FISHING

Whether you prefer a cane-pole for the kids or your favorite custom flyrod, there’s something biting in the streams, lakes, and fishing ponds near Bear Creek to fit everyone’s mountain fishing adventure.

If it’s one of the many varieties of trout you’re angling for, the best fishing in the North Carolina mountains is typically late February through mid-December. Trout streams are stocked full of trout starting at the beginning of March, April and May then again in October and November.

You’ll also find great fishing for smallmouth bass; a variety of panfish; and even muskie!

Muskie fishing in the French Broad River in Asheville offers the opportunity to catch a trophy “northern” fish of up to 50 inches long that will excite even the most skilled fisherman or woman.