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244 acres · Other owner — PFBC data, retrieved Oct 4, 2026
Special regulations
Big Bass Program — 2026 Fishing Summary, p. 11 Panfish Enhancement Special Regulations — 2026 Fishing Summary, p. 15
PFBC Best Fishing Waters
Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Largemouth Bass, White and Black Crappie — list of Nov 2024
Latest PFBC survey
April 2024 (2 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)
Cross Creek Lake covers 244 acres in Washington County. PFBC biologists last reported on it in April 2024. The 2026 advisory has no lake-specific row for it; the statewide one-meal-a-week advice applies.
What PFBC biologists found
Apr 2024 survey · 2 years ago
PFBC biologist report
Gear: trap nets, night electrofishing, boat electrofishing
Electrofishing captured 645 Largemouth Bass measuring 3 to 21 inches at 216.31 fish/hr. (p. 5)
Bass at least 15 inches long comprised 10% of the catch and were caught at 21.32 fish/hr. (p. 5)
The catch included 664 Black Crappie, with 82% measuring at least 9 inches. (p. 3)
The catch included 26 White Crappie, with 92% measuring at least 9 inches. (p. 3)
Of the 127 Redear Sunfish captured, 91 percent measured at least 7 inches. (p. 2)
PFBC's plan, in our words: PFBC may introduce Channel Catfish yearling stocking to establish a catfish fishery. (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
Cross 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 Cross 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.”
Largemouth, Smallmouth and Spotted Bass: 15-inch minimum and 4 a day (combined) from Jan. 1 through April 10 and from June 13 through Dec. 31; catch and immediate release only from April 11 through June 12, with no tournaments. Other species follow inland rules.
The 2026 advisory has no lake-specific row for Cross 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 Cross Creek Lake?
PFBC's April 2024 survey recorded: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Bullhead, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Golden Shiner, Green Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Redear Sunfish, Sunfish Hybrids, Walleye, White Crappie, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead, Yellow Perch. Surveys record what biologists caught with their gear on those days, not everything in the lake.
Is Cross Creek Lake a Big Bass lake?
Yes. PFBC's special-regulation data and the 2026 Fishing Summary (p. 11) list it in the Big Bass Program: Largemouth, Smallmouth and Spotted Bass: 15-inch minimum and 4 a day (combined) from Jan. 1 through April 10 and from June 13 through Dec. 31; catch and immediate release only from April 11 through June 12, with no tournaments. Other species follow inland rules.