Where
To Fish in Western NC
This page will try and help you locate
public fishing locations. Western North Carolina has many miles
of fishable trout waters, wnctrout.com will try to give you an edge on
finding these locations. Most, if not all, of the locations will
be either NC Gamelands, National Forest Property or Great Smoky Mountains
National Park property. Most of these locations have been taken
from the current NC Regulations Digest, we'll try to put personal note
on the streams we have fished in the last year or so. The streams
will be listed by county and some streams cross county lines and will be
listed twice.
Contact the NC Wildlife Resource Comission
to buy a map of the trout waters in NC.
These maps are $12 plus tax and can be obtained by calling 919-662-4377.
Click on map to choose by county or choose by city
below!!!
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Catch and Release, Artificial Flies Only Waters
You must release fish once caught and you can only
use artificial flies in doing so. Here is a breakdown of the Catch
and Release, Artificial Flies regulations:
- Season
is open year-round
- No
fish may be harvested or possessed
- Only
artificial flies having one single hook may be used
- It
is unlawful to possess natural bait on your person while fishing
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It is unlawful to use more than one line per person
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It is unlawful to fish from one-half hour after sunset, to
one-half hour before sunrise on any Catch and Release stream
located on Game Lands
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It is unlawful to take fish bait or bait fish from "Catch
and Release Waters"
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It is unlawful to move wild fish from one stream to another
on game lands without prior written authorization from the
NCWRC
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Catch-and-Release/Artificial Flies Only
Waters
The following trout waters and their tributaries, except as noted, may be
fished only with artificial flies having one single hook.
No fish may be harvested or possessed while fishing these streams. These
streams are marked with red-and-gold signs.
Avery County
Elk River (portion on Lees-McRae College property, excluding the millpond)
Lost Cove Creek (game land portion, excluding Gragg Prong and Rockhouse Creek)
Transylvania County
Davidson River (headwaters to Avery Creek, excluding Avery Creek, Looking
Glass Creek and Grogan Creek)
Yancey County
South Toe River (portion from the concrete bridge above Black Mountain Campground
downstream to game land boundary,
excluding Camp Creek and Big Lost Cove Creek)
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