Fords Lake
Fishing and stocking
Stocked through the 2025 season program: tiger muskellunge; 100 fish in the published allocation. A 69-acre reservoir, and one of 9 stocked waters on the Lackawanna County record.
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What swims here
Tiger muskellunge
Season program record
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The Pennsylvania season shape statewide: mid-february into october.
Agency feed checked today.
| Season | Species | Size | Fish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 season | Tiger muskellunge | yearling | 100 |
When to fish Fords Lake
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 9:40-11:40 am and 10:02 pm-12:02 am | 3:56-4:56 am and 4:12-5:12 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:26 am-12:26 pm and 10:50 pm-12:50 am | 5:05-6:05 am and 4:35-5:35 pm |
Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Eastern Time (EDT).
What the record actually says
- Stocked through the 2025 season program
Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Pennsylvania fishing forecast
Getting on the water
| Access point | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fords Lake | boat ramp | no fee |
Access points from PA Fish and Boat Commission access records. Ramps, fees, and hours change; check before towing a boat a long way.
Gear for this water
For the muskie and pike (tiger muskellunge on the season program here, stillwater)
| Large bucktails and gliders | big profile baits; finish every cast with a figure-eight |
| Steel or heavy fluoro leader | non-negotiable; pike and muskie cut everything else |
| Oversized landing net | a stocked muskie fishery deserves a proper release tool |
Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.
Nearby stocked waters
The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.
| Water | Distance | Most recent |
|---|---|---|
| Eston Wilson Lake | 1.7 mi | 2026 season |
| Lackawanna Lake | 5.8 mi | 2025 season |
| South Branch Tunkhannock Creek | 7.5 mi | Oct 5 |
| Gardner Creek | 7.8 mi | Apr 11 |
| Roaring Brook | 7.9 mi | Oct 5 |
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