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Fish & Pay
Lakes

Open March 2nd!

Thursday through Sunday

Go Fishing
Welcome to Big Brown Fish & Pay Lakes

The thrill of the catch

A family-friendly fishing oasis

Big Brown Fish & Pay Lakes is a ten acre facility with three beautiful stocked fishing ponds.  In two of the ponds we stock our own hatchery-raised rainbow trout and golden rainbow trout, and occasionally our own brook and brown trout.  Our third pond is stocked with largemouth bass.  No fishing license is required to fish in any of our ponds.

We take pride in the fact that we raise our own fish to stock in our ponds; it gives us complete control of the quality of our fish.  We typically stock trout between 13 and 18 inches (occasionally larger, but never smaller) and bass 12 to 16 inches.  Trout are stocked weekly between March and November and bass monthly between April and September.

Whether it’s your first time fishing or you’re an experienced angler, you can have an enjoyable experience here.  Everything you need to have a great day of fishing can be purchased or rented here, including: fishing poles, worms, and lures.  Once you catch all the fish you want, we can gut or filet them for you at our cleaning station.

Looking to order trout for stocking your pond or stream?

You’re in the right place

We can can supply trout from fingerlings all the way up to 20″ +. Visit our Fish Stocking page for more information on our hatchery and stocking capability.

Find Out More
Looking to order trout for stocking your pond or stream?
We sell live trout for stocking and can deliver all across the northeast

Brook, Brown, Rainbow & Golden Rainbow

We sell live trout for stocking and can deliver all across the northeast

Available for pond and lake stocking

Bass & Bluegill

Available for pond and lake stocking

Our brook trout and brown trout are raised from our own brood stock to look great, fight hard, and be healthy.

Best Color, Fight, & Health

Our brook trout and brown trout are raised from our own brood stock to look great, fight hard, and be healthy.

...but don't feel like catching it? Call or stop in and we'll take some out of our live trout tank!

Fresh Trout for Dinner…

…but don’t feel like catching it? Call or stop in and we’ll take some out of our live trout tank!

More About Trout

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 November annually. Fish are available for stocking year round.

2024 Hours of Operation

Open Thursday – Sunday starting March 2nd!

Thursday & Friday: 10am – 4pm
Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 5pm

Open daily starting March 16th

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