FRESHWATER
The upper reaches of the tidal rivers are a good bet for Largemouth Bass, Pickerel, and Bluegill. Throughout the Diamond State, spillways and millponds are providing much of the same.
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If you are looking for a great way to cool off, go wading and find a deep spot in White Clay Creek or Brandywine. Bottom fish a live grub or crayfish and you should have no problem connecting with smallmouth bass, rock "redeye" bass, bullheads and rainbow trout. One Wilmington angler I talked to pulled out a big Snakehead near the Brandywine zoo on a homemade dry fly a couple weeks ago. Please remove these invasive fish from our waterways whenever you catch them.
BAYS
There was a recent report of a confirmed Bull Shark in the Chesapeake Bay. Great photographs, too. I think it really speaks to how wild that bay is. For some reason, I've always heard of more bull shark sightings in the Chesapeake vs. the Delaware Bay. Despite the shark, fishing and crabbing remains good in the bay. It is still officially summer and late afternoon or early morning fishing is good for channel catfish, white perch, yellow perch, striped bass, carp and eel.
Ocean
Ocean fishing was disrupted by the Hurricane, but should get back on track in the coming weeks. I will probably try some surf fishing this weekend at the Delaware Seashore State Park drive-on beaches. I hope to catch a few nice kingfish or snapper blues for the grill. I am hearing of good fishing for croaker, spot, puffers and more rarely a small weakfish off the saltwater piers and jetties from Henlopen down to OCMD. Tight lines everyone!
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