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Southeast region Lancaster County
Speedwell Forge Lake covers 106 acres in Lancaster County, on PFBC-owned land. 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.
Apr 2024 survey · 2 years ago
Gear: trap nets
PFBC Biologist Report: Speedwell Forge Lake (2024), p. 2
Apr 2022 survey · 4 years ago
Gear: trap nets, night electrofishing
PFBC's plan, in our words: PFBC will manage black bass under the Big Bass Program and other species under Commonwealth Inland Regulations. (p. 8)
PFBC Biologist Report: Speedwell Forge Lake (2022), p. 2
Older PFBC reports on file: 2020
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.
Speedwell Forge Lake is not on PFBC's 2026 adult trout schedule (as published Oct 4, 2026).
No lake-specific advice for Speedwell Forge 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.”
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.
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The 2026 advisory has no lake-specific row for Speedwell Forge 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 2024 survey recorded: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Bullhead, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Golden Shiner, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Rainbow Trout, tiger muskellunge, White Crappie, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead. 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