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Delayed Harvest trout season will open on June 6
North Carolina’s Delayed Harvest trout season opener is June 6, 2020. Delayed Harvest waters include 34 streams and two lakes. […]
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Restoring native brook trout with NCWRC
In this video, the NCWRC fisheries division shows what they do the help restore the Carolinas’ only native trout population. […]
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NCWRC works to restore brook trout
The NCWRC is going the extra mile to help the state’s depleted areas hold self-sustaining populations of brook trout. […]
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Where do N.C.’s stocked trout come from?
The NCWRC stocks almost 1 million trout throughout North Carolina’s waterways with fish raised at the Bobby N. Setzer State Fish Hatchery outside of Brevard. […]
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NCWRC requests reports of hellbender sightings
Hellbenders have scary names, and they do like a little scary, but they are harmless to humans, and the NCWRC is hoping to learn more about their population throughout North Carolina. […]
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Catching mountain trout on the Chattooga River
South Carolina’s Chattooga River is stocked regularly with rainbow and brook trout. This river offers easy access and gives anglers a shot at lots of fish, including an occasional big one. […]
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Trout season opens April 4 in NC stocked streams
About 1,000 miles of North Carolina’s mountain trout streams that were closed on Feb. 29 for stocking will reopen on Saturday, April 4, at 7 a.m. […]
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NCWRC closing hatchery-supported waters Feb. 29
North Carolina’s hatchery supported trout waters will close on Feb. 29 to allow the NCWRC to restock with more than 900,000 fish. The season will open April 4. […]
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SCDNR stocking trout in Saluda River
Anglers around Columbia, S.C. may be surprised to find out they can catch plenty of rainbow and brown trout in the lower Saluda River just below the Lake Murray Dam. […]
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Brown trout: the immigrant that took over
Brown trout, are not native to the Carolinas, or even to North America, but they have thrived since their introduction. […]