CATCH & RELEASE TIPS:
- Use barbless hooks. If you use a net, use one made of rubber. It is less harmful to fish scales, gills and eyes. Only net your fish if it is the only way to control it.
- Wet your hands when handling fish. Dry hands and gloves will remove its protective mucous (slime) coating and scales. These protective layers help prevent infection by waterborne disease. Do not beach a fish or let it flop around the deck of the boat.
- Try not to remove the fish from the water. If you must, be quick and gentle, do not squeeze the fish. Needle nose pliers, hemostats, de-hookers etc., will speed up the removal of a deep set hook.
- To revive the fish, hold it under the belly and by the tail, keep it in an upright position underwater, do not move the fish back and forth (this is also a good time to get a measurement and take a photo). If you are fishing in a river or stream, hold the fish facing the current. Be patient and give the fish as much time as it needs to recover and swim away on its own.
35.9744, -82.4523 Bald Mountain Creek (except where posted against trespassing)
35.8989, -82.3172 Cane River- Bee branch SR 1110 to Bowlens Creek
35.8768, -82.3854 Price Creek (junction of S.R. 1120 and S.R. 1121 to Indian Creek)
35.8040, -82.2056 South Toe River (Clear Creek to lower boundary line of Yancey Co. recreation park, except where posted against trespassing)
35.9141,-82.3838 Cane River (Blackberry Ridge Road to downstream boundary of Cane River County Park)
35.7314, -82.2372 South Toe River (headwaters to Upper Creek)
35.7323, -82.25013 Upper Creek
35.9158, -82.4232 Lickskillet Creek
35.7455, -82.2139 Big Lost Cove Creek
35.7946, -82.2165 Middle Creek
35.7674, -82.2291 Rock Creek
35.7768, -82.2026 South Toe River- Game land boundary downstream to clear creek
35.7318, -82.2394 Upper Creek
35.7925, -82.1731 Crabtree Creek