Rush Brook Reservoir Fishing in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  In Pennsylvania, Rush Brook Reservoir belongs to Lackawanna County. Height above sea level is 1,293 feet. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. On size it sits at the modest end of our Lackawanna County list. The closest town, Jermyn, is 1.7 miles distant. Allentown is the closest city, 65 miles away. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Rush Brook Reservoir

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Lackawanna County records list brown trout, bluegill and black crappie among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Treat Rush Brook Reservoir as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 22°F to 68°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Winter locks it down, and early April brings it back. Ice usually gives way near early April, and forms again about late December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Rush Brook Reservoir runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Chapman Lake, 1.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Rush Brook Reservoir in what we hold.