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Delayed Harvest trout water open June 2 in North Carolina.

Delayed Harvest trout waters open June 2 in North Carolina

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open 34 trout streams and two lakes classified as Delayed Harvest to trout harvest on June 2 through Sept. 30. […]

Rainbow trout have a varied diet and will eat anything they can capture. They routinely eat the larval, pupal and adult forms of aquatic insects, plus terrestrials that fall into the water. They will eat fish eggs, shrimp, crawfish and small fish up to one-third of their length.

Four-of-a-kind basic trout flies for fly fishermen

Robert Satterwhite

Fly fishers need to know the four basic types of flies, including how to tie them and present them, before heading out in search of trout. […]

The red tag in the cheek of this trout identifies it as a fish stocked in Apalachia Lake in 2012 at 14 inches long.

Trout tagging 101

Mike Marsh

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission implants elastomer tags into cheeks of all rainbow and brown trout stocked into Apalachia Lake. […]

Fishing on Apalachia Lake in extreme western North Carolina is often directed by water flow through Hiwassee Dam and then a pumpback feature that returns it to the larger, upstream lake.

Apalachia Lake flow changes often

Mike Marsh

The flow regime in Apalachia Lake is starkly different from what anglers expect with other mountain lakes. Water entering the lake through Hiwassee Dam is very cold, so the lake can support big trout, and it’s oxygenated by the Tennessee Valley Authority as it passes through the dam. […]

Western North Carolina lake boasts a trophy fishery for brown, rainbow trout.

Catching mountain trout the lake way is a North Carolina option

Mike Marsh

A summer Saturday with a nice weather forecast finds nearly every lake in North Carolina packed with anglers; arriving before daybreak is a prerequisite to having a place to park a boat trailer and tow vehicle at most public ramps. […]

Guide Colt Bass said plenty of quality Lake Hickory stripers will be caught this month as the spawn winds down.

Lake Hickory stripers moving

Tony Garitta

Guide Colt Bass of Collettesville, N.C., said May is a productive month for quality stripers at Lake Hickory on the Catawba River system. […]

Sections of North Carolina’s Tuckasegee River are great spring destination for fishermen interested in taking trout on fly rods.

Spring trout are mountain blessings

Robert Satterwhite

Beginning around the middle of March and continuing through May, mountain streams start warming up, browns, rainbows and brook trout become active and hungry, and mountain anglers enjoy some of the best trout fishing of the year. […]

Trout fishermen can get plenty of action with a visit to Cherokee, N.C.

The trout mecca – Cherokee is North Carolina’s trout-fishing mecca

Marty Shaffner

When most people think of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and its 57,000 acres deep in western North Carolina’s mountains, the tribal casino probably comes to mind. But if you are fisherman, you know the best bet on the reservation is the trout fishing. […]

With water levels good and the weather stabilizing in western NC, the trout fishing is good in several rivers and smaller creeks right now.

Western North Carolina trout fishing report

Brian Cope

Western North Carolina has some of the best fly fishing in the southeast, and the rivers near Brevard are no exception. March is often an unpredictable time of year due to the weather, but things are looking good for fishing the French Broad River and the Davidson, according to head fishing guide Ryan Kaufman of Headwaters Outfitters in Rosman, N.C. […]