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Beaverdam Branch is a public river in Kent County and Sussex County, Delaware, managed by State of Delaware (public / navigable water). You can fish it on a Delaware inland fishing licence; bank access is at Delaware DNREC boat launches, Trout Management Area parking areas and bridge crossings. Delaware has no blanket streambed-access law; away from a public access point, wading or bank fishing may cross private property, so check current signage or ask permission. Public access confirmed via public-trust river.
A Delaware Bay tributary creek — striped bass, white perch, American shad and blue crab in brackish water, tidal and current-affected.
It runs roughly 14 miles through the Kent County region. Anglers here mostly fish for striped bass, white perch, american shad, blue crab; channel catfish are also on record. Live flow and gauge height come from the Beaverdam Branch At Houston, De USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Browns Branch and Blairs Pond.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, Delaware DNREC trout-stocking records and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Delaware on freshwater ponds or streams.
Boats: Most Delaware rivers (the Christina, Brandywine, Nanticoke, St. Jones and Murderkill) are waded or floated by canoe or kayak; only the lower, tidal reaches of the Christina, Nanticoke and Broadkill rivers take a larger boat.
Bank & bivvy camping: You can fish this river on a Delaware freshwater fishing licence; bank and wading access is at Delaware DNREC access points and bridge crossings — check current DEM signage for any water, as bank ownership and access rights vary by reach.
Tackle: Statewide bass and panfish limits are generous; the small Piedmont trout-stream program follows its own posted limit and season. Check the current DNREC fishing guide for this specific water.
Boat ramps: 1 mapped — Boat ramp.
Camping: 1 site mapped nearby — G&R Campground.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 01484100 — Beaverdam Branch At Houston, De. Full gauge data →
Anyone 16 to 64 needs a Delaware fishing licence — the resident annual is about $8.50, the non-resident annual about $22, with a 7-day non-resident licence (~$16) also sold. A separate free Delaware Bay/tidal endorsement is required for some anadromous species. Residents 65 and older and Delaware residents fishing on their own tidal shoreline need no licence. Buy from DNREC at dnrec.delaware.gov. A Delaware fishing licence (plus the free tidal endorsement for some species) covers this river under the state's public-trust doctrine for navigable/tidal water.
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