Kehly Run Reservoir Number Five Fishing in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  You will find Kehly Run Reservoir Number Five in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Elevation runs to 1,667 feet. The nearest place of any size is Shenandoah Heights, 0.9 miles away. Shenandoah lies 1.4 miles off, Mahanoy City another 3.7 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking. There is no development on most of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Kehly Run Reservoir Number Five

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Schuylkill County records list brown trout, brook trout, bluegill, largemouth bass and pumpkinseed among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Take Kehly Run Reservoir Number Five a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 25°F in January and 70°F in July. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Count the season from break-up, usually late March. Climate averages put the opening at about late March and the closing near late December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Kehly Run Reservoir Number Five runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Number Five Reservoir, 0.2 miles away. Treat access at Kehly Run Reservoir Number Five as something to verify.