Delaware State Parks offer freshwater, saltwater and offshore fishing, as well as clamming and crabbing, and this page will help you plan your perfect fishing adventure! A general fishing license is required for fishing, crabbing, or clamming in tidal and non-tidal waters in Delaware. The Delaware Fishing Guide, a publication of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Fish & Wildlife, provides comprehensive information about fishing in Delaware.

We have 6 parks that offer fresh water fishing.

Alapocas Run State Park

Visit the Alapocas Run State Park homepage for more information about the park.

Brandywine Creek State Park

Anglers can fish for small mouth bass, bluegill, and crappie in Brandywine Creek and for trout in Wilsons Run.

Visit the Brandywine Creek State Park homepage for more information about the park.

Killens Pond State Park

The pond is home to largemouth bass, catfish, carp, perch, crappie, bluegills, and pickerel, all of which await the patient angler.

Visit the Killens Pond State Park homepage for more information about the park.

Lums Pond State Park

With the pond being the major focus of the park, water-borne recreation is important at Lums. Lums offers some of the best freshwater fishing in the state. Anglers can chase largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, catfish, or pickerel. Several youth fishing tournaments are held yearly.

Visit the Lums Pond State Park homepage for more information about the park.

Trap Pond State Park

Anglers on the water or shore may land largemouth bass, pickerel, crappie, and bluegills. Trap Pond has has been cited by Bassmaster Magazine as one of the top 100 bass fishing lakes in the country.

Visit the Trap Pond State Park homepage for more information about the park.

White Clay Creek State Park

The Smith Mill Pond offers accessible docks for bluegill fishing, and a catch-and-release program for largemouth bass can be found at Judge Morris Estate. The White Clay Creek offers anglers the opportunity to fish for stocked rainbow and brown trout. Trout fishing opens the first Saturday in April. A fishing license is required at all times when fishing. A trout stamp is required April through June 30th and again in October through November. Fly-fishing is only allowed north of the Chambers Rock Bridge up to the Pennsylvania border. The creek closes to all fishing two weeks prior to the opening day of trout season.

Visit the White Clay Creek State Park homepage for more information about the park.