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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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Mitchell County

Mitchell County is on the Tennessee - North Carolina border and is surrounded by Yancey, McDowell and Avery counties.  Spruce Pine and Bakersville are the two major towns within the county.   The Blue Ridge Parkway skirts the southern edge of the county.
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Stocked Waters

Big Rock Creek (headwaters to NC 226 bridge at S.R. 1307 intersection) (9 miles)

Little Rock Creek (Green Creek bridge to Big Rock Creek) (7 miles)

Cane Creek (S.R. 1219 to NC 226 bridge )

Grassy Creek (East Fork Grassy Creek to mouth) (5 miles)

East Fork Grassy Creek (entire creek) (1 mile)

North Toe River (Avery County line to S.R. 1121 bridge (Altapass Rd.))

Delayed Harvest Waters

Cane Creek (NC 226 bridge to NC 80 bridge)

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

Wild Trout Waters

Green Creek (headwaters to Green Creek Bridge) (3 miles)

Little Rock Creek (above Green Creek including all tributaries) (6 miles)

Wiles Creek (game lands boundary to mouth)

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

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