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The beauty of Lums Pond attracts many people from all around. At Lums Pond you always meet someone from Dover, and let's not forget Crystal Run which is a stream that you may come across while here. If you need a place to stay Howard Johnson Hotel & Suites is a great choice. There's so much to do here at Lums Pond that you need to camp here for a while, Delaware Motel and RV Park is a great spot for that, and Becks Pond is a good lake close by. Lots of rainfall
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| | falls at Lums Pond; the month of July is the wettest with most of the rain while February is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Lums Pond in fact is in the middle of a scenic outdoors paradise. Lakes? Sure, Sunset Lake is in close proximity, and a pleasant place for whitewater paddling is Red Clay Creek. This lake is so wonderful. A fine nearby hotel is Quality Inn University; you can stay the night at Lums Pond State Park. At Lums Pond throughout | |
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the months of summer highs are in the 80's. When the night sets in temperatures fall down into the 60's. Highs during the wintertime are frequently in the 40's with temperatures at Lums Pond dipping down into the 20's throughout winter nights. Back Creek Golf Club is a golf course next to Lums Pond; you can run the rapids of Big Elk Creek.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 39.55583 Longitude: -75.71694
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Big Elk Creek, Cecil CountyCounty, 11 miles away Class I-II - 12.6 miles long (Pennsylvania Route 341 to Elkton) |
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Red Clay Creek, New Castle CountyCounty, 12 miles away Class I-II - 10.5 miles long (Marshall Bridge Road to Route 41) |
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Brandywine Creek, New Castle CountyCounty, 16 miles away Class III - 8 miles long (Thompson Bridge Road to Market Street) |
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Noxontown Lake
 | 1 PHOTO ...ns. Noxontown is about 4 feet deep on average, but most of the shoreline up close, is in 1-2 feet of water. The water is always stained to muddy, so your selections of lures and colors should reflect that. There are just hundreds of trees, rocks, gravel, sand, and laydowns, so you need to know where to spend most of your time. There are various types of vegetation, including lots of lily pads, that rise above the surface. The extreme upper end, is shallow and muddy, and holds less large bass than other sections of the lake.
The first place to start is the North shore, about 200 yards up from the school. This area is best probed with spinnerbait and buzzbaits first for active fish, but it is definitely a jig or tube area. Work all this cover, (and there will be a lot of it), with a 3/8 oz. Black/blue jig with a Zoom or Uncle Josh trailer. Work each limb on the laydowns, and move in to the bases, before moving on to the next. The trees extend out over the water from the shore in many areas, so you need to practice skipping, and pitching, as well as flipping, if you want to work ... |
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