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Fishing in Delaware

Click a region to explore top fishing spots, species, and local tips.

Delaware has 142 lakes and reservoirs plus 400 miles of tidal coastline along Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Lums Pond and Trap Pond provide excellent largemouth bass and crappie fishing, while the Delaware River and Bay offer world-class striped bass, weakfish, and bluefish. Cape Henlopen and Delaware Seashore State Park provide outstanding surf fishing for red drum, kingfish, and flounder, and the inland ponds of Sussex County produce trophy chain pickerel and sunfish in a quiet coastal setting.

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Northern Delaware

Brandywine Creek, White Clay Creek, Lums Pond, Newark -- Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie

Central Delaware

Delaware River, Bombay Hook, Killens Pond, Wyoming -- Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Crappie, White Perch

Southern Delaware & Inland Bays

Indian River Inlet, Rehoboth Bay, Indian River Bay -- Striped Bass, Weakfish, Flounder, Bluefish, Largemouth Bass

Delaware Bay & Atlantic Coast

Cape Henlopen, Lewes, Delaware Bay, Atlantic beaches -- Striped Bass, Bluefish, Tautog, Flounder, Drum