freestone river · trout · smallmouth bass · panfish
White Clay Creek (Newark)
Live conditions for White Clay Creek (Newark): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
81cfs↗ risingcaution
Inside the wade band but rising · +25.4% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp66.7°F
Stage5.35 ft
Engine callGO 75 cfs in the wade band · 67°F
The water
White Clay Creek (Newark) is a freestone river in Delaware, fished for trout, smallmouth bass, panfish — rainbow, brown, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutsmallmouth basspanfishrainbow troutbrown troutbrook trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- White Clay Creek Preserve Office (Sharpless Road)walk in
- White Clay Creek Preserve (confluence of East & Middle Branches)walk in
- White Clay Creek State Park – Chambers Rock Road parking areabridge
- Arc Corner Road Parking (White Clay Creek Preserve)walk in
- White Clay Creek State Park – Wedgewood Road Parking Area / Shirley Russel Bridgebridge
- Chambers Rock Road Bridge & Parking Areabridge
- Chambers House Nature Center / Creek Roadwalk in
- White Clay Creek State Park – Nine Foot Road Area Parkingwalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.
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