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Delaware Fishing Reports
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** Last Update was made on 3 - 1 - 08 ***
DELAWARE FISHING REPORTS - LICENSES - REGULATIONS - MAPS
STATEWIDE - Ocean – With surface temperatures in the low 40s, about the only action inshore
fishermen have been reporting has been on tautog. Hotspots have included the heavy structure at
Artificial Reef Sites 10 and 11 and just about any wreck between the 10- and 20-fathom lines. Limits
have not been uncommon, with some of the fish weighing more than 10 pounds. Bait with green
crabs, frozen fleas or fresh clams. Wreck fishing outside the 30-fathom line also has been
productive, with a mix of jumbo porgy, sea bass to five pounds, pollock, ling and whiting being
caught.
Delaware Bay – White perch are being caught along the beaches and from the fishing piers in the
mid and upper bay region. Boat fishermen also are reporting perch action at the mouths of tributary
rivers including the Murderkill River, St. Jones River, Mahon River and Smyrna River. Bloodworms
are the top producer, but not many local tackle shops have them this early in the season. If you can’
t find bloodworms, bait with grass shrimp or night crawlers.
Ponds – Pond fishing has improved quite a bit over the past few weeks, especially on warmer,
sunny days when the crappie, yellow perch, bluegills, bass and pickerel move into the shallows to
feed. Shiners and live minnows are the best bait choices at this time of the year. Lure fishermen
also are reporting success while fishing jigs and deep-diving crankbaits fished slow and close to the
bottom.
Tidal Rivers – Upstate reports included fair fishing for white perch in the Delaware River, C&D Canal
and the tidal rivers and creeks in southern New Castle County for fishermen baiting with grass
shrimp or night crawlers. There also have been reports of a few channel catfish being caught in the
Christiana River by fishermen baiting with night crawlers. Fishermen targeting big white perch and
early-season rockfish are reporting good action in the Nanticoke River and Broad Creek. Perch are
hitting bloodworms and grass shrimp on the outgoing tide. Anglers targeting stripers are using fresh
herring – caught in the spillway at Records Pond – or bloodworms. Reports from Broad Creek, Deep
Creek and the Nanticoke River also included good numbers of yellow perch and crappie, with the
best fishing coming on minnows and small shiners in the Seaford Spillway and the spillways below
Records Pond and Concord Pond.
NON-TIDAL STREAMS – Anglers fishing the deeper holes in between the state line and the dam at
Curtis Mill on White Clay Creek are reporting some success on trout. Most of the reports have been
from fishermen baiting with natural baits, including night crawlers, waxworms and large mealworms.
Report By: DFW
DELAWARE FISHING REPORTS - LICENSES - REGULATIONS - MAPS
STATEWIDE - Ocean – With surface temperatures in the low 40s, about the only action inshore
fishermen have been reporting has been on tautog. Hotspots have included the heavy structure at
Artificial Reef Sites 10 and 11 and just about any wreck between the 10- and 20-fathom lines. Limits
have not been uncommon, with some of the fish weighing more than 10 pounds. Bait with green
crabs, frozen fleas or fresh clams. Wreck fishing outside the 30-fathom line also has been
productive, with a mix of jumbo porgy, sea bass to five pounds, pollock, ling and whiting being
caught.
Delaware Bay – White perch are being caught along the beaches and from the fishing piers in the
mid and upper bay region. Boat fishermen also are reporting perch action at the mouths of tributary
rivers including the Murderkill River, St. Jones River, Mahon River and Smyrna River. Bloodworms
are the top producer, but not many local tackle shops have them this early in the season. If you can’
t find bloodworms, bait with grass shrimp or night crawlers.
Ponds – Pond fishing has improved quite a bit over the past few weeks, especially on warmer,
sunny days when the crappie, yellow perch, bluegills, bass and pickerel move into the shallows to
feed. Shiners and live minnows are the best bait choices at this time of the year. Lure fishermen
also are reporting success while fishing jigs and deep-diving crankbaits fished slow and close to the
bottom.
Tidal Rivers – Upstate reports included fair fishing for white perch in the Delaware River, C&D Canal
and the tidal rivers and creeks in southern New Castle County for fishermen baiting with grass
shrimp or night crawlers. There also have been reports of a few channel catfish being caught in the
Christiana River by fishermen baiting with night crawlers. Fishermen targeting big white perch and
early-season rockfish are reporting good action in the Nanticoke River and Broad Creek. Perch are
hitting bloodworms and grass shrimp on the outgoing tide. Anglers targeting stripers are using fresh
herring – caught in the spillway at Records Pond – or bloodworms. Reports from Broad Creek, Deep
Creek and the Nanticoke River also included good numbers of yellow perch and crappie, with the
best fishing coming on minnows and small shiners in the Seaford Spillway and the spillways below
Records Pond and Concord Pond.
NON-TIDAL STREAMS – Anglers fishing the deeper holes in between the state line and the dam at
Curtis Mill on White Clay Creek are reporting some success on trout. Most of the reports have been
from fishermen baiting with natural baits, including night crawlers, waxworms and large mealworms.
Report By: DFW
