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Northeast region Luzerne County
Frances Slocum Lake (State Park) covers 165 acres in Luzerne County, in a state park. PFBC biologists last reported on it in April 2026. It has 3 dates on PFBC's 2026 adult trout schedule, as published Oct 4, 2026. The 2026 advisory lists Largemouth Bass here at 2 meals/month.
Apr 2026 survey · this year
Gear: night electrofishing, boat electrofishing
PFBC Biologist Report: Frances Slocum Lake (2026), p. 2
Apr 2025 survey · 1 year ago
Gear: trap nets
PFBC's plan, in our words: PFBC plans to recapture tagged Muskellunge to track growth and compare growth rates with other Pennsylvania waters. (p. 2)
PFBC Biologist Report: Frances Slocum Lake 2025 Muskellunge Survey (2025), p. 1
Older PFBC reports on file: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2021
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.
2026 schedule · as published OCT 4
As published Oct 4, 2026 · PFBC: “All stocking events are subject to change without notice.” PFBC schedule
Add Luzerne County lake dates to your calendar (.ics)
Open to year-round fishing; no trout may be kept from February 16 until the opener (2026 Fishing Summary, p. 23).
| Species | Meal advice | Contaminant | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth Bass | 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.”
“Fish stocked from PFBC state fish hatcheries are subject to the blanket one-meal-per-week consumption advisory that applies to recreationally caught sport fish in Pennsylvania.”
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.”
DEP fish consumption advisories Before you go: check DEP's harmful algal bloom page
Quoted word for word from the advisory for the year shown; advisories may have been issued or lifted since. Not medical advice.
2026 Summary p. 11
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.
Summarized. The current Pennsylvania Fishing Summary, 58 Pa. Code and posted signs govern.
PFBC habitat-improvement map (PDF) — PFBC's map of fish-habitat structures placed or proposed in this lake.
Check posted rules and current conditions before you go.
On PFBC's ice-fishing destination list (retrieved Oct 4, 2026). Species PFBC lists for ice fishing here: Largemouth Bass, panfish, Muskellunge, Walleye, Chain Pickerel.
This site has no ice reports; conditions change daily; never assume ice is safe.
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PFBC lists Frances Slocum Lake (State Park) on its adult trout schedule for 2026: 3 dates, as published Oct 4, 2026. Dates can change; check PFBC's schedule.
As published Oct 4, 2026: Feb 17, 2026; Apr 6, 2026; Apr 25, 2026. PFBC: “All stocking events are subject to change without notice.”
The 2026 DEP/PFBC advisory lists: Largemouth Bass — 2 meals/month (Mercury). The statewide advice is one meal a week of sport fish. Not medical advice.
PFBC's April 2026 survey recorded: Walleye, Muskellunge. Surveys record what biologists caught with their gear on those days, not everything in the 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.
Sources for this page: PFBC Lakes_Point (Oct 4, 2026); PFBC biologist reports (area pages, Oct 4, 2026); PFBC adult trout schedule (as published Oct 4, 2026); DEP/PFBC fish consumption advisory (2026 list, updated Feb 27, 2026); PFBC special-regulation data (Mar 2026); 2026 Pennsylvania Fishing Summary. All sources
Last data import Oct 5, 2026