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Inland Fishing Regulations AND INFORMATION

WARMWATER GAME FISH (CONT.) SPECIES

SIZE LIMIT

DAILY CREEL LIMIT*

Central-Southern Striped Bass Management Area, coastal waters including: • Cape Fear River downstream of the U.S. 17-74-76 bridge at Wilmington • Neuse River downstream of Southern Railroad Bridge at New Bern, including Pamlico Sound and tributaries designated as coastal waters • Pungo River downstream of Smith Creek • Tar-Pamlico River downstream of the N & S Railroad Bridge at Washington, including Pamlico Sound and tribu-

Established by Division of Marine Fisheries

taries designated as coastal waters • All other unlisted coastal waters

Ponds associated with Martin Marietta Park (Craven Co.) ROCK BASS AND ROANOKE BASS All public fishing waters except those listed below:

No striped bass may be possessed.

None

All public waters east of I-77 WHITE BASS All inland fishing waters

8-inch minimum

2 in combination

14-inch minimum

10

WHITE PERCH All inland fishing waters except those listed below: All public fishing waters in and west of Buncombe, Haywood, and Rutherford counties SHAD (AMERICAN AND HICKORY) All inland fishing waters except those listed below: Pee Dee, Pungo, and Tar-Pamlico rivers and their tributaries

None

None

No live white perch may be possessed, transported or released.

10 in combination, including no more than 1 American shad

None None None

10 in combination

10 in combination, including no more than 5 American Shad

Cape Fear River and its tributaries

John H. Kerr Reservoir

Lake Gaston Roanoke Rapids Reservoir Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin upstream of Blewett Falls Dam WALLEYE All public fishing waters except those listed below:

No American shad may be possessed

None None

8 4 8

Linville River upstream from N.C. 126 bridge

Lake James and tributaries

15-inch minimum

Lake Gaston

John H. Kerr Reservoir Roanoke Rapids Reservoir MUSKELLUNGE All public fishing waters SAUGER All public fishing waters KOKANEE SALMON All public fishing waters

18-inch minimum

5

42-inch minimum

1

15-inch minimum

8

None

4

BULLHEADS (BLACK, BROWN, FLAT, SNAIL, YELLOW, AND WHITE CATFISH) All inland fishing waters None

10 in combination

FLOUNDER All inland fishing waters

15-inch minimum

1 (Sept. 1 & 2, 7 & 8)

RED DRUM (CHANNEL BASS, RED FISH, OR PUPPY DRUM) All inland fishing waters

18-inch minimum, no fish may be greater than 27 inches

1

SPOTTED SEA TROUT All inland fishing waters

14-inch minimum

4

ALL OTHER WARMWATER GAME FISHES All public fishing waters

None

None

* Please note: “In combination” means the total number for all species combined.

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