North Carolina has a fine trout fishery even if not known for large fish. NC contains more streams capable of supporting brook, brown and rainbow trout than any other state in the southeast. |
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Trout Fishing in North Carolina
NC,
Albemarle Sound,
Cape Fear,
Currituck Sound,
National Parks,
and the Pamilico Sound and Outer Banks, |
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North Carolina has a fine trout fishery even if not known for large fish. NC contains more streams capable of supporting brook, brown and rainbow trout than any other state in the southeast. It has roughly 4,000 miles of trout water with approximately half being public water. All of these streams are located in the 25 western-most counties. These counties are higher elevation and maintain stream temperatures cool enough to support mountain trout. There are three major species of trout in North Carolina: Brook, Brown, and Rainbow. Each should be fishing a little differently. North Carolina has a very progressive and well managed stocked trout program (click to the -seasons/stocking). The High Country Outdoors Guide Service has a very nice map showing trout streams so I will not try to reproduce it here. Two areas of distinction to central and eastern NC folks are (others will be added as we visit them):
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Good North Carolina fishing
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