Lehigh River

The Lehigh River flows for over 100 miles through Pennsylvania and serves as the largest tributary to the Delaware River. Trout fishing on the Lehigh River consists of a 35 mile stretch below the Francis E. Walter Dam from Whitehaven to Walnutport. The river contains a robust population of wild browns and rainbows, that is augmented by a number of private organizations that stock the river, most notably the Lehigh River Stocking Association. In addition to trout, the Lehigh River also contains a healthy population of smallmouth bass. The Lehigh supports an impressive variety of mayflies, caddisflies, and stoneflies. Drift boat fishing is the number one method of fishing the Lehigh River which acts more like a Western river than anything else here in the East. This river really is one of the best kept secrets of Eastern trout fishing. The Lehigh is very productive from early April through June and again in the Fall. Drift boat fishing also allows anglers to fish heavy nymph and streamer patterns in whitewater situations that would be too dangerous to wade fish. Hooking a fish of any respectable size in heavy water is usually a memorable fight.