Fishing Boone Reservoir in Washington County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  This water sits in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Everything around it is mixed woodland. With some 25 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The nearest place of any size is Thompsonville, 2.7 miles away. McMurray follows at 2.9 miles, then Canonsburg at 3 miles. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Boone Reservoir

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Across Washington County, recorded fish include bluegill, black crappie and largemouth bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Boone Reservoir gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 28°F in January and 72°F in July. Temperature moves within a narrow band, and so does the fishing. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Boone Reservoir fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Parking sits half a mile out, which makes for a walk with tackle. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Canonsburg Lake, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Boone Reservoir for certain.