Yes , yes and , yes ! <| sep |> Not sure how much more you ' ve thought but I ' m from right around the allentown area , pm me if you want an exact town name , but the areas trout fishing is great . the first couple months that fishing is open . I have found myself driving north to the Pocono , Bath , Nazareth , Delaware water gap , or heading into New Jersey for semi decent trout fishing , and when I consider semidecent it now doesn ' t mean releasing 1416 inch trout like we used to but just seeing small fish . Sadly I only recently turned 18 travel is hard on a budget when in high school and getting gear , and most time for sports . Yet , the fishing in the allentown area has been ravaged , people travel all into the area and have ruined most of the classic fisheries I ' ve been fishing since birth . I love it here and the fishing is still good but not what it once was , many people who are unlicensed have come in and ruined the fishing . Now with all that out of the way there is a plus side about allentown and the area around it , gas isn ' t always too expensive and to get cheap gas is a 20 minute ride to pburg to get even cheaper gas . There are excellent private clubs who have amazing fishing and also offer different activities , ranger ' s lake , tri county , etc . Also we ' re close to a lot of the great fishing , New York salmon river , New Jersey creeks , West Virginia lakes and even South Carolina isn ' t really bad to drive if you take 95 down . We ' re literally the keystone for everything and the cost to travel and time to location is excellent . Plus there is great fishing right over the mountains for trout that can be less than a day trip . Even with the degrading fishing in the actual area of allentown the areas within a few minutes are excellent . The area offers much more in what is right around and it is getting better . This year wasn ' t too great for fishing in allentown with the lower water levels , but fishing was good in some places only 5 minutes away . Hopefully within the next few years pa dcnr will crack down on people fishing without a license , more people will learn to clean up the areas they visit , and learn to conserve the great outdoors for our future generations to enjoy by fishing and hunting like we have . It ' s not the people who are licensed and registered that are the problem , it ' s the ones who aren ' t that are the problem . If you read this whole thing there is a lot more I could tel you but this was long already . I say allentown itself is a bad place to be but areas around it are great for families and fishermen who are respectively and would do the right thing . Thank you for your service sir .