North Carolina State Library N.C. Raleigh OOCl.

APPENDICIES TO THE

SURVEY AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE

CATAWBA RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, NORTH CAROLINA

Darrell E. Louder

Fishery Biologist

Ao Summary of the Biological, Chemical, and Physical Conditions at Individual Sampling Stations

B. Annotated Checklist of Fishes

Final Report

Federal Aid in Fish Restoration

Job I-H, Project F-14-R

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

Raleigh, No C.

-- 1964 --

A concise summary of biological, chemical, and physical conditions present at each sample station is presented in Appendix A.

In addition to the basic findings of the survey, the Sanitation Classifi­ cation for each station is noted. This system is the one used by the North Carolina State Board of Health, Division of Water Pollution Control for assigning minimum standards of water quality based on the best ~~age of~ given stream. A resume of this classification system is as follows:Y

A-I - Drinking Water, approved disinfection A-II - Drinking Water, approved complete treatment B Bathing and Recreation C - Fish and Wildlife Propagation D - Agricultural Usage, must sustain fish life E - Navigation and Sewage Disposal

Tidal Salt Waters

SA - Shellfishing for Market Purposes SB - Bathing and Recreation SC - Fish and Wildlife Propagation SD - Navigation and Sewage Disposal Swp . - Swamp Waters

~aken in part from "Rules and Regulations and Classifications and Water Quality Standards Appliable to Surface Waters of North Carolina," North Carolina State Board of Health (SSSC#2),

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C25-l Anthony Creek, August 1, 1963 Ecol. Class. Rainbow trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 2 miles northwest of Globe Caldwell County

Anthony Creek is a designated public mountain trout stream. It heads near Gragg and flows southeast for approximately 1.8 miles to its union with Gragg Fork, one mile west of Globe. The five rainbow trout collected from this stream were native fish, whereas the brown trout was a hatchery reared fish. Fishing pressure on Anthony Creek is heavy.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7 .J8 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3 .O ppm Rainbow trout 2-J-0(72g.) Redlip shiner l-0-0(4g.) pH 6.8 Brook trout O-O-l(l76g.) Blacknose dace 6-0-0(25g.) Total alk. 17.8 ppm Temp. 61.7 °F Av. width 13 .4 ft. Av. depth 0.37 ft. Fish Food Organisms Acreage O.OJl Velocity 1.35 ft ./sec. Coleoptera (1) Volume 5. 93 cfs Ephemeroptera (5) Secchi disc clear to bottom Av. vol./ft.2 0.25 Bottom type sand, gravel,. Av . ho./ft.2 3.0 and rubble

D27-l Armstrong Creek, July 18, 1963 Ecol. Class. Rainbow trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. A-II Directly below Armstrong Fish Hatchery McDowell County Armstrong Creek, from the Hollar property line to North Fork, is designated public mountain trout water. This mountain stream has the potentiality of becoming a good rainbow trout stream, if it were reclaimed. Armstrong Creek heads three miles north of Sunny Vale and flows approximately 8.4 miles eastward to where it joins North Fork, one mile southwest of Sevier. Fishing pressure is moderate.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.48 ppm Game Non-game CO2 1.11 ppm Rainbow trout 2-0-2 Stoneroller 0-l-1(94g.) pH 7.0 (42g.) Rosyside dace l-0-0(6g.) Total alk. 14.5 ppm Bluehead chub 3-l-O(J8g.) Temp. 72.1 °F Redlip shiner 4-0-0(5g.) Av. width 17.0 ft. Northern hog sucker 0-0-3 Av. depth 0.39 ft. (432g.) Velocity 1.91 ft ./sec. Striped jumprock 0-0-1(50g.) Volume 12.60 cfs Margined madtom O-l-O(l9g.) Secchi disc clear to bot tom Rainbow darter l-0-0(2g.) Bottom type rubble, gravel, and sand Fish Food Ortanisms Acreage 0.039 Trichoptera J O) Coleoptera (l) Ephemeroptera (1) Plecoptera (l) Av. vol./ft.2 1.10 Av. no./ft.2 16.50 A-2

E25-2 Bailey Fork, June 26, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 4 miles southwest of Morganton Burke County

Fishing pressure on this small, insignificant stream is light. Bailey Fork heads in the foothills of the South Mountai~s and flows north for approximately four miles to its junction with Silver Creek, one mile southwest of Morganton. The dominant fishes collected from this stream were the rosyside dace and bluehead chub.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.52 ppm Game Non-game CO2 6.30 ppm Redbreast sunfish 2-0-0(16g.) Rosyside dace 7-0-0(19g.) pH 7,0 Bluehead chub 19-l-0(90g.) Total alk. 25.0 ppm ~ Redlip shiner 9-0-0(16g.) Temp. 65.8 °F Creek chub 1-0~0(1~.) Av. width 11.6 ft. White sucker 0-1-2(88~.) Av. depth 0.3 ft. Margined madtom l-0-0(6g.) Velocity 1.54 ft./sec. Fantail darter 3-0-0(6g.) Volume 4.8_2 cfs Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand and gravel Fish Food Organisms 1 creage O. 026 Diptera (7) Trichoptera (3) Coleoptera (1) Plecoptera (~) Av. vol./ft~ 0,30 Av. no./ft. 7.5

F23-ll Ballard Anderson Creek, July 3, 1963 Ecol. Class. Sucker Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 4 miles west of Triangle Lincoln County Ballard Anderson Creek is a shallow, sand bottom stream of the Piedmont. This stream is not a good fishing stream, the principal fish .being minnows. Ballard Anderson Creek begins two and one-half miles west-southwest of Chronical and flows south-southeast for approximately 8.8 miles to where it unites with Killian Creek, two miles northwest of Lowesville.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.40 ppm Game Non-game CO2 4.1 ppm Redbreast sunfish 3-4-1(246g.) Rosyside dace 57-0-0(128g.) pH 7.0 Highback chub ll-0-0(19g.) Total alk. 23.6 ppm Bluehead chub 180-0-0(476g.) Temp. 73.0 °F Greenhead shiner 27-0-0(28g.) Av. width 29.6 ft. Fieryblack shiner 2-0-0(4g.) Av. depth 0.46 ft. Creek chub 8-0-0(30g.) Velocity 1.54 ft./sec. White sucker 6-l-0(44g.) Volume 18.85 cfs Margined madtom 2-0-0(5g.) Secchi disc clear to bottom Speckled killifish 6-0-0 Bottom type sand (20g.) Bluebreast darter 1-0-0 (lg.) Fantail darter 4-0-0(8g.) (Continued on A-3 ) A-3

Aquatic Vegetation Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.068 Salix pigra Marsh Diptera (1) Av. vol./ft 2 0.005 Av. no./ft. 2 0.5

E23-9 Ball Creek, June 20, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 2 miles south of Catawba Catawba County Ball Creek heads two miles southwest of Catawba and flows east for approximately 8.8 miles to where it enters Lake Norman, near Long Island. There are several deep pools in the lower end of the stream which provides some fishing, but the stream is not considered to be of fishery value.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.62 ppm Game Non-game CO2 J.9 ppm Redbreast runfish 9-5-l(336g.) Bluehead chub 28-6-0(l92g.) pH 6.9 Redlip shiner 7-0-0(9g.) Total alk. 15.0 ppm Spottail shiner l-0-0(Jg.) Temp. 72.0 °F Creek chub l-0-0(Jg.) Av. width ll.7 ft. Yellow bullhead O-G-l(42g.) Av. depth 0.9 ft. Margined madtom 10-0-0 Velocity 1.0 ft./sec. (22g.) Volume 9.42 cfs Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand and gravel Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.028 Di pt era (3) Trichoptera (3) · Ephemeroptera (5) Av . vol./ft.2 0.121 Av. no./ft.2 5.5

F24-3 Beaverdam Creek, June 7, 1963 Ecol. Class. Catfish-sucker Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D l mile southwest of Long Shoals Gaston County Beaverdam Creek can best be fished from the bank with a cane pole. Fishing pressure on this Piedmont stream is light. Beaverdam Creek originates near Cherryville and flows east-northeast for approximately 9.2 miles to its union with the South Fork of the Catawba River at High Shoals.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7 .58 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3.6 ppm Redbreast sunfish 12-9-4(626g. ) Rosyside dace 4-0-0(15g.) pH 7.0 Pumpkinseed 0-l-0(25g.) Bluehead chub 86-0-0 Total alk. 13.2 ppm Bluegill 4-0-0(22g.) (208g.) Temp. 72.0 OF Highfin shiner 12-0-0(39g.) Av. width 16.2 ft. Striped jumprock 2-0-1 Av. depth l.0 ft. (107g.) Velocity 0.77 ft./sec. Margined madtom 1-0-0(lg.) Volume 11.66 cfs Secchi disc 20.0 in. Acreage 0.037 Bottom type Muck, sand, and rubble A-4 E27-l Buck Creek, June 10, 1963 Ecol. Class. Brown trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. A-II 2 miles below Lake Tahoma McDowell County Buck Creek can best be fished with a flyrod while wading. Fishing pressure on this mountain stream is moderate. Buck Creek heads two miles north of Sunny Vale and flows southeast for approximately 7.2 miles to where it unites with the Catawba River, two miles northwest of Marion . The upper region of the stream yields fair catches of rainbow and brown trout.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.20 ppm Game Non-game CO2 1.9 ppm Redbreast sunfish O-l-0(28g.) Warpaint shiner l-2-0(29g.) pH 6.9 Fieryblack shiner 17-0-0 Total alk. 14.1 ppm (49g..) Temp. 73 .o °F Northern hog sucker 0-0-2 Av. width 22.4 ft. (107g.) Av . depth 0.6 ft. Longnose dace 7-0-0(26g.) Velocity 3 .33 ft./ sec. Volume 35. 83 cfs Secchi disc clear to bottom Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0,051 Bottom type Boulders and Trichoptera (20) rubble Ephemeroptera (27) Oligochaeta (3) Av. vol,/ft,2 1.12 Av. no./ft.2 12.5

C26-10 Buck Timber Creek,. July 31, 1963 Ecol, Class. Brook trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class, C Crossing on the Gragg-Linville road Avery County Buck Timber Creek is a designated public mountain trout stream having moderate fish­ ing pressure, It begins one mile west-northwest of Gragg and flows south-southeast for approximately three miles to its union with Wilson Creek, two miles south of Gragg. Access to the better fishing areas of the stream is difficult.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 9.18 ppm Game Non-game CO2 4.9 ppm None Blacknose dace 1-0-0(lg.) pH 6.9 Total alk. 10,2 ppm Temp. 60. 7 °F Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0,010 Av. width 4.2 ft. Coleoptera (3) Av. depth 0.2 ft. Ephemeroptera (8) Velocity 0. 83 ft ./sec. Gastropoda (5) Volume 0,61 cfs Plecoptera (1) Secchi disc clear to bottom Av. vol./ft~2 0,50 Bottom type boulder, rubble, Av. no./ft. 8.0 and gravel A-5

D23-l Buffalo Creek, July 3, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 2 miles east of Lookout Shoals Dam Iredell County Buffalo Creek heads four miles south of Stony Point and flows south-southeast for approximately 6.8 miles to where it enters Lake Norman, one mile west of Buffalo. This small Piedmont stream is principally a minnow stream and is not considered of fisheries significance. Buffalo Creek becomes quite turbid during excessive rainfall.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.92 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3.2 ppm Redbreast sunfish 2-0-0(12g.) Rosyside dace 10-0-0(30g.) pH 7.0 Bluehead chub 100-0-0(230g. ) Total alk. 26.0 ppm Redlip shiner 39-0-0(50g.) Temp. 78.0 Op Creek chub 2-l-0(35g.) Av . width 13. 7 ft. Striped jumprock 0-0-1(72g. ) Av. depth 0.32 ft. Margined madtom 1-0-0(lg.) Velocity 1.18 ft ./sec. Volume 4.72 cfs Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.031 Secchi disc clear to bottom Diptera (2) Bottom type sand and gravel Ephemeroptera (3) Av. vol./ft.2 0.025 Aquatic Vegetation Av. no./ft.2 2.5 Salix nigra Marsh

D26-10 Camp Creek, July 18, 1963 ,Ee.bl-. C1ass . .Rainbow trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 2 miles west of Jonas Ridge Burke County

Camp Creek is a designated public mountain trout stream. It begins north of Jonas Ridge and flows south-southwest for approximately five miles to where it unites with Linville River, one mile north of Linville Falls. This stream is considered to have a good trout population; however, fishing pressure is light.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.84 ppm Game Non-game CO2 5.71 ppm Rainbow trout 10-l-0(42g.) None pH 6.9 Total alk. 15 .,3 ppm Temp. 65 .4 °F Av. width 12.1 ft. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.028 Av. depth 1 .56 ft. Diptera (4) Velocity 1.70 ft./sec. Coleoptera (8) Volume 9.15 cfs Ephemeroptera (5) Secchi disc 13.0 in. Oligochaeta 11) Bottom type sand and gravel Av. vol./ft. 0.15 Av. no./ft.2 9.0 A-6

E24-5 Camp Creek, July 16, 1963 Ecol. Class. Small.mouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. A-II 4 miles west-northwest of Propst Crossroads Catawba County

Camp Creek heads one mile southwest of Burke Chapel and flows east-southeast for approximately six miles to where it joins Jacobs Fork, one mile west of Propst Crossroads. Fishing pressure on this mountain stream is light. The dominant fish collected from the stream during the survey was the bluehead chub.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.80 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2.8 ppm Smallmouth bass l-0-0(2g.) Rosyside dace 1-0-0(6~.) pH 6.9 Bluehead chub 217-3-0(685~.) Total alk. 16.9 ppm Redlip shiner 48-0-0(86g.) Temp. 70.0 Of Creek chub 0-l-0(12g.) Av. width 16.1 ft. Bluebreast darter 4-0-0 Av. depth 0.5 ft. ( 9g.) Velocity 1.5 ft./sec. Volume 9.66 cfs Secchi disc clear to bottom Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.05 Bottom type rubble, gravel, Diptera (4) and sand Ephemeroptera (2) Av. vol./ft.2 0.05 Aquatic Vegetation Av. no./ft.2 3.0 Salix nigra Marsh Polygonum punctatum Ell.

E27-6 Cane cr.ek, June 10, 1963 Ecol. Class. Sucker Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 1 mile south of Greenlee McDowell County Cane Creek originates three miles north of Old Fort and flows east-southeast for approximately 5.2 miles to its junction with the Catawba River at Greenlee. The dominant fish collected from this small, foothill stream were bluebreast and fan­ tail darters.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.8 ppm Game Non-game CO2 0,9 ppm None Stoneroller 5-0-0(52g.) pH 7.0 Rosyside dace 1-0-0(lOg.) Total alk. 10.4 ppm Redlip shiner 6-0-0(15g,) Temp. 71.7 °F Northern hog suoker 1-2-0 Av. width 11.1 ft. ( 71g.) Av. depth 0.3 ft. Bluebreast darter .17-0-0 Velocity 1.33 ft./sec. (29g; ) , Volume 3.55 cfs Fantail darter 19-0-0 Secchi disc clear to bottom ·. (46g.) Bottom type sand and gravel Johnny darter 6-0-0(12g.) Fish Food Organisms Acreage · 0 •.034 Diptera (2) Trichoptera (2) Coleoptera (8) Ephemeropter~ (18) Av. vol./ft 0.35 Av . no./ft. 2 15.0 A-7

H21-l Cane Creek, June 6, 1963 Ecol. Class. Largemouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 2 miles north of Sapps Crossroads, Union County South Carolina

Cane Creek, a turbid stream of the lower Piedmont, heads eight miles southwest of Monroe and flows southwest for approximately 6.8 miles to where it crosses the North Carolina State line near Sapps Crossroads, South Carolina. Fallen logs and snags clutter the stream channel, making fishing difficult. Fishing pressure is light and from all indications the stream has a very low fish carrying capacity.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 6.8 ppm Game Non-game CO2· 61.2 PPI.Il'l Redfin pickerel l-0-1(29g.) Golden shiner 39~3-0(236g.) pH 7.0 Warmouth l-±~l(l32g.) Dusky shiner 10-0-0(6g.) Total alk. 37.2 ppm Redbreast sunfish 3-l-0(37g.) Creek chub 1-0-0(lOg.) Temp. 67.0 °F Pumpkinseed 19-l-0(122g.) Lake chubsucker l-2-0(46g.) Av. width 28.2 ft. Bluegmll 6-1-0(JJg.) Brown bullhead 0-2-l(l80g.) Av. depth 1.2 ft. Pirate perch l-0-0(12g.) Velocity 0.85 ft./sec. Carolina darter 1-0-0(lg.) Volume 2.54 cfs Johnny darter l-0-0(lg.) Secchi disc 22.0 in. Bottom type sand and muck Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.065 Diptera (2) Ephemeroptera (2) Av. vol./ft~ 2 trace Av. no./ft. l.O

D26-l Canoe Creek, July 9, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 1 mile west of Oak Hill Burke County

Canoe Creek originates near Oak Hill and flows west-northwest for approximately 6.4 miles to where it enters Lake James. There are several pools along this stream which provide fair redbreast fishing. Canoe Creek can best be fished with short spinning gear while wading.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.0 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3.2 ppm Redbreast sunfish l-2-1(199g.) Rosyside dace 44-0-0(22g.) pH 6.9 Bluehead chub 3-0-0(6g.J Total alk. 25.3 ppm Redlip shiner 6-0-0(14~.) Temp. 68.8 °F Creek chub ll-l-0(39g.J Av. width 20.9 ft. Striped jumprock 2-1-1 Av. depth 1.28 ft. (107g.) Velocity 0.51 ft./sec. Fantail darter ll-0-0(27g.) Volume 11.89 cfs Spotted darter 16-0-0(2lg.) Secchi disc 23.0 in. Bottom type sand and gravel Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.048 Aquatic Vegetation Diptera (1) Polygonum punctatum Ell. Trichoptera (10) Salix nigra Marsh Ephemeroptera (20) Av. vol./ft 2 0.45 Av. no./ft. 2 15.5 A-8

D25-3 Carroll Creek, July 9, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 4 miles west of Piney Crossroads Burke County

Carroll Creek, from its headwaters to Adako Road, is designated public mountain trout water. This stream, which has a length of 3,6 miles, is a tributary to Johns River and at the time of sampling no game fishes were collected. However, this stream had a carrying capacity of 38.8 pounds of non- game fishes per surface acre .

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.60 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3,2 ppm None Rosyside dace 13-0-0(47g,) pH 6 .9 Bluehead chub 36-0-0(58g.) Total alk. 16.4 ppm Redlip shiner 32-0-0(58g.) Temp. 72,Q Op Warpaint shiner 6-0-0(30g.) Av. width 9.1 ft. Creek chub 16-5-1(178g.) Av. depth 0.4 ft . Fantail darter 3-0-0(3g.) Velocity 0,24 ft. / sec. Spotted darter 16-0-0 Volume 0,78 cfs (14g.) Secchi disc clear to bottom Shield darter l-0-0(3g.) Botto~ type rubble, gravel, and sand Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.029 Diptera (3) Trichoptera (1) Ephemeroptera (2) Cyprinidae (1) Av. vol./ft.2 0.20 Av. no./ft.2 3.5

G23-l Catawba Creek, June 14, 1963 Ecol. Class. Sucker Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 4 miles west of Boogertown Gaston County

Catawba Creek is a heavily polluted stream and no fish or invertebrates could be found with repeated samplings. At the time of t he survey the stream appeared to be black, due to some type of i ndustrial pollution. If this stream is to maintain a 11 D" sanitation classificatiort, industrial pollution should be (::Ut back so that fish can survive. Catawba Creek heads at Gastonia and flows southeast for approxi­ mately t en miles to where it joins Catawba Reservoir.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 5,90 ppm Game Non-game CO2 7,3 ppm None None pH 7,4 Total alk. lb7,3 ppm Acreage 0.050 Temp. 77,0 Op Av. width 23 .o ft. Av . depth 1.2 ft. Velocity 1.0 ft./sec. Volume 24.84 cfs Se cchi disc 12.1 in. Bottom type sand and gravel A-9

D25-l Catawba River, July 9, 1963 Ecol. Class. Small.mouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. l-II City limits of Morganton Burke County

The Catawba River, in this region, can be fished either by wading or from a small boat using any type tackle preferred. The River begins at the junction of Jarrett Creek and Mill Creek, near Old Ford, and flows east-southeast for ap proximately 155.3 miles to where it crosses the North Carolina State line, five miles northwest of Fort Mills, South Carolina. The Catawba River has seven large power impoundments along its course, making navigation of the river impossible. The fish sample collect­ ed from this station shows only part of the true picture of the population. A true sample could not be obtained with e.:xisting equipment because of the large volume of water.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 6.4 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3.0 ppm Small.mouth bass 1-0-0(lg.) Stoneroller 35-0-0(9g.) pH 6.9 Bluehead chub 87-0-0(J9g.) Total alk. 12. 9 ppm Northern hog sucker 3-0-J Temp. 61.5 °F (240g.) Av. width 166.3 ft. Striped jumprock l-0-0(2g.) Av. depth 1.25 ft. Fantail darter 13-0-0(7g.) -velocity 1.5 ft./sec. Spotted darter 2-0-0(2g.) Volume 280.63 cfs Shield darter 1-0-0(lg.) Secchi disc 47.0 in. Bottom type sand, gravel, and Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.383 rubble Diptera (6) Trichoptera (1) Aquatic Vegetation Ephemeroptera (1) Pithophora ~- Av. vol./ft.2 0.125 Av. no./ft.2 4.0

E27-15 Catawba River, July 18, 1963 Ecol. Class. Smallmouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class A-II 3 miles north of Marion off U. s. Highway 221 McDowell County This section of the Catawba River can best be fished from the bank with any type tackle preferred. It is believed that the fish sample does not give a true picture of the fish population; however, it was the only method that could be employed at this station. It is believed that the carrying capacity of the river is very low in this area.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.02 ppm Game Non-game CO2 J.l ppm Small.mouth bass 0-0-1(89g.) Bluehead chub O-l-0(33g.) pH 7.7 Popeye shiner 6-0-0(6g.) Total alk. 29.5 ppm Northern hog sucker 0-0-2 Temp. 77 .4 °F (143g.) Av. width 79.5 ft. Av. depth 1.21 ft. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.183 Velocity 1.58 ft./sec. Diptera (1) Volume ··137 ~il cfs Trichoptera (1) Secchi disc 36.0 in Ephemeroptera (1) Bottom type boulders and rubble Decapoda (1) Av. vol./ft~2 0.75 Av. no./ft. 2.0 A-10

F22-5 Catawba River, July 1, 1963 Ecol. Class. Carp-catfish Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. A-II Below Lake Norman Mecklenburg County

Fishing this section of the river should be confined to the bank, due to the danger of automatic gates on the Cowans Ford Dam. Because of the large volume of water passing through this area, a true picture of the fish population could not be ob­ tained with existing sampling techniques.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 9.44 ppm Game Non-game CO2 6.8 ppm Warmouth 6-2-0(140g.) Gizzard shad 0-0-33 pH 6.9 Bluegill 2-5-2(405g.) (5.9 lbs.) Total alk. 23 .2 ppm Largemouth bass 0-0-1(68g.) Golden shiner 0-2-0(63g.) Temp. 72.0 OF Black crappie 0-3-0(64g.) White catfish O-O-l(l20g.) Av. width 207. 5 ft. Yellow perch 0-3-0(89g.) Brown bullhead 0-0-1 Av. depth 6.5 ft. ( 114g.') Velocity 1.7 ft./sec. 1 creage 0.476 Volume 2,023.12 cfs Secchi disc 13.7 in. 'Bottom type muck and sand

E23-5 Clark Creek, June 20, 1963 Ecol. Class. Carp-catfish Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 2 miles west of Maiden Catawba County Clark Creek is a heavily polluted stream of the Piedmont. No fish could be found in the stream with repeated rotenone samples. If this stream is to carry a 11 D11 sani­ tation classification, this pollution will have to be lessened. Clark Creek heads at Hickory and flows south for approximately 20.8 miles to its union with the South Fork of the Catawba River at Lincolnton.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 2.60 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3 .O ppm None None pH 6.9 Total alk. 58.6 ppm Temp. 70.0 °F Fish Food Organisms creage 0.053 Av. width 23 .1 ft. Diptera (25) Av. depth 0.8 ft. Av. vol./ft 2 0.50 Velocity 2.0 ft./sec. Av. no./ft. 2 13.0 Volume 33.26 cfs Secchi disc 6.0 in. Ag~atic Vegetation Bottom type sand and detritus Polygonum punctatum Ell. A-11

E26-l Clear Creek, June 26 , 1963 Ecol. Class. Rainbow trout Length of sample ar ea 100 ft. Sanitation Class. A-1 5 1/2 miles southwest of Morganton Burke County Cl ear Creek heads in the foothills of the South Mountains and flows north for approximately four miles to its union with Silver Creek, three miles southwest of Morganton. This small stream can best be fished with short spinning gear, while wading the pools along the stream ' s course. The carrying capacity of this stream was 66.25 pounds per surface acre at the time of the survey.

Chemi cal and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.58 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2.1 ppm Redbreast sunfish l-l-1(148g .) Rosyside dace 8-0-0(16g.) pH 6.9 Bluehead chub ll-2-1(126g.) Total alk. 24.6 ppm Redlip shiner 25-0-0(26g.) Temp. 65 .5 op Creek chub 4-2-1(115g,) Av. width 7.0 ft. Fantail dart er 6-0- 0(6g. ) Av. depth O. 5 ft . Velocity 1.11 ft./sec. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.016 Volume 3.55 cfs Diptera (3) Se cchi disc clear to bottom Coleoptera (14) Bottom t ype sand and gr avel Plecopt era (12) Av. vol./ft.2 0 .27 Av. no./ft.2 14.5

E27-4 Clear Creek, June 10, 1963 Ecol. Class. Sucker Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 4 miles west of Marion on U. S. Hi ghway 70 McDowell Count y

Clear Creek, a mountain str eam, can best be fished with a flyrod while wading . Trash dumped into the stream near U. S. Highway 70 bridge makes fishing in this area difficult. Clear Creek begins three and one-half miles west-northwest of Pl easant Gardens and flows southeast for approximat ely 2.4 miles to its junction with the Catawba River.

Chemi cal and Physical Data Checklist of Speci es 02 8. 2 ppm Game Non-game CO2 1.0 ppm Redbreast sunfish l-2-0(63g.) Stoneroller 36-ll-1(258g.) pH 7.1 Rosyside dace 5-0-0(5g.) Total alk. 12.6 ppm Bluehead chub 2-l-0(25g. ) Temp. 76.0 op Redlip shiner 22- 0- 0(5 8g.) Av . width 20. 9 ft . Fieryblack shiner 1-0- 0 Av. dept h 0.5 ft. (2g.) Velocity 0. 95 ft./sec. Northern hog sucker 3-1-2 Volume 8. 91 cfs (430g.) Secchi disc clear to bottom Margined madtom 1-0- 0 Bottom t ype sand and rubble Fish Food Organisms (5g.) Diptera (2) Bluebreast darter 2-0-0 Acreage 0,048 Trichoptera ( 2) (2g.) Ephemeropter a (25) Fantail darter 12- 0-0 Gastropoda (2) (17g.) Av . vol./ft~2 0 .23 Striped jumprock 0- 0-3 Av. no./ft. 10 .35 (376g.) A-12

G22-8 Coffey Creek, June 14, 1963 Ecol. Class. Catfish-sucker Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 2 miles southeast of Dixie Mecklenburg County Coffey Creek, a heavily polluted stream, is not considered to be of fishery import­ ance. This small, bedrock bottom stream heads in Charlotte and flows south for approximately 9.2 miles to its union with Sugar Creek.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7-98 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2.4 ppm Redbreast sunfish l-l-0(86g.) Bluehead chub 47-2-0 pH 7.2 Bluegill 0-2-0(52g.) (177g.) Total alk. 66.5 ppm Temp. 67.0 °F Av. width 12.4 ft. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.028 Av. depth 0.35 ft. Diptera (2) Velocity 0.61 ft./sec. Av. vol./ft.2 trace Volume 2.61 cfs Av. no./ft.2 1.0 Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type bedrock, boulders, Aquatic Vegetation and sand Polygonurn punctaturn Ell.

E22-2 Cornilius Creek, June 18, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. A-II 2 miles west of Shephards I r edell County Cornilius Creek is a small Piedmont stream which begins two miles northwest of Shephards and flows approximately 2 . 8 miles southwest to where it enters Lake Norman. This sand bottom stream is not of fishery significance.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 9.0 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3 .1 ppm None Rosyside dace 9-0-0(9g.) pH 6.7 Bluehead chub 27 ... 2-0 Total alk. 22.1 ppm ( 51g.) Temp . 63 .5 °F Av. width 5.8 ft. Av. depth 0.17 ft. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.014 Velocity 1.0 ft./sec. Diptera (4) Volume 0. 89 cfs Trichoptera (1) Secchi disc clear to bottom Hemiptera (ld Bottom type sand Av. vol./ft. 0.10 Av. no./ft.2 3.0

Aquatic Vegetation Cyperus -2.E· A-13 C26-7 Cragg Prong, July 3, 1963 Ecol. Class. Brown trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class . C Crossing on the Edgemont-Linville road Avery County

The lower section of Cragg Prong is in the Daniel Boone Wildlife Refuge and fish­ ing in this area is under the direction of the Wildlife Management Area. Cragg Prong heads at Grandmother Gap and flows southeast for approximately 4,8 miles to its union with Wilson Creek at Edgemont. This stream can best be fished with a flyrod while wading. The brown trout collected from this station were hatchery reared fish which were stocked sometime during the preceeding week.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7 ,38 ppm Game Non-game CO2 4,7 ppm Brown trout 0-8-10(806g.) Rosyside dace 8-0-0(24g.) pH 6.8 Bluehead chub 2-2-0(66g.) Total alk. 12.2 ppm Striped jumprock 0-2-2 Temp. 72,2 Op (126g .) Av. width 12.9 ft. Av. depth 0,57 ft. Velocity 0.7 ft./sec. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.030 __ Volume 4.63 cfs Ephemeroptera (1) Secchi disc clear to bottom Decapoda (4) Bottom type boulder and rubble Av. vol./ft. 2 7.25 Av . no./ft.2 2.5

E27-12 Crooked Creek, June 11, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 4 1/2 miles southwest of Old Fort McDowell County

Crooked Creek is not an important fishing stream. This small mountain stream originates in the Blue Ridge Mountains and flows northeast for approximately 12 miles to its union with the Catawba River. Cover vegetation along this stream is scant.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.2 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2.4 ppm None Stoneroller J-0-0(14g.) pH 7.1 Rosyside dace 2-0-0(lOg.) Total alk. 19.4 ppm Bluehead chub 0-2-0(22g.) Temp. 67.0 °F Blacknose dace 7-0-0(15g.) Av. width 11.4 ft. Bluebreast darter 6-0-0 Av. depth 0.3 ft. (5g.) Velocity 1.0 ft./sec. Fantail darter 17-0-0 Volume 2.74 cfs (36g.) Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type rubble, gravel, Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.026 and sand Diptera (8) Trichoptera (10) Ephemeroptera (11) Oligochaeta (1) Pelecypoda (1) Plecoptera (6) Av . vol./ft~2 0. 80 Av. no./ft. 18.5 A-14 C26-2 Crossnore Creek, July 31, 1963 Ecol. Class. Brown trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class . D At Crossnore Avery County Crossnore Creek is a designated public mountain trout strearn. This small mountain stream is the principal tributary to Mill Timber Creek. According to local fisher­ men , very few trout are taken from Crossnore Creek.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.62 ppm Game Non-game CO2 5.9 ppm Brown trout 0-0-2(132g.) Rosyside dace 1-0-0(lOg.) pH 6.4 Creek chub 3-0-0(18g.) Total alk. 17.9 ppm Temp . 64. 2 OF Av. width 4.5 ft. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.010 Av. depth 0.3 ft. Coleoptera (1) Velocity 1.4 ft./sec. Ephemeroptera (2) Volume 1.70 cfs Av. vol./ft . 2 0.025 Secchi disc clear to bottom Av. no ./ft.2 1.5 Bottom type sand and gravel

G23-2 Crowders Creek, June 14, 1963 Ecol. Class. Sucker-catfish Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 3 miles north-northwest of Crowders Gaston County

Crowders Creek heads on Crowde r Mountain in Gaston County and flows south for approximately 8.4 miles to the No rth Carolina State line , one mile sout h of Crowders. This sand bottom stream can best be fi shed with spinning gear while wading. Fish­ ing pressure on this Piedmont stream is very light .

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.12 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2.8 ppm Redbreast sunfish 0-l-0(67g.) Gizzard shad 0- 0-2(64g.) pH 6. 9 Bluehead chub 9-l-0(95g.) Total alk. 43 . 6 ppm Striped jumprock 1-0-1 Temp. 72.1 OF (87g .) Av. width 21 . 8 ft. Av. depth 0.6 ft. Velocity 1.5 ft./sec. Volume 16.31 cfs Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.050 Secchi disc 13.0 in. Di pt era ( 13) Bottom type sand Av . vol./ft.2 0 . 01 Av. no./ft.2 4.33 A-15

E27-8 Curtis Creek, June 11, 1963 Ecol. Class . Rai nbow trout Length of sampl e area 100 ft. Sanit ation Class. A-I Above the barrier in Mt. Mitchell Wildlife Refuge McDowell County

The two rainbow trout collected from Curtis Creek were native fish. Curtis Creek, a high quality trout stream, heads in the Black Mountains and flows southeast for approximately 6.4 miles to its union with Catawba River, one mile east of Old Fort. The best fishing areas of Curtis Creek are within the Mt. Mitchell Wildlife Refuge boundaries and fishing i s i n accordance with the Wildlife Management Area regulations.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.6 ppm Game Non-game CO2 1.1 ppm Rainbow trout l-l-0(24g.) Stoneroller 3-l-1(83g.) pH 7.1 Rosyside dace 29-0-0(87g.) Total alk. 6 . 2 ppm Longnose dace 6- 0-0(25g.) T·emp. 60.0 OF Nort her n ho g sucker 0-0-1 Av. width 17.8 ft. ( 91g.) Av. depth 0 .9 ft. Bluebreast darter l-0-0(2g.) Velocity 0 . 81 f t./sec . Fantail darter 5-0-0(lOg.) Volume 11.69 cfs Secchi dis c clear to bottom Bottom type boulders and rubble Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0. 041 Diptera (6) Trichoptera (1) Coleoptera (1) Ephemer optera (8) Av. vol./ft~2 0.2 Av. no./ft. 8 . 0

E22-l Davidson Creek, June 18, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanit ation Class. C 1 mil e southwest of Mooresville I redell Count y

Davidson Creek, a small, i nsignificant tributary stream to Lake Norman , heads one­ half mil e west of Mooresville and f l ows southwest for approximately 2.4 miles to wher e it joins Lake Norman . Bluehead chub were the principal fish collected from t his Piedmont stream.

Chemical and Physical Dat a Checklist of Species 02 5.4 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3,1 ppm None Bluehead chub 77-2-0(178g.) pH 7.1 Redlip shiner 8- 0- 0(llg.) Total alk. 6.9 ppm Fieryblack shiner 18-0-0 Temp. 69.0 °F (15g.) Av. width 5.8 ft. Brown bullhead 4-0-0(2g .) Av. depth 0 . 2 ft. Veloci ty 1.33 ft./sec. Volume 1.39 cfs Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0 . 013 Se cchi disc clear to bottom Diptera (98) Bottom type sand and gravel Coleoptera (1) Ephemeroptera (1) Odonat a (1) Av. vol./ft.2 0 .375 Av. no./ft.2 50.5 A-16 F2J-10 Dellinger Branch, July J, 1963 Ecol. Class. Largemouth eLength of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 2 miles northeast of Iron Station Lincoln County Dellinger Branch, a small sand and rubble bottom Piedmont stream, heads three miles east of Lincolnton and flows southeast for approximately J.2 miles to its juntion with Dutchmans Creek, two miles east of Iron Station. This stream can best be fished with a cane pole while wading. Pollution from a chicken farm entered the stream JOO yards above the sample area.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.66 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2.2 ppm Redbreast sunfish 5-l-1(200g.) Gizzard shad 0-l-0(26g.) pH 6.9 Yellow perch O-l-0(19g.) Rosyside dace 8-0-0(JOg.) Total alk. 24.9 ppm Bluehead chub 58-1-0 Temp. 69.8 °F (l20g.) Av. width 8.4 ft. Redlip shiner JJ-0-0(Jlg.) Av. depth 0.7 ft. ·Creek chub O-l-0(19g.) Velocity 0.67 ft./sec. White sucker 0-l-0(49g.) Volume J.53 cfs Striped jumprock 1-1-0 Secchi disc 12.J in. (39g.) Bottom type sand and rubble Brown bullhead l-0-1(127g.) Fish Food Or?anisms Margined madtom l-0-0(4g.) Trichoptera J) Fantail darter 4-0-0(9g.) Ephemeroptera (1) Spotted darter J-0-0(8g.) Hemiptera (1~ Av . vol./ft. 0.025 Acreage 0. 019 Av. no./ft.2 2.5

E24-7 Drowning Creek, July 16, 1963 Ecol. Class. Smallmouth Length of sanple area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 2 miles south of Rhodhiss Burke County The fish population in this small, upper Piedmont stream was poor; the only game fish collected were two young-of-the-year smallmouth bass. Drowning Creek heads on Smith Mountain and flows northeast for approximately 7.2 miles to its union with Lake Hickory, north of Hickory. Fishing pressure on the stream is light.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.02 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2. 2 ppm Smallmouth bass 2-0-0(2g.) Rosyside dace 7-0-0(2lg.) pH 6.8 Bluehead darter 10-l-0(33g.) Total alk. 11.0 ppm Redlip shiner 9-0-0(2lg.) Temp . 69.9 Of Creek chub 1-0-0(lg.) Av. width 10.6 ft. Striped jumprock 0-0-2(65g.) Av. depth 0.32 ft. Fantail darter 5-0-0(6g.) Velocity 2 .11 ft./sec. Volume 5.82 cfs Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.024 Secchi disc clear to bottom Diptera (1) Bottom type sand and rubble Ephemeroptera (1) Av. vol./ft.2 0.001 Aquatic Vegetation Av . no./ft.2 1.0 Salix nigra Marsh A-17

E27-3 Duncan Cove Creek, June 10, 1963 Ecol. Class . Rainbow trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Cl ass . B 1/2 mile northwest of Sunny Vale McDowell County

Duncan Cove Creek i s designated publi c mount ain trout wat er. This stream i s approxi­ mat ely one mile long and is locat ed near Sunny Vale. Bottom fauna in Duncan Cove Cr eek was very abundant, with Gastropoda being observed in lar ge numbers . Native rainbow trout reproduction was excellent , Fishing pressure on this stream is moderate.

Chemical and Physical Dat a Checklist of Species 02 8. 66 ppm Game Non-game CO2 1.0 ppm Rainbow trout 10-3-4( 282g .) Stoneroller 2- 0- 0(16g .) pH 7.2 Total alk. 6 .1 ppm Temp . 66 . 0 OF Av. width 11.2 ft. Fish Food Or ganisms Acreage 0. 026 v . depth 4.7 ft . Diptera (2) Velocity 1.5 ft ./sec. Trichoptera (8) Volume 5 .47 cfs Ephemeroptera (17) Secchi disc clear to bott om Gastropoda (8) Bottom t ype sand, gravel, and De capoda (2) rubble Av. vol./ft~2 1 . 25 Av. no ./ft. 12.32

F23-3 Dutchmans Creek, July 2, 1963 Ecol. Class . Largemout h Length of sample area -100 ft. Sanitat ion Class. C At Mariposa Lincoln County

Dutchmans Creek i s a fair largemouth bass and redbreast sunfish str eam. Thi s stream can best be f i shed while wading, using either flyrod, spinni ng rod, or cane pole . Fishing pr essure on Dutchmans Creek is light . This medium sized, Pi edmont stream begins at the junction of Delli nger Branch and Leeper Creek, near Iron St ation, and flows southeast for approximat el y 18 miles where i t ent ers Lake Wylie, at. Mount Holly.

Chemi cal and Physical Data Che cklist of Species 02 7 . 02 ppm Game Non-game CO2 1.8 ppm Redbreast sunfish 6- 2-1(26lg.) Gizzard shad 0-3-2(138g.) pH 6.9 Bluegill l-l-0(46g.) Highback chub l-0-0(2g.) Total alk . 23 .4 ppm Largemouth bass 0-0-2(358g. ) Bluehead chub 53-7-0 Temp . 73 . 0 Of (290g. ) Av. width 36. 7 ft. Redlip shiner 44-0- 0 Av . depth 1.17 ft. (64g.) Velocity 1.6 ft./sec . Fi eryblack shiner 21-0- 0 Volume 54. 96 cfs (lOOg .) Secchi di sc 12 . 8 in. Striped jumprock 0- 2-3 Bottom type sand , sil t , and (268g.) bedrock Bravm bullhead l-2-0(42g.) Margined madtom 3-13-0 Fi sh Food Organisms J. creage O. 084 (236g . ) Dipt era (1) Bluebreast darter 4-0-0 Av . vol./ft 2 trace (lOg.) Av . no ./ft. 2 0.5 A-18

H21-2 East Fork Twelve Mile Creek Ecol. Class. Largemouth June 13, 1963 Sanitation Class. D Length of sample area 100 ft. Union County 3 miles north-northeast of Waxhaw

East Fork of Twelve Mile Creek had an extremely poor fish population. The carrying capacity of the stream at the time of the survey was 2.45 pounds per surface acre. During drought periods this stream becomes intermittent. East Fork of Twelve Mile Creek heads two miles west of Baker and flows southwest through farm land, for approximately 12 miles to where it crosses the North Carolina State lin~ northwest of Waxhaw.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 5.8 ppm Game Non-game CO2 4.2 ppm Bluegill 8- 0-0(40g.) Rosyside dace 1-0-0(Jg.) pH 6.9 Dusky shiner 27-0-0(14g.) Total alk. 39 .6 ppm Smallfin redhorse 1-0-0(lg.) Temp. 66 .0 Op Av. width 22.8 ft. Av. depth 0.9 ft. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.052 Velocity 0.17 ft./sec. Diptera (1) Volume 3.08 cfs Av. vol./ft. 2 trace Secchi disc 10.5 in. Av. no./ft.2 0,25 Bottom type muck and sand Aquatic Vegetation Arundinaria gigantea (Walt)

D23-2 Elk Shoals Creek, July 3, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C ' 6 miles east-southeast of Paynes Store Alexander County The fish population in Elk Shoals Creek is relatively poor. This small turbid Piedmont stream heads two miles west of Stony Point and flows south-southwest for approximately 9.6 miles to where it enters Lookout Shoals Reservoir.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7 .52 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3.6 ppm Redbreast sunfish 6-l-0(26g.) Rosyside dace 13-0-0(JOg.) pH 7.0 Highback chub 15-0-0(23g.) Total alk. 23 .O gpm Bluehead chub 48-3-0(210g.) Temp. 78.0 F Redlip shiner 10-0-0(12g.) Av. width 12.5 ft. Creek chub 27-2-0(lOlg.) Av. depth 0.6 ft. White sucker O-l-0(24g.) Velocity 0.77 ft./sec. Striped jumprock l-0-0(4g.) Volume 5.19 cfs Fantail darter 3-0-0(6g.) Secchi disc 14.5 in. Spotted darter 2-0-0(4g,) Bottom type sand and gravel Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.029 Diptera (2) Aquatic Vegetation Av . vol./ft 2 0.001 Salix nigra Marsh Av . no./ft. 2 1.0 A-19

F23-l Forney Creek, June 18, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 1 mile west of Triangle · Lincoln County

Fishing pressure on Forney Creek is light. This sand bottom Piedmont stream heads one mile south of Denver and flow~ south for approximately 6.8 miles to its junction with .Killian Creek, one mile northwest of Lowesville. The dominant fish collected from this stream was the bluehead chub.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8,78 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3.2 ppm Redbreast sunfish 7-2-1(262g.) Rosyside dace 23-0-0(63g,) pH 7,3 Bluehead chub 109-4-0 Total alk. 38.2 ppm (442g.) Temp. 66.0 Op Redlip shiner 14-0-0(9~.) Av. width 11.6 ft. Creek chub 24-0-0(79g.) Av. depth 2.2 ft. Striped jumprock 1-5-1 Velocity 1.0 ft./sec. (113g.) Volume 2.30 cfs Fantail darter l-0-0(6g.) Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand and rubble Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.026 Ephemeroptera (1) Av . vol./ft.2 0,01 Av. no./ft.2 0.5

G22-2 Fourmile Creek, June 13, 1963 Ecol. Class. Largemouth-pickerel Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 4 miles east-southeast of Pinelevel Mecklenburg County Fourmile Creek, the principal tributary to McAlpine Creek, heads near Matthews and flows southwest for approximately eight miles where it unites with McAlpine Creek, three miles east of Pineville. This sand and gravel bottom, Piedmont stream can best be fished with either cane pole or spinning gear while wading. Fishing pressure on Fourmile Creek is light.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8,0 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3 .8 ppm Redfin pickerel 3-0-2 Bluehead chub 57-8-0(573g.) pH 7.0 ( 59g .) Greenhead shiner 12-0-0(36g.) Total alk. 52.3 ppm Warrnouth 2-0-0(12g.) Dusky shiner 45-0-0(33g.) Temp. 65. 5 °F Redbreast sunfish 2-4-0 Spottail shiner 107-0-0(lJOg.) Av, width 10.0 ft. (144g.) Lake chubsucker 0-4-l(lOJg.) Av . depth 0.4 ft. Bluegill 23-2-0(155g.) Brown bullhead 0-0-1(108g.) Velocity 1.18 ft./sec. Johnny darter 4-0-0(6g.) Volume 5.08 cfs Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand and gravel Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.023 Diptera (5) Trichoptera (14) Coleoptera (1) Ephemeroptera (4) Av . vol./ft.2 0.65 Av . no./ft.2 12.0 A-20

F22-3 Gar Creek, July 1, 1963 Ecol. Class. Largemouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. A-II 5 miles west-northwest of Craft ~ecklenburg County

Gar Creek is a small, Piedmont stream which heads one mile south of Prison Ca.mp 1003 and flows southwest for approximately 4.4 miles where it enters Mountain Island Reservoir. This small creek can best be fished with either a cane pole or spinning gear while wading. Pumpkinseed were t he dominant fish collected dur­ ing the sample.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7 ,54 ppm Game Non-game CO2 4.5 ppm Pumpkinseed 62-5-0(695g.) Swallowtail shiner 3-0-0(3g,) pH 7.3 Bluegill 23-0-0(99g.) Creek chub 19-5-0(162g.) Total alk. 83 .4 ppm Largemouth bass 0-1-0 Smallfin redhorse l-0-0(4g.) Temp. 78.0 °F ( 18g.) Spotted darter 1-0-0(lg.) Av. width 10.5 ft. Yellow perch l-l-0(2lg.) Av. depth 0.4 ft. Velocity 0.32 ft ./sec. Volume 1.22 cfs Secchi disc 18.5 in. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.024 Bottom type sand, gravel, Diptera (22) and rubble Trichoptera (7) Coleoptera (3) Ephemeroptera (4) Hemiptera (1~ Av . vol./ft~ 0.75 Av . no./ft. 19.0

D23-6 Glade Creek, July 10, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle , Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 2 miles south of Taylorsville Alexander County Glade Creek is principally a minnow stream. This small, Piedmont stream begins one mile south of Taylorsville and flows south for approximately six miles to its union with Lower Little River at Millersville . The dominant fishes collected from this stream were bluehead chubs and creek chubs.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.30 ppm Game Non-game CO2 1.1 ppm Redbreast sunfish 1-0-0 Rosyside dace 26-0-0(lOlg.) pH 6.9 (19g.) Bluehead chub 71-2-0(229g.) Total alk. 8.9 ppm Redlip shiner 19-0-0(30g.) Temp. 66.2 OF Creek chub 22-3-0(142g.) Av. width 8.6 ft. White sucker 0-2-0(39g.) Av. depth 0.46 ft. Fantail darter 3-0-0(llg.) Velocity 1.1 ft./sec. Spotted darter 10-0-0(15g.) Volume 3.9 cfs Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand and gravel Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.020 Diptera (4) Trichoptera (7) Coleoptera (1) Decapoda (1) Av . vol./ft. 2 2.95 Av. no./ft.2 6.50 A-21

E27-13 Glades Creek, June 11, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 2 miles southwest of Providence McDowell County

A small mountain tributary to Catawba River, Glades Creek heads in the Hickorynut Mountains and flows north for approximately 3.2 miles to its union with the Catawba River near Greenlee. This small, sand and gravel bottom stream is not of significant fisheries importance.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.28 ppm Game Non-game CO2 1.4 ppm None Rosyside dace 7-0-0(26g.) pH 7.0 Bluehead chub 7-0-0(60g.) Total alk. 17.1 ppm Blacknose dace l-0-0(3g.) Temp. 71.0 Op Longnose dace l-0-0(2g.) Av. width 8 .6 ft. Creek chub 0-2-0(23g.) Av. depth 0.33 ft. Bluebreast darter 3-0-0(3g.) Velocity 1.33 ft./sec. Fantail darter 30-0-0(55g.) Volume 3.41 cfs Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand and rubble Fish Food Organisms 0. 020 Diptera (5) Trichoptera (4) Coleoptera (5) Ephemeroptera (2) Plecoptera (~) Av. vol./ft~ 0.75 Av. no • / ft • 9 • 5

C25-2 Gragg Fork, August 1, 1963 Ecol. Class. Rainbow trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 11/2 miles northwest of Billys Knob Caldwell County Gragg Fork, from the mouth of Anthony Creek to Johns River, is designated public mountain trout water. This mountain stream heads near the Blue Ridge Parkway and flows south for approximately 4.4 miles to its union with Johns River near Globe. Fishing pressure on this stream is moderate.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.62 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2.3 ppm Rainbow trout 5-0- 2 Stoneroller 2-5-0(132g.) pH 6.8 (120g.) Rosyside dace 7-0-0(18g.) Total alk. 11.5 ppm Brown trout 0-1-0(llg.) Bluehead chub 10-0-0(23g.) Temp. 65 .2 Op Redlip shiner 3-0-0(3g.) Av. width 16.8 ft. Warpaint shiner 4-3-0(55g.) Av. depth . 0.43 ft. Striped jumprock 0-0-1(158g.) Velocity 1.8 ft./sec. Margined madtom 6-0-0(24g.) Volume 11.70 cfs Fantail darter 9-0-0(12g.) Secchi disc clear to bottom . Bottom type boulders, rubble Fish Food Orfanisms Acreage 0. 03 8 and gravel Trichoptera 6) Coleoptera (17) Ephemeroptera (10) Plecoptera (14) Av . vol./ft~2 0.7 Av . no./ft. 23.5 A-22

C26-3 Grandmother Creek, July 31, 1963 Ecol. Class. Brown trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. B l mile southeast of Linville Avery County From the headwaters to the Roseboro road, Grandmother Creek is a designated public mountain trout stream. This mountain stream begins near Height and flows south­ west for approximately 3.6 miles to its union with the Linville River, south of Linville. There are many excellent pools in this stream which provide good trout fishing during the season.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.38 ppm Game Non-game CO2 5.9 ppm Brown trout 21-0-0 Rosyside dace 21-0-0 (4lg.) pH 6.8 (41g.) Total alk. 15 .3 ppm Temp. 64.1 °F Av. width 14.1 ft. Av. depth 0.21 ft. Fish Food Organisms 1 creage 0.032 Velocity 1.0 ft./sec. Diptera (1) Volume 2.66 cfs Trichoptera (4) Secchi disc 17.4 in. Coleoptera (2) Bottom type boulder, rubble, Ephemeroptera (6) gravel and sand Oligochaeta (2) P lecoptera ( 6) Av. vol./ft~2 0.38 Av. no./ft. 10.5

D23-4 Grassy Creek, July 10, 1963 Ecol. Class. Sucker Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 3 1/2 miles north-northwest of Taylorsville Alexander County

Grassy Creek is predominately a minnow stream. The dominant fish collected from this stream during the survey was the bluehead chub, which made up 58.3 percent of the collection. Grassy Creek heads six miles north of Taylorsville and flows southwest for approximately six miles to its junction with Lower Little River, two miles northeast of All Healing Springs.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.6 ppm Game Non-game CO2 0.9 ppm Redbreast sunfish 1-2-0 Rosyside dace 39-0-0(114g.) pH 6.9 (110g.) Bluehead chub 250-6-0(436g.) Total alk. 15.0 ppm Redlip shiner 36-0-0(53g.) Temp. 72.0 °F Creek chub 12-l-0(83g.) Av. width 17.8 ft. White sucker 8-0-0(lOg.) Av. depth 0.76 ft. Striped jumprock 35-6-0(226g.) Velocity 0.49 ft./sec. Margined madtom 22-5-0(lllg.) Volume 4.95 cfs Fantail darter 19-0-0(46g.) Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand, gravel, and 1 creage O. 041 rubble A-23

D24-l Gunpowder Creek, July 10, 1963 Ecol. Class. Largemouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C. At Hudson Caldwell County

Gunpowder Creek can best be fished by wading using any type tackle preferred. Accessibility to this stream is difficult, but fishing pressure is moderate. Largemouth bass and redbreast sunfish fishing is fair. Gunpowder Creek begins one mile south of Whitnel and flows southeast for approximately eight miles to where it enters Lake Hickory, one mile west of Granite Falls.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.28 ppm Game Non-game CO2 l.9 Redbreast sunfish 0-1-2 Bluehead chub 23-0-l(l87g.) pH 6.8 (l79g.) Fantail darter l-0-0(4g.) Total alk. 20.l ppm Smallmouth bass 1-0-0 Temp. 64.1 Op (7g.) Av. width 13. 5 ft. Largemouth bass 0-0-1 Av . depth 0.21 ft. (230g.) Velocity 2.2 ft./sec. Volume 5.67 cfs Secchi disc 14.0 in. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.031 Bottom type sand, mu ck, and Diptera (8) rubble Trichoptera (l) Ephemeroptera (l) Aquatic Vegetation Gastropoda (l) Salix nigra Marsh Av. vol./ft 2 0.10 Av. no./ft. 2 5.5

E23-8 Hagan Creek, June 20, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 3 miles south of Claremont Catawba County

Hagan Creek, the principal tributary to McLin Creek, begins four miles west of Bundys Crossroads and flows north-northeast for approximately 4. 8 miles to where it joins McLin Creek, two miles southeast of Claremont. This stream is principally a minnow stream. However, three large smallfin redhorses were collected from a deep pool.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.90 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2.1 ppm None Bluehead chub 386-0-0(920g.) pH 7.1 Redlip shiner 84-0-0(llOg.) Total alk. 24. 2 ppm Spottail shiner 6-0-0(l3g.) Temp. 72.0 Op Smallmouth redhorse 0-0-5 Av. width 17.7 ft. (2.6 lbs.) Av. depth 0.42 ft. Margined madtom 3-0-0(12g.) Velocity 2 . 2 ft./sec. Fantail darter l0-0-0(l6g .) Volume 14.87 cfs Spotted darter 2-0-0(4g.) Secchi disc clear to bot tom Bottom type sand and gravel Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.041 Diptera ( 25) Plecoptera q) Av . vol./ft~ 0.01 Av . no./ft. 13.0 A-24

E26-3 Hall Creek, June 26 , 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C At Bridle Town Burke County

Hall Creek, a small mountain str eam, was exceptionally clear. The fish population was predominat ely minnows. This str eam is not considered to be of fishery significance. Hall Creek heads in the South Mountains and flows north for approximately 3.6 miles to its junction with Silver Creek.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.88 ppm Game Non-game CO 1.9 ppm None Rosyside dace 8- 0-0(20g .) pH 2 6.9 Bluehead chub 58-2-0(163g. ) Total alk. 18.6 ppm Redlip shiner 37-0-0(60g.) Temp. 70.0 °F Creek chub 3-0-0(5g.) Av. width 12.0 ft. Striped jumprock 7-5-0(llOg.) Av. depth 0.4 ft. Margined madtom 5-0-0(3lg.) Velocity 1.18 ft./sec. Fantail darter 22-0- 0(26g.) Volume 4.51 cfs Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand, rubble, and Fish Food Organisms creage 0. 028 gravel Diptera (7) Trichoptera (1 0) Aquatic Vegetation Coleoptera (3) Salix nigra Marsh Ephemeropt era (12) Cyperus _§.£. Oligochaeta ~2) Av. vol./ft 0.68 Av . no./ft . 2 17.0

E25-ll Henry For k, July 16 , 1963 Ecol. Class . Smallmouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 4 miles west of Burke Chapel off N. C. Highway 18 Burke County

A true picture of the exi.sting fish population could not be obtained with cresol, due to the large volume of water passing down stream. From all indications this stream appears to be very suitable for smallmouth bass and redbreast sunfish. Henry Fork heads in the South Mount ains and flows eastward over a rugged course for approximately 40.5 miles to where it becomes the South Fork of the Catawba Rtver at North Carolina Highway 10, t wo miles west of Startown.

Chemical and Physical Data Che cklist of Species 0 7 . 8 ppm Game Non-game c62 2.1 ppm None Thicklip chub 17-0-0(21g.) pH 6.9 Bluehead chub 1-0-0(lg.) Total alk. 14.0 gpm Popeye shiner 19-0-0(3lg.) Temp. 72.7 F Greenfin shiner 9- 0- 0 (13g .) Av. width 50.1 ft. Spottail shiner 20-0- 0 (3 0g .) Av. depth 0.87 ft. Velocity 0,82 ft./sec. Volume 32 .17 cfs Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0,117 Secchi disc 20.0 in. Ephemeroptera (3) Bottom type sand, gravel, and Plecoptera (1) rubble Av. vol./ft 2 0. 05 Av. no./ft. 2 2. 0 A-25

E24-2 Howards Creek, June 7, 1963 Ecol. Class. Largemouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C 2 miles west of Reepsville Lincoln County

Howards Creek had one of the better fish populations in the Catawba River watershed. The dominant game fishes collected during the survey were redbreast sunfish and bluegill. This sand bottom stream can best be fished with a flyrod while wading. Fishing pressure on this stream is light. Howards Creek originates one mile east of Henry and flows southeast for approximately 10.4 miles to its union with Clark Creek in Lincolnton.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.64 ppm • Game Non-game CO2 2 .,1 ppm Redbreast sunfish 11-7-4 Thicklip chub 2-0-0(2g.) pH 6.9 (695g.) Bluehead chub 10-3~3(288g.) Total alk. 8.6 ppm Bluegill 8-8-2(637g.) White sucker 0-0-3(2.5 lbs.) Temp. 72.0 °F Largemouth Bass 1-0-0 Brown bullhead 0-0-4(346g.) Av. width 20.3 ft. _(8g.) Margined madtom 0-5-0(llOg.) Av. depth 0 .5 ft. Velocity 1. 7 ft ./sec. Acreage· o. 047 Volume 15.22 cfs Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand

F23-8 Hoyle Creek, July 2, 1963 Ecol. Class. Largemouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. A-II 3 miles east of High Shoals Gaston County Hoyle Creek begins one mile south of Lincolnton and flows south-southeast for approximately 11.6 miles to its junction with the South Fork of the Catawba River, two miles southeast of Stanley. This mode rate sized Piedmont stream can best be fished with spinning gear while wading. Fishing pressure on this turbid stream is light and the fish carrying capacity low.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.64 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2.8 ppm Redbreast sunfish 0-1-0 Rosyside dace 6-0-0(19g.) pH 6.7 (42g .) Bluehead chub 35-0-0(104g.) Total alk. 25.7 ppm Redlip shiner 38-0-0(60g.) Temp. 74.3 °F Striped jumprock 0-0-3(1.6 lbs.~ Av. width 10.2 ft. Margined madtom l-0-0(3g.) Av. depth o. 7 ft. Velocity 1.0 ft./sec . Volume 6 .42 cfs Fish Food Orranisms Acreage 0.023 Secchi disc 11. 75 in. Trichoptera 1) Bottom type sand, gravel, Coleoptera (1) and rubble Ephemeroptera ( 2) Odonata (1) Oligochaeta £2) Av. vol./ft 0.375 Av . no./ft. 2 3.5 A-26

E25-l Hunting Creek, June 26, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 3 miles south of Morganton Burke County Primarily a minnow stream, Hunting Creek heads in the foothills of the South Mountains and flows north for approximately 9, 6 miles to its union with the Catawba River, two miles north of Morganton, Sixty percent of the Hunting Creek watershed is in cultivation, 20 percent is in pasture, and 10 percent is in timber land,

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7,16 ppm Ga.me Non-game CO2 3,0 ppm None Rosyside dace 12-0- 0(49g , ) pH 7,0 Bluehead chub 14-0-0(34~,) Total alk. 14.8 ppm Creek► chub 73-8-0(410g. ) Temp. 62.0 °F Av. width 4,7 ft. Av. depth 0.4 ft. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.018 Velocity 0,8 ft./sec. Diptera (63) Volume 1,35 cfs Ephemeroptera (25) Secchi disc clear to bottom Plecoptera (4) Bottom type sand and gravel Av. vol,/ft,2 0.55 Av. no./ft.2 46,0

F24-l Indian Creek, June 7, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace-trickle Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. A-II 3 1/2 miles north-northwest of Jonnstown Lincoln County Indian Creek, a small, swift, Piedmont stream, begins near Henry and flows south­ east for approximately ten miles to where it becomes Fox Creek, at North Carolina Highway 182 bridge, one mile west of Johnstown~ This stream is principally a minnow stream with rosyside dace and bluehead chub being the dominant species.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species o2 8.2 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2.9 ppm None Rosyside dace 11J-0-0(273g.) pH 6.'9 Bluehead chub 29-5-0(22Jg. ) Total alk. 10. 9 gFpm Redlip shiner 47-0-0(82g. ) Temp. 70.0 Greenhead shiner 6-0-0(20g. ) Av. width 10.6 ft. Dusky shiner 1-0-0(lg. ) Av. depth 0.6 ft. Fieryblack shiner 2-0-0(6g. ) Velocity 1.5 ft./sec. Creek chub l-0-0(2g.) Volume 8,55 cfs White sucker 1-0-0(lg.) Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand and gravel Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0. 024 Diptera (2) Trichoptera (6) Ephemeroptera (3) Hemiptera (4d Av. vol./ft 0.10 Av. no./ft. 2 3,5 A. - 27

D26- 2 I rish Cr eek, Jul y 9, l9b3 'col, Class . bnal lmout h Lengt h of sampl e ar ea 100 ft. Sanit ation Class . C une mi l e below Table Ro ck Fi sh Hatche r y Bur ke Count y

Irish Creek heads on t he lowe r sl ope of Chi l:liley l'lountain and flows southeast for ap r o.ximately f our miles t o where it joi ns ~1 arri or Cr eek, t wo mil es we st of .Jorry Cr ossroads . Most of I rish Cr eek can be fished with a shor t f l yrod while we. ding. Fishing pr essure is light. The principal game fishes caught from this str eam are r edbr east sunfish and smal lmouth bass .

Chemical and hysical Data Checklist of Species 02 8 . 24 ppm Game Non- ga.L'le CO2 4 , 9 ppm Redbr east sunfish 0- 0-1(194g .) Rosyside dace l-0-0(4g .) pH 6 .7 Bluegill 1-0-0(bg . ) Bluehead chub l-2- 0(27g . ) Total alk. 13 • 8 ppm Smallmouth bass 7-l-1(205g.) Redlip shiner 1- 0- 0(l g . ) Temp . 70,5 °F 1/ar paint shiner l - 0- 0(6g.) Av . width 17,1 ft. No rthern hog sucker l-0- 0(6g. ) Av . depth 0 . 8 ft. ...itriped jumprock 0- 0- 2(106g .) Velocity 1 . 11 ft./sec . Vol ume 13.67 cfs Fish Food Grgani sms Acreage 0 . 039 Jecchi di sc clear t o bottom Di pt era (1) bottom t ype s · nd , gr avel, & r ubbl e Trichoptera (2) Ephemer optera (2) IJe capoda (1) Gastropoda (3) Plecopt er a (2) .1.v . vol./ft.2 0 . 25 Av . no . /ft . 2 5 . 5

G21-l I rvins Creek , June 13, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Lar gemouth Lengt h of samµ l e area 100 f t. 0anitat ion Class . D Four mi les north- nort hwest of 1 athmrn ieckl enburg County

Thi s clear water , Pi edmont stream can best be fished vri th either a f lyrod or spinning gear wh ile wading . I rvins Creek has a f air population of war mouth, redbreast sunfish, and l argemouth bass . Fishing pr e::,,,ur e is light . Irvins Cr eek begi ns near \'/ilgrove and flows southeast f or appr oximat ely 5 . u mil es t o its junction with I'- cAl pine Cr eek , t hr ee miles northwest of Hoods Cr ossroads .

Chemical and Physical Data Che cklist of Speci es 02 8. 04 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3. 9 ppm ~J ar mouth O- O-l(ll8g.) Bluehead chub 5-0- 0(18g.) pH 7,3 Redbr east sunfi sh 4- 6- 3(459g .) Redlip shiner 1-0- 0( l g.) Total al k . 19.5 ppm Pumpkinseed 5- 0- 0(42g . ) Dusky shiner 2- 0- 0(2g. ) Temp . 70. 0 °F Bluegill 19-l-0(150g.) Swallowtail shiner 17-0- 0(J?g. ) h .V . ·w i dth 13 . 6 ft. Largemouth bass 0- 0-1(105g. ) \·ihi te sucker 3-2-5 (337g. ) Av. dept h 0, 43 ft. St riped jumprock 0- 2- 0(5 8g.) Ve l ocity 0 .28 ft./sec . Brown bullhead 0- 0- 2 (406g ,) Vol ume 1.30 cfs iargined madtom O-l-0 (18g . ) ~e cchi disc clear to bottom Johnny darter 1-0- 0(lg.) Bot tom t ype gr avel and rubbl e Fi sh Food Organisms Acreage 0. 031 Coleopter a (1) Ephemeroptera (1) Her · ptera (1) rlV , vol./ft.2 0, 01 v . no . /ft . 2 1.5 A-28

E25-4 Jacobs Fork, June 24 , l9b3 Ecol. Class . Rainbow Trout Lengt h of sample area 100 ft . Sanitation Class . A- II In the ::iouth i1iountair. s Wildlife Re fuge Burke County

The upper r egion of Jacobs Fork has an excellent population of bot h native and stocked rain ow trout . This sect ion of the stream is under t he jurisdiction of t he ,ildlife 1 anagement r ea. This boulder filled, t op quality, fishi ng stream can best -e fished ,Ji th a fl;r r od while wading .

Chemi cal and Physical Data Checklist of Jpecies 02 8 . b ppm Game I,on- game CO2 1.1 ppm Hai nbow trout 2- l - b(6b4g. ) ~toneroller 0- 0-1(36g.) ph 6 . 9 Brmm trout O-l- 2(150g . ) Rosyside dace 4- 0- 0(12g. ) Total alk. 19.3 ppm Redbr east sunfi sh O- l - 0(30g. ) Bluehead chub 13- 0- 0(78g. ) Tern . 66 . 2 OF varpaint shiner 8- 0- 0(2 g.) 1 v. width 30.1 ft. Striped jumprock 3- 5-1(142~.) w . depth 0.15 ft. Margined madtom 0-2- 0(30g. ) Velocity 1.43 ft ./sec . Bluebr east darter l - 0- 0(2g. ) Volume 29.02 cfs 0ecchi disc clear to bottom Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0. 071 Bot t om t ype boulder and r ubt•le Di pt era (2 ) Ephemeropt er a (2) Decapoda (1) Av . vol./ft.2 0 , 85 Av. no . / ft. 2 2 . 5

E24-6 Jacobs Fork, July 16, 1963 F,r. 07_, Cl ass . Smal lmouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Clas • -II Four miles south of Burke Chapel Cat awba County

Jacobs Fork heads in the South ,fountains and flows east for aplJ roximat ely 22 . 4 miles to its junction with Henry Fork, t hr ee miles west of' St artown . The upper headwat er s of this stream carries a "rainbow t rout" ecological classificati on , wher eas the central section of the stream is fair smal lmouth water . The collection of fishes obt ained from thi s sample does not give a true picture of the population and s~e cies composition because of the l arge vclume of wat er which had to be sampled with cresol.

Chemical and. Physical Data Checkli st of Species 02 8 .44 ppm Game Jon-game CO2 2 . 6 ppm None Thicklip chub 13- 0- 0 (20g . ) pH 7. 9 Bluehead chub 23 - l-0(87g. ) Total alk. 20 ,9 ppm Re dli p shiner 9- 0- 0(l Og .) Temp . 71.2 op Gre,.mfin shiner l-0- 0(3g . ) Av. widt h 52 .5 ft. llarpaint shi ner 38- 0- 0(74g. ) Av . depth o. 85 ft. Ha rgined macitom 1-0- 0 (Jg . ) Velocity 1.0 f t./sec . Blucbr east dart er 27- 0- 0(34g . ) Volume 40.16 cfs hi eld dart er l - 0- 0(3g. ) .::ie cchi disc 15 . 0 in. Bottom t ;ype sand, gravel, & rubbl e Fi sh Food Ur?anisms Acrear e 0.121 'l'richopt era 2) Coleoptera (2) Epheme ropt era (1) Av . vol./ft . 2 0.15 Av . no./ft . 2 2 .5 E27- 10 Jarretts Creek, June 11, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Smallmouth Length of sample area 100 ft . Sanitati on Class . C 3 mil es east - northeast of (Jl Fort off U.S. Hv,y . 70 NcDowell County

Jarretts Creek heads in ~he Great Craggy Mountains and flows southeast for approximately b . 8 miles to its union viith t he Catawba Ri ver at Ol e Port. The upper section of t he stream is smallrnouth habitat . The dominant fish colLected from this stream was the red­ breast sunfish. Jarret ts Creek can Lest Le fished with a f lyrod while wading . Fishi ng pr essure is light.

Chemical and hysical Data Checklist of J pecies 02 8. 24 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2.3 ppm Redbreast sunfish 97- .21-13 Stoneroll er 9- 5- 0(285g . ) pH 6 . 9 (6.1 lbs . ) lJorthern hog sucker 0- 2- 0(25g.) Total alk. 8 . 8 ppm Smal lmouth bass 1-0- 0(lg. ) Striped jumprock 3-10-4(453g.) Temp . 66 . 2 oF Av. width .23. O ft. Fish Food r?anisms Acreare 0 . 053 Av . depth 1.4 ft. Trichoptera 3) Ve l ocity 0. 4 ft ./sec. Coleoptera (1) Volume 9. 91 cfs Ephemer optera (3) .:iecchi disc clear to boLtom Gastropoda (1) Bott om type sand, rubble, & boul der Plecopt era (~) Hv . vol./ft. 0.35 Av . no . I ft. 2 6.0,

C25 -3 Johns Ri ver, August 1, 1963 Ecol. Class . Rainbow trout Length of sampl e area 100 ft . anitation Class . C At Upton Cal mrnll County

The upper t en miles of Johns River, downstream t o J ohns Hi ver Boys Camp Dam, is de­ si gnated public mount ain trout waters . This clear uat..,r mountai n stream heads on the slopes of Grandf at her Eountain and flows south for apI,Jroximat ely 36 .3 uiles whe r e i t enters Rh odhiss Lake , northwest of ·organt on . This attractive stream can best be fished with a flyrod whi le Ha.di 11g .

Chemi cal and r'hysical Dat a Checklist of Species 02 8 ,78 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2 .9 ppm Rainbow trout 3-0- 0 Rosyside dace 8- 0- 0(35g.) pH 6 . 9 (13 g . ) .arpaint shiner 0-1-0(lOg . ) Total alk. 16.1 ppm Saf f ron shiner 5-0-0(12g . ) Temp . 66 . 0 OF Cr eek chub 3- 0-0(12g . ) , v . width 25 .o ft. 'antail darter ll- 0- 0(18g . ) Av . depth 0 .3~ ft . Velocity 1. 8 ft • /Se C • Fish Food Urganisms Volume 5.44 cfs Co l eopt era (15) ecchi di s c clear to bot tom Ephemeroptera (2) Bottom type sand, gravel , & rubble Av . vol./ft.2 0.4 "i.v. no . /ft.2 8. 5 A-30

D25-5 Johns River , uly 9, 1963 Ecol. Class . Smallmouth Length of sampl e area 5UO ft . 3anitation Cl ass . C , t Collettesvil l e Cal dwe l l County

This section of Johns Ri ver can best be fished by wadi ng usi ng any t y·pe t ackl e prefer red . Fishing pr essure i s moderate . This sect ion of the river cont ai ned 12 species of minnows ; bluehead chub was the uost abundant species . There we r e sever al deefJ pools i n thi s stream wher e l ar ge , smal lmout h bass 1:ere observed swimning about .

Chemi cal and hysical Data Che cklist of ~pecies 02 7 . 58 ppm Gcillle Hon- game CO2 1.6 ppm Pumpki nseed 2- l - 0(47g . ) Stoneroller 31- 20- 1(1.0 lbs .·) pH b . 8 3mal lmouth bass 4- 3- 0 Rosyside dace b- 0- 0(6g. ) Total alk. 13 . 1 ppm (48g . ) highback chub 2- 0- 0(4a . J Temp . 74 . 0 oF Thicklip chub 6- 0- 0(llg. ) 1>v . wi dt h 44 .6 ft . Dlueheacl chub 534- 11- 0(2,4 lbs . ) iw. depth 0 . 06 f t . Popeye shi ner 3- 0- 0(14g. ) Velocity 0 . 5 ft . / sec . Redlip shi ner 17- 0- 0(lJg. ) Vol ume 52. 98 cfs Lar paint shi ner 7Li-- 5- 0 (102g . ) 0ecchi Cl i s e clear t o bot tom Spotted shi ner 44- 7- 0(219g. ) Bottom L: pe sand , rubbl e , & boulder s Fier ybl ack shiner 2- 0- 0(4g . ) ongnose dace 10- 0- 0(8g. ) Fish ood Organisms 1,creage U. 512 Creek chub l - U- 0(2g . ) 1.J i pt cra (1) fihi te sucker 1- 0- 0(Jg . ) Tricho t era (7) Jtriped jUI'.'lprock 7- l -3(305g . ) Col eoptera (4) Brmm bullhead 6- 0- 0(19g. ) Epheme r optera (5) dar gined m,... dtom 50- J - 0(184g. ) Hemipt era (1) Bluebreast darter 7-0- 0(llg. ) ,\.v . vol./ft . 2 0 , 25 Fantail durt er 11-0- 0(lOg . ) · Av . no ./ft. 2 9. 0 3hiel d darter 5- 0- 0(14g ,)

E23- l Killian Cr eek, June 18, 1963 Ecol. Class. Dace- trickle Lengt h of sample area 100 f t , Sanitation Cl ass . C 2 and one- hal f mil es southeast of Denver Lincoln County

Killian Cr eek, a small fiedmont stream, heads one mile south of Chronicle and flows south for a_t.Jproximately 14 mil_es to its union with Ballar d J,nderson Cr eek, t wo miles nor t hwest of Lowe sville . Bluehead chub was t lte mo st abundant fish collected from this station.

Chemi cal and hysical Data Checklist of .Speci es 02 9. 0 ppm Game IJ on- game CO2 3 . O ppm Re dbreast sunfish 1-0- 0 Rosysi de dace 82- 0- 0(178g . ) pH 7 . 2 (10g . ) 1 l ueht:.:.a chub 176-1-0(4 9g. ) Total alk. 21. b pn i edlip shiner 25-0- 0(66g. ) 'l'emp . 65 , 0 °F Cr eek chub· 37- 0-0(59g.J AV . width 9. 8 ft. 11 hite ucker 0- 4-0(161~ . ) Av . de t h 0 .35 ft. Jtri ped jumprock 2- 2- 4(207g. ) Ve locity 1.0 f t./sec . Margi ned macitom 1-0- 0(Jg. ) Vol ume J . 09 cfs JpotLed dar t er 1-0- 0(lg. ) ;:,e cchi aisc clear t o bottom Bottom t ype sand, gr avel, & rubble Fish Food urganisms · creage O. 022 Trichoptera (7) Ephemeroptera (b) Gligochaet a (1) Hemi pt era (1) v . vol. /ft.2 0 .45 HV . no . /ft.2 7 . 5 G22-5 Kings Branch, June 13, l9b3 Ecol. Cl ass . Sucker Lengt h of sampl e ar0a 100 ft . danitation Class . D 4 miles north of Pi neville eckl enburg County

Kings branch is a sluggish, shallmr ::; tream and is not consi dered to be of fishery sig­ nificance . h.ings Branch begins i n t he city limit s of Charlotte and flows south for a r oximat el y 5. 6 miles where it ·oins Sugar Creek , two miles northwe st of t'ineville . Industrial arid sewage pollution are present i n moder ation .

Chemi cal and Physical Data Che cklist of Species 02 7 .64 ppm Game rJon- game CO2 5 . 9 ppm Redbreast sunfish l - u- 0(7g . ) Creek chub 25-0- 0(68g.) pH 7 . 2 Pumpkinseed 2- 0- 0 (14g . ) Lake chubsucker O-l-0(4lg.) Total alk. 41.0 ppr.i Temp . 70. 0 OF Fi sh l" ood Organisms Acreage 0 . 017 ,\.v . width 7.5 ft . Trichopt er a (2) Av . depth 0. 2 ft. Epheme ro tera ( 2) Ve locity O.J ft . / sec. De capoda (1) Volume 0 . 42 cfs 1 v. vol./rt . 2 O.lJ Jecchi disc clear to bottom Av . no ./ft.2 2 .5 Bottom type sand

E25 -10 Laurel Cr eek, June 27 , 1963 Ecol. Class. Sucker Length of sample ar ea 100 ft . ~anitation Cl ass . C 5 rol es south of \a l dese of f N. C. Hwy . 18 Burke County

Laur el Cr eek begi ns south of Val dese and flows southeast , t hr ough mountainous terrain, for approximately 5. 2 miles t o its union with Henry Fork, four mil es we st of Burke Chapel. This small stream is not of ga.me fishery i mportance . Redlip shiners and blue­ head chubs were the dominant f ish as collected.

Chemical and Physical Dat a Che cklist of ...ipe cies 02 8.38 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2 .1 ppm None 3toncroller 2- 0- 0(21g . ) pH b. 9 Rosyside dace 10- 0- 0(48g.) Total alk. 10 .7 pm Bluehead chub 59- 1-or244g.) Temp . 69 ,4 Of Popeye shi ner 3- 0- 0,lOg. ) -'l.V . widt h 13 .4 f t. edli p shiner b3 - 0- 0(64g. ) ;;.v . depth 0 . 54 f t . ,.4rpaint shi ner 13 - 0- 0(Jlg.) Ve locity 2 . 22 ft./sec . ~triped jumprock 2- 0-1(64g . ) Volume 12. 86 cfs argi ned madtom 0- 2- 0(19g . ) oecchi disc clear t o bottom Dluebr cast darter 3-0- 0(4g . ) Bottom type bedrock , sand, & gravel Fish Food Or?anisms Acreage O. 030 Trichopt era 4) Coleopt era (2) Epheme ropter a (8) Gyprinidae (1) 1\.v . vol./ft . 2 0 .45 Av . no ./ft.2 7 , 5 A-32 i23-3 Leepers Creek, June ~O , 1963 'col. Glas ·. Da ce- trickl e .wength of sampl e ar a 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass . C Thr ee 1.ules east of 1 aiden Catawba County

Leepers Cr et:3k , a small, turbi d, Piedmont str eam , heads near Ulivers Crossroads and f l ows sout h- sout hwest for approximately 8 .4 miles to its union with Lick Run Cr eek , t hree miles north of Iron Station. This small stream can best be f i shed .-;ith spi nning gear while wading . Sixty ercent of the Leepers Cr eek wat ershed is i n cultivat ion and subsequent ly any rainfall on t he watershed brings silt i nt o t he strecS m.

Chemi cal and hysical Data Checklist of Species 0 9 . 58 ppm Garne Non- game c62 3 . 9 ppm Redbreast sunfish 5-1- 1 Rosyside dace 27- 0- 0(55g. ) ph 7 . 0 . (259g . ) Bluehead chub 162-4-0(J44g. ) Total alk. 17 . 7 ppm Lar gemouth bass 0- 0- 1 Redlip shiner 7- 0- 0(lJg. ) Temp . 75.8 °F (126g . ) Cr eek chub ll- 0- 0(6g . ) Av . width 14. 8 ft. 1,hite sucker 3- 2- 0(49g . ) Av , depth 0 . 5 ft . Br own bul lhead 0- 0- 1(180g.) Velocity 0 . 96 ft./sec. Har gi ned mndtom l - 0- 0(3g . ) Volume 5, 64 cfs Bluebreast darter 2-0- 0(2 g. ) 0ecchi di s c 9. 0 in. Fantail darter 4- 0- 0(5g. J Bottom t yJ:)e gravel , St1. nd, & rubble 0potted dart er 12- 0- 0(17g. )

11 i sh Food vrganisms 1. creage 0 , 034 Di pt er a (3 2) Epheoeroptera (5) Cyprinidae (28) Av. vol . /ft . 2 1 .3 Av . no . /ft . 2 32 . 5

F24-4 .Le onar d Fork Creek, June 24, 1963 Ecol. Cla ss . Dace- trickle engt h of sa~ple ar ea 100 ft . Sanitation Class . D r ive miles west - sout hwest of Li ncolnton Lincoln County

Leonard For k Creek is a small tributary stream of Lick l"ork Creek. I t heads t hr ee r:ri.les sout hwest of Reepsville and flows southeast for appro.xinat ely 5.6 mi l es to i ts ·unction with Lick Fork Gr eek, t hree miles west of Labor atory, This sand bot tom stream is chiefl y a hatchery ground for Lick ork Creek, although its fish carr;r i ng capacity is l ow .

Chemi cal and hysical Data Che cklist of Species 02 7.78 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2 . 9 ppm Redfin picker el 2- 0- U( l Og .J Rosysi de dace 34- 0-0(60g. ) pH 6 . 9 Redbr east sunfish 3-0- 0(lOg . ) Bl uehead chub 82- 0- 0(1349. ) Total al k . 20.8 ppm Pumpkinseed 15-0- 0(82g. ) Redlip shi ner 12- 0- 0(8$. J Temp . 67 , 6 Of Creek chub 30-0-0(35g , ) ,w . 11idth 10 . 9 ft. \Jhite sucker 7- 0- 0(8g . ) Av. depth 0 .37 ft . Moscuitofish 1-0- 0(l g . ) Veloci ty 1.43 f t./sec. Volume 5.18 cfs Fi sh Food Organisms creage 0 , 025 .:3e cchi disc clear to bottom Di pt er a (1) Bottom t ype sand Ephener opter a (2) uligochaet a k3) v . vol./ft. 0 ,05 i\.v . no ,/ft.2 3 . 0 A- 33

F24-5 Lick Fork Cr eek, June 24, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Car p-catfish Lengt h of sampl e a r ea 100 ft . Sani tation Class. D 3 miles nortr.east of Cherryville Gaston County

Lick Fork Creek is a small, turbid stream of t he 1-' iedmont . It heads one mile northwest of Cherryville an flm·TS northeast t hr ough past ur e and far m lc.nd for appr oximately 6 . 0 mi l es to its junction with the .South Fork of the Catawba Ri ver , one mile southeast of Labor atory. There a re sever al gravel removal oper ations along this stream which create a gr eat amount of silt and suspended matter . As a r esult , fishing is poor and the ~ fishi ng pr essure i s light.

_C_h_e_mi_· _c_a_l_a._· n_d__ h_. y._s_i_c_a_l_D_a_t_a_ Che cklist of ::.pecie s 02 8 .40 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2 . b ppm Redfin pickerel l-0-1(44g . ) Rosysi de dace 83- 0- 0 (184g.) pH b.9 Redbr east sunfish 5- 2- 2 (270g . ) Carp 0- 0-1(5 .4 l bs . ) Total alk. 21 .3 ppm Bluehead chub 82-6-0(394~. ) T~mp . b7,0 of Popeye shiner 5-0-0(26g. J Av . wi dth 3 9. 7 ft. tedlip shiner 5-0- 0 Q.O g . ) av . depth O. b2 ft . Greenfin shiner 5-0- 0(26g.) Velocity 2 .2 f t . / sec. dpott ail s hi ner 50- 6- 0(315g. ) Volu e 47.0 cfs Jtriped jumprock 0- 0- 2(126g . ) 0 cchi disc 10 . U i n . Brmm bullhead O- l -1(166g .) Dottom t ype sand and muck Fi h Food. Organisms hcreage 0 . 091 Odonata (1) AV. vol . / ft . 2 U.l 1 ,v . no . I ft . 2 0 . 5

F23 -9 Lick Run Creek, J uly 3 , 1963 Ecol. Clas s . Dace- tri ckle Lengt li of sampl e area 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass . C 4 mil es sout h- southwest of l: 'umpkin Center Li ncoln County

The fish population i n this Pi edmont stream is rel at ively low resul ting i n nil fishi ng pr essur e . The dortLt.nant fishes collected from t l1is stream were bl uehead chubs ana. popeye shiners. Lick Run Cr eek begins one mil e north of Lincolnton and f lows so ltheast for approximatel y 8 .4 mile..., to its union with Dutchmans Creek, t hr ee miles east of I r on St ation.

Chemical a 11d .Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 5 . 5 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3,0 ppm Redbr east sunfish 2-1-0 Rosyside dace 19-0- 0 (52g . ) pH 6 , 9 (74g . ) Bl uehead chub 95- l - 0(260g.) Total alk. 21.1 ppm Popeye shi ner 23-0- 0 (24g . J Temp . 72.0 OF Tiedlip shi ner 17-0- 0 (2l g . ) Av . wic,th 24.3 ft . Gr eenhead s hiner 2- 0- 0(4g. ) 1\.v , depth U, 9 ft. ',,Jhitetail shiner 8- 0- 0(lbg. ) Velocity 1.0 ft ./sec . ' hite sucker 0- 0- 1(37g.) Volume 19 . b8 cfs Jpott ed dart er 5- 0- 0( gg , ) Secchi ai s c 9.0 i n . Bottom t ype sand Fish Food Urgai isms Acreage 0 . 056 Ephemer optera (1) Av . vol./rt 2 U. 01 , , v . no • / ft • 2 0 . 5 A-34

26-6 Linville River, July 18, 1963 Ecol. Class . Jmallmouth Lengt h of sampl e area 100 ft . Sani t ation Cl ass . C At the head of Lake James Burke County

The lovier region of t he Linvill e River is t he top snallmouth bass stream i n the water­ shed . 3mallmout h bass were observed i n l arge mmbers along the banks of the river. This section of Li nvil le Hi ver can best l e fished i,ri th either a flyrod or spinning gear while wading. This pict ur esque mount ain river heads on t he slopes of Gr andfather Moun ... tain and flows southwest and then southeast for approximatly 36 . 8 miles t o where it enters Lake James .

Chemical and hy sical Data Che cklist of Species 02 6 . 20 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2 . .20 ppm Smallmouth bass 2- 0- 2 J toneroller 14-13- 0(26 l g .) pH 6 . 9 (1. 6 lbs . ) Popeye shiner 6- 0- 0(2l g . ) Total al k . 9 .9 ppm i· ihitet ai l shiner 3 93 - 0- 0(43g.) Temp . 73 . 8 Of Northern hog sucker 0- 2- 0(36g. ) Av . width 74.3 ft . '1ar gined madtom 1-0- 0(lg . ) Av . depth 0 . 8 ft . Ve loci ty 1.12 ft ./sec . Fi sh Food Or?a~isms . creage 0 .170 Volume o0. 92 cfs Trichoptera 2) oecchi disc clear t o bottom Col eoptera (3) Bottom type ruble , boulder, & gr avel Ephemeroptera (b) ,·w . vol. I f t. 2 u.1,0.. -5 ,cv . no • / ft • 2 5 • 5

D2o- 9 Li nville Ri ver, July 18, 1%3 Ecol. Class . Rainbow trout Lengt h of sample area 100 ft . anit tion Gl ass . C One - fourth mile above Linville Falls Burke County

Fif t een miles of the Linville River i s designated public r ountain trout water s . These ardas a. re f r om the 1wery County liue to the southern boundary of the Forest Service propert y and from t he first bridge below t he Lake James powerhouse to faddy Cr eek . Bot h sections of this stream are excellent trout waters and they can best be fished \o'Jith a flyrod while wading. Fishing pr essure on this river is moderate and t he catcb r at e is hi gh.

Chemical a1 ,d 1 hysical __Da t a Checklist of Jpecies 02 8, 42 ppm Game t-.on- game CO2 0 . 9 ppm Rainbow trout 0- 0-l(ElOg . ) 3toneroller O-l-0(26g. ) ph 7 .1 ::Smallrnouth bass O- l-0(18g. ) Bluehead chub 0- 2- 0\6lg. ) Total alk. 14.4 ppm 3affr on shiner 2- 0- 0(2p. ) Tem . 74.9 °F --Iirror shi ner 1-0- 0( 2e.) Av. width 68 .8 f t. No rthern hoc sucker j_- 0-3(26l g . ) Av , depth 0.74 ft . Bluebreast darter 1-0- 0(lg. ) Velocity 0.81 ft ./sec . Volume 28.12 cfs Fish Food Urga~ i sms ,\cr eaee 0.158 ~e cchi disc clear to bottom Coleopter a (2) Bot tom tYJJ€ rubble, boulders, & gravel Ephemera tera (3 ) Cyprinidae (1) "V . vol./ft. 2 0 . 25 Av . no . I ft . 2 J . 0 A- 35

F24- 6 Li ttle Beaverdam Cr eek, June 24, 19u3 Ecol. Cl ass . Dace-trickle Length of sample ar ea l OU ft. Janitation Cl ass . D 3 miles s outheast of Cherryville Gaston County

Cover veget ation along t his sand bott om, 1-' i edmont stream is very dense . The fish popu­ lation is composed chiefl y of mi nnows and suckers cJ.nd the game f i 6h population is insig­ nificant. Little Beaver dam Creek begins one mi l e south of Cherryville and f lows south and t hen east for appr oximately 5.2 miles to i ts juncti on with Beaverdam Cr eek, t hree mil es southwest of Long Shoals .

Chemical and 1-'hysi cal Data Checkli st of Species 02 8 . 52 ppm Game lll on- game CO2 2 .1 ppm Redbreast sunf ish 8- 0- 0(5bg . ) Hi ghback chub l-0- 0(4g . ) pH 6 . 9 Bl uehead chub 198- 2- 0(395g. ) 'Total al k . 19.4 ppm Hi gh fin shiner ll-0- 0 (22g .) ·remp . l 9 .o °F Redli p shiner 45-0- 0(65g.) Av . width 15 .5 f t. Cr eek chub 33-l-0(5l g. ) Av. dept h 0.3 ft . J allfin r edhorse 14- 0-3 (143g. ) Velocity 0 . 56 ft . /sec. 0triped juraprock 63 - 0- 0(147g. ) Volume 1.95 cfs Margi ned madt om 9-1-0(4lg . ) .:ie cchi disc clear t o bottom 3potted uarter 5-0- 0(bg.) Bottom t ype sand and gravel Fish Food Organisms Acreage O. 013 Dipter a (21) 'rrichopter a (1) f'lecoptera (1) Av. vol. /ft.2 0.3 Av . no ./f t.2 11.5

E24-l Litt l e Cr eek, June 7, 1963 Ecol. Class . Dace-trickl e Length of sampl e area 100 ft. anitation Class. A- II 2 mil es south- southwest of Cat quare Lincoln County

Li ttle Cr eek, a wi de , shallow, tribut ary to Indian Cr eek begins t wo mil es west of Cat quare and flows southeast for appr oximat el y 4 . 8 miles t o its union wit h Indian Cr euk, three miles west of Reepsville . The dominant fishes collected from this Piedmont stream were r osyside dace and young-of-the- year white suckers . Fishi ng pressur e on this stream is light .

Chemi cal and f'h;ysical Jata Checklist of 3pecies 02 6 . 78 ppm Game }ion- game CO2 3 .1 ppm Redb r east sunfish 0-1-0 Rosyside dace 2b 5-0- 0(404g. ) pH 6 .9 (45 g . ) Bl uehead chub 115- 8- 0(684g . ) Total al k. 8.2 ppm Pumpki nseed O-l-0(22g . ) Highfin shiner ll-0- 0(40g . ) Temp . 67.0 op Bluegill 2- 0- 0(7g .) Greenhead shiner 1-0- 0(bf.) R.v. wi dth 40. 6 f t. Fieryblack shiner 39- 0- 0 8g . ) Av . depth 0. 9 ft. Creek chub 1J- 0- 0(40g . ) Velocity 0 . 5 ft./sec . u,1hite sucker 210- 0- 0(8lg. ) Volume 15.64 cfs 0ecchi disc clear t o l,ottom Fish Food Orpanisms Acreage 0. 093 Bottom type gravel and sand Diptera (1) Av . vol./ft. 2 tra ce Jw . no . /ft. 2 0, 25 A-36

E25-7 Little Fork, June 27, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Rainbow t r out Length of sampl e ar ea 100 f t . J ~nitation Cl ass . A- II douth · ountains iildlife He fuge Bur ke County

Litt l e Fork Creek heads i n t he South Hount ai n .. ildlife Refuge and f l ows sout heast f or a}JJJro.ximc.1.t ely 2. 4 miles t o its uni on wi th Jacob For k . \Ji l dlife '1:anagement r ea regulations gover n fishi ng in t hi s stream . Fi shi ng pr essur e i s moder at e . From all i ndicat ions it would ap.i,-1ear pr actical t o r eclaim Little Fork .

Chemi cal and hysical Dat a Che cklist of Species 02 8,7 ppm Game Non- game CO2 1.8 ppm Rainbow trout 2- 0- 0(4g. ) Rosysi de dace 12- 0- 0(20g . ) pH 7. 0 Redbr east sunfish 2- 1- 0 Bluehead chub 24- 4- 0 (?7g . ) Total alk. 11.6 ppm (6lg. ) Redl ip shiner 48- 0- 0 (61g . ) Temp . 65 .1 oF Jhite sucker 2-3- 0(5 ?g. ) , v . width 9 .4 f t. dtriped jumprock 0- 2- 2(176g . ) Av . dept h o. 5 ft. Veloci ty 0. 55 ft./sec. Fish Food rgani srns Acr eage 0. 022 Volume 3 . 58 cfs Ephemer opter a (3 ) 3ecchi disc clear t o bottom J,v . vol./ft.l2 0 . 25 Bottom t ype sand and rubbl e Av . no./ ft.2 1.5

F23- 5 Littl e Long Creek, July 2, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Largemout h Length of sampl e ar ea 100 ft. Sanitation Cl ass . D 1 mil e northeast of Dal las G ston County

The sampling st ation on Littl e Long Gr eek was dir ectly bel ow Tur ners Lake . Thi s tur bi d Pi edmont stream heads f our mil es s out h of Long Shoals and f lows eastwar d f or approxi­ mat el y ? . 2 miles t o its union wHh outh Fork of the Cat awba River below Hardin. The fish population was poor.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Speci es 02 7. 28 ppm Game Non- game CO2 1.7 ppm War mouth l - l - 0(58g. ) Rosysi de dace 5- 0- 0(15g. ) pH 6. 8 Redbreast sunfish 2- 3- 0( l lg.) Bl uehead chub 16- l - 0(116g . ) Total alk. 31.7 ppm Purnpki nseed l - 0- 0(19g . ) Popeye shi ner 3- 0- 0(8g. ) Temp . 74.6 Op Bluegill 9-l-0(124g. ) Redlip shi ner 7- 0- 0(llg . ) Av. wi dth 12. 2 ft. Greenhead shi ner 5- 0- 0(15g. ) Av . depth 1.4 ft. v1bitet ail shiner 1- 0- 0(Jg. ) Ve locity 0 • 4 ft • / Se C • Smallfin r edhor se O- O~l (l 34g. ) Volume 6 . 03 cfs Margi ned madtom 3- 3- 0(53g. ) .3e cchi disc 6 . 5 i n • Bot tom t ype sand and gr avel Fi sh Food Organi sms Acr eage 0. 051 Di pt er a (3) Trichopt er a (32) pheme r opt era (1 ) Av . vol./ft~2 0,65 1 v . no • / ft • 18. 0 rt-37

E~5- 6 Little Ri ver , Tune 27, l 9b3 Ecol. Cl ass . H.ai nb0v1 trout Lengt h of sampl e area 100 f t . 3anitation Cl ass . A- I I 3outh -ountains ,ildli fe Ile fuge Burke County

Li ttl e River, a small mount air. trout stream , heads in the South hountains Jildlife Refuge and flows south- southeast for appr oximat ely 4. 8 miles to its union with Jacobs Fork. During the survey no trout were col lected, but several were observed i n pools above the sampl e area. ';Jildlife Hana[er.ient J' rea r egul ations gov..., rn fis} i ng i n t his str~am .

Chemi cu. l and Physical Data Checklist of Sµecies 02 8 . 54 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2 . 0 ppm None Ro sysi de dace 57- 0- 0(89g. ) pH 7 .1 Bluehea · chub 59- 0- 0(105g. ) Tot al alk. 7.1 ppm Re dlip shi ner 15-0- 0(14g . ) Temp . 62 . 0 oF Av . wi dt h 9. 2 ft . Fi sh Food urganisms Acreage 0 . 021 .l:lV . dept h 0. 6 ft • Di ptera (12) Ve loci t y 0 .33 ft . /sec . Trichoptera (2) Volume 1.47 cfs Lphener opt era (8) J ecchi disc clear t o bottom j alamander (1) Bot tom t y1.Je rubble and sand .Av . vol./ft~2 o. 65 Av . no ./ft . 11.5

G22-4 Littl e Sugar Cr eek , June 13 , l 9b3 Ecol. Class . ~ucker Length of 'ampl e area 100 ft . Sani tation Cl ass . E 3 ffii j_es north- nort heast of Pi nelevel 1eckl enburg County

Li ttle dugar Cr eek is an open sewer and carries an 11 E 11 Sanitation Cl assification. The fish popul ation i n this Piedmont stream is nil and no one fislies thi s str eam . Little 0ugar Cr eek begins i n t he ci t y lioits of Charlotte ana flows sout h for approximately 15. 2 miles t o where it crosses the IJ orth Carolina State l ine, t i, O mil es southwest of Pineville.

Chemical and hysical Dat a Che cklist of Species 0 4 . 78 ppm Game Non-game c62 14.1 ppm Redbrea st sunfish 2- 0- 0 (12g . ) Golden shi ner 2- 0- 0(2g. ) pH 7.4 Tot al alk. 19.1 ppm Fi sh Food Urganisms Acreage 0.111 Temp . 83 . O °F Coleoptera (3) Av. width 52 . 2 f t. Ephemeroptera (1 ) Av. depth 0.45 ft . Av. vol. /ft.2 0 . 03 Ve locity 1.7 f t./sec, J v . no./ft . 2 2 . 0 Volume 18 . 79 cfs 0ecchi di s c clear t o bottom Bottom type sand -38

?22- 2 Long Cr eek, ,Tuly 1, 19b3 Ecol . Cl ass . Largec outh Length or' sample area lUO f t . oanitation Cl ass . D 3 miles north of -' a,. Cre.Jk Cor.u1unity r· ecklenburg County

Long Cr eek, a t url1i d i edmont stream , cor t ai ned a fair populution of r edbr east sunfish at tr1c time of t he survey, however , bluehead chub was tlie mo st nume rous species encoun­ t er ed . Fishing pr essur e is light . Long Cr eek heads one mil e north of Croft and f lows southwest for a ;proximat ely 13 . 6 miles to where it ent er s Lake Wylie, south of ·it . Holly •

Chemi cal and .l:- h;rsical ata Che cklist of Species 02 8. 9 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2 . 6 ppm Redbr east sunfish 30-9- 1 Gi zzard shad 0-2-l(lOOg . ) pH 7.5 (674g . J Bluehead chub 142-8-0(470~.) Total alk. 70 .1 ppm Blueeill 4- 0- 0(5bg . ) Popeye shiner 12- 0- 0(22g . ) ·remp . 87.5 Op Lar remouth bass O- l - 0(28g . ) Hedlip shiner 5-0-0(7l g . ) Av . width 18. 9 ft. Greenfin shi ner 12- 0- 0(.20g . ) v . depth 0.5 ft . Brovm bullhead 3-0-0(28g. ) Velocity 0. 43 ft ./sec; . Hargined madtom 4-0- 0(26[J , ) Volume 3 .62 cfs Spotted darter l-0- 0(2g. ) ~ecchi disc 7 . 1 in. Bottom t ype sand Fi sh Food Organisms Acreaee 0 , 044 Di pt er a (9) Trichoptera (19) Col eopt era (15) 1:,pherae roptera (10 ) 1egalop-r,e ra (1) Udonat a (3) Uligo chaeta (2) r'lecoptera (3 ,w . vol./ft . 2 . 65 2 .-'w . no . / f t. 33 f 0

F23-2 Long Creek, chi,ne 24 , 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Largemouth Length of sampl e aNa lOlJ ft . ~anitation Cl ass . A-II 3 miles west- southwest of Dallas Gaston County i..ong Cr eek heads i n the ci-t;y limits of Bessemer City and flows nort heast for approximately 10.4 miles t o its uni on with t he South Fork of t he Catawba River at Spencer Mountain. This l:'iedmont stream can best be fished from the r ank using spi nning gear. Fishing prcs­ sure on this muck bot t om stream is light. It is suggested that t his stream be stocked with largemouth bass and bluegill i n 196 5 .

Chemi cal and 'hysical Data Checklist of ..foe cies 02 7 , 20 ppm Game } on-game co ,.; ,3 ppm , ar mouth O-l-0(75 g . ) Golden shiner l - 2- 0(b5g. ) pH2 7. 0 Redbr eaGt sunfi sh 2- 2- 0(5bg. ) 0we1, lJ.0wtail shiner 33 - 0- 0(l OSg . ) Total alk. 26. 9 ppm -' umpki nsued 1- 0- 0(llg. ) Cr eek chub 5- 0- 0(7g. ) 'l'emp . 70. 0 °F Bluegill 4- 2- 0( 93g. ) VJ hite sucker 2- 0- 0(2g . ) Ar . wictt h JU .5 ft . Larger.1outh bass 0-1-0(lbg. ) Hargined madtom O-l-0(14g. ) HV , depth 1.35 f t. Ve locity O.o9 ft . / sec . Fish Food Organisms creage 0 , 070 Vol ume 25. 56 c.fs Di ptera (4) .Je cchi isc 17. 5 i n • Epheme r optera (1) Bottom t ype muck Odonata (2 ) 2 Av . vol./ft~ , 1.1 , v . r: o . /ft . 3 . 5 -39 G2b - 5 Lost Cove Creek, July 31 , 19b3 Ecol. Class . Rai nbow trout Lengt h of sample area 100 ft . 'anit ation Cl ass . C At Edgemont 1,very County

Lost Cove Creek heads near t he t op oi' Big Lost Cove Ri dge and flows northeast for appr o.xi .,.. mately 6 . 8 miles to its union wit h ;iil son Cr eek near Edgemont . This stream is considered to be top qualit y trout water and fishi g pres::,,, re is heavy i n s i te of its i nacces­ sability. The 1963 creel data from Lost Cove Cred: Dl-u. l~U tltat 420 fishe rman caught 300 nine inch or over trout for an average of 0 .7 take home f i sh per trip . /1.n additional 3 , 070 undersized trout were caught, but returned t o t he stream.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 9.1 ppm Game :N on- gc.. r.:ie CO2 2 . 2 ppm Rainbow trout 0- 0-3 (160g. ) Stoneroller l - 0- 0(8g. ) pH 6 . 8 Brovm trout 0- 0-1(86g. ) Bluehead chub 1-0- 0 (2~.) Total alk. 16 .3 ppm. Brook trout 0- 0- 2(200g . ) ' Iarpaint shiner 4- 3- 0(49g. ) Temp . 74 . 1 °F dargined madtom 5- l - 0(28g. ) Av . sidth 40.3 ft . Bluebr east darter 4- 0- 0(8g . ) v . depth 0 .56 ft . elocity 1.5 ft . /sec . Fish Food Orzanisms Acrear e 0. 093 Volume 31.llf cfs Trichoptera 1 ) ...: ecchi s c clear t o bottom Epheme roptera (4) l: ot tom type boulder , r ubbl e , & gr avel Uligochaet a (1) Pl ecopt era (~) Av . vol./ft . 1 .45 1 v . no ./ft . 2 5. 5

D25-7 Lowe r Creek, July 10, 1963 Ecol. Class . Catfish- sucker Lengt h of sam l e area 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass . D At Gamewe ll Caldwell County

Lower Cr eek is a heavil y polluted str eam of the foothills . This stream r eceives its pollution frorn Lenoir and Valrnead , tlnd had an exclusive bottom fo.una of Tubifex t ubifEX O.F.lv. at t he time of t he sur vey . .. ith proper sewage treatment , Lower Creek could be­ come a smallmouth bass stream . Lower Creek heads in the Green 1ountai ns and flows south­ west for a p_t1roximat ely 19. 2 miles to its junction with ~Tohns River , prior to ent eri ng Lake Rhodhiss .

Chemical and Phvsical Dat a Checklist of Speci es 02 5. 40 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2 . 8 ppm None Creek chub 19- 0- 0(6g. ) pH 6 . 9 Total alk. 40 . 2 ppm Fi sh Food Urganisias Acreage 0. 034 Temp . 62 . 0 °F Tubifex t ubi fex O.F . M. (273) Av . widt h 14.6 ft . ~v . vol./ft~2 1.25 Av . depth 1.2 ft . Av . no ./ft. 13 6 . 5 Veloci t y 2 . 0 ft . /sec. Vol ume 31.54 cfs oecchi disc 15.0 i n . Bottom type muck and gr avel A- 40

D2J - 3 Lowe r Little Ri ver , July 10, 1963 Ecol . Cl ass . Sucker Lengt h of sample area 100 ft. ~ani tation Class . C 4 miles northwest of Tayl orsville Alexander County

Lowe r Little River heads i n t he Brushy Mount ai ns and flows southeast for appr oximat ely 18. 0 mil es t o wher e i t joi ns Lo okout Shoals Reservoir, sout h of rliller svi lle . This stream has a poor car ryi ng capaci t y and fishing pr essure i s light.

Chemical and Physical Dat a Che cklist of Species 02 8. 0 ppm Game Non- game CO2 0 . 9 ppm Redbr east sunfish l-l-0(62g . ) Ro syside dace 56- 0- 0(55g . ) pH 7.0 Bl uehead chub 94-J - 0(275g . ) Total alk . 12 . 8 ppm Redlip shiner 49- 0~0(39g. ) Temp. 68. 2 Of Cr eek chub 4- 0- 0(Jg. ) Av. width 20 . 7 f t . Striped jumprock 2- l-J(292g . ) Av. depth 0.72 f t . Mar gined madtom l - 0- 0(2g. ) Velocity 0 • 93 ft • /sec • Fantail dart er 2- 0- 0(5g . ) Vol ume 12.47 cfs Secchi disc 24.0 i n . Fi~h Food Gr{a17-isms Acr eage 0 . 048 Bot tom type sand and gr avel Trichoptera 1 ) Av . vol./ft 2 0 . 05 Av . no . / ft . 2 0 . 5

E2J-6 Lyle Creek, June 20, 1963 Ecol . Cl ass . oucker Lengt h of sampl e area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. D 2 miles north of Conover Catawba Count y

Lyl e Cr eek, -a small Pi edmont str ,. am , begins t wo miles east of" Hickor y and flows east­ ward for approximatel y 14 .4 miles t o i ts union with Lake Norman , one mile northwest of Cat awba . The dominant f i shes collected during the survey we re bluehead chub and r osy­ side dace . This st ream i s not of fishery signifi cance .

Chemi cal and l-'hysical Data Checklist of pecies 02 8 .42 ppm Gi::t.me Non- game CO2 1.9 ppm Redbr east sunfish 3- l -1(50g . ) Rosyside dace 46- 0- 0(5Jg. ) pH 6. 9 Purnpki nseed l-0- 0(9g. ) Bluehead chub 67-3- 0(248g . ) Total alk. 25 . 9 ppm Yellow erch 0- 9- 0(150g . ) Redlip shiner 15-0- 0(29g . ) Temp . 76 . 0 °F Spotted shiner 24- 0- 0(70g . ) AV , "dth 9 . 6 .ft . Fier ybl ack shiner 3- 0- 0(19g . ) Av . dept h 0.46 f t. Creek chub 11- 1-0(J l g . ) Velocity 1.67· f t ./sec. Striped jumprock 0- 0-7( 816g . ) Vol ume 6 .49 cf s } argi ned mad tom 3- 0- 0 (Jg. ) 0ecchi disc clear t o bottom Fantail darter ll- 0- 0(17g. ) Bottom type sand a rd gravel Fi sh Food Gr ganisms Acreage 0 . 022 Di pt er a (2) Av . vol./f t 2 0 . 02 Av . no . /ft . 2 1.5 -41

E27-5 1•lackey Cr eek, June 10, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass. 3ucker Length of sampl e area 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass. C 2 miles northwest of Gr eenlee 1cDowel l County

Rai nb ow trout are known t o be pr esent i n the upper waters of Ha ckey Cr eek, whereas they are absent i n the lower r egions of t he streams . Snai ls were observed t o be very abun­ dant i n t his s,:,ream . The stoneroller was t he most abundant fish col lected . 1ackey Creek begins i n t he Black t ountains and flows s outheast for appr oxi.mat el y six miles to its ·unction with t he Catawba Ri ver at Greenlee .

Chemi cal c.:. nd Physical Dat a Checklist of pe cies 02 8.3 ppm Game Non- game CO2· 3 . 0 ppm bone toneroller 42- 28-3 (865g. ) pH 7.2 Rosyside dace 12- 0- 0(75g . ) Total alk. 8. 0 ppm Redlip shiner 15-0- 0(5lg. ) Temp . 73 .o OF tJorthern hog sucker 0- 2-1(218g. ) I v. width 21.8 ft . ~triped ·ump rock 4-4-1(170g. ) Av . depth O.b f t. Bluebreast darter J - 0- 0(6g. ) Veloci t y 1.3 ft ./sec . Fantail dart er 5- 0- 0(lJg. J Volume 11.63 cfs Secchi disc clear t o bot tom Fi sh Food Crganisrns Acreage 0. 05 Bottom t ype gravel and r ubbl e Diptera (5) 'l' richopter a (4) Epheneroptera (lb) Jw . vol./ft. 2 0 .41 ,w . no . /ft.2 12.5

E23-4 Maiden Cr eek, June 20, 1963 Ecol. Class . Largemouth Lengt h of sample ar,_: a 100 ft . Sanitation Class . D 1 mi e north of Haiden Catawba County

Mai den Cr eek had a f air popul ation of redbreast sunfish in t he many pools, throughout its lengt h . These pools can best be f i shed with either flyrod or spi nning gear while wading . Fi shing pr es sur e is l i ght. Maiden Cr eek, a small tributary to Cl ark Creek, heads north of Drums Croosroads and f lows southwest for a proximately 7.6 miles t o its 'unction with Cl ark Cr eek, west of fai den.

Chemical ana Physical Dat a Checklist of .:3 pe cies 02 9,34 ppm Game Non- game CO2 1.9 ppm Redb r east sunfish 15-3-4 Rosysi de dace 12- 0- 0 (4Jg. ) pH 6 . 9 ( 721g . ) Bl uehead chub 50- 9- 0(408$. ) Total alk. 14.8 ppm Bl uegill 13 - 0- 0(23g.) Popeye shi ner 4-0- 0(15g.) Temp . 67 . 2 °F Largemouth bass 2- 0- 0(2g.) Redlip shiner 2- 0- 0(2g.) 11.v . widt h 15 .J ft . timallfin r edhor se l - 0-1(57g .) J v , depth o. 7 ft . Ha r gined madt om 1-0-l(lbg.) Velocity O. 87 ft ./sec . Bluebreast darter 4-0- 0(llg.) Volume 7.59 cfs Fantail dart er 12- 0- 0(llg. ) .:3e cchi disc clear to bottom 'pott ed darter 1-0- 0(lg. ) Bottom. t ype sand , gravel , & rubble Fish Food Organisms hcreage 0 , 035 Diptera (12) Trichopt era (1) Ephemer optera (7) Hemipt era (ld Av . vol . /ft . 0 . 2 Av . no . /ft , 2 10. 5 A-42

G22-3 McAlpine Cr eek, June 13 , 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Sucker Lengt h of sampl e ar ea 100 ft. Sanitation Cl ass. D 4 mil es west of Pineville l eckl enburg County

McAl pine Cr eek, a canaled stream, has a l arge drainage area. I t heads near Delta and flows sout hwest for approximat ely 16 .4 mil es t o wher e it crosses the St.ate line, one mile north of Bar berville, South Carolir,a . McAl pine Cr eek is not considered to be of fishery si gni f icance.

Chemical and Physical Dat a Checklist of Species 02 10.2 ppm Game Non-game CO2 1.9 ppm Redbr east sunf i sh 16- 0-1 Bluehead chub 12- 0-0(24g . ) pH 7.9 (117g. ) Greenfin shiner 78-0-0 (66g. ) Tot al al k . 70. 2 ppm Bluegill l-0-0(2g.) Temp. 77.0 °F Av. wi dth 28 .7 ft. Fi sh Food urgani sms Acreage 0.066 Av. depth 0. 2 ft. Dipter a (9) Velocity 1.5 ft./sec. Trichopt era (1 ) Volume 7.75 cfs Epheme r opter a (2) jecchi disc clear t o bottom Av. vol./ft.2 0.13 Bottom t ype sand and gravel Av . no ./f t.2 6 . 0

F22-4 McDowells Creek, July 1, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Lar gemouth Length of sampl e ar ea ~00 ft. Sanitation Cl ass . A- I I 3 miles west of Huntersville Me cklenburg County.

• v,ater temp erature in this st ream is high due to the lack of cover vegetation. McDowells Cr eek begi ns one mil e south of Cornelius and f l ows southwest of approximat el y 9.2 miles to where it ent ers Mountain Isl and Re servoir. There i s no fishing pressure and i t i$ not consider ed to be of f i shery importance.

Chemi cal and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 5 .58 ppm Game Non-game . CO2 4.0 ppm Redbreast sunf ish 4-5-0(162g.) Bluehead chub 12-l-0(64g . ) pH 7.0 Pumpkinseed l-0-0(8g .) Cr eek chub 19- 0-0(12g. ) Tot al alk . 58 .3 ppm Bl uegill 5-0-0(50g . ) 1Jhite catfish 3-0-0(22g. ) Temp . 94.1 OF Largemouth bass 3-0- 0(6g.) Av. wi dth 13.6 ft. Av. depth 0. 25 ft. Fish Food Or ganisms Acreage O. 031 Velocity 1.43 ft./sec. Dipter a (5) V,olume 4.37 cfs Ephemer opt er a (9) ecchi disc clear t-0 bottom Pl ecoptera (1) Bottom t ype sand Av. vol./ft 2 0. 2 Av. no ./f t. 2 7.5 .l!,25-12 1'1cGillard Cr eek, July 16, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Dace-trickl e Lengt h of sample area 100 ft . Sani tat ion Cl ass . D 2 miles east of Dr exel Burke County

McGillard Cr eek was heavily polluted at the t ime of the survey and cresot e was observed floating on the water. When no fish could 1e obt ained wi th cresol, r otenone wa s applied and onl y one fish , a creek chub , could be located. This stream is t oo polluted for fish r eproduction. fo Gillard Cr eek begins t wo mi l es south of Valdese c.1. nd f lows north for· approximately si x miles to Lake Rhodhiss.

Chemical and Physical Dat a Checklist of Species 02 8 .1 ppm Game Non-game CO2 1.1 ppm None Cr eek chub l-0- 0(2g. ) pH 7 . 0 Total alk. 21. 7 ppm Fish Food urganisms Acreage 0.024 Temp . 71.1 CF Diptera (3) v. vii dth 10 . 6 ft . Trichoptera (1) Av . depth 0 . 41 ft. 1\.v . vol./ft.2 0 .1 Velocity 1.48 ft./sec. i v • no . / ft • 2 2 • 0 Volume 1.88 cfs .:)e cchi disc 16 . 0 i n • Bottom t ype sand and rubbl e

E23-7 McLin Cr eek, June 20, 1963 Ecol. Class. Largemouth Lengt h of su.rnple area 100 f t. 0anitation Class . D 2 mil es sout h of Cl aremont Catawba County

1'lcLin Creek i s a fair fishing stream an fisl1ing pr es sure is light. This Pi edmont stream can best be fished with either cane pole, f l yrod, or spi nning gear while wadi ng or from t he bank, inasmuch as cover veget at ion i s s cant, McLin Cr eek heads one mi l e south of Conover and flows northeastward f or approximat ely eight mil es t o i ts ,4unction wit h Lyle Cr eek, one mil e northwest of Cat awba.

Chemi cal and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7,56 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3 . 0 ppm Redbreast sunfish 12-4-1(274g. ) Rosyside dace 3- 0- 0(3g. ) pH 7.0 Bluegill 5-7-0(25lg. ) Bluehead chub 113-5-0(347g. ) Total alk. 32 .1 ppm Lar gemouth bass 0-1-2(264~ . ) Redlip shiner 29- 0- 0(32g. ) Temp . 72 .1 Of Yellow ~erch O- ll-0(2llg.) Creek chub 3-0-0(4g. ) 1 v. widt h 24.1 f t. 'iJ hite sucker 0-l-0(2l g . ) Av . depth 0 . 7 ft . Jmallf in r edhorse O-l-13 (9llg. ) Ve locity 0.5 ft ./sec. Fantail darter 7- - 0(9g. ) Volume 7 .34 cfs .:3e cchi disc 15.0 in • Fi sh Food Organi sms Acr eage 0 . 055 Bottom type sand, gravel, & rubbl e Plecoptera \ 2 ) 1v . vol./ft.2 0 . 01 2 1 v . no . /ft . 1.0 A- 44

G22-6 McMullen Creek, June 13 , 1963 Ecol . Cl ass . Catfish- sucker Length of sampl e area 100 ft . anitation Class . D 3 miles s out h of Charlotte Mecklenburg County

/c•ullen Creek, a heavily polluted Piedmont stream, is not considered to be of fishery importance . This sand bottom stream heads one mile north cf Oakhurst and f lows southwest for approximately 12 . 8 miles t o i ts union wit h Mc.Al pi ne Creek, two miles southeast of i neville .

Chemi cal and .r'hysical Data Checklist of ' pecies 02 8 . 42 ppm Game Non- game CO2 6 . 2 ppm \-Ja rmouth O- U- 1(80g . ) Bluehead chub 18- 0- 0(82g . ) pl1 7 . 6 Redbreast sunfish Dusky shiner 2-0-0(ug.) Tot al alk. 45 .3 ppm 19-4- 0(246g. ) .::iwallowtail sl1iner lo8- 0-0(292g . ) Temp . 73 . 0 Op bmallfin redhorse 2-0- 0(2g . ) Av. width 22 . 2 ft . Brevm bullhead 4- l - 0(34g. ) v. dept h 1.0 ft . ~potted darter 7- 0- 0(13g. ) Velocity U. 08 ft./sec . Volume 1.66 cfs Fi sh Food Organisms Acreage 0 . 051 Secchi disc 43 . 9 in. Diptera (4) Bottom t ype sand Trichopt er a (2) Ephemeropt er~ (1) v . vol./ft. 0 .11 Av . no./ft . 2 3 .5

D24-4 1,fiddl e Little River, cTuly 10, 1963 Ecol. Class . ucker Lengt h of sar.i. l e ar ea 100 ft . dani t~tion Cl ass . C 4 mil es east- northeast of Oak Hill Caldwe ll County

1:,i dd le Little River heads two miles \,est of Draco and flows southeast for approximately 14.4 miles to whe r e i t ent ers Lake Hickory, t wo miles east of Bet hl ehem . Fishing in t his stream can best be accomplished with a flyrod while wading. Fishing pressure is light and t he game f ish carrying capacity is low.

Chemi cal and I-'hysical Data Checklist of Spe cies 02 8. 44 ppm Game Non-gwne CO2 3 .1 ppm Redbreast sunfish 0-1-0 Rosyside dace 17-0- (6lg. ) pH b.9 (34g. J Bluehead chub 12-l- 0(60g. ) Total alk. 15 . 4 ppm Radlip shiner 15-0- 0(Jlg. ) Temp . b9 . l °F Creek chub 4-0-0(8~. ) Av . wi th 19 .o ft . vihite sucl<: c:: r 1-0-0(Jg. ) AV. de th 5 .6 ft . Striped 'umprock 15-0- 0(18g. ) Velocity 0 . 84 ft . /sec . Margi ned rnadt om 2- 0- 0(6g . ) Volume 9 . 8 cfs Fantail darter 1-0- 0(lg. ) 3ecchi disc clear t o bottom Bottom t ype sand, gravel , & bedr ock Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0,044 Diptera (4) Trichopt er a (lJ Odonat a (1) v . vol./ft~2 0 . 05 Av . no./ft . 3 . 0 A-45

E27- 9 i:•'.li ll Cr eek, June 11, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass. Rainbow trout Le ngt h of sampl e area 100 ft . 0anitation Cl ass . C 3 mi l es south of Graphite off ol d U.S. Hwy . 70 11icDowell County

Mill Cr eek, from Swannanoa Creek to the Old Fort Dam , i s designat ed public mountain trout water. This mount ain t rout stream heads i n the Gr eat Cr aggy Mount ains and flows east-northeast for approximat ely 7 . 2 miles to its union with Jar rett Cr eek , west of Ol d Fort. Access t o this stream is from ol d U.S. highway 70 .

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of .3pe cies 02 9 . 2 ppm Game Non- game CO2 1.1 ppm Rai nbow trout 2- 0- 0(4g. ) dt oner oller 9-4-4(3llg.) pH 7,0 Brown trout 0- 0- 2(110g . ) Rosyside dace 2- 0- 0(llg.) Total alk. 11. 2 ppm Redbreast sunf i sh 0-1-0 lledlip shiner 2- 0- 0(llg.) Temp . 63 . O °F (57g . ) Fierybl ack shiner l-0- 0(2g.) Av. widt h 23 .4 ft . Longnose C:a ce 8- 0- 0(23g. ) Av . depth 0. 8 f t. W1ite sucker 0- 0-1(1.llbs .) Vel ocity 2 . 0 f t./sec. r orthern hog sucker 0-2-,J(l45g.) Vol ume 28.35 cfs Fant ail darter 1-0- 0(lg.) 0ecchi disc clear to bottom Bluebreast darter 1-0- 0(l g,) Bottom type boul der s and rubble Fi sh Food Or~anisms Acreage 0 . 054 Trichopt era 1) Col eoptera (3) Ephemeroptera (5) Pl ecoptera (~) Av. vol./ft~ 0 .4 Av . no ./f t. 6 . 0

F24- 2 1Viill Creek, June 7, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Dace-trickle Length of sampl e area 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass . A-II 2 miles southwe st of Johnst own Lincoln County

Mill Creek, a small Pi edmont str eam , begins at Fl ay and flows southeast for approxi­ mat ely 5. 6 miles t o whe r e it unites wit h Indian Cr eek and becomes Fox Cr eek. This strei:-JJil is not considered t o be of fishery significance .

Chemical and ~hysical Data Checklist of Species 02 5.94 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2 . 0 ppm Re dbreast sunfi sh 2-1-0 Rosyside dace 95 - 0- 0(136g .) pH 6 . 8 (65g. ) Thicklip chub 21-0- 0(15g.) Total alk. 15 . 0 ppm Bluehead chub 124-l-0(278g. ) Temp . 70. 0 °F Redlip shiner 2- 0- 0(5g .) Av . width 11. 7 ft. Greek chub l-0- 0(6g . ) Av. depth u .35 ft. Fantail darter 4-0- 0(9g . ) Velocity 0 .4 f t./sec . Volume 1.32 cfs Fish Food Organisms creage 0. 027 Jecchi disc clear t o bottom Di ptera (1) Bottom type sand and gr avel Col eo· t era (1 ) Ephemeropter a (4) i.v . vol./ft . 2 O. 02 Av . no ./ft.2 1.5 A-46

C26-l l"Iill Timber Creek, Jul y 31, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Brovm trout Length of sample area 100 ft . Janitation Class . C 2 miles west of Pineol a very County

r ·11 Timber Creek is designat ed public nountain trout water. This trout stream heads on t he slope of opanish Oak ountai n and flows south- southeast for app roximat ely t hree miles to its union \, ith Li nville River , south of Crossnore . 11.lthough small, 1-'.Iill Timber Cr eek produces fair brown trout fishing.

Chemical and Physical Data Che cklist of Species 02 8. 66 ppm Game Non- gar.i.e CO2 5.0 ppm Brown trout 7- 0-4(386g . ) 't oneroller 0- 0-1(52g . ) pH 7.3 Bl acknose dace 0-1-0(5g.) Total alk. 19. 9 ppm Longnose dace l -l-0(22g. ) Temp . 67.1 OF Cr eek chub l-0- 0(6g.) 1:w. wi dth 13 . 2 ft . Northern hog sucker 0- 0- 2(255g. ) Av . depth 0.36 ft. Velocity 1.54 ft./sec . Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0. 030 Volume 6 . 57 cfs Ephemeroptera (1 ) J ecchi disc clear to bottom Pl ecoptera (~) Bottom type rubbl e , gr avel, & sand Av . vol. /ft . 0. 05 Av . no ./ft •2 1.5

D23-5 'foddy Fork Cr eek, July 10, 1963 Ecol. class . Dace- t rickle Length of sample area -100 ft . 0anitat i on Class . C 1 mile north of. Taylorsville · le:xander County

1, uddy Fork Creek i s a small, sand and gravel bot tom, stream of the Piedmont . This stream is not a fishing stream . uddy For k Creek heads i n the foothills of t he Bushy fountains and flows south- sout hwest for a}Jproximately 4 . 8 miles to i ts union with Lower Little River, southwest of Taylorsville .

Chemical and hysical Data Checklist of ::,pecies 02 7. 58 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2 .2 ppm Redbreast sunfish 4- 0- 0 Rosyside dace ll- 0- 0(42g. ) pH 6. 8 (14g. ) Bluehead chub 30-10- 2(484g.) Total al k . 16 .6 ppm Redlip shiner 6- 0- 0(12g . ) Temp . 71.0 °F Creek chub 8-3- 0(105g.) Av . width 7. 9 ft . \J hite sucke r 1-0-0(lg. ) Av. depth 0.38 ft . .:)triped jumprock O- l-2(90g.) Veloci ty 2.3 ft./sec . Volume 6 .13 cfs Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0. 018 Se cchi disc 13.0 in. Di ptera (2 ) Bottom type sand and gr avel Tricho t era (1) Ephemeroptera (1) Odonata (1) Av . vol. /ft~2 0.1 Av. no • / ft • 2. 5 -47

C25- 4 ·1ulberry Creek, August 1 , 19o3 Ecol. Cl ass . mallmouth Lengt h of sample area 100 ft . ~anitat i on Cl ass . C 4 miles southeast of Globe Caldwell County

-1.u lberry Cr eek Lei;i ns two miles south of Blowi ng Rock and flows southward f or ap roxi­ mately 14.4 miles t o its union wit h cTohns River at Collettsy. The upper r egion of ·;iulberry Cr eek is trout habitat, whereas , the lower segment is mallmouth ba ss wat er . This strea. can best Le fished vJ ith a flyrod while wading. Fishing pr essur e on t his mountain stream is moderate .

Chemical and Physical Uat a Checklist of ~pe cies 02 8. 1 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3 . 2 ppm Smal lmout h bass 1-0- 1 St oneroller 8- 0- 0(7g. ) pH 6 . 9 (159g . ) Bluehead chub 24-0- (47g . ) Total alk. 25 .1 ppm Saffron shiner 16- 0- 0(22g. ) Temp . 70 . 0 OF Fi sh Food Gr ganisms Striped jumprock l-0-0(3g . ) Av . widt h 21.6 ft . Di ptera (1) Fantail darter 11- 0- 0(l?g. ) Av. depth 0 .36 ft . Trichopt era (3) Velocity 2 . 5 ft . /sec . Col eoptera (4) ~creage O. 05 Volume 17 . 5 cfs E he. ne roptera (11) Jecchi disc clear t o bot tom CdmLata (l ; Bottom type sand , gravel , F'lecopt er a (4) & rubbl e Av . vol./ft . 2 0 ,6 v . no . /ft . 2 12 . 0

_ D.25-.6 rmlberry Creek, July 9, 19o3 Ecol. Cl ass . o ,iallrnouth Lengt h of sample area 100 ft . Janitation Cl ass . C 4 mi les west - southwe st of ,.arrior Cal dwell County

This sect i on of lulberry Cr eek has a sand , gravel , and rubbl e bottom aid can best be fished frrn t he bank or by wading using a flyrod . Fi shing pr essure is noder ate . Cyprini dae were t he dominant fishes collected .

Chemical aud l'hysi cal l.J ata Che cklist of Jpecies 02 8 . 0 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2 ,1 ppm Rockbass 1-0-0(lg.) Stoneroller 10- 0- 0(9g. ) pH b . 9 J.edbreast sunfish 1-0- 0 Rosysi de dace l-0- 0(3g . ) Total alk. 20 . 0 gm (3g. ) Hi ghback chub l-0- 0(2g. ) Temp . 74 . 0 F Bluehead chub 31-0- 0(59g. ) Av . wi dth 42 .4 ft . Pop eye shiner 1-0- 0 ( 5g . ) 1 v . depth 1.1 ft . Redlip shiner 6- 0- 0(6g. ) Ve locity 0 .36 ft./sec . ·1iar paint shiner 3- 0- 0(13g. ) Vol ume 14.99 cfs Fi er ybl ack shiner l - 0-0(2g . ) Se cchi disc 34,1 i n . Striped ·ump rock l-0- 0(9g . ) Bottom t ype sand , gr avel, & rubble Bluebreast darter 3-0- 0(6g. ) Fantail dart er l - 0- 0(3e , )

Fish Food Organisms Acre-ge 0. 098 Di ter a (11) Trichoptera (2) Coleopt era (3) pheme ropt era (8 ) vdonata (1) hv . vol./ft •2 0.375 i,v . no ./ft . 2 12 , 5 A-48

E27-7 Newbe rry 'r eek, June 11, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Rainbow trout Length of sampl e area 100 ft . S·nitation Cl ass . - I JVlt . ni tchell vildlife Management Re fuge McDowe ll County i\J ewberry Cr eek lies almost entirel, n. thin the Mt. itchell d l dlife Tiefuge . Fishing r egulations governing fishing i n t his 3 . 6 mile trout stream are under the Wildlife Management Ar ea jurisdiction. Fishing pr essur e i s heavy in spite of t he poor fish popul ation. ·l ewberry Cr eek ;ras r eclai med during t he fall of 1963 and all fish were removed .

Chemi cal and hysical Data Che cklist of j pecies 02 8.4 ppm Game Non- game CO2 0. 9 ppm Rainbow trout 0- 0-1(36g. ) Stoneroller 4-0-0(24g. ) pH 7.0 Rosyside dace 8- 0- 0 (34g . ) Total alk. 4 . 2 ppm Bluehead chub 1-0-0(lOg.) Temp . 65.0 °F Fantail darter l-0- 0(7g. ) Av. wi dth 19.7 ft . Av. depth 0.6 ft. Fi sh Food Or ganisms Acreage 0. 046 Ve locity 1.9 f t./sec. Diptera (3) Volume 17.66 cfs Trichopt era (2) ' ecchi disc clear to bottom Col eopt era (2) Bottom type boulder, r ubble, & sand Ephemeroptera (18) Jalamander (1 ) Plecopter a (2) v. vol. / ft • 2 1. 5 Av . no./ft.2 13.5

E27-14 Nicks Cr eek, June 11, 1963 Ecol. Class . Smallmouth Lengt h of sample area 100 ft. Sanitat ion Cl ass. C At Providence I1 cDowell County

Nicks Creek heads i n .the foothills of t he Hickorynut nountain and flows north for approximately 5.6 miles to its union with t he Cat awba River , west of Mar i on . Thi s str eam is too small to support a good popul ation of fish . Fishi ng pr essur e i s light.

Chemical and Physical Data _C_h_e-'-c""k,,;;al;;.;;.i..;..st.c..-o"'"'f;;;,.._S_,p""e_c;;.,;;i;;..e;..,;;;.s 02 7 . 92 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2.9 ppm Rainbow trout 2- 0- 0(6g. ) Rosysi de dace 6- 0- 0(32g.) pH 7.1 Redbreast sunfish 8-3- 0 Bluehead chub 32- 6- 0(247g.) Tot al alk. 22 .• 6 ppm (183g.) Re dli p shiner 10- 0- 0(34g,) Temp . 76 . 0 °F Bluegill l-0-0(13g. ) Creek chub 54-4-2 (245g . ) Av • .-n.dth 9.2 ft . mal lmouth bass 0-1-0 St riped jumprock 1-0- 2(96~ . ) Av. depth 0. 6 ft . (10g,) Fantail darter 7- 0- 0(20g . ) Velocity o. 67 ft . /sec. Vol ume 3.31 cfs Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0 . 022 3ecchi disc clear to bott om Dipt era (2) Bottom type rubbl e and sand Coleopt era (5) Ephemeroptera (37) Pl ecoptera (~) Av . vol./ft. 0. 55 Av . no ./ft.2 24,5 -49

D26-8 North Fork Catawba tliver, July 18, 1963 Ecol. Class. 'mallmouth Length of sample area 100 ft . Sanitation Class . C 2 miles south- southeast of Ashford McDowell County

From the headwaters of North Fork Catawba River to Asheford t ridge is designated public mountain trout water. This mountain stream heads at Linville and flows southward f or approximately 25.8 miles where it ·oins Catawba River, north of Marion. The lower 20.8 miles produce fair smallmouth bass fishing . Fishing pressure is mode r ate to heavy,

Chemical and l'hysical Data Checklist of Species 0 9.1 ppm Game Non- game c62 2. 25 ppm None Stoneroller 4-l-0(74g.) pH 7.3 Rosyside dace 2- 0- 0(12g. ) Total alk. 48.9 ppm Bluehead chub 0- 2-0(38g . ) Temp . 75.6 OF Warpaint shi ner 3-0-0(16g.) Av. width 13 .56 ft. Saffron shiner 31-0- 0(39g.) Av. depth o.64 ft. Fish Food Organisms Longnose dace l-0- 0(3g. ) Velocity 0.62 ft./sec. Diptera (1) Norther n hog sucker 0-1- 9(2. 2 lbs.) Volume 4 . 84 cfs Trichoptera (1) Fantail darter 1-0- 0(lg. ) Secchi disc clear to bottom Coleoptera (2) Bottom type rubble and gravel phemer optera (1) Acreage 0.031 Gastropoda (3) Plecoptera (~) , I v. vol./ft. O. b5 Av . no./ft . 2 6 . 0

E23 -10 North Fork Greek, July 3 , 1963 Ecol. Class. Sucker Le ngth of sampl e area 100 ft. oanitation Class. C 4 miles southeast of Bundys Crossroads Catawba County

North Fork had an unexploited r edbreast sunfish population and produces good redbreast sunfish fishing, however, fishing pressure is light. This Piedmont stream can best be fished v-.rith spinning gear while wading. North Fork Creek heads t wo mil es north of Bundys Crossroads and f lows southeast for approximately six miles to whe re it enters Lake No rman, west of Terrell.

Chemical and ~hysical Data Checklist of .:.ipecies 02 7.82 ppm Game Non- game CO2 5.0 ppm Warmouth 12-0(82g . ) Bluehead chub 39-2-1(176g.) pH 7.1 Redbreast sunfish Popeye shiner 3-0- 0(3g.) Total alk. 38.4 ppm . 2-8- 6 ( 904g. ) Redlip shiner 10-0-0(17g.) Temp . 76.0 °F Bluegill 0-2-0(86g.) Swallowtail shiner l-0-0(4g.) Av. width 16 .5 ft. Hhite sucker 0-3-3 (576g.) Av. depth 0 .55 ft. Striped jumprock 0-7-2 (26lg. ) Velocity 1.33 ft./sec. Brown bullhead 0- 2- 0(28g. ) Volume 10.89 cfs J1argined I adtom 9-ll-0(190g. ) 3ecchi disc clear t o bottom Spotted darter l - 0-0(2g.) Bottom type bedr ock, sand, & rubble Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.038 None l -50

D26-14 North Harper Cr eek, ~Tuly 19, 1963 Ecol. Class . Rainbow trout Lengt h of sample area 100 ft . Sanitation Class . C 1 and ½mile southwest of Horti er Cal dwe ll County North Har per Creek, from the Daniel Boone ltJ ildlife Management r ea property line to 1,;ilson Cr eek, is designat ed public mountain trout water . 'l'he stream above this i s in the ~ildlife Hanagement Area and fishing is gover ned b:,. Wildlife Management Area regu­ l ations . North Har per Creek is fished heavily. This mountain trout strec1-m heads on t he slopes of Big Lost Cove Ri dge and f lows eastward for approximately 7. 2 miles t o its union with V.1ilson Cr eek, south of Hortimer.

Chemi cal and Physical Data Che ckli st of Spe cies 02 8. 64 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2 . 2 ppm Rainbow trout 0- 0-2(lb5g. ) Stoner oller 4- l - 0(32g . ) pH 6 . 9 3mallmouth bass 2- 0- 1(334g. ) Bluehead chub 9- 0-0(35g. ) Total alk. 2 .11 ppm Greenfin shiner 4- 0- 0(9g. ) Temp . 74 .0 °F far paint shiner 29- 0- 0(JOg . ) ·v. widt h 29 . 9 ft. Fi sh Food Organisms Fi eryblack shiner 26- 0- 0(40g. ) Av . depth 0.69 ft . TrichopttJ ra ( 2) Smallfin r edhorse 3- l - 0(14g. ) Velocity 1.6 ft . /sec . Coleopt era (4) t argined madtom 12- l-0(46g . ) Volume 29 . 73 cfs Epheme ropter~ (lJ Bluebreast dartar 2- 0- 0(l g . ) 0ecchi disc clear t o bottom 1:°lv . vol./ft. 0.195 Bottom type gravel and rubble v . no . /ft •2 3 .5 \. creage 0. 068

E26- 5 t,or t h I,uclay Cr eek, July 18, 19o3 Ecol. Class . Dace-trickl e Length of sam.ple area 100 ft . Janitation Class . D 2 miles southeast of arion Prison Camp , McDowe l l County ofr N. C. Hwy . 22b

North 1uddy Creek begins t hree miles east of Providence and flows northeastward for approximately 11.2 miles to i ts union with t he C1:i.tawba River at Bridge Jat er. ewage and i ndustrial pollution from l'larion enters t his stream below Prison Camp 1304 andl from here the s~ream taK~ s on a black coloration . Fi shing is poor .

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7. 58 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3 . 0 ppm tJ one Stoneroller 21- 0- 0(22g. ) pH 6 . 9 Rosyside dace 14- 0- 0(43g.) Total alk. 34.5 ppm Bl ueheaa chub 19- l - 0(62g. ) Temp . 74 . 9 °F Cr eek chub 46- 0- 0(6l g . ) Av. width 4 .4 ft. t riped ,iumprock 12- 0-.- 0( 18g. ) ~v . ciepth 0. 9 f t. Velocity 1.3 ft ./ sec . Fi sh Food urganisms 1 creage O. 056 Vol ume 25.69 cfs Di pt er a (8) Jecchi disc clear to bottom Trichoµt era ( .2 ) Bottom t ype sand anct er avel Coleopt era (1) Epheme ropt era (12 ) Oli gochaet a £19) Av . vol./ft. 0. 03 v . no ./ft . 2 21 .0 1 -51

D26-7 Paddy Cr eek, cfu ly 18, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Dace-trickle Lengt h of sam le area 100 ft. Sanit at ion Cl ass . C t mile above Lake James Burke County 1-'addy Cr eek, from its headwaters t o fwrth Carolina Hi ghway 105 , is designated public mountain trout water. At t he time of the survey no trout wer e observed. The dominant species coll ected was t he stoneroller, with 2. 8 pounds being taken f rom 100 f eet of stream. Fishing pr essure is light . Paddy Creek heads on the slop~s of Bald Mountain and flows eastward for approximately 4.4 miles to where it enters Lake James .

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.56 ppm Game Non- game CO2 4 . 2 ppm Redb r east sunfi sh 5-1-0 Stoneroller 147-21-0(2.8 lbs.) pH 6.8 (107g.) Rosyside dace 30-0-0(llg.) Total alk. 15.9 ppm Bluehead chub 45-0-0(llJg.) Temp •. 70.8 Of Redlip shiner 37- 0- 0 (56g.) Av. width 19.0 ft. Northern hog sucker 2-1-1(75g .) v. depth 4,0 ft. Striped jumprock 2-0-0( lOg.) Ve locity 0.35 ft./sec. Mar gined madtom 14-6-0(9lg.) Volume 2.37 cfs Fantail darter 3-0- 0(3g.) Secchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type rubbl e , boulder, & sand Fish Food Organisms Acrear e 0.044 Diptera (4) Trichoptera (4) Ephemeroptera (5) Av . vol./ft.2 0,2 Av . no./ft.2 6 .5

F22-l Paw Cr eek, July 1, 1963 Ecol. Class. Largemouth Lengt h of sampl e area 100 ft. Sanitation Cl ass . D Two miles south of Thrift Me ckl enburg County

Paw Cr eek begins at Pinoca and flows southwest for approximately 5.6 mi l es where it joins Lake Wylie, two miles west of Belmont. This Pi edmont stream is polluted and there is little t o no f i shing pr essure in it. Redbr east sunfish was the dominant fish collected .

Chemi cal and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.82 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2 .1 ppm Warmouth 0-1-0 (80g . ) Rosysi de dace 2-0-0(lOg.) pH 6.9 Redbreast sunfish Bluehead chub 13-l-0(83 g. ) Total alk. 68.4 ppm 9-4-0(264g.) Cr eek chub 8- 2-0(66g .) Temp. 72.1 °F Pumpkinseed 3- 0- 0(4~. ) Lake chubsucker O-.l-0(42g.) Av. width 12.8 ft. Bluegill O-l-0(2lg.) Av. depth 0. 68 ft. Ve locity 0.2 f t. Fi sh Food Organi sms Acreage 0,029 Vo l ume 1.55 cfs Col eoptera (1) Secchi di s c clear to bottom Epherae roptera (1 ) Bottom t ype sand and rubble Av. vol,/ft.2 trace av. no./ft,2 1.0 A- 52 C25- 5 Phil lips Creek, 1ugust 1 , 19o3 Ecol, Cl ass . R~i nbow trout Le ngt h of sampl e ar ea 100 ft , ~anit ation Cl as3 , C ,it Upton Cal dwell County

Philli ps Cr eek heads two mi l es north- northwest of llpt on and f l ows southeast f or apµ roxi­ mat el y 3 . 8 r,1.i.1..es t o its uni on with .;ohns Ri ver at Upt on . Thi s mount ai n stream ha s a f ew r ai nbow trout , but f ishi rg is poor ana t he fishi ng pr essure i s light . lin several 0ccasi ons t he t ildlife Resour ces Commi ssion has st ocked t his st r eam wi t h rainbow trout.

Chemic a.l and hysical Dat a Checklist of Spe cies 02 9.0 ppm Gane Non- garr. e CO2 J .6 ppm IJone Rosyside ace 10- 0- 0(24g . ) pH b.9 Bl uehead chub 24- 0- 0(J8g . ) Total alk. 18 ,6 ppm Redlip shiner 56- 0- 0(79g . ) Temp . 65. 9 °F Ha.r pai nt shiner 14- 0- 0(lOg . ) v . wi dt h 18 .4 f t . Longnose da ce 2- 0- 0(l g . ) Av . depth O.J l f t. ant ail darter ll- 0- 0(12g . ) Ve l ocity 1.37 f t ./ sec . Volume 7. 08 cfs Fi sh ,ood ur gani sr s Jecchi disc clear t o bot tom Di pt er a (1 ) Bottora t ype sand, gravel , & rubbl e 'l' r i clto ter a (1) Col eopt er a (1 ) Ephe1!'ler opt era (4 ) De capoda (1 ) Gast r opoda (1 ) Pl eco1-oda (2J Av . vol. / ft . 0 . 8 hv . no . /ft . 2 5. 5

E24-3 Potts Creek, une 24, 1963 Ecpl. Cl ass . Dace- trickle Lengt h of sar.'lp l e ar ea 100 f t • Sani tation Cl ass . D 5 mil es northwest of Lincol nt on Li ncoln County

1- otts Cr eek is used for sand mini ng, which r es llts in t he stream r emaini ng t ur l i d continousl y . The banks of this Pi edmont st r eam ar e st eep and t he wat er is shal l ow . This is not a f ishing stream . Pot ts Cr eek heads south of r oi-i st Cr ossroads and flows southeast for approximat el y 9. 2 miles t o its uni on with Sout h Fork Cat awba Ri ver , tree miles east of Reepsvi lle.

Chemi c· l c1.nd hvsical Data Che ckl i st of 'pecies 02 9.8 ppr:i Game Non- game CO2 J . 8 ppm None Bl uehead chub 6-l-1(92g . ) pH 6 . 8 Popeye shi ner l-0- 0 (5g. ) Total alk . 14 .6 pm Whit et ail shi ner l - 0- 0(4g. ) 'feup . 65 , 7 Op Spottai l shi ner l l-0- 0(20g .) 1-..v . wi at h 31.6 ft . Av , de t h 0. 6 ft . Fish Food Organi sms Acr eage 0. 073 Velocity 1.9 f t . /sec . one Volume 32. 5 cf s ~e cchi <...i sc 9.3 in. Bottom t ype sand A-53

F23-7 Rattle Shoal Creek, July 2, l 9b3 Ecol. Class . Jucker Length of sanpl e ar ea 100 ft . Sanitation Cl as s . D 2 miles southeast of Hardin Gaston County

Rattle Jhoal Creek is an i nt ermit tent stream dur ing periods of drought . This t urbid, Pi edmont stream is too small t o be of fishery significance . Rattle Shoal Creek heads four miles south of Long Shoals and flows northefast for approximat ely 3.6 miles to where it joins t he outh Fork Catawba River at Hardin.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8. 8 ppm Game Non~game CO2 2 .1 ppm Warmouth 5-l-0(39g.) Bluehead chub 0-1-0(18g.) pH 7.0 Redbreast sunfish 2-1-0 ~triped jumprock 0-0-3(300g .) Total alk. 29.0 ppm (53g.) Temp . 75.1 °F Bluegill 16- 0- 0(76g. ) Av . width 28.6 ft. v . depth LO ft. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.066 Ve locity None Di ptera (19) Vol ume None Trichopt.era (1) Secchi disc 18.5 in. Oligochaeta (2) Bottom type sand and muck Av . vol./ft.2 0.45 Av. no ./ft.2 11.0

E2 5-8 Ro ck Cr eek, June 27, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Smallmouth Length of sampl e area 100 ft . Sanitation Class. A-II 4 miles northeast of Camp Creek Burke County

Rock Cr eek, a small tributary strear.i t o Hhitener Cr eek, heads in the foothill s of the South Mountains and flows eastwar d for approximat ely 2. 8 mi l es t o its union with ·vfoitener Creek. This stream is t oo small t o be of fishery significance.

Chemi cal and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 8.44 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3 .6 ppm lone Rosyside dace 25-0-0(65g.) pH 7.0 Bluehead chub 45-2- 0(128g . ) Tota l alk. 17.1 ppm Redlip shiner 20- 0- 0(35g. ) Temp . 67 .5 °F vJa rpaint shiner 1-0-0(llg .) Av. i,,ridth 13 .1 ft. Striped jumprock 0- 0-1(53~. ) Av. depth 0.5 ft. Margined madtom l-0- 0(2g.) Velocity 2 .0 ft./sec. Bluebreast darter 6-0- 0(12g .) Volume 10.48 cfs Fantail darter 3-0-0(?g. ) Secchi di sc clear to bottom Bottom type sand, gr avel, & rutble Fish Food Organisms Acreage O. 03 0 Di pt era (1) Ephemeroptera (3) Av. vol./ft.2 0.1 Av . no./ft.2 2 . 0 A-54

C26- 6 Ro ckhouse Cr eek , tTuly 31 , 1963 Beal. Cl ass . Rai nbow trout Lengt h of samµ l e ar ea 100 f t . 3anitation Class . C Daniel Boone i1 i l dlife Hanager.1ent Refuge Aver y County

} ost of Rockhouse Creek ies within thd r r.tnl'.=.ri es i'.:' Lhe Dani el Boone Hildlife anacement Refuge and fishing r egulations f or t his st ream ar e under the Hildlife I• anacernent Ar ea jurisdiction. Rockhousc Creek heads on t he slo es of Grai dmother 1fount ain and f l ows s outheast f or apµroximat ely four miles t o its_ junct ion with ',, ils on Cr eek near Edgemont. Fi shing ·· res sur e on this stream is he avy.

Chemical and 'hysical Data Checklist of 3pecies o2 8. 82 ppm Game !'Jon- game CO2 3 . 2 ppm Rainbmr trout 0- 0- 2(202g.) Rosysi de dace 1-0- 0(lg. ) pH b.9 Bluehead chub l - 0-0(9g. ) Tot al al k . 14. 8 m Temp . bo . 4 OF Fi sh Foo Organisms Acreage 0 . 032 Av . wi dt h 13 . 8 ft . Di pt era (1) Av . de th 0 .47 f t . Trichopt era (1) Velocity 1 .4 ft . /sec . Col t!opt er a (7 ) Volwne 8 .17 cfs Ephffi era t er a (7 ) ue cchi di s c clear t o bottom He · t er a (bJ Bottom t ype . 1~1bbl e , boulder , & gr avel Av . vol./f t . "" 5. 1 llV , no . /ft . 2 11.0

E22-3 Ro cky Cr eek , June 18, 1963 Ecol. Class . Dace-trickle Length of sample ar ea 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass . C 3 miles we st- sout hwest of Gstwalt I r edell County

Rocky Creek, a t wo mil e tributar y stream t o Lake r, orman , is not a fishable stream. Aquatic vegetati on along this small, Pi edmont streara was abundant und t he bl uehead chub was t he most pr evalent species .

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Speci es 0 8.58 ppm Game Non-game c62 2.9 ppm Ja rmouth 6- 0- 0(Ll g . ) Rosysi de dace 41-0-0(96g . ) µH 7.0 Redbr east 12-0- 1 Bl uehead chub 523-7-0(459g . ) Total al k . 31.7 ppm (119g . ) Striped j uoprock l - 2- 0(33g . ) Temp . 66 . 0 OF vfargined madtom 2-l-0(27g. ) Av . wi dth 5 . 2 ft. Jµotted art er 10- 0- 0(4g. ) Av . depth 0 .35 ft. Vel ocity 0.56 ft ./sec. Fi s h Food Organisms Acreage 0 . 012 Vol ume 0. 91 cfs Lpheneroptera (1) 0ecchi disc cl ear to bottom Odonata (1 ) Bottom t ype sand J v . vol./ft~2 0. 25 Av. no ./ft. 1.0 A-55

D26-3 Rose Creek, July 9, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Da ce-trickle Length of sample ar ea 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass . A- II 3 miles north of Table Rock Fish Hatchery Bur ke County

Ros e Creek begins on the east slope of Table Rock Mountai n and f lows southeast for appr oximat ely 5.2 miles to its junction with St eels Creek, t wo mil es northeast of Table Rock community. This foothill stream is pri marily a minnow stream and very little fishing is done. Rosysi de dace and bluehead chub were the dominant fishes collected.

Chemi cal and l'hysical Data Checklist of Species 02 7. 8 ppm Game Non- game CO2 3 . 8 ppm None Rosyside dace 52- 0- 0(67~.) pH b.9 Highback chub 3-0-0(6g .) Total alk. 15.5 gpm Bluehead chub 38-0-0(72g.) Temp . 61.1 F Redlip shiner 16- 0- 0(16g.) Av. width 15.8 ft. Cr eek chub 12-0- 0(28g. ) Av. depth 0 .5 ft. Striped jumprock 0- 0-1(36g.) Velocity 0.48 ft./sec. Fant ail dart er 4-0-0(?g.) Volume 3 .39 cfs decchi disc clear to bottom Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0 ,063 Bottom type sand, gravel, & rubbl e Coleoptera (1) Epheme ropt era (2) Pl ecopter a (1) 1v. vol./ft 2 0.1 Av . no ,/ft. 2 2. 0

E25-3 3hinny Creek, June 26 , 1963 Ecol. Class. Rainbow trout Lengt h of sampl e area 100 ft . 0anitation Class . A-II South ountains \iildlife Re fuge Burke County

Shinny Creek, a 3.6 mile tributary to Jacobs Fork, is located i n the heart of South 1fount ains Hildlife } anagement Area. Fishing r egul ations gover ning fishing in this stream are under the Wi l dlife Hanagement Area jurisdiction . 0hinny Cr eek had only a fair population of trout, however, fishing pr essur e is heavy.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of 'pecies 02 8.4 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3 .1 ppm Rainbow trout 3- 0- 0(3g.) Rosysi de dace 9-0-0(35g.) pH 6.9 Brown trout 0- 0-1(28g . ) Bluehead chub 9-l-0(4lg . ) Total alk. 10.4 ppm Re ·Qreat t sunfish 1-2-1 Redlip shiner 2-0-0(2g.) Temp . 68.0 °F (141g.) i, ar paint shiner 20- 0- 0( 48g . ) Av. width 12 . 8 ft. . Cr eek chub 9- 0-0(38g.) Av . depth 0.38 ft. Stri ped jumprock 3-l-0(43g.) Ve locity 1.33 ft. llargined madtom 0-5- 0(50~. ) Volume 5.19 cfs Fantail dart er 1-0-0(lg.) Se cchi disc clear to bottom Bottom type sand and rubble Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0 ,029 Diptera (1) Trichoptera (4) Coleoptera (1) Ephe@eropt era (15) Hemiptera (1~ Av. vol, / ft. 0.325 Av . no./ft . 2 11.0 A-56

E26 - 2 Jilver Creek, June 26 , 1963 Ecol. Class . dmallmouth Length of sample area 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass . C 4 mil es southeast of Bridge \, ater Burke County

Silver Cr eek had a poor fish population. This str eam was samp led ,nt h oth cresol and rotenone i n order t o determine if al l fish i n the sampl e area were obtained. Fishing pressur e is light. Silver Creek heads near Dysartville and. flows northeastward for a proximately 17 . 2 miles where it joi ns the Cat awba River northwest of fo rganton.

Chemical and hysical Data Checklist of Species 0 8.42 ppm Game t~on-game c62 3 . 8 ppm Redbreast sunfish 2-2-0 Rosyside dace ll-0- 0(20g . ) pH 6 . 9 (74g . ) Bluehead chub 33- 5- 0(164g . ) Total alk. 22 .4 ppm Smallmouth bass l - 0-0(9g .) Redlip shiner 10- 0- 0(37g.) Temp . 66 . 0 °F Creek chub 4-0- 0(5g.) Av . wi dth 21.4 ft . Striped jumprock 4-1- 0(20g.) 1 v . depth 0. 65 f t. argined madtom l-0- 0(4g, ) Velocity 1. !i-3 ft . /sec . Fantail tdrt er 3- 0- 0(3g. ) Volume 17 . 88 cfs 3ecchi disc clear t o bottom Fi sh Food Organi sms creage 0. 049 Bottom type sand Diptera (2) Ephemer opter (1) Av . vol./ft . 3- 0 . 01 Av . no ./ft . 2 1.5

D24-2 bilver Creek, July 10, 1963 Ecol. Class . Dace- trickle Lengt h of sample area 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass . C 1 mile southwest o_f G1· ace Ch· el Cal dwe ll County

3ilver Cr eek, a small (3 . 2 mil e ) str eam of the u per Pi edmont, drains into Lake Hickory. The fish popul ation in this inaccessable strea was sampl ed wj_th a common­ sense minnow seine . Cr esol and rotenone could not be used because of sever al families using the stream for a water supply. This stream is primarily a minn ow stream.

Chemical and hysical Data Checklist of Species 02 9.02 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2 . 0 ppm None Bluehead chub l-0-0(2g. ) pH 7.0 Redlip shiner 15- 0- 0(4g . ) Total alk. 11.3 ppm Cr eek chub 10- 0- 0(3g. ) Temp . 63 . 8 op Fantail dart er 2- 0- 0(lg.) Av. wi dth 11.3 ft. Av . depth 0.38 ft. Fi sh Food Organisms Acreage 0.026 Velocity 0.43 ft ./sec. Di ptera (2) Volume 1.64 cfs Trichoptera (3) .::,ecchi di sc clear t o bottom Ephe 1.1eropt era ( 5) Bottom type bedrock Hemiptera (2) AV, vol. /ft. 2 0 .15 rlV . no ./ft. 2 6 . 0 il -57

D26-4 Simpson Creek, July 9, 1963 Ecol. Class. Rainbow trout Lengt h of sar,1ple area 100 ft . Sanitation Class. A-II 2 miles northeast of Table Rock Mount ain Burke County

3i mps on Cr eek is a small trout struam which heads on the east slope of Table Rock Hountain and flows southeastward for approximately 4.8 miles to its ·unction with Rose Creek north of Tabl e Ro ck community. This small strearn had a low fish carryi ng ca~acity. Fishi ng pressure is light.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of .3pecies 0 9 .38 ppm Game Non-game c62 3.6 ppm Rainbow trout 2- 0- 0(3g.) Redlip shiner 7-0-0(lOg.) pH 6.9 Bluebreast darter 9- 0-0(2lg.) Total alk. 1.69 ppm Jpotted darter 2-0-0(2g.) Temp . 68.1 °F Av . width 8.9 ft. Fish Food Organisms creage 0 , 020 Av . depth 0 . 27 ft. Diptera (l) Velocity 0 . 9 ft./sec. Trichoptera (b) Volume 1.97 cfs Coleoptera (2) ~ecchi disc clear to bottom Ephe1:1eroptera ( 6) Bottom t ype sand, gravel, & rubble Plecoptera (1) Av . vol./ft.2 0 . 2 Av . no ./ft.2 8.0

G22-l Six Hi le Cr eek, June 6, 1963 Ecol, Class, Largemouth-picker el Length of san~le area 100 ft. Sanitation Class . C 2 miles north of Marion Me cklenburg County

Six Mile Cr eek begins four miles s outhwest of Jtallings and f lows southwest for approxi­ mately eight miles t o where it crost..es the North Carolina State line, t wo miles north­ west of r arvin . oix Mile Creek is full of snags and falline_; trees and fishing t hese areas and the deeper pools from the bank provides fair fishing, however, fishing pres­ sure is very light. This stream could be i mproved by stocki ng it with l argemouth bass,

Chemical and Physical Dat a Checklist of Species 0 6 , 8 ppm Game Non-game c62 6.1 ppm Redfin pickerel 0- 0-1(153g.) Rosyside dace 1-0- 0(lg. ) pH ?.l Warmouth 2- 0- 0(lOg.) Bluehead chub 36- 0- 0(52g. ) Total alk. 39.0 ppm Redbreast sunfish 20- 2-3 Dusky shi ner 2- 0- 0(2g.) Temp . 72.0 °F (484g.) Creek chub 4-0-0(lOg.) Av . \vidth 20.9 ft. Bluegill 60-l- 0(287g.) Av. depth 1.8 f t. Velocity 0 .12 ft ./sec. Fish Food Organisms cr eage 0. 048 Volume 3,85 cfs Di ptera (14) .3ecchi disc 14,0 in. 1richoptera (15) Bottom t ype sand and muck Coleoptera (5) Ephemeroptera (3) Odonata (4) Oligochaeta fl) v. vol./ft . 0.337 Av . no./ft.2 10,5 1 -58

E23-2 3nyder Cr eek, June 20, 1963 Ecol . Class . Dace- tri ckle Lengt h of sar ple area 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass . C 4 miles west S) f Denver Li ncoln County

Snyder Cr eek has several deep pool s along its course which coul d pr ovide some enjoyable redbr ea st sunfish fishing . ost of t he stream i s i naccessaLle and f ishi ng pr essur e i s light . The dominant f ishes collected we r e bluehead chub and r osyside dace . Snyder Creek begins t wo miles southwest of Chr onical ,md f lows southwest for appr oximat ely 5 . 6 mil es to its union with Ballar d Anderson Cr eek, one mile s out hwest of Ki dville .

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Spe cies 02 7, 92 ppm Game Non- game CO2 3 . 6 ppm Redbreast sunfish 1- 1-1 Rosyside dace 38- 0- 0(137g. ) pH 6 . 9 (107g. ) Bl uehead chub 146-4-2(604g. ) Total alk. 6 .4 ppm Hedl i p shiner 23- 0- 0(43g. ) Temp . b5, 0 °F Cr eek chub 2 - 0- 0(55g . ) Av . wi dt h 13 . 9 f t. 1,. hite sucke r 0- 5- 0(112g . ) J. v , depth 0 , 5 f t. 0triped jump rock O-l-3(174g . ) Ve loci ty 0 . 84 ft . /sec. Br avm bul lhead 0- 0-1(76g. ) Volume 4 . 64 cf s Fantail darter 24- 0- 0(36g . ) decchi di s c clear t o bottom Bot tom type sand and rubbl e Fish Food Urganisms ,'c creage 0, 032 Di pter a (3) Av . vol. / f t . 2 t race Av . no • / f t • 2 1. 5

E24-4 Sout h Fork Cat awba Ri ver, Jul y l b, 19b3· Ecol . Cl ass . 3ucker Length of sampl e ar ea 100 f t . Sani t ation Cl ass . A-II 2 and one- half miles we st - southwest of ~tartovm Catawba Count y

0outh Fork Cat awba River begins whe r e Henr y Fork becomes ~outh For k Cat awba Ri ver at I~orth Carolina Hi ghvray l U br idge and flows south- s out heast for approximat el y 53 miles to where it ·oi ns Jake V,ylie at ilcl, enville . Two r otenone sampl es were t aken i n t hi s extr emel y t urbi d stream, but onl y a few fish could be col lect ed . The car ryi ng cctpaci t y of this r iver at this point i s very l ow . Sout h Fork Cat awba Ri ver can best Le f i shed f r om the bank using any t ;)'pe t ackl e pr ef erred.

Chemi cal and Ph:zsical Data Che cklist of J12ec i es 02 4 , 9 ppm Game Kon- game CO2 o.o ppm ll one Eluehead chub 3- 0- 0(3g. ) pH 6.4 Gol den shiner ll- 0- 0(4g . ) Tot al al k . 18 . 6 ppm Popeye shi ner 2- 0- 0(4g. ) Temp . 72.1 OF 0pott ail shiner 5- 0- 0(19,. ) Av . widt h 18.3 ft . Tadpole madt om 1- 0- 0(lg . Av . dept h 1.1 f t. Velocity 1.77 ft./sec . Fi sh Food Organisms creage 0. 042 Vo lume 145 , 79 cfs None .3 ecchi di sc 6 , 0 i n . Bot tom tyJJe sand A-59

F23-6 South Fork Catawba Ri ver , July 2, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass, Carp-catfish Length of samp l e area 100 ft, Sanitation Cl ass . A- II At Har din Gaston County

This regi on of South Fork Catawba Ri ver is extremely sluggi sh and turbi d , the slug­ gishness bei ng attributed to t he series of low darns which holds the wate for the numer ous i ndustries wh ich are adjacent to the stream bank. This section of the river can l,e st Le fished from a boat using any t ype t ackle pr eferred . Fishing pressure is moderate ,

Chemical and l'hysical Data Checkl ist of Snecies 02 7 . 56 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3 ,6 ppm Redbrea st sunfish 1- 1- 0 Carp 0- 0- 1(2,3 lbs , ) pH 6 . 9 (3 6g . ) Bl uehead chub l - 0- 0(9g . ) Total alk. 12 . 4 ppm Pumpkinseed 0- 2- 0(65g . ) Gol den shiner 6- 4- 0( 85g,) Temp . 80. 0 OF Bluegill 9-12- 1(512g. ) 'v!hitet ail shiner l - 0- 0(85g . ) Av. width 165 , 0 ft. Largenouth bass 1- 0- 1 Swallowtail shiner 46- 0- 0(4lg. ) Av . depth 7,7 ft . (260g. ) Cr eek chub 1- 0- 0(lg. ) Velocity 0 , 5 ft ,/sec . Smallfin r edhor se 0- 0- 4(7,25 lbs , ) Volume 571.72 cfs Black bullhe~d l-0- 0(8g , ) .:le cchi disc 7 , 0 in, Br ovm bullhead 5-0-2(313g.) Bottom type muck and silt Fi sh Food Organisms Acreage 0 .378 None

E26- 4 .S outh t uddy Cr eek, June 26 , 1963 Ecol, Cl ass, Sucker Lengt h of sample area 100 ft . Sanitat ion Cl ass . D 1 mile northwest of Dysartville .M cDowel l County

South Muddy Creek had a predominant population of Cyprinidae and is not consi dered to be a good fishing stream. South Luddy Cr eek heads t1-ro r.ri.le s northeast of Therme l City and flows approximately 14 , 5 miles northeastward ·where it joins t he Catawba River near Bridge Ifat er . The lower waters on triis stream can best be fished from the bank using either spinning gear or cane pol e ,

Chemical and Physical Data Che cklist of pecies 02 7 , 98 ppm Game Non- game CO2 3 ,1 ppm Redbr east sunfish 4- 1- 0 Stoneroller 8-16- 0(266g . ) pH 7,0 (104g . ) Rosysi de dace 52- 0- 0(108g . ) Total alk. 22 .1 ppm Yellow perch 0- 2- 0(2lg. ) Bluehead chub 24- l - 0(72g . ) Temp , 68,0 Op Redlip shiner 36- 0- 0(48g . ) Av . width 16 . 2 ft. Creek chub 7- l - 0(36g . ) Av , depth 0 .72 ft. Striped jumprock 13-3- 12(160g . ) Velocity 1.43 ft . / sec . Fish Food Organisms Fant ail darter 8- 0- 0(lOg . ) Vol ume 13 . 67 cfs Di ptera (1) Spotted dart er 7- 0- 0(6g. ) .:3e cchi disc clear t o bottom Trichopt era (3) Bottom t ype mu ck and r ubble Epheuer optera (6) Hcreage 0 , 037 Gligochaet a (1) Av . vol./ft , 2 0,33 Av. no . /ft. 2 5 . 5 A- 60

C2b-4 ot a cy Creek, Jul y 3 , 1%3 Ecol . Cl ass . Brmm t rout Length of area 100 f t . ::::iani tc.,tion Class . C Below Locust 1'iountain Aver'.J Count y

Jt a cy Cr eek i s a designat ed ublic nountai n t rout str eam. The only f i sh collected from t his str eam were f i ve nat ive ~'oung- of- t he- year br own trout . Du ring t he past four years , 200 r ai nbow trout and L~Ov br () ok trout have been stocked i n t hi s mountain I, trout str eam. Bottom f auna i n t hi s stream i s abundant .

Chemi cal cmd hysical Data Che cklist of .pecie s 02 7 . 82 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2 . 23 ppm Br mm trout 5- 0- 0( 20g. ) None pH 6 .7 Total alk. 7 . 1 gpm Fi sh Food Or gani sms Acreace 0 , Ul 4 Temp . ol.4 F Di pt e r a (2) Av . widt h 6 . 2 ft . Trichopter a (5) Av . depth 0 . 16 f t . Col eopt er a (3 ) Vel ocity 0 , 8 f t . /sec . Epher.1eropt er a ( 5) Volume 0 . 71 cfs De capoda (,2) 3ecchi ·isc clear t o bot tom P l ecopt ara l.. l b ) Bottom t ype boul der anci r ubbl e Jal ar:1ander ( 1 ) 2 . 1,v . vol./ft . :2 .3 1w . no . / f t . 2 17. 0

D26- 12 ut eels Cr eek , Jul y 19, 19u3 Ecol. Cl ass . R, inbow t rout Lengt h of sampl e a r ea l Ou ft . 0anitat i on Cl ass . C Dani el Boone 1; i ldlife l'lo.1 a enunt 11rea Burke Count Jr

.:,t eels Creek was reclairaed i n l9b2 c.1.r1d no rough fish could be found in the stream dur ing tlie 19D3 survey. flepr o uction f rorn h_.tchery r ear ed trout appeared to be pr os- ering . Dry fly f i s 1ing only is perni t t ecl in the rr1a nagement area of the st ream. Jt eel s Gr eek heads on the sout h s l ope of ,linding Jt airs l,nob und f lows s outheast war d f or appr oximately 13 . 2 miles to its uni on ,:ith Johns Hiver . The catch data for t he 1Si63 season s ho,1ed that 1.349 angler s caught 1 , 865 ni11e i nch or l onger t r out for an ·average catch of 1.4 11 t ake home 11 f i s h per t rip and 0 ,3 f i s h per hour of effort.

_C_h_e_ru._· _c_a_l_a_n_d_l '_h..._y_s_i _c_a_l_D_a_t_a Checklist of :3peci e s 02 8 . 5 ppm Game Non- game CO 2 4 . 1 ppm Rainbow trout 4- 2- 0(53g . ) None H 6 .8 Brown trout U- l - u(l4g . J Total alk. 11. 7 ppm Temp . 68. 2 °F Fish Food vr ganisms ,~ cr ea ge O. 053 Av . \ddt h 23 . 0 f t . Di ptera (2 ) J\.v . depth O. 71 f t . Tr i cho Jtera (3) Velocity 1.25 f t./sec. Col eopter a (3) Vol ume 18 .38 cfs Ephemeropter a (7) 3ecchi disc clear t o bottom h egal optera (2) Bot t om type rubbl e , boulder , & gr avel lecopt era (5) l v . vol./f t . 2 1.45 v . no . / f t . 2 11.0 il-61

F23- 4 0toney Creek, July 2, 1963 Ecol. Gl ass. Largemouth Length of sampl e area 100 ft . Sanitation Cl ass . C 3 miles east of 3t anley Gaston County

J toney Creek heads one mild s outh of Al e.xis d.nd flows s outheastward for apµro.ximately 7 . 2 mil es to its junction with Dutchmar.s Creek , t wo miles north of Mt . Holly . Thi s stream is pr i ncipally a minnow stream with bluchec:1d chub and r edlip shi ner being t he dominant species . Bottom fauna i n .Stoney Creek is rich.

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7 . 26 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2 .1 ppm Redbr east sunfish 5- J - O Bluehead chub 120- l - 0(205g. ) pH 6 . 9 (75g . ) Redlip shiner 64- 0- 0(32g. ) Tota;!. alk. 7 .26 ppm Pumpkinseed 2- 0- 0(22g . ) Lreek chub 4- 0- 0(7g. ) Temp . 73 . 7 °F Lar s emouth bass 0- 1-1 vJhi te sucker 4- 0- 0(lOg . ) Av . widt h 10 . 5 ft . ( 99g . J Av . depth 1.2 f t. Velocity 0 . 27 ft./sec . Fish Food Grgani sms Acrea[,e 0. 024 Volume 3 . 07 cfs Di pter a (64) ::ie cchi disc 13 .o i n . Trichopt era (41) Bottorn t ype sand ColeopL~r a (1 ) ~phemer opter a ,3 ) Od onata (2 ) Av . vol. / ft • 2 ~ . 15 Av . no . /ft.2 54. 5

E27- 2 3ugar Cove Greek , June 70, l 9b3 Ecol. Class . Rainbow trout Lengt h of sampl e area 100 ft . 3anitation Class . B One- half mil e west of Sunny Vale McDowell County

0ugar Cove Creek is a designat ed public mountain trout stream. This mountain stream begi ns northwe st of .::ium1y Vale c:1nd flows sout heastwa rd f or approximat ely three miles wher e it joins Buck Cr eek . Sugar Cove Creek had an abundant number of Gastropoda i n the stream. This stream produces good t rout fishine and fishing pr essure i s heavy.

Chemical and ~hysical Data Checklist of opecies 02 8. 64 ppm Game Non- game CO2 1.0 ppm Rainbow trout 10-3-4(282g . ) Stoneroller 2- 0-0(16g. ) pH 7. 2 Total alk. 6 .1 ppm Fish Food Organi sms Acreage 0. 026 Temp . 66 . 0 °F Diptera (2) Av . widt h 11.2 f t. Trichoptera (8) Av . depth 0. 4 f t. Ephemeropt era (17) Ve loci t y 1 . 5 ft . /sec . Gastropoda (8 ) Volume 5.47 cfs De capoda (2) ecchi disc cl ear to ottom Av . vol. /ft . 2 1 . 25 bottom t ype gravel , rubble , & boulder Av . no . /ft.2 12 .3 2 - 62

G22-7 Sugar Creek, June 14, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Catfish-sucker Lengt h of Si:tJll.ple area 100 ft . Sanitation Class . E 3 mi les west-southwe st of Dixie I• ecklenburg County

Sugar Cr eek is an open sewer and fish can not survive i n this polluted, Piedmont stream. Sugar Cr eek begi ns north of Charlotte and f l ows southward for appr oximately 18. 4 miles where it crosses the North Carolina Stat e line , one mile west of Pineville.

Chemical and hysical Data Checklist of Species 02 3 . 2 ppm Game Non- game CO2 13 . 6 ppm None None pH 7.3 Total alk. 116 . 5 ppm Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.082 Temp . 72 . 0 Op Di pt era (10) Av . width 35 . 8 ft. Coleopt era (1) Av . depth 0 . 9 ft. Oligochaeta 11) Velocity 1.5 ft./sec. Av . vol./ft . 0. 02 Volume 43 ,50 cfs Av . no . /ft. 2 3 . 0 0ecchi disc clear to ottom Bottom type sand and mu ck

E27-ll 'warn anoa Cr eek, LTune 11, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . 0ucker Lengt h of sampl e area 100 ft. Sani tation Class. C One mile south of Gld Fort McDowell County

..3wannanoa Cr eek is a designat ed r:. ublic mountain trout stream, however, t he lower section of the stream has a poor trout popul ation and r eser.1bl es a typical sucker stream. Swannanoa Cr eek heads on the southeast slope of Bl ack fountain and flows northeast for approxillli:l:t el y b. 8 miles t o its union with Catawba River at Old Pert.

Chemi cal and hysical Data Checklist of Species 0 8. 9 ppm Game Non- game c62 1.0 ppm None Stoneroller 25-0-0(116g.) pH 7. 2 Bluehead chub 13 - 0-3(49g . ) Total alk. 17.9 ppm Redlip shiner 10- 0-0(8g.) Temp . 70 . 0 Op opotted shiner 4-0- 0(llg.) Av . wi dth 24. 2 ft. Nor ther n hog sucker l-0-0(5g.) Av . depth o.6 ft . Mar gi ned rnadtom l-0- 0(2g. ) Ve locity 1.3 f t./sec. Bluebreast darter 1- 0- 0(l g . ) Volume 15.49 cfs Fantail dar ter 19- 0- 0(25g . ) oecchi di sc clear t o bottom Bottom type sand and gravel Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0,056 Di ptera (1) Epher:ie roptera ( 2 ) Av . vol. /ft~2 0.15 Av . no ./f t. 1.5 A- 63

D27- 2 Thr ee Hile Creek, July 18, 1963 Ecol. Class . Jucker Lengt h of s amp le area 100 ft. Sani tation Cl ass . A- II 3 miles west of Pitts ticDowell County

Thr ee Mile Creek, a small mountain stream, heads one mile north of Littl e Swit zerland and flows southeast for approximately 3 . 2 miles t o i t s union 1.r.rith Ar mstr ong Cr eek, t wo miles west of l'itts . This sand and gravel bottom stream ha.d a pr edominant popu­ l i..tion of bluehead chub and striped jumprock.

Chemical and hysical Data Checkl i st of Species 0 7 . 58 ppm Game Non- game c62 J .l ppm Redbreast Sl'nfish l -l-0(74g. ) ;:it oneroll er 24-J - 0(212g . ) pH 7 .1 Rosyside dace 2- 0- 0(12g , ) Tot al alk. 25 . 2 ppm Bluehead chub b6- 0- 0(58g . ) Temp . 82 . 0 Op Re dl ip shiner 4- 0- 0(7g. ) Av . widtli 9 , 03 ft . 1Jar pai nt shiner 8- l - 0(36g. ) ,1v . depth 0 .41 f t. Creek chub 9- 0- 0(?g. ) V-elocity 0 . 74 ft . / sec . Northern hog sucker 8-l-2 (162e; , Volume 2 .18 cfs Striped jumprock 17-2- 5(412g, ) decchi di s c clear t o bottom i argined madtoCT l - 0- 0( 2g . ) Bottor.i type sand and gravel Fantai l dar t er 4- 0- 0( 2g , )

7 i sh Food urganisms Acr eage 0 . 021 IJi pt era ( .2 ) Coleopt er a (~J 1J...V . vol./ft~ 0 .1 v . no . /ft . 1.5

D26- ll Upper Creek, July 19, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Brook trout Lengt h of sampl e area 100 ft . dnitation Cl ass . C 5 miles west-northwest of Lickley Gap , Burke County off H. C. Hwy . 181

Upper Cr eek, below t he fall s , was reclaimed by the \1lildlife Re s ources Commissi on i n 1963 and all fishes were removed . The stream was then restocke_d with hatcher y trout, . Host of this stream lies withi n t he boundaries of t he Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area and f ishing i n t his stream is under the jurisdiction of the i.1iildlife Manaeement Area. Ab ov0 the falls , Upper Cr eek ' s fish popul ation i s com1J osed ent irely of brook trout and t l acknos e dace . Uppe r Cr eek is considered t o be good trout water .

Chemi c· 1 and hysical Data Checklist of :Jpecies 02 7 . 9 ppm Game i'Jon- ewne CO2 2. . 9 ppm ljone Bl a. cknose dace 42- 0- 0(40g . ) pH 7 . 0 Total alk. 15 . 9 ppm Fish Food Organisms creage 0 ,030 Temp . 62 . 1 Of Di ptera (14) ,w . widt h lJ . O f t . Trichopter a (4) J,v . depth 0. 28 f t . Coleoptera (1) Velocity 1.14 ft . / sec , Epherr ero tera (12) Volume 3 . 73 cfs ulie;o chaeta (5 ) 3ecchi disc clear t o bottom },l e copt era ( 2 ) Bottom type bedrock, boulder, & ruub l e J\.v , vol./ft . 2 0 .325 , v . no . / ft. 2 19. 0 A- 64

D26-13 Uppe r Cr eek, July 19, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Rai nbow t rout Lengt h of sarnµ l e area 100 f t . Sanitation Cl ass . C One- fourth mile above t he bar rier Burke County

Uppe r Cr eek heads on the east sl ope of J onas Ri age and f l ows sout heastward for appr oxi­ mat ely ten miles to its union wi th ',:ilson Cr eek near E gemont. This r egion of Uppe r Cr eek wa s r eclaimed i n 1963 and nov.r trout and blacknose dace are the onl y fish pr esent i n the stream above t he bar r i er . Bel ow t he barrier, t he below listed f i sh popul ation still r emai ns .

Chemi cal and l-'hvsical Dat a Checklist of ~pe cies 02 8. 22 ppm Game . Non- game CO2 2.1 ppm Rai nbow t rout 0- 0- 4(449g . ) .Rosysi de dace 19- 0- 0(40g . ) pH 6 . 9 Redbr east sunfi sh 0- 2- 0 Bl uehead chub 33- l - 0(93g . ) Tot al al k . 11.2 ppm (64g . ) nedlip shiner 15 - 0- 0(20g . ) Temp . 72. 2 op 3mal lmout h t ass 0- 0- 1 (233g. ) :Jpottail shiner 2- 0- 0(l Og . ) Av . widt h 0. 7 ft. Fi erybl ack shiner 33- 0- 0( 118g! ) Av . depth 0. 8 ft . 0triped jumprock 0- 0-3(223~. ) Ve locity 0 . 95 f t . / sec . Br o,m bullhead 0- 0-1(106g . ) Volume 14 .16 cfs largi ned madt om 2- 4- 0(88~. ) J ee.chi di s c clear t o bot t om Fantail dar ter l - 0- 0(2g .) Bottom type r ubbl e , gr avel , & boul ders Fi sh Food Ur f anisms Acreage 0 , 048 Trichoptera 2) Coleop"Lera (1 ) Epheme r opt era (4 ) Pl ecovt era (2) Av . vol . /ft . 2 0.5 Av . no. /ft.2 4 . 5

D24-3 Uppe r Li t t l e Ri ver , July 10, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Smal lmout h Lengt h of sarn l e area 100 ft . Sanit ation Cl ass. C ,. t Dudl ey ''hoal s Cal dwe l l County

Upper Li t tle Ri ver begi ns t wo miles sout hwest of Dr aco and f l ows sout h- sout heast f or approximately t en miles where i t enter s Lake Hi ckory , two miles east of Gra ce Chapel. Fi shi ng pressur e on t his foothill str eam i s moderate and the· f i sh car ryi ng capaci t y of Upper Li ttl e Ri ver i s low. The do,ninant s pecies col lected during the survey was the bluehead chub .

Chemi cal and hysical Data Checklist of Species 02 8. 62 pm Game Non- game CO2 1.8 ppm ~argemouth bass l - l - 0(33g. ) Bluerwad chub 15- 3- 0( 7Jg. ) pH 7 .1 Redlip s hiner 1- 0- 0(lg . ) Tot al al k . 15 . 2 ppm Hhi t efin shiner 2- 0- 0(7g . ) Temp . b9 . 5 op Striped jumpr ock 0- l - 1 (13 2g. ) Av . wi dth 49 .4 f t . Av . depth 0 . 62 ft. Fish Food Organisms Acr eage 0.114 Veloci t y 1. 8 f t . / sec . Di pt er a (9) Volume 44 . 55 cfs Ephemeropt er ~ (7) .:iec chi disc 38. 0 in • Av . vol./ ft . 0.1 Bot t om t;irpe boulder, bedr ock , sand, Av . no. /ft.2 8. 0 & gr avel - 65

D2 5-2 ifarrior Fork, ~Tuly 9, 1963 Ecol. Class . ~ucker Length of samp le area 100 ft . 'anitation Class. A-II 2 miles southwest of v orry Crossroads Burke County

This strearn begins one mile north of Table Ro ck comnunity and flows southeast for apP,roximately 7 . 2 miles t o its junction wi t h t he Catawba River, north of l"or ganton. Fishing could be i mpr oved in this foothill stream by stocking it with r edbr east sunfish. Fishing pr essure is light .

Chemi cal and l'h;ysical Data Checklist of Species 02 8 .6 ppm Game Non-game CO2 2 . 9 ppm None Bluehead chub 15-l-0(42g.) pH 7. 0 Rosyside dace 2- 0- 0(5g. ) Total alk. 17.3 ppm Redli p shiner 3- 0- 0(2g.) Temp . 68.1 op Creek chub 9- 0- 0(22g.) Av. width 21.1 ft. tri ped jumpro ck ll- 0- 0(2g.) Av . depth 0 . 9 ft . Fantail darter 1- 0- 0(l g.) Velocity 1.18 f t./sec. 0potted darter l-0-0( 2g .) Volume 20 .11 cfs 3ecchi disc clear to bottom Fish Food Grganisms Acreace 0 . 048 Bottom type sand and gravel Diptera (4) Av , vol./ft.2 0. 025 Av . no ./ft.2 2 . 0

H22- 2 \v axhaw Creek, June 6, 1963 Ecol. Class . Largemouth Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class . D 5 miles south- southwest of ·1 axhaw Uni-6n County

Waxhaw Creek, a small intermittent stream i n the lower r egion of the watershed, heads three miles south of -lineral Springs and flows southwest for approximately 10,4 miles t o where it crosses t he tJorth Carolina State line, four miles west of Springdell, South Carolina. The existing fish po~ul ation is very poor and access to the stream is limited . Thi s st ream is ·not consider ed t o be of fishery importance.

Chemi cal and f'hysical Data Checklist of Species 0 7.44 ppm Game ~ Non- game c62 5.7 ppm War mouth l-0-0(5g.) Gizzar d shad 0- 0-1(57g.) pH 6 , 9 Bluegill 2- 0- 0(16g. ) Greenhead ::,hiner 5-0- 0(13 g .) Total alk. 30.4 ppm Carolina darter 1-0-0(lg.) Temp . 67.0 op Johnny darter 1-0-0(lg.) Av . wi dth 31.5 ft. Av. depth 24.1 ft. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0 . 072 Velocity 0 . 03 ft./sec. Di pter a (2) Volume 1.67 cfs Ephemeroptera (1) 3ecchi disc 9.5 in. I v . vol./ft 2 trace Bottom type muck av. no ./ft. 2 0.75 ft - 66

C26-8 \Jebb Prong, , uly 31, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . Prown trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class . C One- f ourth mile above the As sistant Re fuge Avery County l"lanageris House , Dani el Boone l· ildlife Refuge

Webb Prong heads on the east slope of Grandmother Mountain and flows eastward for ap r oximat ely 2 .6 miles t o i ts union wit h Gragg Fork. Several large brown trout were ob served i n the many pools. Fishi ng pr essur e on thi s mountain trout stream is light.

Chemical and Physical Data Che cklist of Spe cies 02 8 .32 ppm Game Non- game CO2 2.4 ppm Bro"''Tl trout 0- 0-1(63g. ) Rosysi de dace 4-0- 0(18g.) pH 6.9 Bluehead chub 25 -l-0(140g , ) Total alk. 8. 8 ppm Redlip shi ner 3- 0- 0(4g.) Temp . b9 . 2 OF Jtri ped jumprock 0- 2-1(9lg, ) Av . width 15 . 8 ft . , v . depth 0.32 ft. Fish Food CJrgani sms i. creage 0.088 Velocity 1.0 ft/sec. Dipt era (3) Volume 4 . 55 cfs Trichoptera (2) 3ecchi disc clear t o bottom Coleopt era (8) Bottom t ype rubbl e , boulder, & gr avel Ephemer optera (9) De ca· oda (1) l v . vol./ft 2 1.25 Av . no. /ft. 2 11.5

H22-l Jest Fork of Twe lve Mile Creek, June b , 1963 Ecol. Class . Lar gemouth Length of sample area 100 ft . 'ani t ation Class. D 2 miles northwe st of 1,i axhaw off N. C. Hwy. 16 Union County dest Fork of Twe lve t• ile Cr eek is located in the s outheaster n corner of the wat ershed. This iedmont stream i s intermit t ent dur ing dr ought periods and the existing fish popul ation is poor. This stream i s not consider ed to be of f i shery i mp ortance . Fi shi ng pressure i s l ight .

Chemi cal and Physical Data Che cklist of Jpecies 02 7. 04 ppm Gaine Non- game CO2 5 .0 ppm Yarmouth 3- 0- 0(19g . ) Gi zzar d shad 0- 0- 6(370g.) pH 7.1 Bluegill 19-0- 0(79g. ) Bluehead chub 2- l - 0(44g.) Total alk. 42. 6 ppm Ye llow perch - 0-1 Hi ghfin shiner 2- 0- 0( l 8g . ) Temp . 72 .0 oF (48g . ) Dusky shiner l - 0- 0(2g. ) v . width 35.7 ft . Brown bullhead 0- 0-1(214g. ) Av . de th 15. 8 f t. Velocity 0. 24 f t./sec . Fi sh Food urgani sms Acrea1:;e 0.086 Vol ume 9. 94 cfs Diptera (2) Se cchi disc 13 .5 in. Trichoptera (9) Bottom type r ubble and sand De capoda (1) Oligochaeta (1) Gastr opoda (4) Av . vol./ft . 2 O. 925 r v . no ./ft.2 4 . 25 A-b7

E25-9 Whitener Creek, June 27, 1963 Ecol. Cl ass . ~ucker Lengt h of sample ~rea 100 ft. Sanitation Cl ass. A-II Gne mile east of Pl easant Grove Burke County

\' hitener Cr eek begins near t he J outh Ifountains Re fuge and f l ows eastwar d for approximately 4.8 miles t o its union with Jacobs Creek, five mi l es southwest of Burke Chapel. This stream was t urbid and rising at t he time of the cresol samp le, as a result a shower on the upper end of the watershed . This stream is not considered to be of fishery i mpor tance .

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 0 7.8 ppm Game Non-game c62 2 .3 ppm None Rosysi de dace 5-0- 0(27g .) pH 6 .5 Total alk. 11.8 ppm Fi sh Food Organisms Acreage 0.014 Temp . 67.4 OF Di ptera (1) Av. width 6 .1 ft. Trichopt era (1) Av . depth 0.75 ft. Col eoptera (4) Velocity 3 .33 f t./sec. De capoda (3) Volume 12 . 2 cfs Av. vol./ft.2 0.55 Secchi disc 2.0 in. Av. no./ft.Z 4.5 Bottom type sand and gravel

E25 -5 hiteoak Cr eek, June 27, 1963 Ecol. Class . Brown trout Length of sampl e area 100 ft. Sani tation Class . - II South lountains 'v,1ildlife Refuge Burke County

J, ost of Whiteoak Cr eek lies within the South Mountai ns \lildlife Refuge and fishing i n this stream is under t he jurisdiction of the ~ildlife Management Ar ea. Whiteoak Creek is only two miles long, but it pr oduces f air t rout fishing . Trout fishing could b~ i mp roved, if t his stream was r eclaimed .

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of Species 02 7.62 ppm Game Non- game CO2 0.9 ppm Rainbow trout l-0- 0(3g.) Stoneroller 0-1-0(8g. ) pH 6 . 9 Erovm trout 0- 0-1(65 g 0 ) Rosyside dace 46- 0- 0(1C2g.) Total alk. 9.9 ppm Ro ck bass l-0- 0 (2g.) Bluehead chub 46-0- 0( 93g.) Temp . 65 . 6 OF Redlip shi ner 56-0- 0(47g.) Av . width 15 .6 ft. St riped jumprock 10- 0- 0(llg.) v. depth 0 .56 ft. Mar gined madtom 6- 2-0(39g.) Velocity 0. 87 ft./sec. Fantail darter l-0- 0(2g.) Volume 6 .35 cfs .:3 ecchi di sc clear t o bottom Fi sh Food Or ganisms Acr.eage O. 01.3 Bottom t ype rubbl e , gr avel, & sand Di pt er a (4) Trichopt era (3) Co l eopt era (2) Epheme roptera (6) Pl ecopt er a (~) Av. vol./ft. 0.425 Av. no./ft.2 5.5 A- 68

C26-9 \-iilson Cr eek, July 31, 1963 Ecol . Cl ass. Brook trout Lengt h of sample area 100 ft . oanitation Class. C Cr ossing on t he Gragg- Linville Road Avery County

This sampl e was taken dir ectly below a waterfall. The only fish collected was a nine i nch, native, brook trout. This r egion of the stream is very i naccessa le, however, fishi ng pressur e is moderat e .

Chemi cal and ~hysical Data Checklist of Jpecies 0 9.44 ppm Game Non- game c62 3 . 9 ppm Brook trout 0-0-1(137g. ) None pH 6.9 Total alk. 10.0 ppm Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0. 034 Temp. 66. 9 °F Diptera (4) Av. wi dth 14.8 ft . Ephemeroptera (14) Av. dept h 0. 25 ft. Av. vol./ft.2 0.35 Ve locity 0.39 ft . /sec. Av. no ./ft.2 9.0 Volume 1.3 cfs decchi di sc clear t o bott om Bottom type r edrock and rubble

D25-4 hilson Cr eek, July 9, 1963 Ec ol. Class • .::,mallmouth Length of sampl e area 100 ft . Sani tation Cl ass . B 3 miles southeast of Collettsvil l e · Caldwe ll County

V-iilson Cr eek heads on t he northwest slope of Gr andf ather Mountain and flo,;·rn southward for approximat el y 18.4 mil es t o its ·unction with Johns Ri ver, t hr ee mi les northwest of Pi ney Cro ssroads . dilson Cr eek from its headwat ers t o t he Daniel Boone 1ildlife -anagement rea })r operty line is designat ed public mountain trout wat er. Fishing in t hi s ar ea , plus on t he r efuge l and, provides good trout f i shi ng . Below t his t he stream pr oduces f air smal lmout h bass f ishi ng .

Chemical and Physical Data Checklist of dpecies 02 8.18 ppm Game Non- game CO2 3 . 8 ppm Smallmouth bass l-l-0(25g .) Stoneroller 0- 4- 0(64g . ) pH 7,0 Popeye shiner 7-0-0(l?g . ) Total alk. 13 .1 ppm 1lar pai nt shiner 25-8- 0(156g . ) Temp . 78.0 °F Fieryblack shiner 12- 0- 0( 27g.) Av. width 63.0 ft. Brown t ullhead l-l-0(4lg.) Av. depth 0.9 ft . Ma rgined madtom l-0-0(5g.) Velocity 1.0 ft . /sec. Volume 4,6.03 cfs Fish F'ood 0rganisms Acreage 0. 014 uecchi disc clear t o bottom Trichopter a (11) Bottom type boulder s , gr avel, & sand Coleopt era (1 0) Ephemeroptera (5) Av. vol./ft 2 0. 25 Av. no./ft. 2 13.0 A-69

D26-15 Wilson Creek, July 19, 1963 Ecol. Class. Rainbow trout Length of sample area 100 ft. Sanitation Class. C At Mortimer Caldwell County

This section of Jilson Creek had a fair population of smallmouth bass. This species can best be fished for in ilson Creek with either a spinning rod or flyrod while wading. Fishing pr essure is heavy.

Chemical and Physical Dat a Checklist of ~pecies 02 9.58 ppm Game Non-game CO2 3. 9 ppm Redbreast sunfish 0-2-0(35g.) Bluehead chub 6-0-0(29g.) pH 7.1 Smallmouth bass 2-0-l(lllg.) Warpaint shiner 3-0-0(2g.) Total alk. 16.6 ppm Fieryblack shiner 2-0-0(12~,) Temp. 76.0 Op Striped jumprock 2-0-0(6g.) Av. width 41.4 ft. Margined madtom 1-0-0(lg.) Av. depth 1.06 ft. Velocity 2. 20 ft./sec. Fish Food Organisms Acreage 0.095 Volume 86.89 cfs Diptera (1) ecchi dis c clear t o bottom Trichoptera (3) Bottom type rubble, gravel, & sand Coleoptera (2) Ephemeroptera (11) Av. vol./ft.2 0.?25 av. no./ft.2 8.5 • APPENDIX B

Annotated Checklist of Fish Species Found in the Catawba River

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ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE FISH SPECIES FOUND I N THE

CATAWBA RIVER WATERSHED

Clupeidae - herrings

Dorosoma cepedianum (LeSueur) Gizzard shad Gizzard shad were collected from the Lower Catawba River and adjacent streams • • This species also is very common in the power reservoirs of the watershed. Gizzard shad were collected from 7 (5.1%) of the stations: F22 (2,5); F23 (3,10); G23 (2); H22 (1,2).

Salmonidae - trouts, whitefishes, and graylings

Salmo gairdneri Richardson Rainbow trout This cold-water species was found in the mountainous regions of the watershed. Its wide distribution throughout high quality waters at the higher elevations of this watershed is due to its migratory habits and the intensive stocking of hatchery-propagated fish. Rainbow trout were collected from 22 (16.1%) of the stations: C25 (1-3); C26 (5,6); D26 (4,9,10,12-14); D27 (1); E25 (2-5,7); E27 (3, 7-9 ,14).

Salmo trutta Linnaeus Brown trout

Brown trout were collected from waters of the mountainous regions and were most common in the larger streams. They were collected from 11 (S%) of the stations: C25 (2); C26 (2-5,7); D26 (12); E25 (3,4); E26 (l); E27 (9).

Salvelinus frontinalis (Mitchill) Brook trout Brook trout were confined to the headwater trout strepJUs. They were collected from 5 (3.7%) of the stations: C25 (l); C26 (5,8,9); E25 (5).

Esocidae - pikes

Esox americanus americanus Gmelin Redfin pickerel

This, the smallest member of t he pike family, was collected only in the south­ east section of the watershed. It was collected from 5 (3.7%) of the stations: F24 (4,5); G22 (1,2); H21 (1).

Cyprinidae - minnows and carp

Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque) Stoneroller

This minnow was encountered at 31 (22.6%) of the stations. It was found only in the mountainous area of the watershed and invariably it was associated with B-2

clear water, gravel bottom streams, C25 (2,4); C26 (1,5); D25 (1,4-6); D26 (6-9, 14); D27 (1,2); E25 (4,5,10); E26 (4,5); E27 (1-12).

Clinostomus funduloides Girard Rosyside dace

Rosyside dace were found throughout the upper two-thirds of t he watershed, They were generally associated with the small to medium sized, clear streams. They were collected from 75 (54,9%) of the stations: C25 (2,3,5); C26 (2,3,6-8); D23 (1-6); D24 (4); D25 (2,3,5,6); D26 (1-3,7,8,13); D27 (1,2); E22 (2,3); E23 (1-4,6,7); E24 (1,5,7); E25 (1-10); E26 (1-4); E27 (4-9,12-14); F22 (1); F23 (1,5,8-11); F24 (1-5); G22 (l); H21 (2). • Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus Carp Carp were collected from Lick Fork Creek and South Fork Catawba River, They are also present in all power reservoirs in the watershed. The 2 collections represent 1.5% of the stations: F23 (6); F24 (5),

Hybopsis hypsinotus (Cope) Highback chub

Highback chubs were collected from 7 (5,1,%) of the stations. They were found only in the upper two-thirds of the watershed and but a few specimens were collected at each station: D23 (2); D25 (5,6); D26 (3); F23 (3,11); F24 (6).

Hybopsis labrosa (Cope) Thicklip chub

This small minnow was found only in the foothills. It was collected from 5 (3.7%) of the stations: D25 (5); E24 (2,6); E25 (11); F24 (2).

Hybopsis leptocephala (Girard) Bluehead chub

Bluehead chub were the most ubiquitous non-game fish in the watershed. The only area where this species was not collected was in the southeastern corner of the watershed, They were collected from 101 (73.6%) of the stations: C25 (2,4,5); C26 (5-8); D23 (1-6); D24 (1-4); D25 (1-3,5,6); D26 (1-3,7-9,13,14); D27 (1,2); E22 (1-3); E23 (1-4,6-10); E24 (1-7); E25 (1-8,10,11); E26 (1-5); E27 (4,7, 11-15); F22 (1,2,4); F23 (1,3-11); F24 (1-6); G22 (1-3,6,8); G23 (2); G24 (6); H22 (1).

Noternigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill) Golden shiner

This species was found in the warmer, sluggish waters of the watershed. It is also known to be present in the power reservoirs of the Catawba River water­ shed. Golden shiners were collected from 6 (4.4%) of the stations: E24 (4); F22 (5); F23 (2,6); G22 (4); H21 (1) • • Notropis altipinnis (Cope) Highfin shiner

Highfin shiners were collected from streams in the lower region of the water­ shed; namely, Beaverdam Creek, Little Beaverdam Cr eek, Little Indian Creek, and West Fork of Twelve Mile Creek. These were collected from 4 (2.9%) of the stations: E24 (1), F24 (3,6); H22 (1). B-3

Notropis ariornmus (Cope) Popeye shiner

Popeye shiners were confined to the west central section of the watershed and were associated with clear-water streams of the upper Piedmont and foothills. They were collected from 15 (11% ) of the stations: D25 (4-6); D26 (6); E23 (4,10,11); E24 (3,4); E25 (10); E27 (15); F22 (2); F23 (5,9); F24 (5).

Notropis chiliticus (Cope) Redlip shiner

• Redlip shiners were widely distributed throughout the watershed. This brightly colored shiner was collected from 68 (49.6%) of the stations: C25 (l,2,5); C26 (8); D23 (l-6); D24 (2-4); D25 (2,3,5,6); D26 (1-4,7,13); D27 (1,2); E22 (l); • E23 (1-4,6-11); E24 (4-7); E25 (2,3,5-8,10); E26 (1-4); E27 (4-6,9,11); F22 (2); F23 (1,3-5,8-10); F24 (2,4-6); G21 (1).

Notropis chloristius (Jordan and Brayton) Greenfin shiner

This small forage fish was collected only in small numbers from 6 (4.4%) of the stations; namely, Henry Fork, Jacob Fork, Lick Fork Creek , Long Creek, Wilson Creek, and McAlpine Creek : D26 (14); E24 (6 ); E25 (11); F22 (2); F24 (5); G22 (3).

Notropis chlorocephalus (Cope ) Greenhead shiner

This species was confined to t he streams near Lincolnton--with the exception of a population in Waxhaw Creek located in t he southeastern corner of the water­ shed. They were collected from 6 (4.4%) of the stations: E24 (l); F23 (5,9,11); F24 (l); H22 (2).

Notropis coccogenis (Cope) Warpaint shiner Warpaint shiners invariably wer e encountered only in streams having an ecological classification of either a smallmouth bass or a sucker stream. They were collect­ ed from 19 (13. 9% ) of the stations: C25 (2,3,5); C26 (5 ); D25 (3-6); D26 (1,2,8,14,15); D27 (2); E24 (6); E25 (3,4,8,10); E27 (l).

Notropis cummingsae Myers Dusky shiner

This small shiner was found exclusively in the lower region of the watershed. They were collected from 8 (5. 8% ) of the stations: F24 (l); G21 (l); G22 (1,2,6); H21 (1,2); H22 (1) .

• Notropis galacturus (Cope) Whitetail shiner Six isolat ed populati ons of t he whitetail shiner were located in the Catawba ~iver watershed. These were found in Lick Fork Creek, Lick Run Creek, Lower Linville River, Potts Creek, South Fork Catawba River, and Upper Little River. Whitetail shiners we r e collected from 6 (4%) of the stations: D24 (3); D26 (6 ); E24 (3 ) ; F23 ( 5, 6, 9). Notropis hudsonius (Clinton) Spottail shiner

A large minnow found sporadically in the larger streams of the watershed, this species was collected from 11 ( 8% ) of the stations: D25 (5); D26 (13); E23 (6,8,9); B-4

E24 (3,4); E27 (11); F24 (5); G22 (2).

Notropis procne (Cope) Swallowtail shiner

An uncommon species restricted to the swift, clear streams in the lower end of the watershed. They were collected from 6 (4.4%) of the stations: E23 (10); F22 (3); F23 (2,6); G21 (l); G22 (6).

Notropis pyrrhomelas Cope Fieryblack shiner Fieryblack shiners were collected from 15 (11%) of the stations. They were most prevalent in the foothills. D25 (4-6); D26 (13-15); E22 (1); E23 (6); E24 (l); .. E27 (1,4,9); F23 (3,11); F24 (1).

Notropis rubricroceus (Cope) Saffron shiner

Four separate populations of saffron shiners were located in the northwest cor­ ner of the Catawba River watershed; namely, in Johns River, Linville River, North Fork of the Catawba River, and Wilson Creek. Saffron shiners were collect­ ed from 4 (2. 9%) of the stations: C25 (3,4); D26 (8,9).

Notropis spectrunculus (Cope) Mirror shiner

An isolated population of the mirror shiner was located in the upper reach of the Linville River. It was collected from only one: D26 (9).

Rhinichthys atratulus (Hermann) Blacknose dace

This species was confined to the headwaters of trout streams and, in some cases, it was the only species found at these high elevations. Blacknose dace were collected from 6 (4.4%) of the stations: C25 (l); C26 (1,10); D27 (11); E27 (12,13).

Rhinichthys cataractae (Valenciennes) Longnose dace

Longnose dace were associated with mountain trout streams. They were collected from 8 (5. 8% ) of the stations: C25 (5); C26 (l); D25 (5); D26 (8) ; E27 (1,8,9,13).

Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill) Creek chub

Creek chubs were common throughout the watershed and were usually associated with the smaller streams. They were collected from 54 (39,4%) of the stations: C25 (3); C26 (1,2); D22 (2); D23 (1-6); D24 (2,4) ; D25 (3,5,7); D26 (1,3); • D2 7 (2); E23 (l-J,6,7,9,14); E24 (1,5,7); E25 (1-3,12); E26 (1-5); E27 (13); F22 (1,3,4); F23 (1,2,4,6,10,11); F24 (1,2,4,6); G22 (1,5); H21 (1).

Catostomidae - su ckers

Catostomus commersoni (Lacepede) White sucker I • White suckers were more abundant in the mountains and foothills than in the other section of the Catawba River watershed . They were collected from 24 (17.5%) of the stations: D23 {2-5); D24 (4); D25 (5); E23 (1-3,7,10) ; E24 (1,2) ; E25 (2,7)'; E27 (9); F23 (2,4,9- 11) ; F24 (1,4); G21 (1). B-5

Erim,.yzon sucetta (Lacepede) Lake chubsucker

This species was found only in the extreme lower regi.on of the watershed. It was collected from 4 (2.9%) of the stations: F22 (l); G22 (2,5); H21 (1).

Hypentelium nigricans (LeSueur) Northern hog sucker Northern hog suckers were collected from 18 (13.2%) of the stations. They were found only in the mountainous regions of the watershed. C26 (1); • D25 (1); D26 (2,6-9); D27 (1,2); E27 (1,4-6,8-11,15) .

• Moxostoma robustum (Cope) Smallfin redhorse This species was found only in streams adjacent to the main stem of the Catawba River--with the exception of 4 specimens collected from North Harper Creek, Caldwell County. Smallfin redhorse were collected from 10 (7.3%) of the sta­ tions: D26 (1,4); E23 (4,7,8); F23 (3,5,6); F24 (6); G22 (6); H21 (2). Moxostoma rupiscartes Jordan and Jenkins Striped jumprock

Striped jumprocks were found more abundant in the mountainous areas of the watershed and were associated with clear water, gravel bottom streams. They were collected from 54 (39.9%) of the stations: C25 (2,4); C26 (6,7)· D23 (1-5); D24 (3,4); D25 (1,2,5,6); D26 (1-3,7,13,15); D27 (1,2); E22 (3); E23 (1,2,6,10); E24 (7); E25 (3-8,10){ E26 (2-5); E27 (4,5,9,10~14); F23 (1,3,7,8,10); F24 (3,5,6); G21 (lJ; G23 (2).

Ictaiuridae - freshwater catfishes

Ictalurus catus (Linnaeus) White catfish

This species was confined to the large, sluggish streams and the power reservoirs of the watershed. White catfi_sh were collected at only 2 of the stations; namely, Catawba River and M·cDowells Creek, F22 (4,5). tt ·

Ictalurus melas (Rafinesque) Black bullhead

An isolated population of the black bullhead was found in the South Fork of the Catawba River, Gaston County, at station F23 (6).

Ictalurus natalis (Lesueur) Yellow bullhead

This species was found only in Ball Creek, Catawba County,at station E23 (9) .

Ictalurus nebulosus (Lesueur) Brown bullhead

Brown bullhead were found throughout the watershed, and it is believed that this species is more abundant than the survey data indicate. They were collect­ ed from 19 (13. ~) of the stations: D22 (6); D25 (4,5); D26 (13); E22 (l)· E23 (2,3,10); E24 (2); F22 (2,5); F23 (3,6,10); F24 (5); G21 (1); G22 (2,6); H21 (1); H22 (1).

Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill) Tadpole madtom

An isolated population of tadpole madtoms was found in South Fork Catawba River, B-6

Catawba County,at station E24 (4).

Noturus insignis (Richardson) Margined madtom

This species was found throughout the watershed over a wide range of habitat. Margined madtom were collected from 45 (32. 8% ) of the stations: C25 (2); C26 (5); D23 (1,3,4); D24 (4); D25 (4,5); D26 (6,7,13-15); D27 (1,2); E22 (3); E23 (1,3,4,6,8-10); E24 (2,6); E25 (2-5,8,10); E26 (2,3); E27 (4,11); F22 (2); F23 (2,3,5,8,10,11); F24 ,3,6); G21 (1). •

Cyprinodontidae - killifishes • Fundulus rathbuni Jordan and Meek Speckled killifish

An isolated population of speckled killifish was located in Ballard Anderson Creek, Lincoln County, at station F23 (11).

Poeciliidae - livebearers

Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard) Mosquitofish

Mosquitofish were found only in Leonard Fork Creek, Lincoln County,at station F24 (4).

Aphredoderidae - pirate .perches

Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams) Pirate perch

Cane Creek, in Union County, was the only stream in the watershed having a pirate perch population. This species w~s collected from station H21 (1).

Centrarchidae - sunfishes

Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque) Rock bass

Two isolated populations of rock bass were f'ound in the watershed, one in Mulberry Creek, Caldwell County, and the other in Whiteoak Creek, Burke County. • Stations: D25 (6); E25 (5).

Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier) Warmouth

Warmouth were confined to the lower half of the watershed. They were collect­ ed from 14 (10. 2% ) of t he stations: E22 (3); E23 (10); F22 (1,5); F23 (2,5,7); G21 (l); G22 (1,2,6); H21 (l); H22 (1,2).

Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus) Redbreast sunfish The redbreast sunfish was the most widespread and abundant game fish found throughout the watershed. Redbreast sunfish were collected from 67 (48.8%) of the stations: D23 (1-6); D24 (1,4); D25 (6); D26 (1,2,7,13,15); D27 (2); E22 (3); E23 (1-10); E24 (1,2,6); E25 (2-4,6,7) E26 (1,2); E27 (1,4,9,10,14); B-7

F22 (1,2,4); F23 (1-7,9-11); F24 (2-6); G21 (l) ; G22 (1-6, 8); G23 (2); H21 (1).

Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus) Pumpkin seed

Pumpkinseed were found only in the Piedmont section of the watershed except for an isolated population in Johns River, Caldwell County. They were collect­ ed from 15 (11%) of the stations: D25 (5); E23 (6); E24 (l); F22 (1,3,4); • F23 (2,4-6); F24 (3,4); G21 (l); G22 (5 ); H21 (1) • • Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque Bluegill

This sunfish was fairly abundant throughout the watershed except for the mountain streams where only limited numbers were present. Bluegill were collected from 27 (19.7%) of the stations: D26 (2); E23 (4!7,10); E24 (1,2); E27 (14); F22 (1-5); F23 (2,3,5-7); F24 (3); G21 (l); G22 ,1-3,8); H21 (1,2); H22 (1,2).

Micropterus dolomieui Lacepede Smallmouth bass

Smallmouth bass were collected exclusively from streams in the foothills. The best smallmouth bass stream in the watershed was the lower end of the Linville River. Smallmouth bass were collected from 17 (12.4%) of the .sta­ tions: C25 (4); D24 (1); D25 (1,4,5); D26 (2,6,9,13-15); E24 (5,7); E26 (2); E27 (10,14,15).

Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede) Largemouth bass

This species was collected from all t ypes of habitats except the better trout streams, and it is believed that this .species is more abundant lhan the survey data indicate. Largemouth bass are fairly abundant in all power reservoirs in the watershed. They were collected from 15 (11%) of the stations: D24 (1,3); E23 (3,4,7); E24 (2); F22 (2-5); F23 (2-4,6); G21 (1).

Pomoxis nigromaculatus (LeSueur) Black crappie

The only population of black crappie located during the survey was found in the Catawba River, Lincoln County, although this species is known to be present in the power reservoirs of the watershed. Black crappie were collect­ ed only at station F22 (5).

Percidae - perches

Etheostoma camurum (Cope) Bluebreast darter

The bluebreast darter was found only in the upper half of the watershed. This species was associated with cold, rocky bottom, clear-water streams. They were collected from 24 (17.5%) of the stations: C26 (5); D25 (5,6); D26 (4,9,14) ; D27 (l); E23 (3,4); E24 (5,6); E25 (4,8,10); E27 (4,5,7-9,11-13); F23 (3,11).

Etheostoma collis (Hubbs and Cannon) Carolina darter

The Carolina darter was found only in Cane Creek and Waxhaw Creek, Union County, in the lower tip of t he watershed. This species was collected from only 2 B-8

stations: H21 (l); H22 (2).

Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque Fantail darter

This species was the dominant darter of the watershed, being present at 51 (37. 2% ) of the stations. It was confined to the upper two-thirds of the watershed and was fairly abundant in the smallmouth bass and sucker streams. C25 (2-5); D23 (2-4,6); D24 (1,2,4); D25 (1-3,5,6); D26 (1,3,7,8,13); D27 (2); E23 (2-4,6-8); E24 (7); E25 (2,3,5,8); E26 (1-4); E27 (4-9,11-14); F23 (1,11); F24 (2). •

Etheostoma maculatum Kirkland Spotted darter

Spotted darters were collected only in small numbers and from only the lower one-third of the watershed--except for a small population found in Simpson Creek, Burke County. They were collected from 20 (14.6%) of the stations: D23 (2,6); D25 (1-3); D26 (1,4); E22 (3); E23 (1,3,4,8,10); E26 (4); F22 (2,3); F23 (9,10); F24 (6); G22 (6). Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque Johnny darter

Johnny darters were associated with the more turbid streams in the lower one­ fourth of the watershed, with the exception of 6 specimens collected from Cane Creek, McDowell County. Johnny darters were taken from 5 (3.7%) of the stations: E27 (6); G21 (l); G22 (2); H21 (l); H22 (2).

Perea flavescens (Mitchill) Yellow perch

This species was associated with the main stem of the Catawba River and with the larger, deep tributaries. Yellow perch were collected from 7 (5.1%) of the stations: E23 (6,7); E26 (4); F22 (3,5); F23 (10); H22 (1).

Percina peltata (Stauffer) Shield darter

Four populations of shield darters were found in the Catawba River watershed. These populations were found in: Catawba River and Carroll Creek, Burke County; Jacobs Fork, Catawba County; and Johns River, Caldwell County. Shield darters were collected from 4 (2. 9% ) of the stations: D25 (1,3,5); E24 (6).