Fishing at Lake Gloria, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  Lake Gloria is a Somerset County water, in Pennsylvania. The country round it is lake country bush from end to end. It measures about 34 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The whole outline is near 1.1 miles, and most of it is walkable. It is high ground by Pennsylvania standards. You are 3.8 miles from Boswell. Beyond it, Jerome at 7.3 miles and Waterford at 8.1 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Lake Gloria

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Somerset County records list brown trout, walleye, brook trout, northern pike and yellow perch among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Lake Gloria to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 68°F and January near 24°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late March. Ice usually gives way near late March, and forms again about late December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Lake Gloria the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Rose Bud Lake is 1.4 miles off. Confirm before you fish Lake Gloria.