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Tuckasegee Delayed Harvest — Tuckasegee River, North Carolina
Also called the Tuck DH, Tuckasegee delayed harvest water.
48 NHD reaches, 8.8 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 the Tuckasegee — the Jackson County reach from the downstream N.C. 107 bridge to the falls above the U.S. 23-441 bridge, and the Swain County reach from the U.S. 19 bridge to the Slope Street bridge.
Delayed Harvest Trout Waters. Artificial lures with one single hook only and no natural bait, catch and release, from October 1 until the first Saturday in June.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barkers Creek | boat launch | 1.7 mi |
Distance from the centre of the mapped reach, not along the road.
Regulations on this stretch
Delayed Harvest Trout Waters. Artificial lures with one single hook only and no natural bait, catch and release, from October 1 until the first Saturday in June.
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
Best from the October stocking through spring; the river is big enough to float and wide enough to wade at low release.
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
- Tuckaseegee Fly Shop — 5.8 mi
- Casters Fly Shop — 14.4 mi
- Carolina Outfitters — 14.9 mi
- NOC Outfitter's Store — 15.5 mi
- Maggie Valley Fly Shop — 16.4 mi
- Highland Hiker — 22.7 mi
Straight-line distance from the centre of the mapped reach.
Sources for the name
BirdTrout did not name this water. 3 independent sources below use the name, and it ships only because more than one of them does.
- wildlife agency NC Wildlife Resources Commission
- guide Fly Fishing NC
- outfitter Endless River Adventures