Guide to Fishing Lake Wallenpaupack in North Eastern Pennsylvania 

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Thanks man I really appreciate that!

It’s pronounced pack yes ... I’m from western pa and I butcher everything... your not the first person to point it out lol hope the information was beneficial ...

Yes your correct

I'm gonna use some different techniques when I go. Love doing dropper rigs with live bait from the yak.

Sweet deal man hope the video helps you!

headed up here for a weekend vaca, super excited to fish

Thanks man, I appreciate that!

Thank you , I pull allot of info from resources online and combine it into one. PM me on Facebook or Instagram and I’ll share more info with you on my map!

Bob and jack have to come

That’s awesome , hope you find it helpful! Tight lines!

Brad Beals , hey man thank you very much! I fish some lakes in Ohio , if there is one in particular I can try and break it down for you. It usually just takes time to research! I appreciate the comment thanks again!

Leon Deiter , awesome! Glad the video helped!

GettingFish , thanks man I appreciate the comment!

Lol good luck out there man , hope it works out. I subscribe to Jonny , he’s a much better fisherman than me lol I’m mediocre at best lol

Hey john , let me know how you do up on the pack , just curious to see if you get into any fish

Didnt do well at all only bite I got broke my line striper. Oh well maybe one day u can take me to catch a walleye never caught one. What lake is the best for that? First and second best

Your welcome glad you liked it, hopefully it helps you out!

The hot spots are subject to change for the time of year , weed growth etc... but yeah same deal with other lakes. More of a generalized guide , still gotta fish to find fish ...

I’m aware that I miss pronounced it , I appreciate you letting me know though , next time I do a video out there or talk about it I’ll get it right! Thanks man I appreciate that , it means allot that you like the channel , me being a less than average fisherman that likes to learn and share never thought I’d have anyone interested in a channel , but it’s been fun and I really do appreciate you guys and your feedback! Thanks again man! Hope you and your family are staying healthy and warm!

That’s awesome man! Thanks for the feedback!

Awesome glad you found it helpful

Thank you for the feedback! I appreciate it! I hope it helps ya!

Awesome! That’s crazy big!!!

Thanks man I appreciate that!

Thank ya for the time haha 🤣

I found allot of information on the internet , 40+ hours of research in that video. Talking to guys , looking at old maps, using fish and boat resources that are public from the habitat improvement plan , it’s all public and there’s allot of info in old forums out there as well.

Wallenpaupack is super fun to fish but can be tricky at first. I caught some really nice bass up there this summer, and I just posted the video of some of them if you want to check it out. Texas rigged stick baits are a killer up there, and the top water bite is awesome early in the morning. Good luck!

TP Fishing Thank goodness 😅 was my time of year and off amp now I’m getting my amp nephews

Have not! I’ll have to look that up! Thank you!

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead google lists it as a public lake, but I think its actually private..Unless theres an accesspoint im not aware of

Depends on the water temps , but sometimes when the bait move shallow at night , you can still get walleye shallow , but it depends on temps and bait fish spawn that late in may.

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead what about during the day? 15-20 ft maybe trolling?

I would think 12-15 but it’s hard to say gotta trust your electronics and figure out where the fish are held up , I like wind drifting and vertical jigging too

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead I only get to fish there once a year for a couple days but really want a wally

That’s awesome stuff! I appreciate the comment and help!

Thank you! Appreciate that!

Thank you I appreciate the feedback! August is a tough month to fish , allot of the bigger fish move deep and suspend, all three of those species will be in deep water , are you in a boat or from shore?

@@FishingPAwithRyanReadThank you for getting back to me. Ill have access to a boat so getting to deep water is no problem. I just want to have an idea of what rod and reel setups to bring along with a variety of lures you'd recommend. I did have another question too but it's about trout fishing. Are there any streams, brooks, or creeks near the lake that hold trout I can do some fly fishing in?

Anthony Gregorio , here’s my thoughts on finding fish this time of year , simply put , find the bait fish, you find the gamefish like bass and walleye. You can catch some smaller panfish and bass beating the shorelines but I prefer deep water trolling or dell water vertical jigging with live bait. I also like to find areas to wind drift crawler harnesses. So I would use medium spinning outfits for that style of fishing. As far as trout goes , I would look at Wallenpaupack creek , there may be some nice browns in there but they usually filter in for spawning in the fall , that lake has great population of trophy browns.

Thank you I appreciate that!

Thank you , I appreciate the correction!

No sir , but you can get the pa fish and boat habitat improvement plans that have the same points.

Hit me up on Facebook or Instagram we can talk!

Angler Atlarge , Yes sir, born and raised in Westmoreland county in western pa. I do not spend allot of time out east because of the distance , but I have visited Wallenpaupack. I tend to stick with what I know throughout any lake and adjust from there , the foundational things that we know about fish should apply across the board at most of our lakes, an example is catching walleye at night early in the year in shallow water trolling stickbaits. As far as the pack , I have always heard the general rule of thumb is stay north around Hawley and Wilsonville for walleye , smallies and strippers. South end holds allot more panfish and largemouth. Personally thinking, the game fish follow the bait fish , I usually go with what I know certain fish like walleye want and need at certain times of the year and look for areas that match to start fishing. It doesn’t always work out for me , but you have those days and at the very least learned something new!

Fishidy is a great app for hotspots!

Fish and boat maps and also if you wanna validate go out and drive over it and you’ll see it, I got by the research I do on apps like fishidy and old maps I’ve found online like the pa fish and boat habitat improvement plans.

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead thank you so much for getting back to me. I've never fished Wallenpaupack and I came across your video, very informative and I've been watching over and over again, I plan on going this Sunday. I plan on starting at Ledgedale and working east. Again, great information, thank you.

Northern pike , chain pickerel , I thought there was a population of musky in the lake from stockings year back but I could be wrong. There’s definitely pike and pickerel though.

It’s not perfect ...

Don't get me wrong, my father and I will put your tips in this video to good use. Fish on!!!

PA Fish and boat habitat improvement plan plus additional forums online. I found some old maps out there as well , just a compilation of all the research I’ve done pulling from resources everywhere!

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead sooooooo. Any chance youd be willing and able to share all those locations you have marked through some kind of app?

I won’t do it again without permission, please know that my intention was not malicious in nature or I wasn’t trying to steal your work, I saw a beautiful PA fish and just tried to capture that In a video that’s geared toward helping fisherman. I sincerely apologize. To confirm, do you want me to remove the photo? I will do so if you would like.

No need to remove the image Ryan. Best of luck to ya.

Fishden365 was a great 👍 morning my love

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Western pa’d it. I know it’s pack... thanks for reaching out!

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead keep up the good work

Thank you very much , I appreciate the feedback and the support! I’ll try to keep her going!!!

I made that map, marked it up in google earth. The fish and boat commission have some info on their site but it doesn’t have all the points. I pulled them from books and online resources and consolidated into one map in google earth.

It’s tough to elaborate honestly. You gotta understand the fish to understand where they go in the summer. They like to find that deeper water and suspend, in the spring they are up shallow going through the spawning ritual , in the fall they come back in shallow chasing baitfish trying to fatten up. In the summer they stay shallow early and move deep during the day, trolling around finding baitfish and continuing to troll baitfish will eventually work. You just gotta commit and stay in the same areas where there’s bait. Match your lures up with where the bait is in the water column. If they baits 10 feet down in 45 feet of water , run your baits back fat enough to get them down to 10 feet. Otherwise you gotta fish hard to find them and stay in the same areas with bait and hit that feeding window.

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead I understand the fish. What i should have said was are they still stocking the lake with them. Most reports I read say the last stocking for the muskies in there was in the 70's? They stopped stocking them to concentrate on the hybrids to be the primary predator.

Ah my fault sorry about that! I noticed that it was not on the list for this year , I can check with Jared and let you know!

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead sounds good. I am headed there in a few weeks. I would like to know what the real story is behind the stocking for them. Here in NJ they are brood stocked. From what I've read the lake has a healthy population of smallmouth and walleye.

Yeah the western pa in me won’t let me say pack... allot of people comment on it... thanks for the feedback!

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead not a problem.. You really did research and most of it, I didn't even know. thanks again. Nice job

Thank you , I appreciate that! It took me at least 30 hours to put that together with research and also filming , there’s a ton of resources on line and I’m trying to pull them all together in one map! It’s cool that you think it’s helpful!

I was born and raised 30 minutes outside of Pittsburgh bro , you ever here the term yinzer? Yinz is a western pa thing , and honestly , i just just gave you a decent amount of information, you could be less of a prick. Your obviously a negative person , probably need to troll RU-vid to make yourself feel better , I feel bad for you bud , I live my life positively so I could care less what you think. Oh by the way , I live in one of the primary coal valleys in western pa , maybe you should use your brain before you open your mouth.

​Wallenpaupack is in Eastern Pa and you were obviously trying to make reference to the people of that (MY) area, incorrectly so I was correcting you - sharing info. I feel bad for your ego. My previous comment was meant as something to giggle at.

It’s all good , maybe I just get a little defensive because I constantly get messages from people that are not meant to make me giggle , I appreciate you reaching back out, I apologize if I got defensive for no reason and I apologize if I offended you. I hope that you have a good day today.

What do you mean? Which app was I using for what?

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead the whole video what where you using for like the map

Google earth ... it’s really easy to import points if interest and such just makes it easy ...

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead is it possible you can send me that map

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead is it possible to have you send it to me or something like that so I have it right on my phone

I live in the opposite end of the state so there’s that lol I actually put about 20 or more hours in just research for this one and most of the feedback I got was positive , take it for what it’s worth to you , you still gotta fish the lake in order to catch em ...

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead Right on, thanks for the post. Great reminder and graphic of the thermocline. Definitely gonna want to use a side scan.

I’m from western pa we miss pronounce everything lol

Omg Barry! I’m from western pa , we pronounce things wrong all the time lol

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead Ha, it's all good, I like the video.

Yes yes I’m aware ...

I’ll tell you the same thing I told everyone else , I’m from western pa we talk weird lol I got it now man thank you for the clarification ....

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead I grew up on the Lake since I was 3 years old. Sold the house in Walt's Cove a few years ago. Sorry for being critical, but the locals who know and grew up on the lake probably started a slight tic when hearing it LOL

Scott Turdo , oh I get it and I appreciate you bringing it up. I have tried to explain to people that I’m an imperfect human , we sometimes make mistakes. It also took me 15-20 hours to do the video for someone who asked for it and I asked a few people to take the information for what it’s worth. But at least you were nice enough to explain it so I really appreciate that. Some others have been really rude about it and it’s partially my accent here too we say crick instead of creek...

I’m not sure, i always thought the nutrients in the water like phosphates and even nitrogen cause the water to turn green. Our water is really fertile and there’s allot of floating sediment and nutrients so maybe that’s part of it. I’m not sure that I buy the global warming theory.

@@FishingPAwithRyanRead your probably rite but have you seen how green it is lately?

It's not global warming

Bret D , yeah I think it’s more the fertility of the water ...phosphates and nitrogen ...

Lol ... I mean your entitled to your opinion ... I did this video to help people out East, took tons of time out of my week that week to research the lake and make the video to again help people learn about fishing, if you guys wanna nit pick on the way I pronounce things and tell me the value drops that’s fine... I don’t really care because the video has helped people learn something new. Troll all you want bud! No difference to me!

Fishing PA with Ryan Read - was meant as constructive feedback; you put a lot of time into the knowledge you’re sharing. Pronouncing things correctly makes YOU look as professional as the info you’re putting out. If you don’t give a damn, 🤷🏻‍♀️

I do care about the content , I appreciate you mentioning constructive criticism , allot of people just send me messages on it that are more of a troll , people just want to complain without explaining. Thanks for taking the time to explain it , I appreciate the recommendation!

Fishing PA with Ryan Read kris the man

There are times were I get frustrated and wear my emotions on my sleeve, I am working on avoiding taking out frustrations on people who mean well...

Lol…

I am so sorry, i didn’t mean to offend you or to steal anything from you, I grabbed a photo from a google search to show actual fish caught in PA. I’ll edit the video tomorrow and remove that section of video.

No need to do that Ryan, it's Okay. Good luck with your channel.

Fishden365 , alrighty, good luck with your channel as well!