allentown pa, help me out friends

[Punkinseedfyretailz]

    i'm from va, but im going to allentown for some work, gotta sandblast a friendly's there.  but anyways i'm hoping that there are some holes in the vicinity.  can anyone help me out?????

[stratos 375]

When I see a post like yours, I'd like to help, but oftentimes the poster does'nt include enough information for me to do so. Are you bringing a boat, or do you want to bank fish/ wade? Are you looking for Bass only?

With all due respect to the anglers of the Allentown area and their local waters, I've been fishing the SE corridor of Pa. all my life, welcome to bass fishing hell.

If you're a boater, you've got Beltzville 20 mi. north. 'Paupack maybe 80 mi. north, Ontelaunee & Blue Marsh 40-50 miles west, Green lane 20 miles south (limited boating), Nockamixon maybe 30 mi. SE. I wouldn't expect any good fishing from them as a first time/ exploratory angler. These are all typical NE lakes, very highly pressured with less than average numbers of fish. There have been some very talented anglers who have hailed from this region, and as with any body of water, local knowledge rules, out of towners will need to get lucky or suffer.

If I had to make a choice, I'd head to the Delaware river & try wading for smallies, there is a healthy population present, with some quality fish popping up here and there. The water is still a little on the cool side, so insulated waders or a layer of blubber may be needed. There are a handfull of guides working this stretch, maybe if you email them with your situation, they MAY throw you a bone and give you a starting point, or try to find a PA specific fishing forum.

I've seen a few guys from the area posting here and I'm sure there are a number of creeks, ponds or mudholes that I'm not privvy to. That may be another option. If you were closer to me, I'd put you on the money, but you're not.

Hope that helps, enjoy your brief stay in our state.

note: Ontelaunee is bank fishing only, Nock is limited HP, 15 or 20? and Green Lane is boats 16' & under, prop removed, unless they have changed the regs.

[Fishbone]

With all due respect to the anglers of the Allentown area and their local waters, I've been fishing the SE corridor of Pa. all my life, welcome to bass fishing hell

;D ;D ;D And here I thought it was me. :-?

[whoopbazz]

Fishing in PA makes you a good angler.  For the original poster...more info to help ya out.

[Flips]

I would suggest Lake Nockamixon.  It is on fire right now! 

[zdunham]

Yeah if you are just doing a one time trip while up here I would not suggest Beltzville. I fish at Beltzville probably 30-40 times a year and it takes a LONG time to do well on that lake. It is the most pressured lake I know of. If you do go to Beltzville, during the day it is so pressured and the water is normally very clear, the only way I ever catch fish there during the day is somewhat deep cover. It is a very deep lake in general but finding weeds in 15+ feet of water is key midday. In the evening there are some shallow areas to go to but these places are well known and not very big for the most part.

You can't go to Beltzville expecting to pile up numbers but it does throw some abnormally large fish at you and sometimes species you don't expect. In the evening we've caught big trout and relatively small stripers in less than 5 feet of water on slug-gos.