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Lums Pond, DE

Lake in New Castle County, Delaware. At 189 acres the largest freshwater pond in Delaware, an early-1800s impoundment built to feed the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and now the centerpiece of Lums Pond State Park near Bear. A productive warmwater fishery for largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, channel catfish and chain pickerel, with hybrid striped bass also present. Shallow, weedy and easy to fish from boat, kayak or bank.

61

Overall bite score

Scored 14 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled100
Pressure trendNOAArising60
SolunarComputedmoon 62% lit63
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed50
WindNOAA10
Cloud coverNOAA35
PrecipitationNOAA50

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for lakes and reservoirs. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

8 tracked species in Lums Pond, with the months each fishes best.

Black Crappieabundant · best Mar-May
Bluegillabundant · best May-Aug
Largemouth Bassabundant · best Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct
Chain Pickerelcommon · best Feb-Mar, Nov-Dec
Channel Catfishcommon · best May-Sep
Common Carpcommon · best Apr-Aug
Hybrid Striped Bassrare · best May-Jun, Sep-Oct
Yellow Perchrare · best Feb-Mar, Nov-Dec

Water facts

TypeLake
CountyNew Castle
StateDelaware
WaterFreshwater

No representative live USGS water-temp gauge on the pond, so the bite score uses the seasonal baseline. Concrete ramp and bank access in Lums Pond State Park (1068 Howell School Rd, Bear); state-park entrance fee in season. Statewide non-tidal bass and panfish limits apply.

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