Fishing Report For Rose Valley Lake, PA

By Rick Seaman

May 1, 2025

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Fishing Report Rose Valley Lake, PA

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Popular Fish Species Rose Valley Lake, PA

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good

The lake has an excellent population of small bass, but some anglers are finding and catching ones over the 15" mark. A wide variety of lures are catching bass here, but many tournament anglers are throwing crankbaits on open water, and stick worms, rigged wacky style, to catch them among the weeds and pads. The bass are moving to the shallows now that the ice is melted, and are beginning to focus on the spawn.

Yellow Perch

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good

Plenty of yellow perch were caught this winter, through the ice. A healthy population of yellow perch reside here, creating a nice perch fishery for anglers, and they provide a steady food source for larger, predator fish. Small jigs dressed with plastics or live bait, fished on light line, is catching perch in the vegetation in depths from 4' to 10'. Look for vegetation nearby drops into deeper water.

Chain Pickerel

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

These pickerel are one of the more popular species in the lake, and are here in abundance. Most any lure used here for bass or walleye, also catches chain pickerel, even when you don't want to catch them. There are lots of small pickerel being caught, but the bigger ones are generally caught on larger lures. Big jerkbaits, in shad or perch patterns, are proven to attract bigger fish. Large jigs, spinnerbaits and swimbaits are also working.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, walleye, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, rock bass, yellow perch, chain pickerel and muskie at Rose Valley Lake in Pennsylvania.

Rose Valley Lake is a 389-acre lake with about 5 miles of shoreline. Boating is limited to electric motors and non-powered boats. The lake is annually stocked with walleye, and has natural populations of bass, crappie, sunfish, muskie and chain pickerel.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".