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350 acres · Other owner — PFBC data, retrieved Oct 4, 2026
PFBC Best Fishing Waters
Channel Catfish — list of Nov 2024
Latest PFBC survey
May 2017 (9 years ago)
On the 2026 trout schedule
No (as published Oct 4, 2026)
Fish-consumption advisory
No lake-specific row in the 2026 list
Ice-fishing list
On PFBC's ice-fishing destination list (retrieved Oct 4, 2026)
Crooked Creek Lake covers 350 acres in Armstrong County. PFBC biologists last reported on it in May 2017. The 2026 advisory has no lake-specific row for it; the statewide one-meal-a-week advice applies.
What PFBC biologists found
May 2017 survey · 9 years ago
Channel Catfish
Gear: trap nets, gill nets, hoop nets
Spring netting captured 208 Channel Catfish at a catch rate of 0.48 fish/hr. (p. 3)
Of the 208 Channel Catfish caught in spring, 50% exceeded 18 inches. (p. 4)
Of 879 White Crappie sampled in spring, 56% exceeded 9 inches. (p. 5)
Fall hoop nets captured 101 Channel Catfish, with the largest measuring 33.8 inches and weighing 15.4 pounds. (p. 6)
PFBC's plan, in our words: PFBC will schedule surveys targeting young-of-year Channel Catfish before stocking events to assess natural reproduction. (p. 4)
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
Crooked Creek Lake is not on PFBC's 2026 adult trout schedule (as published Oct 4, 2026).
Fish consumption advice (2026 list)
No lake-specific advice for Crooked Creek Lake in the 2026 list.
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.”
Quoted word for word from the advisory for the year shown; advisories may have been issued or lifted since. Not medical advice.
Special fishing regulations (2026 Fishing Summary)
No lake-specific program in PFBC's special-regulation data (Mar 2026). Commonwealth inland waters rules apply (2026 Fishing Summary, p. 10).
Summarized. The current Pennsylvania Fishing Summary, 58 Pa. Code and posted signs govern.
Habitat plan and ice-fishing list
On PFBC's ice-fishing destination list (retrieved Oct 4, 2026). Species PFBC lists for ice fishing here: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, panfish, Channel Catfish.
This site has no ice reports; conditions change daily; never assume ice is safe.
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The 2026 advisory has no lake-specific row for Crooked Creek Lake. The statewide advice — no more than one meal (1/2 pound) a week of sport fish — still applies. Not medical advice.
What fish are in Crooked Creek Lake?
PFBC's May 2017 survey recorded: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie, Bluegill, Black Crappie, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Flathead Catfish, Golden Redhorse, Common Carp, White Sucker, Northern Hog Sucker, Golden Shiner, Gizzard Shad. Surveys record what biologists caught with their gear on those days, not everything in the lake.