- The Angler’s Club has been welcoming members of all ages and experience levels who enjoy the lakes and fishing since its creation in 1991. Our mission is to maintain and improve the quality of all Locust Lake Village lakes and the fish that reside in them, and to provide recreational activities for members to enjoy.
Activities
Village wide activities that are hosted by the Anglers Club:
- Kids Fishing Contest
- Family Fishing Contest
- Kids Christmas Party
- Ice Fishing Clinic
- Ice Fishing Contest
Several fishing contests followed by weigh in gatherings are held for members of the Anglers Club during the year.
Maintain and Improve the Quality of the Lakes
The Angler’s Club works with aquatic environment consultants that LLVPOA has retained to monitor and maintain the quality of the water in our lakes. The company performs periodic tests of the waters and works with the Anglers to perform maintenance when required.
The Angler’s Club works with aquatic environment consultants that LLVPOA has retained to monitor and maintain the quality of the water in our lakes. The company performs periodic tests of the waters and works with the Anglers to perform maintenance when required.
Maintain and Improve the Quality of the Fish in the Lakes
The consultants perform a survey every 3 years to determine the population and size of the various species of fish in our lakes. With these results, they create recommendations for the stockings that the Anglers coordinate throughout the year. Trout are stocked in Locust and East Lake 3 times in the Spring and once in December for winter ice fishing. East Lake receives an additional stocking of trout for the Kids Fishing Contest. Golden Shiners, Walleye, Bass, and Crappies are stocked in Locust and Pines lakes in later summer – early autumn.
The consultants perform a survey every 3 years to determine the population and size of the various species of fish in our lakes. With these results, they create recommendations for the stockings that the Anglers coordinate throughout the year. Trout are stocked in Locust and East Lake 3 times in the Spring and once in December for winter ice fishing. East Lake receives an additional stocking of trout for the Kids Fishing Contest. Golden Shiners, Walleye, Bass, and Crappies are stocked in Locust and Pines lakes in later summer – early autumn.
Rules and Regulations
- 4 trout daily limit during the regular trout season. 3 trout daily limit during the extended trout season which begins after Labor Day.
- All bass are catch and release.
- LLV follows the PA Enhanced Panfish program. More information about this can be found on the signage at the lakes.
Catch and Release Recommendations from the PA Fish and Game Summary Guide
- Use barbless hooks
- Play fish quickly. Try to land your fish as quickly as possible and don’t play the fish to exhaustion.
- Use a landing net.
- Keep the fish in the water. The chance of a fish being injured increases the longer it’s held out of water.
- Wet your hands. Wet your hands, your net, and other materials that may come into contact with the fish.
- Hold the fish upside down while removing the hook. This can often pacify the fish and reduce handling time.
- Remove hooks quickly.
- Cut the line. When it’s not possible to remove the hook without harming the fish, cut the line.
- Don’t touch the gills.
- Hold the fish upright underwater after hook removal and allow it to swim away under its own power.
Fish that are bleeding from the mouth or gills due to hook removal do not survive after being released back into the water. Anglers may be charged with violating the Fish and Boat Code by failing to immediately release the fish unharmed. If regulations permit, the angler should keep the fish and have it count towards his/her daily limit.