North Carolina fishing maps
Free interactive depth charts for 49 North Carolina lakes and rivers, 24 of them built on real state fisheries depth surveys. Open any water, pick your species, and see the spots worth fishing, why each one is good, and the best times to be there. No account needed to browse.
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Ranked guides: best largemouth bass lakes in North Carolina · best smallmouth bass lakes in North Carolina · best walleye lakes in North Carolina · best crappie lakes in North Carolina · best bluegill lakes in North Carolina · best channel catfish lakes in North Carolina · best striped bass lakes in North Carolina · best flathead catfish lakes in North Carolina · best blue catfish lakes in North Carolina · best longnose gar lakes in North Carolina · best spotted bass lakes in North Carolina · best white perch lakes in North Carolina · best red drum (redfish) lakes in North Carolina · best spotted seatrout lakes in North Carolina · best southern flounder lakes in North Carolina · best bluefish lakes in North Carolina · best sheepshead lakes in North Carolina · best black drum lakes in North Carolina
No boat? Bank and shore fishing in North Carolina (19 waters with public access)
Deepest lakes in North Carolina
The deepest water mapped on DepthScout in North Carolina is Fontana Lake at 440 ft (134 m). The ten deepest charts here:
| # | Water | Max depth | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fontana Lake | 440 ft | modeled |
| 2 | Lake Jocassee | 350 ft | modeled |
| 3 | Hiwassee Lake | 300 ft | modeled |
| 4 | Nantahala Lake | 250 ft | modeled |
| 5 | Badin Lake | 190 ft | modeled |
| 6 | Santeetlah Lake | 190 ft | modeled |
| 7 | Lake Chatuge | 144 ft | modeled |
| 8 | Lake Norman | 130 ft | modeled |
| 9 | Lake James | 120 ft | modeled |
| 10 | Kerr Lake (Buggs Island) | 100 ft | modeled |
What North Carolina anglers fish for: largemouth bass (25 waters) · channel catfish (25 waters) · crappie (22 waters) · red drum (redfish) (15 waters) · bluegill (15 waters) · striped bass (15 waters) · white perch (15 waters) · spotted seatrout (14 waters)
- Alligator Bay 14 ft · survey
- Back Sound 55 ft · survey
- Badin Lake 190 ft
- Bogue Sound 48 ft · survey
- Cape Fear River — Reach 1 of 2 52 ft · survey
- Cape Fear River — Reach 2 of 2 56 ft · survey
- Currituck Sound 18 ft · survey
- Davidson River 5 ft
- Elizabeth River 67 ft · survey
- Falls Lake 35 ft
- Fontana Lake 440 ft
- French Broad River 10 ft
- Great Pee Dee River 36 ft · survey
- Harris Lake 40 ft
- Hatteras Inlet 47 ft · survey
- High Rock Lake 40 ft
- Hiwassee Lake 300 ft
- Jarrett Bay 12 ft · survey
- Jordan Lake 40 ft
- Kerr Lake (Buggs Island) 100 ft
- Lake Chatuge 144 ft
- Lake Gaston 60 ft
- Lake James 120 ft
- Lake Jocassee 350 ft
- Lake Mattamuskeet 10 ft
- Lake Norman 130 ft
- Lake Tillery 80 ft
- Lake Waccamaw 11 ft
- Lake Wylie 60 ft
- Lookout Bight 38 ft · survey
- Masonboro Inlet 49 ft · survey
- Money Island Bay 11 ft · survey
- Mountain Island Lake 60 ft
- Nantahala Lake 250 ft
- Nantahala River 6 ft
- North Landing River 18 ft · survey
- North River 29 ft · survey
- Northeast Cape Fear River 45 ft · survey
- Pamlico Sound 34 ft · survey
- Roanoke River 20 ft
- Salliers Bay 17 ft · survey
- Sandy Bay 8 ft · survey
- Santeetlah Lake 190 ft
- Shallotte Inlet 26 ft · survey
- Shallotte River 22 ft · survey
- Southern Branch Elizabeth River 60 ft · survey
- Stump Sound 19 ft · survey
- Topsail Sound 24 ft · survey
- W. Kerr Scott Reservoir 90 ft
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