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Best chain pickerel lakes in Delaware

5 Delaware waters hold chain pickerel. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The eastern esox — a lie-in-wait weed-bed assassin that bites all year, including through the ice.

1. Red Mill Pond — 8 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel
2. Silver Lake — 12 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
3. Lake Como — 8 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
4. Andrews Lake — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
5. Silver Lake (Milford) — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish

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When to fish chain pickerel in Delaware

• Spring 2–10 ft — Early spawner: post-spawn fish prowl warming, weedy bays and eat everything that moves.
• Summer 3–15 ft — Classic ambush game: weed edges, pad fields and dock shade — flashy, steady retrieves.
• Fall 4–15 ft — Feeding hard around the last green weeds as water cools.
• Winter 5–18 ft — One of ice fishing's most reliable biters — shiners on tip-ups over weed flats.

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