Cartoogechaye Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in May. One of 7 stocked waters on the Macon County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked May 13 163 days ago

best window 10:34 pm-12:34 am solunar major today

Water right now 0.18 ft gage height flow 34.2 cfs USGS gauge 0350011450 (CARTOOGECHAYE CREEK AT SR 1148 NEAR FRANKLIN, NC) · read 8:30 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 13wk	Trout	catchable		stocked

When to fish Cartoogechaye Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:11 am-12:11 pm and 10:34 pm-12:34 am	4:28-5:28 am and 4:45-5:45 pm
Tomorrow	10:57 am-12:57 pm	5:33-6:33 am and 5:13-6:13 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Eastern Time (EDT).

What the record actually says

Last stocked May 13

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · North Carolina fishing forecast

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the trout (trout stocked 1 time here in 2026, moving water)

Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Cullasaja River	1.4 mi	May 13
Cliffside Lake	9.8 mi	May 13
Burningtown Creek	11 mi	May 13
Greens Creek	14 mi	Jun 10
Buck Creek	14 mi	Jun 10

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Records from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: North Carolina fishing regulations.