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Pennsylvania Lakes With Channel Catfish

27 counted Pennsylvania lakes list Channel Catfish in Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission records. The largest is Pymatuning Reservoir at 13,920 acres. The deepest of them is Lake Wallenpaupack at 60 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Pymatuning Reservoir	Crawford	13,920 acres	About 25 ft
2	Lake Wallenpaupack	Pike, Wayne	5,698 acres	60 ft
3	Shenango River Lake	Mercer	3,559 acres	30 ft
4	Presque Isle Bay	Erie	3,302 acres	None
5	Lake Arthur (Moraine State Park)	Butler	3,224 acres	About 30 ft
6	Youghiogheny River Lake	Fayette	2,840 acres	None
7	Lake Wilhelm	Mercer	1,739 acres	About 22 ft
8	Lake Marburg (Codorus State Park)	York	1,275 acres	About 100 ft
9	Blue Marsh Reservoir	Berks	1,150 acres	52 ft
10	Marsh Creek Lake (State Park)	Chester	535 acres	About 75 ft
11	Loyalhanna Lake	Westmoreland	479 acres	None
12	Crooked Creek Lake	Armstrong	350 acres	None
13	Prompton Dam	Wayne	280 acres	About 35 ft
14	Cross Creek Lake	Washington	244 acres	None
15	Glade Dam Lake	Butler	200 acres	None
16	Canoe Creek Lake (State Park)	Blair	155 acres	About 22 ft
17	Struble Lake	Chester	146 acres	19 ft
18	Speedwell Forge Lake	Lancaster	106 acres	None
19	Sweet Arrow Lake	Schuylkill	100 acres	None
20	Lake Oneida	Butler	94 acres	None
21	Dutch Fork Lake	Washington	91 acres	None
22	Canonsburg Lake	Washington	76 acres	None
23	North Park Lake	Allegheny	75 acres	None
24	Bridgeport Reservoir	Westmoreland	70 acres	None
25	Glade Run Lake	Butler	52 acres	None
26	Twin Lakes Number One Reservoir (lower)	Westmoreland	30 acres	None
27	Marshall Lake	Allegheny	10 acres	None

Source: Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission lake data. Verified October 28, 2026.