In total, the program manages approximately 5,400 miles and 2,600 acres of trout waters in North Carolina's 26 western counties. NCWRC hatcheries produce and stock about one million brook ...

Since 2014, trout fishing in North Carolina's mountains ... "Fishing is a big deal to North Carolina and to Western North Carolina." Will Hofmann is the Growth and Development Reporter for the ...

Many of the trout that anglers in Western North Carolina fish are stocked through North Carolina’s Public Mountain Trout Waters Program. But many hatcheries that supply the trout were severely ...

When the coastal Lowcountry begins to smolder during the dog days of summer, anglers making an excursion to the cold water trout streams of Western North Carolina can reel in some relief.

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Armstrong State Fish Hatchery was destroyed by Tropical Storm Helene. About 600,000 trout died at the facility after it was flooded and water intake ...

Nearly 600,000 trout grown by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission died at a McDowell County hatchery during the rains brought by Hurricane Helene, the state agency has reported. Landslides and ...