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Nanticoke River, DE
River in Sussex County, Delaware. A tidal blackwater river winding through southwestern Sussex County toward the Chesapeake. The tidal stretches around Seaford and Phillips Landing give up largemouth bass, crappie, white perch, channel catfish and chain pickerel, while striped bass and white perch run the lower river seasonally. Cypress-lined banks and submerged wood make it a classic structure fishery.
Overall bite score
Scored 17 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes
Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for tidal water. No black box: every reading names its source.
What swims here
8 tracked species in Nanticoke River, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
Live USGS gauge 01487000 (Nanticoke River near Bridgeville) provides streamflow; it is a discharge-only gage with no temperature series, so the bite score uses flow plus the seasonal baseline. Ramps at Phillips Landing and Woodland Wharf (Nanticoke Wildlife Area) near Laurel, and at Seaford. Tidal river; American shad harvest is closed on the Nanticoke and its tributaries.
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