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Elton Sportsmen's Dam is a public lake in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, managed by Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission. It is public water managed for fishing by the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission. Public access confirmed via PFBC public-lake database.
A Pennsylvania warmwater lake or pond — largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, channel catfish, yellow perch and chain pickerel, most with a PFBC access and a boat launch.
Elton Sportsmen's Dam covers about 3 acres in the Southwest PA region. Anglers here mostly fish for bluegill, largemouth bass. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Little Paint Creek and Gallitzin State Forest Pond 9.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission trout-stocking records and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Pennsylvania on most waters; stocked trout waters have specific in-season closures around opening day and stocking, and some special-regulation areas post their own hours — check the current PA Fishing Summary.
Boats: The big reservoirs (Raystown, Pymatuning, Kinzua, Wallenpaupack, Arthur) take trailered boats via a state ramp, many with a horsepower or slow-no-wake limit; PFBC lakes are often electric-motor-only, and trout streams are wade/bank access.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at Pennsylvania state parks and forests along many of these waters (the PA Wilds streams, Raystown, Pymatuning, Ohiopyle on the Yough); PFBC access areas and State Game Lands frontage are day-use only.
Tackle: Statewide trout, bass and panfish limits apply unless posted; a large number of PA streams carry Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only, Catch-and-Release Fly-Fishing Only, Keystone Select Stocked Trout or Class A Wild Trout special regulations. Check the current PA Fishing Summary for this water.
Anyone 16 or older needs a Pennsylvania fishing licence — the resident annual is about $28, the non-resident annual about $61. A Trout Permit (about $15) is required in addition to fish for or keep trout, and a Lake Erie Permit (about $11) — or a combo — for Lake Erie and its tributaries. Pennsylvania residents 65 and older can buy a discounted senior lifetime licence; under-16 fish free. Buy from the PFBC at HuntFish.pa.gov. A Pennsylvania fishing licence covers this water — it's in the PFBC public-lake database.
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