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Loch Dornie is a public lake in Avery County, North Carolina, managed by NC Wildlife Resources Commission. It is public water managed for fishing by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
Public lakes across the Southeast typically hold largemouth and other black bass species, bream (bluegill and redear/shellcracker sunfish), black and white crappie, and blue, channel and flathead catfish -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Loch Dornie covers about 38 acres in the Mountains region. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Grandmother Lake and Wildcat Lake.
Camping: 1 site mapped nearby — McRowdy Campground.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16+ needs a North Carolina Inland Fishing licence — resident annual is about $27, non-resident annual about $45, and non-resident 10-day (~$23) licences are sold. A Mountain Trout privilege (~$16) is required in addition to fish any Public Mountain Trout Water; the Mountain Heritage Trout Waters in the mountain towns need only a $8 3-day licence. North Carolina residents 70+ get a free lifetime licence. Buy from the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. A North Carolina Inland Fishing licence covers this water. Kerr Lake and Lake Gaston are fished lake-wide on a North Carolina or Virginia licence; Lake Wylie on a NC or South Carolina licence.
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