Inland Fishing Regulations AND INFORMATION
• Big Pine Creek (S.R. 1151 bridge to French Broad River) • Little Ivy Creek (confluence of Middle Fork and Paint Fork at Beech Glen to confluence with Ivy Creek at Forks of Ivy) • Max Patch Pond • Meadow Fork (Meadow Fork Campground to Spring Creek) • Puncheon Fork (Wolf Laurel Branch to Big Laurel Creek) • Roaring Fork (Fall Branch to Meadow Fork) • Shelton Laurel Creek (confluence of Big Creek and Mill Creek to N.C. 208 bridge at Belva) • Shut-in Creek • Spillcorn Creek • Spring Creek (junction of N.C. 209 and N.C. 63 to the confluence with Meadow Fork) • West Fork Shut-in Creek (lower game land boundary to confluence with East Fork Shut- in Creek) McDowell County CATCH AND RELEASE/ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY TROUT WATERS • Newberry Creek (game land portion) DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • Catawba River (portion adjacent to Marion Greenway) • Curtis Creek (game land portion downstream of the USFS boundary at Deep Branch) • Mill Creek (U.S. 70 bridge to I-40 bridge) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Armstrong Creek (Cato Holler lower line downstream to upper Greenlee line) • Catawba River (Catawba Falls Campground to Old Fort Recreation Park) • Little Buck Creek (game land portion) • North Fork Catawba River (headwaters to North Cove School Rd. at S.R. 1569 bridge) Mitchell County DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • Cane Creek (N.C. 226 bridge to S.R. 1189 bridge) • North Toe River (U.S. 19E bridge to N.C. 226 bridge) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Big Rock Creek (headwaters to N.C. 226 bridge at S.R. 1307 intersection) • Cane Creek (S.R. 1219 to N.C. 226 bridge) • East Fork Grassy Creek • Grassy Creek (East Fork Grassy Creek to mouth) • Little Rock Creek (Green Creek bridge to Big Rock Creek, except where posted against trespassing) • North Toe River (Avery Co. line to S.R. 1121 bridge) WILD TROUT WATERS • Green Creek (above Green Creek bridge, except where posted against trespassing) • Little Rock Creek (above Green Creek, in- cluding all tributaries, except where posted against trespassing) • Wiles Creek (game land boundary to mouth)
of the U.S. 23-441 bridge [marked by a sign on each bank]) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Balsam Lake • Bear Creek Lake • Cedar Cliff Lake • Cullowhee Creek (Tilley Creek to Tuckas- egee River) • Dark Ridge Creek (Jones Creek to Scott Creek) • Greens Creek (Greens Creek Baptist Church on S.R. 1370 to Savannah Creek) • Savannah Creek (Shell Branch to Cagle Branch) • Scott Creek (Dark Ridge Creek to Tuckas- egee River, except where posted against trespassing) • Tanasee Creek Lake • Tuckasegee River—upper (John Brown Branch to the downstream N.C. 107 bridge) • Tuckasegee River—lower (falls located 275 yards upstream of U.S. 23-441 bridge [marked by a sign on each bank] to S.R. 1534 bridge at Wilmot) • Wolf Creek Lake WILD TROUT WATERS • Gage Creek • North Fork Scott Creek • Tanasee Creek • Whitewater River (downstream from Silver Run Creek to South Carolina state line) • Wolf Creek (except Balsam Lake and Wolf Creek Lake) Macon County DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • Nantahala River (Whiteoak Creek to Nan- tahala hydropower discharge canal) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Burningtown Creek (Left Prong to Little Ten- nessee River) • Cartoogechaye Creek (downstream U.S. 64 bridge to Little Tennessee River) • Cliffside Lake • Cullasaja River (Sequoyah Dam to U.S. 64 bridge near junction of S.R. 1672) • Nantahala River—upper (Dicks Creek to Whiteoak Creek) • Nantahala River—lower (Nantahala hydro- power discharge canal to Swain Co. line) • Queens Creek Lake Madison County DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • Big Laurel Creek (N.C. 208 bridge to the U.S. 25-70 bridge) • Shelton Laurel Creek (N.C. 208 bridge at Bel- va to the confluence with Big Laurel Creek) • Spring Creek (N.C. 209 bridge at Hot Springs city limits to iron bridge at end of Andrews Avenue) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Big Laurel Creek (Puncheon Fork to the S.R. 1318 [Big Laurel Road] bridge downstream of Bearpen Branch)
HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Calderwood Reservoir (Cheoah Dam to Ten- nessee state line) • Cheoah Reservoir • Panther Creek (confluence of Stand Creek and Rock Creek to Lake Fontana) • Santeetlah Creek (Johns Branch to Lake Santeetlah) • (Big) Snowbird Creek (USFS Road 2579 to S.R. 1127 bridge) • Stecoah Creek (upper game land boundary to Lake Fontana) • Tulula Creek (S.R. 1201 to lower bridge on S.R. 1275) • West Buffalo Creek • Yellow Creek (Lake Santeetlah Hydropower Pipeline to Cheoah River) • Squally Creek Haywood County DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • West Fork Pigeon River (Queen Creek to the first game land boundary upstream of Lake Logan) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Cold Springs Creek (Fall Branch to Pigeon River) • Jonathan Creek (upstream S.R. 1302 bridge to Pigeon River, except where posted against trespass) • Pigeon River (Stamey Cove Branch to up- stream U.S. 19-23 bridge) • Richland Creek (Russ Avenue [U.S. 276] bridge to U.S. 19 bridge) • West Fork Pigeon River (Tom Creek to Queen Creek) Henderson County DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • North Fork Mills River (game land portion below the Hendersonville watershed dam) WILD TROUT WATERS • Little Buffalo Creek • South Fork Squally Creek HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • (Rocky) Broad River (end of S.R. 1611 to Rutherford Co. line) • Cane Creek (railroad bridge upstream of S.R. 1551 bridge to U.S. 25 bridge) • Clear Creek (Laurel Fork to S.R. 1582) • Green River (Lake Summit powerhouse to game land boundary) • (Big) Hungry River (S.R. 1885 to Green River) Jackson County CATCH AND RELEASE/ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY TROUT WATERS • Flat Creek • (East Fork) Tuckasegee River (game land portion upstream of Tanasee Creek Lake, including Duke Energy powerline corridor) DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • Tuckasegee River (downstream N.C. 107 bridge to the falls located 275 yards upstream
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