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Youghiogheny River is a public river in Fayette County, Westmoreland County, Allegheny County and Somerset County, Pennsylvania, managed by Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission. You can fish it on a Pennsylvania fishing licence (plus a Trout Permit for trout, a Lake Erie Permit for Erie waters). Pennsylvania has no general right of stream access — bank and wading access is at PFBC easements, state forest, park and game-land frontage and public bridges; away from those, the streambed may be private, so check current signage or ask permission. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
The Youghiogheny River below Youghiogheny Dam — a cold tailwater trout fishery for stocked and holdover rainbow and brown trout, with smallmouth bass warming in below Ohiopyle.
It runs roughly 74 miles through the Southwest PA region. Anglers here mostly fish for channel catfish, muskellunge, rock bass, sauger; smallmouth bass, walleye, white bass are also on record. Live flow and gauge height come from the Youghiogheny River at Connellsville, PA USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Virgin Run Lake and Jacobs Creek.
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: A Pennsylvania Trout Permit is required in addition to your fishing licence to fish for or keep trout here; 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.
Boat ramps: 11 mapped — Put-in, Public Boat Launch Ramp, Boat ramp, Birdie's Landing (private), Boat ramp, Boat ramp and others nearby.
Camping: 8 sites mapped nearby — Cedar Creek Trekker Campground, Campground, Stewart's Crossing, Queen Aliquippa Camp, Paddler's Lane Campground, The Blue Canoe RV Resort and others.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 03082500 — Youghiogheny River at Connellsville, PA. Full gauge data →
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 plus a Trout Permit covers this water — it's on the PFBC stocked-trout list.
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