Fishing Lake Silkworth in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  Lake Silkworth belongs to Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It lies 1,191 feet above sea level. With some 85 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 1.5 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. 6.2 miles away sits Back Mountain, the nearest town. For a city, Allentown is 55 miles off. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lake Silkworth

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Luzerne County include brown trout, brook trout, largemouth bass and yellow perch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Lake Silkworth the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 69°F and January at 23°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late March. In an average year the thaw lands around late March and the freeze near late December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Lake Silkworth regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Pikes Creek Reservoir is 1.3 miles distant. For Lake Silkworth, the notice at the access point is the final word.