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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