Inland Fishing Regulations AND INFORMATION
Burke County CATCH AND RELEASE/ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY TROUT WATERS • Henry Fork (portion on South Mountains State Park) DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • Jacob Fork (Shinny Creek to lower South Mountains State Park boundary) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Carroll Creek (portion on game lands above S.R. 1405) • Henry Fork (lower South Mountains State Park line downstream to S.R. 1919 at Ivy Creek) • Linville River (portion within Linville Gorge Wilderness Area (LGWA) and portion be- low Lake James powerhouse from upstream bridge on S.R. 1223 to Muddy Creek), there is no closed season within LGWA. SPECIAL REGULATION TROUT WATERS • Catawba River (Muddy Creek to City of Morganton water intake dam). The creel limit is two trout per day, and the minimum size limit is 14 inches. No bait restrictions. No closed season. WILD TROUT WATERS • All waters located on South Mountains State Park except Clear Creek Reservoir, the main stream of Jacob Fork between the mouth of
• Hyatt Creek (Big Dam Branch to Valley River) • Junaluska Creek (Ashturn Creek to Val- ley River) • Shuler Creek (Joe Brown Hwy. [S.R. 1325] bridge to Tennessee state line) • Valley River (S.R. 1359 to U.S. 19 Business bridge in Murphy) SPECIAL REGULATION TROUT WATERS • Apalachia Reservoir. The creel limit is three trout per day. There is no minimum size limit, but only one trout may be greater than 14 inches. No bait restrictions. No closed season. Clay County DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • Fires Creek (Rockhouse Creek to the foot bridge in the USFS Fires Creek Picnic Area) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Buck Creek (game land portion downstream of U.S. 64 bridge) • Fires Creek (foot bridge in the USFS Fires Creek Picnic Area to S.R. 1300) • Tusquitee Creek (Compass Creek to lower S.R. 1300 bridge) Graham County DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • (Big) Snowbird Creek (USFS footbridge at the old railroad junction to USFS Road 2579)
Shinny Creek and the lower park boundary, and Henry Fork and its tributaries • Nettle Branch (game land portion) Caldwell County DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • Wilson Creek (game land portion below Lost Cove Creek to Phillips Branch) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Boone Fork Pond • Buffalo Creek (mouth of Joes Creek to Mc- Cloud Branch) • Joes Creek (first falls upstream of S.R. 1574 to confluence with Buffalo Creek) • Wilson Creek (Phillips Branch to Brown Mountain Beach Dam, except where posted against trespassing) • Yadkin River (Happy Valley Ruritan Community Park to S.R. 1515) WILD TROUT WATERS • Buffalo Creek (Watauga Co. line to Long Ridge Branch including tributaries on game lands) • Joes Creek (Watauga Co. line to first falls upstream of the end of S.R. 1574) • Rockhouse Creek Cherokee County HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Davis Creek (confluence of Bald and Dockery creeks to Hanging Dog Creek)
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