Inland Fishing Regulations AND INFORMATION
Watauga County CATCH AND RELEASE/ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY TROUT WATERS • Laurel Creek (confluence of North and South Fork Laurel creeks to Elk Creek, excluding tributaries) • Pond Creek (headwaters to Locust Ridge Road bridge, excluding the pond adjacent to Lake Coffey) DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • Lake Coffey • Watauga River—upper (S.R. 1114 bridge to Valle Crucis Community Park lower boundary) • Watauga River—lower (S.R. 1103 bridge to confluence with Laurel Creek) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Beaverdam Creek (confluence of Beaverdam Creek and Little Beaverdam Creek to an un- named tributary adjacent to the intersection of S.R. 1201 and S.R. 1203) • Beech Creek • Buckeye Creek (Buckeye Creek Reservoir dam to Grassy Gap Creek) • Buckeye Creek Reservoir • Cove Creek (S.R. 1233 bridge at Zionville to S.R. 1214 bridge at Sherwood) • Dutch Creek (S.R. 1136 bridge to the mouth) • Elk Creek (S.R. 1510 bridge at Triplett to Wilkes Co. line, except where posted against trespassing)
• Laurel Creek (S.R. 1123 bridge at S.R. 1157 intersection to Watauga River) • Meat Camp Creek (S.R. 1340 bridge at S.R. 1384 intersection to N.C. 194) • Middle Fork New River (adjacent to inter- section of S.R. 1539 and U.S. 321 to South Fork New River) • Norris Fork Creek • South Fork New River (canoe launch 70 yards upstream of U.S. 421 bridge to lower bound- ary of Brookshire Park) • Stony Fork (S.R. 1500 bridge at S.R. 1505 intersection to Wilkes Co. line) WILD TROUT WATERS • Dutch Creek (headwaters to S.R. 1136 bridge) • Howard Creek • Maine Branch (headwaters to North Fork New River) • North Fork New River (from confluence with Maine and Mine branches to Ashe Co. line) • Winkler Creek (lower bridge on S.R. 1549 to confluence with South Fork New River) Wilkes County DELAYED HARVEST TROUT WATERS • East Prong Roaring River (Bullhead Creek downstream to Stone Mountain State Park lower boundary) • Elk Creek—upper (Watauga Co. line to lower boundary of Blue Ridge Mountain Club)
• Elk Creek—lower (portion on Leatherwood Mountains Development) • Reddies River (Town of North Wilkesboro wa- ter intake dam to confluence with Yadkin River) • Stone Mountain Creek (from falls at Allegh- any Co. line to confluence with East Prong Roaring River and Bullhead Creek) HATCHERY SUPPORTED TROUT WATERS • Basin Creek (S.R. 1730 bridge to confluence with Lovelace Creek) • Bell Branch Pond • Boundary Line Pond • Cub Creek (0.5 miles upstream of S.R. 2460 bridge to S.R. 1001 bridge) • Darnell Creek (North Prong Reddies River) (downstream ford on S.R. 1569 to confluence with North Fork Reddies River) • East Prong Roaring River (Stone Mountain State Park lower boundary to Low Meadows Lane bridge) • Fall Creek (S.R. 1300 bridge to confluence with South Prong Lewis Fork, except where posted against trespassing) • Middle Fork Reddies River (Clear Prong) (headwaters to bridge on S.R. 1580) • Middle Prong Roaring River (headwaters to second bridge on S.R. 1736) • North Fork Reddies River (Vannoy Creek) (headwaters to Union School bridge on S.R. 1559) • Pike Creek
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