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Noxontown Pond Fishing Report

Updated Mon, Nov 9, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

A Middletown millpond: Noxontown holds largemouth, pickerel and crappie in tidal-fed water.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Water temp
~63 F est.
Air / High
47 / 60 F
Wind
W 8 mph

Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Monday
9
November 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Noxontown Pond feels the season turning: shorter days, grouping fish. Today brings clear skies, wind W around 8 mph, steady pressure near 1011 hPa and a high of 60. Water sits around 63 F for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:28 PM-1:28 AM and 11:04 AM-1:04 PM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

CrappieGood

Pre-spawn fish move toward shallow coves, and Iowa DNR points to wading as an effective way to reach them in spring; minnows or small jigs under a float.

Largemouth bassFair

In spring, pre-spawn bass push shallow as the water climbs through the mid-50s; in fall they feed actively until the water cools into the low 50s, then drop back toward deeper structure.

Catfish (blue, channel)Fair

In spring after ice-out, Iowa finds channel cats feeding on winter-killed shad on the shallow, warmer mudflats at the upper ends of reservoirs; cut bait on the bottom works there.

White bassSlow

The spring run happens in this band: tributaries, shoals and the upper ends of reservoirs as the water reaches about 55Β°F.

Tomorrow: Similar at 64 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Tue, Nov 10, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Delaware requires a fishing licence from age 16, from $8.50 for residents. What a Delaware licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing largemouth bass here? Check the size and bag limits with DNREC before you keep anything. The season dates for Delaware, read off the agency, are on the Delaware seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings.

No live gauge on this water

Conditions here are modeled from weather, season and the nearest stations. Water readings appear when a USGS gauge is available.

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Right now

Latest readings

Air temp47 F
High / Low60 / 42 F
WindW 8-17 mph
Pressure1011.2 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 1%
Sunrise / Sunset06:39 / 16:52
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~63 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

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Which day to fish Noxontown Pond this week

The best day on Noxontown Pond this week looks like Saturday Nov 14, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.

Best day this week: Saturday, Nov 14 β€” good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Nov 9 β€” Fair

A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Solunar majors
11:28 PM-1:28 AM and 11:04 AM-1:04 PM
Minor period
6:49 AM-7:49 AM
Sun
06:39 to 16:52
Moon
New Moon, 0% lit
Sky and wind
Overcast, 20 mph
Rain chance
1%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Noxontown Pond: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: the spring pre-spawn and the fall feed

A warm-water sunfish of lakes, reservoirs, ponds and slow river backwaters that holds tight to cover: weeds, logs, rock ledges and docks. In Texas, TPWD surveys rank it "by far" the freshwater fish anglers most want to catch. In spring, pre-spawn bass push shallow as the water climbs through the mid-50s; in fall they feed actively until the water cools into the low 50s, then drop back toward deeper structure.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: the spring spawn; summer around docks, brush and the thermocline

Two slab-sided panfish, the white crappie and the black crappie, that gather around submerged timber, brush piles, docks and bridge pilings in lakes, reservoirs and slow river backwaters. Texas Parks and Wildlife counts crappie as the state's most popular panfish. Pre-spawn fish move toward shallow coves, and Iowa DNR points to wading as an effective way to reach them in spring; minnows or small jigs under a float.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Year-round, best at dusk and after dark

Three big catfish share most of the country's rivers and reservoirs: the channel catfish, the most widespread; the blue catfish, the largest; and the flathead, which hunts live fish. All feed mostly on or near the bottom. In spring after ice-out, Iowa finds channel cats feeding on winter-killed shad on the shallow, warmer mudflats at the upper ends of reservoirs; cut bait on the bottom works there.

White bass illustration

White bass

Best: the spring run up the tributaries, then summer surface schools

A silvery temperate bass of rivers and large reservoirs, also called sand bass, that schools in open water after shad and runs up tributaries to spawn in early spring. The spring run happens in this band: tributaries, shoals and the upper ends of reservoirs as the water reaches about 55Β°F.

When to come: the Noxontown Pond calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
Crappie
Catfish (blue, channel)
White bass
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 63 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovNov, ~63 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Noxontown Pond today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Sun, Nov 8

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Crappie led the card at good. High of 60 F, wind to 14 mph.

Sat, Nov 7

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Crappie led the card at good. High of 58 F, wind to 18 mph.

Fri, Nov 6

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Crappie led the card at good. High of 69 F, wind to 12 mph.

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Before you go

License

Delaware requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Delaware license. Largemouth and panfish limits per current DNREC regulations. Electric motors only.

Access

Public boat ramp near Middletown; shoreline access at the launch area.

About this water

A 158-acre historic millpond on the Appoquinimink drainage near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.

Fishing Noxontown Pond: the full guide

An old millpond

Noxontown Pond covers about 158 acres on Noxontown Mill Pond near Middletown in New Castle County, Delaware, an eighteenth-century millpond on the Appoquinimink drainage bordered partly by St. Andrew’s School. It is a shallow, weedy, wood-rich water holding largemouth bass, chain pickerel, crappie, bluegill and catfish.

Largemouth in the cover

The pond is thick with lily pads, submerged timber and shoreline wood, and the largemouth live in it: frogs and weedless plastics over the pads, jigs and Texas rigs in the wood, and spinnerbaits along the edges. Summer heat pushes fish deeper into the cover and into the shaded upper end.

Pickerel and panfish

Chain pickerel are numerous and aggressive around the vegetation, hitting spinners, spoons and topwater with a violence out of proportion to their size. Crappie hold the wood in spring, and bluegill are everywhere. It is a rewarding pond for anglers who enjoy picking apart heavy cover.

New Castle County logistics

A public boat ramp serves the pond with electric-motor-only rules and shoreline access at the launch area, with parking for a modest number of vehicles. Middletown provides services minutes away, and Wilmington is about 40 minutes north. Vegetation grows heavy by midsummer and a kayak or canoe is often the best way to work it, since a paddle craft slips into the pockets between the pads that a larger boat cannot reach. Spring, before the growth thickens, is the easiest time to cover water.

Common questions

Is it weedy?

Very, by midsummer: lily pads and submerged growth dominate. Weedless presentations and a kayak help.

Are there pickerel?

Yes, in numbers: they ambush from the pads and hit spinners and topwater aggressively.

Can I use a gas motor?

No: electric motors only on this pond.

Is fishing good at Noxontown Pond right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Lums Pond8 miGarrisons Lake14 miWhite Clay Creek18 miChristina River20 miSilver Lake20 miSusquehanna Flats21 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 39.4335, -75.6870 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written guide was drafted with AI assistance. Unlike our newer pages, it does not yet list the official pages its facts were checked against: that audit is under way, and anything it cannot verify will be taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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