Restocking largemouth bass decimated by hurricane

[WB Staff]

WILMINGTON, New Hanover County — Fisheries biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission say the large-mouth bass population on the east side of the state was decimated by Hurricane Florence in 2018, but a recent stocking in the Northeast Cape Fear River may help jumpstart the fishery.

NCWRC recently stocked 134,000 largemouth bass fingerlings into the river and will follow them over time using genetics to determine their contribution to the population as it recovers.

The stocking was part of a collaboration between the agency and members of the Wilmington-based Team Bassmasters Fishing Club, who approached commission staff with an offer to help pay for the restoration effort, after surveys determined that few juvenile or adult bass remained in the river.


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