What is the best channel catfish lake in Delaware?

Millsboro Pond tops our ranking of Delaware channel catfish waters — 10 ft max depth with real survey depth contours. Garrisons Lake and Ingrams Pond round out the top three.

How many lakes in Delaware have channel catfish?

DepthScout maps 9 Delaware waters holding channel catfish, 5 of them with real state-agency depth surveys. The deepest is Millsboro Pond at 10 ft.

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Best channel catfish lakes in Delaware

9 Delaware waters hold channel catfish, 5 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. 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. Scent-driven bottom feeder. Holes, channels and inflows — best after dark.

Millsboro Pond — 10 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
Garrisons Lake — 5 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
Ingrams Pond — 7 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
Moores Lake — 4 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
Craigs Pond — 7 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
Lums Pond — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
Records Pond — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
Killens Pond — 7 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
Brandywine Creek — 6 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Common Carp

When to fish channel catfish in Delaware

Spring 3–12 ft — Warm inflows and shallow mud flats after rain.
Summer 8–25 ft — Deep holes by day; cats roam shallow flats to feed at night.
Fall 10–30 ft — Fish concentrate in river/creek channels and deeper holes.
Winter 20–40 ft — Stacked in the deepest holes; slow natural baits.

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