APRIL
White Perch
Ontelaunee Lake
This Berks County lake is better known for quantity than quality, so head here if you want plentiful perch action, but don't mind smaller fish.

Try small minnows or lures that mimic aquatic insects here. The lake is along Route 73 north of Reading.

Brook Trout
Logan Run
This northern Forest County brook is for walk-in anglers only. Fish for wild brookies from the headwaters near Coal Bed Run Road downstream to the mouth near Balltown -- about 1.8 miles. Logan flows through public lands owned by the Allegheny National Forest.

Rainbows
Rasler Run
Chase a wild rainbow along this southeastern Fayette County brook from the headwaters to its mouth, about 3.3 miles. The nearest town is Normalville, about 10 miles north of Fallingwater and 20 miles north of Ohiopyle State Park off Route 381.

MAY
Channel Cats
Harvey's Lake
This popular 658-acre lake in Luzerne County gives up record-class channel catfish. These fish usually feed at night, but will dine in murky areas of a lake during the day.

Harvey's is also a great spot for smallmouth bass, muskies, pike and walleyes. The lake is northwest of Wilkes-Barre, off Route 415.

Smallmouths
Susquehanna River
Fish this river in Lancaster County from York Haven Dam to Safe Harbor Dam. There are multiple access sites along the shore. In addition to great smallmouth bass fishing, the Susquehanna has a good population of walleyes and carp. Commission-owned access sites are available in Marietta, Falmouth or Columbia.

Lake Erie is touted as the Walleye Capital of the World, but it is also home to an impressive smallmouth bass fishery.

Northern Pike
Foster J. Sayers Lake
In addition to excellent fishing for pike, this Centre County lake has big muskies and largemouth bass. Sayers Lake is managed under Panfish Enhancement regulations, so there are minimum length and creel limits in effect on sunfish and crappies.

Access may be had at the discharge of the lake near Blanchard, off Route 150 midway between Milesburg and Lock Haven.

JUNE
Striped Bass
Raystown Lake
This Huntingdon County lake is known for its record-class striped bass, including one whopper that weighed in at 37 pounds and was 41 inches long. Try live bait or white bucktail jigs here.

Take Snyder's Run Road south from U.S. Route 22 in Huntingdon for plenty of parking, shoreline access and a surfaced boat ramp. Or find the same amenities off state Route 26 by taking Seven Points Drive east from Hesston.

Smallmouths
Presque Isle Bay
Lake Erie is touted as the Walleye Capital of the World, but is also home to an impressive smallmouth bass fishery. Access can be had through Presque Isle State Park in Erie by taking I-79 north to Route 12 west to Peninsula Drive. Or try Dobbins or Perry's landings along the downtown waterfront by taking I-79 to Bayfront Highway.

Muskies
Tuscarora Lake
This Schuylkill County lake offers anglers a shot at the occasional monster walleye or muskie. This warmwater fishery also has bass, pickerel, catfish, yellow perch and sunfish.

Tuscarora State Park is two miles west of Tamaqua off state Route 309 south of Barnesville.