8:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 2, 7:45 AM EST | 25.5 | 2.16 |
| Nov 2, 6:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 2, 5:45 AM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 2, 4:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 2, 3:45 AM EST | 31.8 | 2.22 |
| Nov 2, 2:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 2, 1:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 2, 12:45 AM EST | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Nov 1, 11:45 PM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 1, 10:45 PM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 1, 9:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 1, 8:45 PM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 1, 7:45 PM EST | 31.8 | 2.22 |
| Nov 1, 6:45 PM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 1, 5:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 1, 4:45 PM EST | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Nov 1, 3:45 PM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 1, 2:45 PM EST | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Nov 1, 1:45 PM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 1, 12:45 PM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 1, 11:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 1, 10:45 AM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 1, 9:45 AM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 1, 8:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 1, 7:45 AM EST | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Nov 1, 6:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 1, 5:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 1, 4:45 AM EST | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Nov 1, 3:45 AM EST | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Nov 1, 2:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 1, 1:45 AM EST | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Nov 1, 1:45 AM EDT | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Nov 1, 12:45 AM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 31, 11:45 PM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 31, 10:45 PM EDT | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Oct 31, 9:45 PM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 31, 8:45 PM EDT | 31.8 | 2.22 |
| Oct 31, 7:45 PM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 31, 6:45 PM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 31, 5:45 PM EDT | 34 | 2.24 |
| Oct 31, 4:45 PM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 31, 3:45 PM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 31, 2:45 PM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 31, 1:45 PM EDT | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Oct 31, 12:45 PM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 31, 11:45 AM EDT | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Oct 31, 10:45 AM EDT | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Oct 31, 9:45 AM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 31, 8:45 AM EDT | 25.5 | 2.16 |
| Oct 31, 7:45 AM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 31, 6:45 AM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 31, 5:45 AM EDT | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Oct 31, 4:45 AM EDT | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Oct 31, 3:45 AM EDT | 24.6 | 2.15 |
| Oct 31, 2:45 AM EDT | 25.5 | 2.16 |
| Oct 31, 1:45 AM EDT | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Oct 31, 12:45 AM EDT | 25.5 | 2.16 |
| Oct 30, 11:45 PM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 30, 10:45 PM EDT | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Oct 30, 9:45 PM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 30, 8:45 PM EDT | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Oct 30, 7:45 PM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 30, 6:45 PM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 30, 5:45 PM EDT | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Oct 30, 4:45 PM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 30, 3:45 PM EDT | 29.6 | 2.2 |
| Oct 30, 2:45 PM EDT | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Oct 30, 1:45 PM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 30, 12:45 PM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 30, 11:45 AM EDT | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Oct 30, 10:45 AM EDT | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Oct 30, 9:45 AM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 30, 8:45 AM EDT | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Oct 30, 7:45 AM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 30, 6:45 AM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 30, 5:45 AM EDT | 26.5 | 2.17 |
| Oct 30, 4:45 AM EDT | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Oct 30, 3:45 AM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 30, 2:45 AM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 30, 1:45 AM EDT | 32.9 | 2.23 |
| Oct 30, 12:45 AM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 29, 11:45 PM EDT | 28.6 | 2.19 |
| Oct 29, 10:45 PM EDT | 30.7 | 2.21 |
| Oct 29, 9:45 PM EDT | 27.5 | 2.18 |
| Oct 29, 8:45 PM EDT | 29.6 | 2.2 |
Normal for Nov 5: 33–87 ft³/s (middle half of 40 years of record). Now: 34 ft³/s, normal.
Normal for this date. 34 ft³/s is between the 25th and 75th percentiles of daily mean flow for Nov 5 at this gauge over 40 years of record (1949–2026): 10th 27, 25th 33, median 46, 75th 87, 90th 147 ft³/s.
Daily means on record for Nov 5: lowest 21 ft³/s, highest 323 ft³/s.
Classes as USGS labels them (hyswap: flow categories (WDFN_stats schema) (U.S. Geological Survey) ); percentiles from the USGS daily statistics (U.S. Geological Survey) (approved daily means; the reading is provisional and instantaneous).
Rising over 24 hours: discharge up 10.7%, from 30.7 to 34 ft³/s. Rising or falling means a change of more than 10% in discharge (or 0.2 ft of gauge height) over 24 hours; our rule of thumb, not a USGS class.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
NWS observed 2.24 ft stage, 32 ft³/s at Nov 5, 7:15 PM EST (NWS gauge WANP1; its stage datum can differ from the USGS gauge height).
Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.
Open the NWS gauge page · What the categories mean (National Weather Service)
No current water-temperature reading at this gauge, so no temperature guidance is given. Take a stream thermometer: the trout lines Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission uses are 60°F, 70°F and 72°F.
Species the agency lists for East Branch Antietam Creek: Brook Trout.
Source: Class A Wild Trout Waters (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission).
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
Flood categories: action stage, minor, moderate and major flooding (National Weather Service)Rising water. Rising over the last 24 hours (discharge up 10.7%). Keep your way back to the bank in sight and watch the level while you fish. “Rising” is our rule of thumb: more than 10% in discharge or 0.2 ft of gauge height in 24 hours, not a USGS or NWS class.
Turn Around Don't Drown. “A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult.” No flow number makes a crossing safe; if in doubt, stay out.
Turn Around Don't Drown (National Weather Service)Guidance from the readings above and the published thresholds named with each line; not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access. Local rules and closures come first.
Checked Nov 5, 8:21 PM EST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Catch and releaseLetort Spring Run from a bridge on the Letort Spring Run Nature Trail, Carlisle. Photo: Morsea24, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pennsylvania · about 34 mi
Catch and releaseFishing on Yellow Breeches Creek at Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. Photo: Staecker, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Falling Spring BranchThe Little Juniata River at the 1898 Birmingham Bridge, near Birmingham, Pennsylvania (black-and-white survey photograph). Photo: Jet Lowe, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Falling Spring Branch.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Green Spring CreekSunrise on Penns Creek, Union County, Pennsylvania. Photo: WiiWillieWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Green Spring Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 27 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Big Spring CreekSpring Creek in Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Big Spring Creek.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Codorus CreekLittle Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pennsylvania, upstream from Lehigh Street. Photo: Tim Kiser ( w:User:Malepheasant ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Not Codorus Creek.
