Kelsey Creek Lake Fishing near Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  You will find Kelsey Creek Lake in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The ground around here is mixed forest. Small at around 7 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Tioga County list holds plenty of bigger water. Wellsboro sits 1.2 miles from here and is the nearest stop. It is 99 miles to Rochester, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Kelsey Creek Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Tioga County records list yellow perch, bluegill and black crappie among the fish reported. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Kelsey Creek Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 22°F to 67°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter locks it down, and early April brings it back. Break-up near early April, freeze-up near mid December: that is the shape of an average year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. At Kelsey Creek Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Lake Nessmuk is 1.2 miles off. Nothing on Kelsey Creek Lake should be assumed from this page alone.