Fishing Pinehurst Water Supply Reservoir in Moore County, North Carolina

• Overview

  Pinehurst Water Supply Reservoir falls in Moore County, part of North Carolina. The ground round it is pine and hardwood. About 12 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Pinehurst lies 1.7 miles from the water. Fayetteville is the closest city, 35 miles away. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Pinehurst Water Supply Reservoir

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. County-wide records name pinewoods darter, dollar sunfish, margined madtom, redfin pickerel and bluegill. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Pinehurst Water Supply Reservoir gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 79°F for July and 41°F for January. Temperatures stay workable through the cold season. March through May is the strongest run, with autumn a second stretch. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Pinehurst Water Supply Reservoir fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. You will be walking about 0.9 miles from the nearest car park. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Lower Monroe Lake, 1.2 miles away. For Pinehurst Water Supply Reservoir in particular, ask before you travel.