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State of the Waters · First State

Delaware Water Levels & the Daily Bite

Live levels for Delaware's ponds and reservoirs — Lums, Killens, Becks, Hoopes and Silver Lake. Every tube shows the normal level, the current level, the pond's two signature fish (hover for the species, click for 2026 tournaments), and a live bite gauge at left. Scroll down for the White Clay & Red Clay trout creeks, the catfish rivers, and the Brandywine & Marshyhope rivers.

Fetching live readings…
Pick how you're using the water today — jump to live conditions:
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Flood / above normal At normal pool Below normal Current level Bite gauge: slow → hot (solunar)

Hover a fish for its species · click a fish to search that lake's 2026 tournaments

Each cylinder is scaled to its own operating band: the gold line is normal full pool, the red line is the flood / above-normal line, and the blue water is the live reading. Where a Delaware water has a live gauge (USGS, the Bureau of Reclamation, or California's CDEC) it reads true surface elevation; lakes with no public real-time feed show the most recent published level. The colored bar at left is a solunar bite forecast for right now (red = slow, green = hot).

Trout Tailwaters — Cold Water Below the Dams

Delaware's seasonal trout run the White Clay and Red Clay creeks near Newark — stocked rainbow and brown, best in spring. The cylinder shows live flow (cfs), low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.

The trout creeks are small and rain-driven; fish White Clay in spring before it warms.

River Catfish — Warm-Water Rivers

The tidal St. Jones and Nanticoke hold strong channel and blue catfish. Live river stage (ft) with the action and flood stages marked. Hover a cat for the species; tap it for a guide.

Float Rivers — Paddle & Wade

The Brandywine is rocky smallmouth water; the Marshyhope and Christina are lowland bass and catfish. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT, EXPERT and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.

Delaware's tidal rivers move with the tide — fish the catfish bends on a moving current.

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