Inland Fishing Regulations AND INFORMATION
NONGAME FISH SIZE & CREEL LIMITS SPECIES
SIZE LIMIT
DAILY CREEL LIMIT
AMERICAN EEL All inland fishing waters ATLANTIC CROAKER All inland fishing waters BLACK DRUM All inland fishing waters
9-inch minimum (regardless of origin)
25 (regardless of origin)
None
50
14-inch minimum, none may be greater than 25 inches
10
BLUE CRABS All inland fishing waters or in designated waterfowl impoundments located on game lands when taken by hook and line
Minimum carapace width of 5 inches (point to point)
50 crabs per person or 100 per vessel
BLUEFISH All inland fishing waters
None
3
CATFISH (BLUE, CHANNEL, & FLATHEAD) All inland fishing waters except those listed below:
None
None
Alamance County (Cedarock Park Pond), Alexander County (Ellendale Com- munity Center Pond), Buncombe County (Azalea Park Pond, Charles Owen Park Pond, Lake Julian, Lake Louise, Lake Tomahawk), Cabarrus County (Frank Liske Park Pond, TN Spencer Park Pond), Cumberland County (Lake Rim*), Edgecombe County (Etheridge Pond*, Indian Lake, Newbold Pond*), Forsyth County (CG Hill Memorial Park Pond, Kernersville Lake, Village Point Lake, Winston Park Pond*), Franklin County (Owens Park Pond), Gaston County (Dallas Park Pond, George Poston Park Pond), Granville County (Lake Devin), Guilford County (Bur-Mill Park Ponds, Country Park Pond, Guilford County Farm Park, Hagan Stone Park Ponds, Keeley Park Ponds, Oka T Hester Pond), Jackson County (Cashiers Recreation Pond), Lee County (San-Lee Park Ponds), Lenoir County (Neuseway Nature Cen- ter Pond), Mecklenburg County (Elon Holmes Park Pond, Freedom Park Pond, Hornet’s Nest Park Pond, McAlpine Lake*, Robbins Park Ponds, Squirrel Lake), Moore County (Lake Luke Marion, Pages Lake), Nash County (Rocky Mount City Lake), Orange County (Anderson Community Park Pond, Lake Michael), Pitt County (River Park North Ponds), Polk County (Laughter Pond), Richmond County (Ellerbe Community Lake, Hamlet City Lake, Hinson Lake), Rowan County (Dan Nicholas Park Pond, Salisbury Community Park Lake, Lake Cor- riher), Stanly County (Albemarle City Lake), Surry County (Big Elkin Creek, Tum- bling Rock Reservoir), Union County (Dogwood Park Pond), Vance County (Fox Pond), Wake County (Bass Lake, Bond Park Pond, Harris Lake County Park Pond, Pine Lake in Apex Community Park, Lake Raleigh*, Shelley Lake, Simpkins Pond in Lake Wheeler Park), Yadkin County (Yadkin County Park Pond) Ponds located on game lands Pee Dee River downstream of Blewett Falls Dam to the South Carolina state line and all tributaries Badin Lake, Dan River (downstream of the Union Street Dam in Danville, VA), Lake Gaston (North Carolina Portion), John H. Kerr Reservoir (North Carolina Portion), Mountain Island Reservoir, Lake Norman, Roanoke Rapids Reservoir, Lake Tillery, Lake Wylie
None
7 Channel Catfish
None
5 in combination
No daily creel limit for Blue Catfish less than 32 inches, and only one Blue Catfish may be greater than 32 inches
No minimum size limit, and only one Blue Catfish may be greater than 32 inches
COBIA All inland fishing waters
36-inch minimum
1 (May 1 – Dec. 31)
FRESHWATER MUSSELS INCLUDING THE ASIAN CLAM (CORBICULA FLUMINEA) All flowing inland fishing waters
No freshwater mussels including the Asian clam may be taken or possessed.
200 in combination, except there is no daily possession limit for the Asian clam
All impounded inland fishing waters except those listed below
None
University Lake (Orange Co.)
No freshwater mussels including the Asian clam may be taken or possessed.
Lake Waccamaw * Use of gasoline engines to power boats is prohibited.
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North Carolina Inland Fishing, Hunting & Trapping Regulations
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