The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is purchasing a section of Wilson Creek through a partnership with the Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina and it will be designated delayed-harvest. The section of Wilson Creek will start at Philips Branch and run to LostCove Creek.
The new delayed-harvest section is sandwiched between the upper section of Wilson Creek which is catch-and-release, artificial lures-only waters and the hatchery-supported section from Philips Branch to Brown Mountain Beach Dam.
This section will initially be stocked with 9,400 rainbow, brook and brown trout. Stockings are scheduled for October and November. The stream officially will join the delayed-harvest program when it is stocked in October.
