North Carolina fishing maps

Free interactive depth charts for 50 North Carolina lakes and rivers, 25 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.

New to depth charts? Learn to read a lake depth map or turn one into a three-stop fishing plan.

No boat? Bank and shore fishing in North Carolina (20 waters with public access)

Deepest lakes in North Carolina

The deepest water mapped on DepthScout in North Carolina is Lake Chatuge at 144 ft (44 m). The ten deepest charts here:

#	Water	Max depth	Chart
1	Lake Chatuge	144 ft	144 ft · Approximated contours
2	Elizabeth River	67 ft	67 ft · Survey depth data
3	Southern Branch Elizabeth River	60 ft	60 ft · Survey depth data
4	Cape Fear River - Reach 2 of 2	56 ft	56 ft · Survey depth data
5	Back Sound	55 ft	55 ft · Survey depth data · 85% measured
6	Cape Fear River - Reach 1 of 2	52 ft	52 ft · Survey depth data
7	Masonboro Inlet	49 ft	49 ft · Survey depth data · 42% measured
8	Bogue Sound	48 ft	48 ft · Survey depth data
9	Hatteras Inlet	47 ft	47 ft · Survey depth data · 65% measured
10	Northeast Cape Fear River	45 ft	45 ft · Survey depth data

What North Carolina anglers fish for: red drum (redfish) (16 waters) · spotted seatrout (15 waters) · southern flounder (15 waters) · bluefish (15 waters) · sheepshead (13 waters) · black drum (12 waters) · channel catfish (12 waters) · striped bass (9 waters)

Mapped water systems in North Carolina

Large rivers, lakes and coastal waters are split into useful map sections. Start with the system overview, then choose a depth chart or water guide.

Cape Fear River fishing maps (2 mapped reaches)

Alligator Bay 14 ft · Survey depth data · 96% measured · survey
Back Sound 55 ft · Survey depth data · 85% measured · survey
Bogue Inlet 34 ft · Survey depth data · 71% measured · survey
Bogue Sound 48 ft · Survey depth data · survey
Cape Fear River — Reach 1 of 2 52 ft · Survey depth data · survey
Cape Fear River — Reach 2 of 2 56 ft · Survey depth data · survey
Currituck Sound 18 ft · Survey depth data · survey
Elizabeth River 67 ft · Survey depth data · survey
French Broad River 10 ft · Approximated contours
Great Pee Dee River 36 ft · Survey depth data · survey
Harris Lake 40 ft · Approximated contours
Hatteras Inlet 47 ft · Survey depth data · 65% measured · survey
Jarrett Bay 12 ft · Survey depth data · 98% measured · survey
Lake Chatuge 144 ft · Approximated contours
Lake Waccamaw 11 ft · Approximated contours
Lookout Bight 38 ft · Survey depth data · 66% measured · survey
Masonboro Inlet 49 ft · Survey depth data · 42% measured · survey
Money Island Bay 11 ft · Survey depth data · 98% measured · survey
Nantahala River 6 ft · Approximated contours
North River 29 ft · Survey depth data · survey
Northeast Cape Fear River 45 ft · Survey depth data · survey
Pamlico Sound 34 ft · Survey depth data · survey
Roanoke River 20 ft · Approximated contours
Salliers Bay 17 ft · Survey depth data · 96% measured · survey
Sandy Bay 8 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · survey
Shallotte Inlet 26 ft · Survey depth data · 50% measured · survey
Southern Branch Elizabeth River 60 ft · Survey depth data · survey
Stump Sound 19 ft · Survey depth data · 97% measured · survey
Topsail Sound 24 ft · Survey depth data · 93% measured · survey