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 Lakes and Rivers in Western North Carolina.
Getting out to the lake is all some folks need to make them happy and on those hot summer days, it sure is comforting to know that water is only a short distance away from anywhere in Western North Carolina. - Tuckasegee River (20 miles from confluence with West Fork & East Fork Tuckasegee River to NC 107 bridge at Love Field and from Dillsboro dam to S.R. 1392 bridge at Wilmont)
- Scott Creek (12 miles including Dark Ridge Creek)(Jones Creek to Tuckasegee)
- Savannah Creek (7 miles headwaters to Bradley Packing House on NC 116)
- Green's Creek (4 miles Green's Creek Baptist Church on S.R. 1730 to Savannah Cr.)
- Cullowhee Creek (3 miles Tilley Creek to Tuskasegee River)
- Bear Creek Lake (475 acres)
- Balsam Lake (15 acres)
- Wolf Creek Lake (80 miles)
- Tanasee Creek Lake (50 acres)
- West Fork Tuskasegee River (Shoal Creek to Little Glenville Lake)
- Buff Creek (2 miles S.R. 1457 bridge to Scott Creek)
Delayed Harvest Waters
- Tuckasegee River (5.5 miles NC 107 bridge to the Dillsboro dam)
Catch & Release Artificial Lures Only Waters
- Tuskasegee River (22 miles Panthertown Creek and Greenland Creek included)
- Flat Creek (8 miles)
!!All Other Waters Are Considered Wild Trout Waters!! |
Cherokee NC Fishing Regulations
| A $7.00 tribal permit for each person 12 years of age and over is required to fish in Cherokee streams and ponds. Children under twelve are allowed to fish with a permitted adult. Two, three, and five-day permits are available at a reduced rate and a season's permit costs $150.00. No other type of fishing license is required nor accepted on the reservation.
Cherokee, NC offers thirty miles of streams and three well-stocked ponds which are located on Big Cove Road in front of the KOA Campground. A tribal permit is required to fish in both the streams and the ponds
Most of March is closed to fishing with the annual season opening the last Saturday of March, continuing for eleven months and ending the last day of February the following year. Throughout the season, fishing is allowed from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Creel limit is ten trout per day per permit holder.
Regular stocking of the streams is the responsibility of Cherokee Fish and Game Management that each year adds nearly 400,000 trout to an existing population of fish. These supplemental stockings include rainbow, brook and brown trout of various sizes ranging up to trophy size.
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Graham County Stocked Waters
- Tulula Creek (11 miles headwaters to lower bridge on S.R. 1275)
- Cheoah Reservoir (640 acres)
- Santeetlah Creek (7 miles Johns Branch to mouth of lake)
- West Buffalo Creek (5 miles Hooper Mill Creek to Santeetlah)
- Big Snowbird Creek (8 miles Trailhead Junction to Santeelah Reservior)
- Panther Creek (2 miles)
- Stecoah Creek (7 miles)
- Long Creek (4 miles portion not on game lands)
- Calderwood Reservoir (150 acres Cheoah dam to Tennessee State line)
- Huffman Creek (Little Buffalo Creek) (1 mile )
- Mountain Creek (6 miles game lands boundary to S.R. 1138 bridge)
- Sawyer Creek (5 miles)
- Franks Creek (entire creek)
- Yellow Creek (9 miles)
!!All Other Waters Are Considered Wild Trout Waters!! |
Macon County Stocked Waters
- Nantahala River (3 miles Nantahala dam to Whiteoak Creek)
- Queens Creek Lake (15 acres)
- Burningtown Creek (11 miles)
- Cullasja River (13 miles Sequoyah dam to US 64 bridge near junction of S.R. 1672)
- Ellijay Creek (7 miles)
- Cliffside Lake (8 acres)
- Cartoogechaye Creek (8 miles US 64 bridge to Little Tennessee River)
- Tessentee Creek (6 miles Nichols Branch to Little Tennessee River)
- Big Creek (4 miles base of falls to Georgia state line)
Delayed Harvest Waters
- Nantahala River (4 miles Whiteoak Creek to NP&L powerhouse)
!!All Other Waters Are Considered Wild Trout Waters!! |
Swain County Stocked Waters
- Deep Creek (2 miles from Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Tuskasegee River)
- Conley's Creek (7 miles entire creek except Sugar Cove Branch)
- Alarka Creek (16 miles to Fontana Lake)
- Nantahala River (8 miles Macon County line to Wesser Falls)
- Calderwood Reservoir (150 acres Cheoah dam to Tennessee state line)
- Cheoah Reservoir (640 acres)
!!All Other Waters Are Considered Wild Trout Waters!! |
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