Best yellow perch lakes in Delaware
19 Delaware waters list yellow perch (official records or labelled estimates), 15 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.
- Trap Pond — 6 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
- Millsboro Pond — 10 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel CatfishWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
- Haven Lake — 7 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Horsey Pond — 9 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- McColley Pond — 6 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Griffith Lake — 6 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
- Coursey Pond — 6 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
- McGinnis Pond — 9 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Becks Pond — 7 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Ingrams Pond — 7 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel CatfishWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Blairs Pond — 7 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Moores Lake — 4 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel CatfishWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Waples Pond — 3 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
- Wagamons Pond — 7 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites
- Derby Pond — 6 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Lums Pond — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel CatfishWhy #16: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
- Hearns Pond — 9 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow PerchWhy #17: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
- Records Pond — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel CatfishWhy #18: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
…plus 1 more Delaware waters holding yellow perch.
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How to use this ranking
The order is a map-planning ranking, not a claim about today's fish population. It favors larger mapped waters and gives survey-backed contours a three-times data-quality boost. Agency population surveys, current regulations, access and recent conditions should make the final decision.
Compare maximum depth across 37,233 lake records · See Delaware waters with public access data
When to fish yellow perch in Delaware
- Spring 3–12 ft — Spawning runs to shallow weeds and gravel — find the school, stay on it.
- Summer 10–30 ft — Schools slide deeper to soft-bottom flats and deep weedlines.
- Fall 12–35 ft — Jumbo perch pod up on deep basin flats feeding on invertebrates.
- Winter 15–35 ft — A premier ice-fishing target — deep mud flats, small jigs.
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