Anybody know if there are runs of rainbow trout out of Lake James, Lure or Adger?
 
Thanks

I do not know about Adger and James, but years ago they did stock Steelhead in Lake James.   Supposedly, they did not take, but occassionaly they catch rainbows out of that lake.

the browns in lake lure run every fall, so theres at least some wild ones in the mix, even though the river feeding the lake is hs.  one of my buddies said a rainbow run used to happen, but its been years since he has seen it.  santeelah and fontana are good places to find running fish.

I have a client that lives on Lake Lure and is part of the committe that handles the stocking of the lake.  I spoke with him last week and he said that trout have not been stocked in Lake Lure since 2006 (I think he said 2006, may have been 2007).  Last year they shocked numerous areas of the lake to see what species were doing well and they only found one brook trout which was at the mouth of the Rocky Broad.  Mostly a bass fishery now from what he was saying.

I'll ask and let you know.  As an aside, he did say they were stocking thousands of trout up to that point at $1.83/lb and were having horrible problems with poachers keeping the fish so they discontinued the stocking.

Quote from Woody on 03/11/12 at 2:21pm:

 
I do not doubt that at all.
 
Plus it would be even more expensive to truck the fish to the lake with high gas prices now.
 
Too bad Lake Lure and the other lakes there are privately owned.

Pelican Lake in Juno Beach, FL used to be an awesome bass fishery. Nice grass beds and everything. The Snowbird "homeowners" decided it didn't look "clean" and was unattractive. They forced the town to "clean" it up and destroyed almost the entire population. I know for a fact that there used to be largemouth bass pushing 15# in it, and I'd usually land 15-20 fish in 1-2 hours of walking the bank. I never used a canoe. If I had I would have had a shot at the big boys.  But alas the water is now "clean" and most of the fish are gone.