ASHEVILLE - When you are thinking of some of the billion dollar industries in Western North Carolina, national parks, beer and hospitality may come to mind. But, add another to the list: mountain ...

ASHEVILLE – This is no big fish tale. Rather it’s the reality that trout fishing creates big business for Western North Carolina. A study released last week, conducted by Responsive Management and ...

Press release from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission established the Mountain Heritage Trout Waters Program in 2008 to promote trout fishing as a heritage ...

More than 350,000 fingerling trout are splashing down this week in hundreds of high mountain lakes across the Cascade Range, from Mt. Hood to Klamath Falls. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

The paid fishing areas at Clinch Mountain and Crooked Creek will begin summer trout stocking on Monday. Stockings at both fee areas will take place four times per week with one stream section ...

PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST - Tropical Storm Helene's floodwaters had vast impacts on native Western North Carolina wildlife like hellbenders and caused environmental damage the region "not seen yet in ...

ASHEVILLE - Over the next few months, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will stock Western North Carolina's streams and rivers with thousands of trout for the beginning of 2024's ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay cook yellow perch, trout, and smallies for the first time.

North Carolina has more than 4,000 miles of streams cool enough to support brook, brown and rainbow trout as well as stocked streams and a thriving trout industry. In fact, four to six million pounds ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. According to the North Carolina Wildlife Commission, trout generated $1.4 ...

Distant mountain peaks loom in the summer heat and stand like a cool oasis for anglers. Hidden in the bowls, basins and valleys are many lakes brimming with trout and waiting for intrepid anglers.