Tussock Pond is a lake in Sussex County, Delaware.
Tussock is an 8.6-acre pond with a 6-foot maximum and only about 20.36 acre-feet of storage. Verified measurements give Tussock Pond a surface area of 8.6 acres, a maximum depth of 6 feet, and approximately 20.36 acre-feet of storage.
Tussock Pond is shallow enough that shoreline cover, the old channel and the outside edge of vegetation remain important through most of the year.
At Tussock Pond, a weightless worm and small jig are dependable around wood, while a frog or weedless swimbait makes sense when surface vegetation thickens. Black crappie at Tussock Pond respond to a 1/32- or 1/16-ounce jig and live minnows beside brush, shaded wood or the deepest water available. Bluegill in Tussock Pond can be caught with a piece of worm, cricket or tiny jig under a small float, especially where shade meets vegetation.
Keep the tackle simple and compare two kinds of cover rather than changing location after every cast. No-wake operation is required on Delaware's public freshwater ponds, so a slow, deliberate pace fits Tussock Pond.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
Source checked:
This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.