If you ask this question to 30 different people, you will likely get 30 different answers.  Worms and a bobber are the typical set-up here, and on most days anglers find success.  On hot days lures that move and mimic prey can work better.

Visit Big Brown Fish & Pay Lakes

Address 2668 Route 115 Effort, PA 18330
Mailing Address P.O. Box 584 Effort, PA 18330
Call us  570-629-0427

We open early March and close in early December annually. Fish are available for stocking year round.

2024 Hours of Operation

Closed for the Season

Paradise Brook Trout Co

1st Privately Licensed Pennsylvania Trout Farm

Historic hatchery and fishing preserve. Fee fishing for trout and bass, nestled in the beautiful Paradise Valley in the Poconos

23 Hatchery Drive, Cresco, PA 18326 570-629-0427 info@paradisetrout.com