Inland Fishing Regulations AND INFORMATION
WARMWATER GAME FISH (CONT.) SPECIES SUNFISH (EXCEPT CRAPPIE, ROCK BASS, & ROANOKE BASS) All public fishing waters except those listed below:
SIZE LIMIT
DAILY CREEL LIMIT*
None
None
In the following waters and their tributaries: • Cape Fear River • Deep River downstream of Lockville Dam • Haw River downstream of Jordan Lake Dam • Lumber River including Drowning Creek • Neuse River downstream of Falls Lake Dam
30 in combination, including no more than 12 redbreast sunfish
None
• Roanoke River downstream of Roanoke Rapids Dam • Tar River downstream of Tar River Reservoir Dam • Waccamaw River downstream of Lake Waccamaw Dam • All public waters east of I-95, except Tar River Reservoir (Nash Co.) STRIPED BASS AND BODIE BASS (STRIPED BASS HYBRID) INLAND IMPOUNDMENTS AND TRIBUTARIES Impounded inland waters and their tributaries except those listed below:
20-inch minimum
4 in combination
No minimum size limit, and only 2 fish may be greater than 22 inches
15 in combination, including only 2 greater than 22 inches
Lake Chatuge (Clay Co.)
Hyco Lake, Moss Lake, Oak Hollow Lake, Lake Townsend, Farmer Lake and Salem Lake
16-inch minimum
4 in combination
Lake Gaston
20-inch minimum (Oct. 1 – May 31) No minimum size limit (June 1 – Sept. 30) 20-inch minimum, and no fish may be greater than 26 inches (Oct. 1 – May 31) No minimum size limit (June 1 – Sept. 30)
4 in combination
Roanoke Rapids Reservoir Dan River (Caswell Co.), downstream of Danville, VA
2 in combination (Oct. 1 – May 31) 4 in combination (June 1 – Sept. 30)
John H. Kerr Reservoir COASTAL RIVERS AND IMPOUNDMENTS Lake Mattamuskeet
18-inch minimum
3 in combination
Pee Dee River and tributaries downstream of Blewett Falls Dam Roanoke River Striped Bass Management Area (includ- ing Cashie, Eastmost, Middle, and Roanoke rivers from Roanoke Rapids Dam downstream to mouth of the river at Albemarle Sound and its tributaries) Albemarle Sound Striped Bass Management Area (including Albemarle, Croatan, Currituck, and Roanoke Sounds; as well as Alligator, Chowan, Little, North, Pasquotank, Perqui- mans, Scuppernong, and Yeopim rivers and their tributaries) Central-Southern Striped Bass Management Area, inland waters including: • Cape Fear River and tributaries from Buckhorn Dam downstream to Lock and Dam #1 • Neuse River and tributaries from Falls Lake Dam down- stream to Pitchkettle Creek • Pungo River upstream of the U.S. 264 bridge at Leechville • Tar-Pamlico River and tributaries from Rocky Mount Mill Dam downstream to N&S Railroad Bridge at Washington • All other unlisted inland waters of coastal rivers and tributaries
18-inch minimum, no fish may be greater than 22 inches (Season opened by proc- lamation only)
1 in combination (Season by proclamation only)
Established by Division of Marine Fisheries
No striped bass may be possessed.
Central-Southern Striped Bass Management Area, joint waters including: • Cape Fear River from Lock and Dam #1 downstream to the U.S. 17-74-76 bridge at Wilmington • Neuse River and tributaries from Pitchkettle Cree down- stream to Southern Railroad Bridge at New Bern • Pungo River downstream of the U.S. 264 bridge at Leech- ville to Smith Creek • All other unlisted joint waters of coastal rivers and tributaries * Please note: “In combination” means the total number for all species combined.
No striped bass may be possessed.
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