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.
Hatchery supported streams in 25 counties have been stocked over the past month with more than 212,000 brook, rainbow and brown trout at a ratio of 40-40-20%. Almost all trout will be stocked at around 10 inches long, with about 4% stocked that are more than 14 inches long.
Trout streams in the state’s Hatchery Supported Trout Waters program are marked with green-and-white signs.
The daily creel limit on these streams is seven trout per day, with no size minimums and no lure or bait restrictions.
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