| KILLENSSome of the best ponds during the | | | | water at night in the upper end. Buzzbaits |
| heat, day or night, have been Millsboro, | | | | are best, but Tournament Frogs work well |
| Killens, and Canal pond.First of the closest | | | | also, in the day and night. Several bass have |
| ponds to both upper and lower Delaware is | | | | been caught in the three to six pound range |
| Killens in Dover. Killens is located right | | | | in the past at night, using the frog and |
| off rt.13. Turn left onto State Park Road, | | | | Senko's mostly in the day. Cast the buzzbait |
| follow the road around the curve, past the | | | | wherever possible at night, it is worth |
| main park entrance, and about a mile and a | | | | removing the grass. Use Senko's by the lower |
| half down the road is the pond. It has | | | | end of the lake in deeper water in the day, |
| parking for about six to eight trucks with | | | | and do not forget to let them sit a long |
| trailers, with an adequate launching ramp. | | | | time, raise the pole once or twice, and then |
| Killens is a state park, and they also rent | | | | cast again. Use these techniques and bring |
| boats and cabins, but you will find little | | | | plenty of insect repellent, and you will |
| competition for bass except on the | | | | connect with some lunkers, and many others in |
| weekends.Most of Killens is one to five feet | | | | the two to three pound range.CANAL PONDCanal |
| deep at the shoreline, except in the extreme | | | | Pond is located by the railroad bridge in the |
| upper end, where it is just inches deep. The | | | | C&D Canal area. Turn right under St.Georges |
| lake has an Island in the center with some | | | | Bridge and follow the road to the pond. It |
| wood cover and grass. It drops off to six | | | | has beautiful structure, pads, and has a deep |
| feet quickly on the channel side (main lake), | | | | shoreline with a deep hole. This was where a |
| and is about three feet on the right side. | | | | few years ago, the thirty pound landlocked |
| This is a particularly good area to work in | | | | striped bass was caught. There are some real |
| the day with "Senko's" in four and five inch | | | | Lunker largemouth's still there also. You |
| sizes in black and watermelon on a 3/0 WG | | | | will need a small cartop boat to fish it, but |
| hook, with eight and ten pound test line. In | | | | it is worth the trouble of getting in. It is |
| addition, clacker type buzzbaits produce bass | | | | about thirty acres of real good drop-offs, |
| in the three to six pound range many times in | | | | and structure, where bass up to nine pounds |
| this area, even in the bright afternoon sun. | | | | have been caught. Please remember to practice |
| A Tournament Frog, or "Sumo Frog" is a good | | | | Catch, Photo, and Release so we can all enjoy |
| choice for the pads especially in the daytime | | | | the bass fishing there for a long time to |
| heat. The action will be slower, but you can | | | | come. Senko's and four inch straight tailed |
| connect with some big explosions through the | | | | worms work best throughout the year in |
| grass and pads at times. A Tournament Frog is | | | | watermelon and green. At times spinnerbaits |
| the best choice of topwater, and a 1/2 ounce | | | | and frogs will work, but this is a plastics |
| in black works best all around. Vary the | | | | lake.Noxontown LakeNoxontown has long been |
| retrieve, both day and night, sometimes | | | | known for producing big bass. In the late |
| letting the frog sit after hitting the water, | | | | seventies and early eighties largemouth of |
| as long as thirty seconds, then use a few | | | | seven and eight pounds were not uncommon to |
| quick hops. If this doesn't produce, try | | | | hear of each week.Since that time, with all |
| working it very fast and pausing only once, | | | | the recreational and tournament pressure, its |
| on the way back to the boat. This is | | | | big bass numbers seem to have declined, or |
| especially effective in large pads.Jigs in | | | | have they?The answer is no! They are still |
| black and blue take their fair share of nice | | | | there, just older and wiser. |
| bass from here also, but you must be | | | | |
| extremely accurate and quiet in your | | | | This was proven when I caught a 10.16 pound |
| presentations or you will not connect. The | | | | largemouth bass in 1999 in Noxontown, just |
| bass will be in the heaviest of cover, lying | | | | ounces short of the state record.That bass |
| in wait for a slow moving, crippled bait to | | | | was featured in a full page article in the |
| come overhead."GO AT NIGHT"Fishing at night | | | | News Journal paper, in Bassmaster Magazine |
| when the water cools to seventy or | | | | Lunker Club, North American Fisherman, and |
| seventy-five degrees, is the best time to | | | | Bass Pro Shops Master catalogs.The trick to |
| connect with bigger bass now. Explore the | | | | getting these larger bass to strike is to |
| shallow water right at the drop-offs on the | | | | fish the lake at low pressure times during |
| left side of the lake with buzzbaits cast to | | | | the weekdays, and employing some western |
| the main channel edge. Do not be afraid to | | | | techniques such as swimbaits off the deeper |
| experiment with some older, forgotten baits, | | | | points. Just because they are northern strain |
| such as a "Devils Horse", or similar prop | | | | bass and aren't 20 pounds, it doesn't mean |
| baits. They work wonders sometimes in highly | | | | they don't want a big easy meal.Follow these |
| pressured lakes.MILLSBORO PONDMillsboro Pond | | | | tips and tactics in these Delaware Lakes and |
| is in Sussex County, Delaware, in the town of | | | | Ponds this year, and you will catch the |
| Millsboro off Isabella and Main Street. It | | | | trophy of a lifetime!The swimbaits and other |
| has room for only a few boats, and the | | | | big bass baits are available at Delaware |
| launching ramp is very shallow, you can get | | | | Tackle in Wilmington, or on the web at is |
| off all right, but getting back on the | | | | the 1998 Big Bass World Champ/De and in the |
| trailer can be real tricky. Most of the lake | | | | NAFC Hall Of Fame. His site is where you can |
| is shallow, with lots of grass. It has | | | | talk with him live. |
| several Islands, but the bass go to shallow | | | | |