Hunting and Fishing

Personnel from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) Division of Fisheries Management and the Bureau of Property and Engineering Services will begin drawing down two lakes in Southwest Pennsylvania next week in order to control vegetation growth.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced today that deficiencies at Luzerne County's Mountain Springs Lake have prompted the agency to completely drain the reservoir and proceed with plans to breach the dam.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced today that the Whites Ferry access area in Wyoming County is open again for public use.

Cabela's has announced that Pennsylvania anglers were the top state registrants in its second year of the national fish-tagging, prize-winning fishing contest.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will hold its quarterly business meeting on Oct. 1-2 in Pittsburgh at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel, located at 300 West Station Square Drive.

Businesses who want to reach those anglers should act now to reserve advertising space in the 2013 Fishing Summary Book. Interested advertisers should contact Outdoor Sales and Marketing Group, Inc. at 1-800-564-6818 for rate and placement information.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will be offering a free demonstration of fish survey methods and fisheries management strategies on the river bank outside PNC Park on Friday, September 28, 2012 at 5 p.m.

A joint effort between federal and state agencies, including the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC), has resulted in the successful collection and relocation of approximately 4,000 state and federal endangered northern riffleshell mussels from a site on the Allegheny River along the border of Forest and Venango counties.

Governor Tom Corbett today began a two-day kayak tour on the Upper Delaware River through Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties to promote Pennsylvania's natural resources and learn about this critical waterway.

A Perry County native has been named the new director of the Bureau of Law Enforcement for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

Labor Day - Monday, Sept. 3 - marks the second of two free fishing days in the Commonwealth. Fish For Free Days allow anyone - residents and non-residents - to legally fish in Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC), Senator Tim Solobay and Representative Peter Daley invite anglers, boaters and the general public to a community meeting on Aug. 8 to receive an update on the reconstruction of Dutch Fork Lake.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is inviting private landowners who own stream frontage along Penns Creek in Centre and Union counties to attend an upcoming public meeting to learn about the benefits of the agency’s public fishing access and conservation easement programs.

With license sales up 11 percent from last year, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) expects the state’s most popular bass fishing spots to see a surge in use when the season kicks off on June 16.

State legislators, U.S. Coast Guard, boating organizations and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will recognize National Safe Boating Week (May 19-25) and the start of boating season by stressing the importance of wearing life jackets and following safe boating practices.