Fishing at Buhl Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  Look for Buhl Lake in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The water sits 1,043 feet up. Surface area runs to about 6 acres — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mercer County list. Sharpsville lies 1 mile from the water. Akron is the closest city, 55 miles away. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Buhl Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Mercer County cover largemouth bass, black crappie, white crappie, smallmouth bass and bluegill. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Buhl Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 25°F in January and 71°F in July. Fishing continues through most of the calendar, with quiet spells rather than closures. It is not guaranteed even in a cold spell, so check yourself. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. That is the shape of the year on Buhl Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. There are toilets 120 yards off. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. The nearest alternative is Kirila Pond, 3.8 miles out. None of that is settled for Buhl Lake in what we hold.