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Cushion Branch fishing regulations

North Carolina WRC classifies water on Cushion Branch as Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, managed as stocked holdover. This is a designation of the fishery, not the season and creel rules. The posted signs and the current digest are the authority, not this page.

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State trout-water classification

Class
Hatchery Supported Trout Waters
Management
stocked holdover
Source
North Carolina WRC, per classified reach

The season and creel rules change yearly and live with the agency; this page does not paraphrase them.

NCWRC public mountain trout waters → North Carolina season and creel rules →

Rules change every year and the posted signs are the authority, not this page. The full state tables, with the date they were read, are on North Carolina fishing regulations.

More about Cushion Branch

Cushion Branch — live water temperature, regulations and access