UTERJanuary
Pickerel in the millponds
Shiners under a bobber.
The Brandywine to the millponds
Delaware freshwater fishing
What's biting in Delaware freshwater in October: white perch, largemouth bass and black crappie at their peak, with bluegill, yellow perch and chain pickerel around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 12 fish here month by month, from Brandywine Creek to Nanticoke River.
Fall feed
Coastal-plain millponds full of bass and pickerel, tidal rivers with spring perch runs, and a couple of stocked trout creeks in the north.
Brandywine CreekWhite Clay CreekNoxontown PondTrap PondNanticoke River
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed
Crappie on brush.
Largemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)White perchRainbow troutChannel catfishNorthern snakehead
This month here
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White perch
Largemouth bass
Black crappie (speck)
Channel catfish
Rainbow trout
Northern snakehead
Bluegill
Yellow perch
Chain pickerel
White catfish
Brown bullhead
Common carp
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Perch run in the tidal creeks
Minnows on shad darts.
March
Trout stocking and the white perch run
Brandywine trout.
April
Bass pre-spawn
Millpond shallows.
May
Bass on the beds
Trap Pond cypress.
June
Bream and bass
Topwater.
July
Summer bass
Dawn and dusk.
August
Catfish nights
Tidal rivers.
September
Fall bass
Spinnerbaits.
October · now
Fall feed
Crappie on brush.
November
Pickerel come alive
Cold water favorite.
December
Winter pickerel
Slow minnows.
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