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Northwest region Butler County
Glade Run Lake covers 52 acres in Butler County, on PFBC-owned land. PFBC biologists last reported on it in April 2019. It has 4 dates on PFBC's 2026 adult trout schedule, as published Oct 4, 2026. The 2026 advisory has no lake-specific row for it; the statewide one-meal-a-week advice applies.
Apr 2019 survey · 7 years ago
Gear: trap nets
PFBC's plan, in our words: PFBC plans additional Spottail Shiner stocking and will monitor Bluntnose Minnows during future night electrofishing. (p. 3)
PFBC Biologist Report: Glade Run Lake (2019), p. 2
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
Times are shown as PFBC lists them.
Add Butler County lake dates to your calendar (.ics)
Lakes in PFBC's Stocked Trout Waters program that are not open year-round close to all fishing from February 16 until the trout opener (2026 Fishing Summary, p. 23).
No lake-specific advice for Glade Run 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.”
“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.
PFBC data Mar 2026
PFBC lists this lake under Miscellaneous Special Regulations, but the 2026 Summary's Miscellaneous Waters list (pp. 16–17) does not name it. Check the posted signs and PFBC before you fish.
PFBC special-regulation data (Mar 2026)
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.
Big Bass lakes that are stocked trout waters close to all fishing from February 16 until the trout opener, unless they are open to year-round fishing.
2026 Summary p. 15
Panfish Enhancement here covers Crappie (9-inch minimum), 20 a day.
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, Trout (stocked), panfish, Channel Catfish.
This site has no ice reports; conditions change daily; never assume ice is safe.
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PFBC lists Glade Run Lake on its adult trout schedule for 2026: 4 dates, as published Oct 4, 2026. Dates can change; check PFBC's schedule.
As published Oct 4, 2026: Feb 18, 2026; Apr 9, 2026; Apr 18, 2026; Nov 3, 2026. PFBC: “All stocking events are subject to change without notice.”
The 2026 advisory has no lake-specific row for Glade Run Lake. The statewide advice — no more than one meal (1/2 pound) a week of sport fish — still applies. Not medical advice.
PFBC's April 2019 survey recorded: Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Channel Catfish, White Sucker, Golden Shiner, Spottail Shiner, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, White Crappies. 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