Fishing lakes in North Carolina

North Carolina has 454 lakes recorded in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, covering a combined 1137 km². The largest is John H. Kerr Reservoir at 174.04 km². Anglers can find Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout, Crappie across these waters.

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Top fish species in North Carolina

Striped Bass60 lakes
Rainbow Trout60 lakes
Crappie60 lakes
Blue Catfish60 lakes
Flathead Catfish60 lakes
Muskellunge60 lakes
Smallmouth Bass60 lakes
Largemouth Bass60 lakes
Channel Catfish60 lakes
Bluegill / Sunfish60 lakes
Brown Trout60 lakes
Chain Pickerel60 lakes

Top 300 largest lakes

John H. Kerr Reservoir
174.04 km² · 36.572, -78.428
Lake Sidney Lanier
154.97 km² · 34.260, -83.961
Lake Norman
124.63 km² · 35.542, -80.938
Lake Mattamuskeet
105.67 km² · 35.509, -76.149
Phelps Lake
64.51 km² · 35.770, -76.459
B Everett Jordan Lake
53.09 km² · 35.749, -79.022
Brinkley Lake
48.50 km² · 36.030, -78.720
Lake Wylie
38.71 km² · 35.099, -81.044
Badin Lake
22.53 km² · 35.458, -80.106
New Lake
19.87 km² · 35.645, -76.341
Roanoke Rapids Lake
17.37 km² · 36.486, -77.742
Hyco Lake
16.85 km² · 36.477, -79.103
Lake Hickory
15.34 km² · 35.800, -81.298
Shearon Harris Reservoir
15.26 km² · 35.606, -78.946
Belews Lake
14.89 km² · 36.284, -80.043
Nottely Lake
14.80 km² · 34.923, -84.061
Blue Ridge Lake
12.21 km² · 34.853, -84.267
Pungo Lake
11.28 km² · 35.714, -76.551
Great Lake
11.27 km² · 34.869, -77.039
Mayo Reservoir
10.41 km² · 36.501, -78.876
Lake Burton
10.23 km² · 34.834, -83.554
Tuckertown Reservoir
9.06 km² · 35.535, -80.199
Buckhorn Reservoir
9.00 km² · 35.709, -78.152
Mountain Island Lake
7.94 km² · 35.354, -80.952
Bay Tree Lake
5.89 km² · 34.669, -78.407
Lake Townsend
5.68 km² · 36.181, -79.762
Kings Mountain Reservoir
5.19 km² · 35.299, -81.455
W Kerr Scott Reservoir
5.18 km² · 36.119, -81.266
Long Lake
4.64 km² · 34.889, -77.002
White Lake
4.31 km² · 34.643, -78.498
Lake Sutton
3.91 km² · 34.302, -78.003
Catfish Lake
3.84 km² · 34.933, -77.105
Lake Lookout
3.12 km² · 35.770, -81.101
Lake Brandt
3.08 km² · 36.168, -79.856
Lake Burlington
2.99 km² · 36.205, -79.418
Lake Rabun
2.93 km² · 34.761, -83.446
Oak Hollow Lake
2.85 km² · 36.018, -79.996
Tar River Reservoir
2.81 km² · 35.879, -77.904
Orton Pond
2.79 km² · 34.041, -77.985
T G Slimes Pond Number One
2.70 km² · 35.343, -76.715
After Bay Reservoir
2.62 km² · 36.519, -79.022
Lake Ellis Simon
2.38 km² · 34.848, -77.006
Lake Tom-A-Lex
2.37 km² · 35.894, -80.182
Quaker Creek Reservoir
2.37 km² · 36.115, -79.311
Singletary Lake
2.33 km² · 34.592, -78.460
Tugaloo Lake
2.03 km² · 34.730, -83.350
Little Lake
1.99 km² · 34.870, -76.990
Lake Crabtree
1.84 km² · 35.837, -78.797
Swan Creek Lake
1.71 km² · 35.641, -76.001
Lake Sagamore
1.40 km² · 35.968, -78.197
Merchants Millpond
1.36 km² · 36.428, -76.686
Wiggins Mill Reservoir
1.27 km² · 35.697, -77.956
Reservoir 51
1.15 km² · 34.270, -83.502
Yonah Lake
1.15 km² · 34.694, -83.345
Whipping Creek Lake
1.15 km² · 35.692, -75.977
Lake Trace
1.13 km² · 35.411, -79.102
Salem Lake
1.11 km² · 36.100, -80.180
Kannapolis Lake
1.09 km² · 35.523, -80.646
High Point Lake
1.07 km² · 36.004, -79.945
Richland Lake
1.04 km² · 36.152, -79.804
Lake Fisher
0.93 km² · 35.497, -80.574
Back Creek Lake
0.92 km² · 35.741, -79.866
Lake Higgins
0.89 km² · 36.161, -79.889
Dam Number 10
0.87 km² · 34.035, -83.383
Goose Pond
0.82 km² · 36.266, -75.945
Thagards Lake
0.81 km² · 35.265, -79.370
Seed Lake
0.77 km² · 34.768, -83.512
Roxboro Lake
0.77 km² · 36.427, -79.018
Lake Hunt
0.71 km² · 36.336, -79.726
T G Clay Pond Number Three
0.71 km² · 35.330, -76.726
Lake Windwood
0.69 km² · 34.079, -84.227
Lake Twitty
0.69 km² · 35.032, -80.488
University Lake
0.66 km² · 35.896, -79.098
Seven Lakes Lake Number Two
0.65 km² · 35.284, -79.563
T G Clay Pond
0.63 km² · 35.334, -76.720
Lake Johnson
0.60 km² · 35.762, -78.714
Siler City Water Supply Lake Number One
0.59 km² · 35.804, -79.484
Island Creek Reservoir
0.56 km² · 36.545, -78.459
Siler City Water Supply Lake Number Three
0.55 km² · 35.780, -79.462
Sellers Manufacturing Company Lake
0.50 km² · 35.955, -79.331
White Millpond
0.48 km² · 36.114, -77.353
Lake Monroe
0.47 km² · 34.935, -80.523
Back Lake
0.46 km² · 35.698, -75.804
Bunn Lake
0.45 km² · 35.858, -78.274
Brier Creek Reservoir
0.44 km² · 35.874, -78.808
Quaker Creek Reservoir
0.43 km² · 36.120, -79.320
Lake Petit
0.43 km² · 34.467, -84.289
Lake Lee
0.43 km² · 34.958, -80.513
Bennett Millpond
0.41 km² · 36.147, -76.662
Lake Devin
0.40 km² · 36.304, -78.625
Stony Creek Reservoir
0.39 km² · 36.137, -79.410
Noname
0.38 km² · 35.183, -81.012
Rhodes Pond
0.37 km² · 35.229, -78.652
Johnsons Lake
0.37 km² · 34.865, -78.051
Lake Russell
0.36 km² · 34.491, -83.495
Spring Valley Lake
0.35 km² · 35.256, -79.388
Shuford Pond
0.34 km² · 35.822, -81.341
Lake Concord
0.34 km² · 35.481, -80.589
Mill Pond
0.34 km² · 34.795, -76.800
Lake Woodruff
0.33 km² · 34.930, -84.135
Lake Wilson
0.33 km² · 35.793, -77.924
Dutchmans Creek Lake
0.31 km² · 35.893, -80.487
Buffalo Lake
0.31 km² · 36.112, -79.790
Old Millpond
0.31 km² · 35.808, -81.415
Reservoir 59
0.31 km² · 34.344, -83.614
Chub Lake
0.31 km² · 36.452, -79.008
Greenfield Lake
0.30 km² · 34.209, -77.937
Silver Lake
0.30 km² · 35.804, -77.956
Long Lake
0.30 km² · 35.354, -80.233
Rankin Lake
0.29 km² · 35.292, -81.197
Meares Millpond
0.28 km² · 34.391, -78.483
Habersham Mills Lake
0.28 km² · 34.594, -83.550
Berkeley Lake
0.28 km² · 33.985, -84.184
Sinclair Lake
0.28 km² · 35.163, -78.454
Buffalo Lakes
0.26 km² · 35.292, -79.045
Tull Millpond
0.26 km² · 35.155, -77.738
Maxwell Millpond
0.25 km² · 35.072, -77.780
Caldwell Lake
0.24 km² · 34.994, -81.287
Sawyer Lake
0.24 km² · 35.843, -75.905
Crystal Lake
0.23 km² · 35.239, -79.311
Lynnwood Lake
0.23 km² · 36.000, -79.734
Tallulah Falls Lake
0.23 km² · 34.743, -83.403
Freeman Lake
0.22 km² · 33.919, -84.143
Bear Creek W/S Lake Number Twelve
0.22 km² · 35.400, -77.793
Cambro Pond
0.22 km² · 35.298, -78.906
Bear Creek W/S Lake Number Three
0.22 km² · 35.415, -77.879
City Lake
0.21 km² · 35.864, -80.214
Boddies Millpond
0.21 km² · 36.005, -78.047
Wildwood Lake
0.21 km² · 36.458, -79.401
Mill Pond
0.21 km² · 36.380, -76.909
Lake Louise
0.20 km² · 36.402, -80.982
Martin Lake
0.19 km² · 34.005, -84.319
Doolittle Millpond
0.19 km² · 36.407, -77.250
Lake Michael
0.19 km² · 36.105, -79.245
Eastwood Lake
0.19 km² · 35.946, -79.034
Rockingham Lake
0.19 km² · 36.341, -79.544
Town Fork Creek Watershed Lake Ten
0.19 km² · 36.317, -80.285
Lake Upper Mulberry River Eleven
0.19 km² · 34.053, -83.882
Kernersville Lake
0.19 km² · 36.152, -80.103
Reservoir Number 44
0.18 km² · 34.484, -83.455
Wiggins Lake
0.18 km² · 35.902, -77.678
Lake Matthews
0.18 km² · 33.896, -84.035
Seven Lakes Number One
0.18 km² · 35.276, -79.576
Mitchiners Pond
0.18 km² · 36.113, -78.360
Houses Pond
0.18 km² · 35.188, -78.380
Watershed Lake
0.18 km² · 33.956, -83.621
Pretty Pond
0.18 km² · 34.070, -78.026
Bowden Millpond
0.18 km² · 35.061, -78.124
Looper Lake
0.18 km² · 34.144, -83.899
Taylors Millpond
0.18 km² · 36.454, -77.379
DeKalb County Water Works
0.17 km² · 33.938, -84.280
Pine Lake
0.17 km² · 35.254, -79.370
Popes Lake
0.17 km² · 35.480, -78.686
Youngs Pond
0.17 km² · 35.503, -78.705
Bear Creek W/S Lake Number Eleven
0.17 km² · 35.409, -77.808
Cardinal Lake
0.17 km² · 33.977, -84.131
Cedar Creek Lake
0.17 km² · 36.003, -80.538
Dodsons Lake
0.17 km² · 35.879, -79.632
Lake Wade
0.16 km² · 36.364, -79.581
Lake Qualatchee
0.16 km² · 34.649, -83.802
Camp Charles Lake
0.16 km² · 35.763, -78.149
Lake Oconee
0.16 km² · 33.874, -83.577
Lake Wright
0.15 km² · 35.586, -80.639
Unicoi Lake
0.15 km² · 34.727, -83.725
Bellamy Lake
0.15 km² · 36.158, -77.757
Twin Lakes
0.15 km² · 34.266, -84.136
Town Fork Creek Watershed Lake Two
0.15 km² · 36.233, -80.150
Overhills Lake
0.15 km² · 35.225, -79.031
Lake Catherine
0.15 km² · 34.820, -77.563
Cliftons Pond
0.14 km² · 35.999, -78.350
Best Pond
0.14 km² · 34.901, -78.350
Wayne Company Wildlife Club Pond
0.14 km² · 35.453, -77.850
Bear Creek Lake W/S Lake Number Six
0.14 km² · 35.391, -77.862
Spring Lake
0.14 km² · 34.050, -78.050
Woody Lake
0.14 km² · 34.686, -84.018
Pine Lakes Shooting Preserve Lake
0.14 km² · 35.270, -79.498
Sleepy Creek Lake Upper
0.14 km² · 35.258, -77.968
Nobles Millpond
0.13 km² · 35.887, -77.663
Lake Seagraves
0.13 km² · 34.099, -83.354
Jefferson City Lake
0.13 km² · 34.130, -83.571
Reservoir Four
0.13 km² · 34.136, -83.328
Town Fork Creek Watershed Lake Fifteen
0.13 km² · 36.342, -80.167
North Lake
0.13 km² · 34.044, -78.055
Farmers Chemical Assoc Lake
0.13 km² · 36.372, -76.886
Robinwood Lake
0.13 km² · 35.231, -81.158
Warrens Pond
0.13 km² · 35.238, -78.398
Aero Plantation Lake Number Two
0.13 km² · 34.993, -80.742
Reservoir 21
0.13 km² · 34.306, -84.131
Fausett Lake
0.13 km² · 34.531, -84.279
Oldhams Lake
0.13 km² · 35.480, -79.142
Cypress Lake
0.13 km² · 35.087, -77.110
Town Fork Creek Watershed Lake Sixteen
0.13 km² · 36.327, -80.267
Jones Lake
0.13 km² · 33.981, -84.044
Watershed Y17 Lake
0.13 km² · 34.021, -84.012
Lagoon D
0.13 km² · 35.346, -81.309
Lake Ashe
0.12 km² · 36.347, -81.448
Toccoa Reservoir
0.12 km² · 34.614, -83.360
Lasater Lake
0.12 km² · 36.027, -80.415
Dutchman Creek W/S Number Two
0.12 km² · 36.045, -80.656
Hayner Pond
0.12 km² · 35.344, -78.535
Reservoir Number One
0.12 km² · 34.316, -84.190
Wills Pond
0.12 km² · 35.388, -77.898
Sconti Lake
0.12 km² · 34.453, -84.288
Council Millpond
0.12 km² · 34.435, -78.472
Reservoir Six
0.12 km² · 34.066, -83.329
Ayscues Pond
0.12 km² · 36.278, -78.323
Reservoir 33
0.12 km² · 34.254, -83.526
Lake Haigler
0.12 km² · 35.034, -80.943
Mc Kinzie Pond
0.12 km² · 34.075, -77.989
Reservoir Six
0.12 km² · 34.456, -83.491
Crows Lake
0.12 km² · 34.103, -83.589
Hannas Lake
0.12 km² · 35.318, -78.598
Guys Pond
0.11 km² · 35.488, -78.715
Pulley Pond
0.11 km² · 35.352, -77.665
W A McCrary Lake
0.11 km² · 35.720, -79.859
Hardys Mill Pond
0.11 km² · 36.180, -79.714
Lake Corriher
0.11 km² · 35.564, -80.612
Parkwood Lake
0.11 km² · 35.886, -78.912
Morris Pond
0.11 km² · 35.375, -79.132
Sodyeco Lagoon
0.11 km² · 35.286, -81.005
Almond Lake
0.11 km² · 34.198, -84.315
Cobles Reservoir
0.11 km² · 35.748, -80.294
Fishing Creek WCD Site Number Two
0.11 km² · 34.960, -81.219
Timber Ridge Lake
0.11 km² · 35.908, -79.516
Fox Reservoir
0.11 km² · 36.321, -78.374
Hanes Lake
0.11 km² · 36.147, -80.364
Boney Mill Pond
0.11 km² · 34.744, -77.979
Shermer Pond
0.11 km² · 36.157, -80.670
Williams Millpond
0.11 km² · 35.189, -77.984
Dillard Millpond
0.11 km² · 36.233, -76.668
Wheatmore Pond
0.10 km² · 35.849, -80.036
Lake Providence
0.10 km² · 34.111, -84.304
Whitfields Pond
0.10 km² · 35.137, -77.938
Dutchman Creek W/S Number Ten
0.10 km² · 35.982, -80.510
Farlows Lake
0.10 km² · 35.641, -79.805
Sasser Millpond
0.10 km² · 35.550, -78.055
Kimesville Lake
0.10 km² · 35.946, -79.546
Winslows Pond
0.10 km² · 35.772, -77.528
Brooks Lake
0.10 km² · 36.233, -79.722
Noname
0.10 km² · 35.883, -78.876
Winder Reservoir
0.10 km² · 34.012, -83.744
Seven Lakes Lake Number Three
0.10 km² · 35.277, -79.557
Shadow Lake
0.10 km² · 35.257, -79.361
Twin Lakes East
0.10 km² · 34.623, -83.820
Clapp Pond
0.10 km² · 35.775, -79.467
Rollins Ranch Lake
0.10 km² · 33.994, -84.106
Smith Mill Pond
0.10 km² · 34.726, -78.429
Etowah River Watershed Number 26 Lake
0.10 km² · 34.514, -84.077
Skyview Lake Upper
0.10 km² · 35.943, -80.735
Furr Lake
0.10 km² · 35.340, -80.465
Hills Lake
0.10 km² · 34.246, -83.487
Suwanee Creek Lake
0.10 km² · 34.115, -83.989
Roland Pond
0.10 km² · 36.310, -78.368
Big Pond
0.10 km² · 36.269, -75.871
King Lake
0.10 km² · 34.159, -84.300
Lawrenceville City Lake
0.10 km² · 33.962, -83.980
Stevens Pond
0.10 km² · 35.271, -78.847
Nobels Millpond
0.10 km² · 35.098, -77.642
Lake Arrida
0.09 km² · 34.025, -84.281
Kellys Pond
0.09 km² · 35.228, -77.547
Crawley Pond
0.09 km² · 36.376, -77.854
Webster Lake
0.09 km² · 34.535, -83.653
Maiden Water Plant Lake
0.09 km² · 35.586, -81.188
Crumpler Millpond
0.09 km² · 35.060, -78.504
Halls Pond
0.09 km² · 35.017, -78.449
Reservoir 15
0.09 km² · 34.261, -84.145
Davis Pond
0.09 km² · 35.940, -75.798
Hester Lake
0.09 km² · 36.329, -79.741
Harris Lake
0.09 km² · 33.988, -84.006
Settingdown Reservoir Number 56
0.09 km² · 34.316, -84.068
Toisnot Reservoir
0.09 km² · 35.747, -77.904
Cox Lake
0.09 km² · 34.426, -84.298
Lake Laurel
0.09 km² · 36.404, -80.881
Reservoir 15
0.09 km² · 34.179, -83.403
Aero Plantation Lake Number One
0.09 km² · 34.997, -80.745
Boy Scout Lake
0.08 km² · 36.348, -79.386
Timmerman Pond
0.08 km² · 36.064, -78.344
Finchs Millpond
0.08 km² · 35.765, -78.000
Murrays Mill Lake
0.08 km² · 35.673, -81.095
Dewars Pond
0.08 km² · 35.515, -78.931
Blackmans Pond
0.08 km² · 35.247, -78.429
Lake Trahlyta
0.08 km² · 34.768, -83.920
Eagle Lake
0.08 km² · 35.177, -80.943
Settingdown Creek Reservoir Number Two
0.08 km² · 34.262, -84.184
Richardson Lake
0.08 km² · 36.181, -79.844
McLambs Pond
0.08 km² · 35.302, -78.587
Reservoir 28
0.08 km² · 34.446, -83.411
Reservoir Number Twelve
0.08 km² · 34.582, -83.465
Williamsburg Wildlife Lake
0.08 km² · 36.320, -79.553
City Water Works Lake
0.08 km² · 35.485, -79.093
Seven Lakes Lake Number Four
0.08 km² · 35.277, -79.567
Starnes Lake
0.08 km² · 34.127, -84.293
Largo Lake
0.08 km² · 36.319, -78.230
McLambs Pond
0.08 km² · 35.115, -78.504
Mitchell Pond Number Six
0.08 km² · 35.072, -80.812
Smiths Lake
0.08 km² · 35.328, -80.420
Plyler Lake
0.08 km² · 35.008, -80.540
Mays Lake
0.08 km² · 34.654, -83.702
Asheboro County Club Lake
0.08 km² · 35.724, -79.920
Webster Poultry Company Pond
0.08 km² · 35.693, -79.169