Fishing at Renovo Reservoir, Clinton County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  Renovo Reservoir is a Clinton County water, Pennsylvania side. Land around it is rolling bush. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. It is a small entry by Clinton County standards. You are 3.7 miles from Renovo. The big place round here is Buffalo, 119 miles distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Renovo Reservoir

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Clinton County list brown trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass and brown bullhead. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Renovo Reservoir gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 68°F; the cold one sits at 23°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late March. The open-water window runs from around late March to about mid December in an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Expect Renovo Reservoir to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Kettle Creek Lake is 6.2 miles off. For Renovo Reservoir, the notice at the access point is the final word.