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Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass, Walleye — list of Nov 2024
Latest PFBC survey
April 2017 (9 years ago)
On the 2026 trout schedule
No (as published Oct 4, 2026)
Fish-consumption advisory
Yes — 2026 list
Ice-fishing list
On PFBC's ice-fishing destination list (retrieved Oct 4, 2026)
Beltzville Lake covers 947 acres in Carbon County, in a state park. PFBC biologists last reported on it in April 2017. The 2026 advisory lists Walleye here at 2 meals/month.
Findings are our short summaries of one survey at one time. Every number was checked against the cited page of PFBC's report. We don't rate lakes.
On PFBC's 2026 trout-stocking schedule
Beltzville Lake is not on PFBC's 2026 adult trout schedule (as published Oct 4, 2026).
Fish consumption advice (2026 list)
2026 DEP/PFBC fish consumption advisory, updated Feb 27, 2026.
Species
Meal advice
Contaminant
Area
Walleye
2 meals/month
Mercury
Entire lake
Statewide advice:“Pennsylvania has issued a general, statewide health advisory for recreationally caught sport fish: eat no more than one meal (1/2 pound) per week of sport fish caught in the state’s waterways.”
“People who regularly eat sport fish, women of childbearing age and children are particularly susceptible to contaminants that build up over time.”
DEP: “The advisory listing was current at the time this summary went to press. Fish consumption advisories may have been issued or lifted since that time.”
The 2026 DEP/PFBC advisory lists: Walleye — 2 meals/month (Mercury). The statewide advice is one meal a week of sport fish. Not medical advice.
What fish are in Beltzville Lake?
PFBC's April 2017 survey recorded: Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass. Surveys record what biologists caught with their gear on those days, not everything in the lake.