RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 20, 2015) —
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will close approximately 1,000
miles of Hatchery Supported Trout Waters to fishing one-half hour after
sunset on Feb. 28 and reopen them at 7 a.m. on April 4.
While
fishing is closed, Commission personnel will stock all Hatchery
Supported Trout Waters in preparation for opening day. Staff stocks
Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, which are marked by green-and-white
signs, at frequent intervals in the spring and early summer every year.
This year, Commission personnel will stock
approximately 926,000 trout — 96 percent of which average 10 inches in
length, with the other 4 percent exceeding 14 inches in length.
While fishing on Hatchery Supported Trout
Waters, anglers can harvest a maximum of seven trout per day, with no
minimum size limit or bait restriction. Hatchery Supported Trout Waters
are open from 7 a.m. on the first Saturday in April until one-half hour
after sunset on the last day of February the following year.
For more information on trout fishing in North Carolina, visit the Commission’s trout fishing page, www.ncwildlife.org/fishing/trout or call the Division of Inland Fisheries, 919-707-0220.
I wonder how quickly areas like this would run out of fish if they were not restocked. Obviously, if you go fishing far in the mountains, you are not going to find lakes that are restocked, but the restocked lakes may be a little easier to catch things in. But with no bait restrictions, there are probably use some pretty effective baits. http://www.noosacharters.com
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