We’re glad to be an important part of their culture,” Lee said. The river is full of smallmouth and you always have an opportunity at catching your personal best here. The state stocks 17,735 trout along 4.75 miles of East Fork Road between Glady Fork Road and the main stem of the French Broad. Reach me: KChavez@CitizenTimes.com or on Twitter @KarenChavezACT, Read more outdoors news: www.citizentimes.com/outdoors. They built the muskie sloughs by excavating the French Broad River back into floodplain, creating 3 acres of wetlands and enhancing other acreage and rerouted stormwater off the River Stone subdivision, which was originally going directly into Mud Creek, to help prevent surface water pollution. This is extremely rare in the summertime. 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This photo of Lake Ravenel was taken by Alex Ostee, Winter Solstice Target of Opportunity Because of the high fish density seen on this river, its proximity to Asheville, and the reduced number of anglers, the French Broad River offers great smallmouth fishing for those in Western North Carolina. It offers anglers the opportunity to catch trout, smallmouth bass, musky, walleye, and a variety of other species in a variety of water types. I went fishing with a couple of friends over at the East Fork of the French Broad during the last Wednesday in October. Beautiful country setting that inspires relaxation but situated to base your mountain adventure. The mighty muskellunge, the largest fish native to the French Broad River, is angling for a comeback to the mountains, thanks to a newly restored wetland at the mouth of Mud Creek. Yet one of the best opportunities in Hot Springs, and the least known is the world class Smallmouth Bass fishing in the French Broad River! 478 Dillard Rd., Highlands, NC 28741 | (828) 526-0173 | [email protected] | Copyright 2020 – All Rights Reserved. © 2020 www.citizen-times.com. Our musky guides provide full day float trips only, half day trips are not available. The commission has already documented many species of wildlife including mammals such as otter, white-tailed deer and several species of bats, and many bird species such as osprey, willow flycatcher, blue-winged teal and yellow-billed cuckoo. Some anglers avoid musky mile because it can get busy at times (only 1-2 boats), and other anglers just don’t care. With beautiful scenery and state record musky, the French Broad is what our guides like to call musky heaven on earth. Nolichucky River Weather conditions are not optimal, but there is still opportunity to land some trout. Related: Cawthorn, Davis talk WNC environment, climate change. 3 catches; 72 followers; spots; Anglers can fish from the bank, wade in certain areas and float other sections of the river. Maybe sign up for white-water rafting or join the locals for a mellow inner tube float. Rent a kayak or stand-up paddleboard. Why? Submitted b, Sunday Morning Sweet heart The riverbanks have been bermed, or built up over the past century with dirt, stone, concrete or other materials, giving the water little chance to “escape” onto the floodplain, as it would have done 100 years ago, Loftis said. East Fork of the French Broad Once the sole domain of savvy locals, this roadside stream near Rosman has become one of the region’s most popular Delayed Harvest waters. The French Broad River flows out of western north Carolina for 213 miles winding through downtown Asheville along the way and eventually into east Tennessee into the Holston river. Turn left onto Dravo Road (State Road S-11-98). We were a little restless since it took the drive time plus the stopping and getting a couple fishing licenses for the out-of-towners. The French Broad itself is designated as Hatchery-Supported trout waters from the confluence of its west and north forks to the U.S. Highway 276 bridge. "The land is now surrounded by the high-density River Stone subdivision. “The bottomland, wetlands, ephemeral pools and associated native vegetation provide habitat for pollinators, birds, bats and other small and large mammals, reptiles and amphibians, right on up the food chain,” he said. It’s amazing how much noise we make just moving around outside. But while muskie have been swimming in the French Broad for the past 50 years, they haven’t been naturally spawning there, in the watershed, or getting there on their own, biologists say. We are teaming up with Scott Loftis to monitor slough use by non-game species and hopefully monitor reintroduced species in years to come,” Etchison said. Owned By: Duke Energy Maintained By: Duke Energy. Floodplains are an obvious connection of aquatic and terrestrial habitats and both affect each other, so there are also many benefits to restoring those habitats to terrestrial wildlife as well, said Kendrick Weeks, western wildlife diversity program supervisor with the wildlife commission. After getting our gear on and getting in the water, we promptly spent our first hour getting flies out of trees, changing flies, changing leaders and messing with various amounts of floatant and line cleaner. Related: Could a bacteria-chomping mussel be the answer to E. coli in the French Broad River? The French Broad in Madison County is an incredibly beautiful river, flowing thru the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains, with class 2 and 3 whitewater, cliffs and rock outcroppings and miles of undisturbed backcountry scenery; and hidden in those waters is a thriving … Fishing from shore can be just as productive. 3 Star Fatty Day! 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