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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 Commission 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.

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Madison County

Madison County is on the Tennessee - North Carolina border and is surrounded by Buncombe, Haywood and Yancey counties.  Mars Hill and Hot Springs are the two major towns within the county.
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Stocked Waters

Shut In Creek (entire creek)(8 miles)

Spring Creek (junction of NC 209 and NC 63 to lower US Forest Service boundry line)(13 miles)  

Little Creek (East Fork) (entire creek)(2 miles)

Meadow Fork Creek (entire creek except Little Creek)(11 miles)

Roaring Fork (entire creek)(5 miles)

Max Patch Pond

Big Laurel Creek (Mars Hill watershead boundry to the SR 1318 (Big Laurel Rd) bridge downstream of Bearpen Branch)

Spillcorn Creek (entire stream, excluding tributaries)

Shelton Laurel Creek (confluence of Big Creek and Mill Creek to NC 208 bridge at Belva)

Mill Creek (headwaters to confluence with Big Creek)

Big Pine Creek (SR 1151 bridge to French Broad River)

Puncheon Fork (Hampton Creek to Big Laurel Creek)(5 miles)

Little Ivy Creek (confluence of Middle Fork and Paint Fork at Beech Glen to confluence with Ivy Creek at Forks of Ivy)

Delayed Harvest Trout Waters

Big Laurel Creek (NC 208 bridge to the US 25-70 bridge)

Shelton Laurel Creek (NC 208 bridge at Belva to the confluence with Big Laurel Creek)

Click here for the N.C. Wildlife's Stocking report for Madison County!

Wild Trout: Natural Bait Waters

Big Creek (headwaters to the lower game lands boundry, including tributaries)

***All waters on game lands not listed are considered Wild Trout Waters!!!!!!

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