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Cane Creek Delayed Harvest — Cane Creek Mitchell, North Carolina
9 NHD reaches, 1.4 miles of drawn channel — side channels and braids included, so more than the distance downriver.
Open in BirdTroutThe line is the water this name refers to, drawn from the NHD reaches it resolves to; the dots are the nearest gauges reporting water temperature, coloured by what they read now.
What it is
The delayed-harvest water on Cane Creek, which NCWRC draws as N.C. 226 bridge to the S.R. 1189 bridge. Stocked heavily and fished hard through the cold months, when nothing may be kept; the geometry here is the agency's own, so the line on the map is the line in the rule.
Delayed harvest: October 1 through the first Saturday in June, catch-and-release only, artificial lures with one single hook, no natural bait. From that Saturday through September 30 the stretch fishes under general trout rules.
Where it is
The line on the map is the stretch the NC Wildlife Resources Commission designates, drawn from the Commission's own Public Mountain Trout Waters geometry rather than from a boundary this site inferred.
| Access | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bakersville Greenway | walk in | 0.4 mi |
Distance from the centre of the mapped reach, not along the road.
Regulations on this stretch
Delayed harvest: October 1 through the first Saturday in June, catch-and-release only, artificial lures with one single hook, no natural bait. From that Saturday through September 30 the stretch fishes under general trout rules.
Rules change every year and the posted signs are the authority, not this page. Check the current North Carolina regulations before you fish. Where this stretch sits inside a larger river, that river's general regulations apply everywhere this stretch's do not.
Best times
NCWRC stocks it in October, November, March, April and May, so the catch-and-release months are the ones worth planning around; by midsummer the water is warm and the fish that are left are the ones that held over.
Live water temperature
No USGS temperature gauge we read reports within 25 miles of this stretch, so this page has no live number for it. That is a gap in the gauge network, not a judgement about the water.
Fly shops nearby
- Deep South Co Outfitters — 14.2 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm — 18.5 mi
- Cole's Tackle Box — 18.6 mi
- Brummet's Live Bait & Tackle — 18.6 mi
- Mahoney's Outfitters — 25.4 mi
- Footsloggers Outdoor & Travel Outfitters — 28.4 mi
Straight-line distance from the centre of the mapped reach.
Sources for the name
BirdTrout did not name this water. 4 independent sources below use the name, and it ships only because more than one of them does.
- agency N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
- guide Fly Fishing NC
- guide Local Fly Guide
- flyshop Fly Life Outdoors