Fishing Number One Reservoir in Clinton County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  Number One Reservoir is one of the Clinton County listings for Pennsylvania. The surroundings are mixed forest. On water this small, stealth matters more than range. Head to Avis, 4.2 miles away, for anything you forgot. Dunnstown is 4.8 miles and Lock Haven 5.9 miles. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Number One Reservoir

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Clinton County include brown trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass, brown bullhead and rock bass. The county list is broader than any single water. Work Number One Reservoir in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 25°F to 70°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late March. Average temperatures cross freezing around late March in spring and again near late December in autumn. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan around that when you fish Number One Reservoir.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Ram Hollow Reservoir is 3.6 miles distant. Nothing here settles the position at Number One Reservoir for certain.