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 Roanoke Rapids Reservoir Dan River (Caswell Co.), downstream of Danville, VA Lake Gaston
16-inch minimum
4 in combination
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
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 (including 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, Perquimans, Scuppernong, and Yeopim rivers and their tributaries) Central-Southern Striped Bass Management Area, inland and joint waters including: • Cape Fear River and tributaries from Buckhorn Dam down- stream to U.S. 17-74-76 bridge at Wilmington • Pungo River • All other unlisted inland and joint waters of coastal rivers and tributaries Central-Southern Striped Bass Management Area, inland and joint waters including: • Tar-Pamlico River and its tributaries upstream of a line shore to shore beginning at a point at Gum Point 35.419448 N 76.758752 W running southwesterly to a point at Fork Point at 35.390755 N 76.7739124 W • Neuse River and its tributaries upstream of a line shore to shore beginning at a point at Cooper Point 35.035722 N 76.933275 W running southwesterly to a point at Fisher Landing Point 35.002583 N 76.97623 W 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 desig- nated 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-
18-inch minimum, no fish may be greater than 22 inches (Season by proclamation only)
1 in combination (Season by proc- lamation only)
Established by Division of Marine Fisheries
No striped bass may be possessed.
1 in combination (April 1 – April 30) Unless Changed by Proclamation
18-inch minimum, no fish possessed may be between 22 and 27 inches
Established by Division of Marine Fisheries
taries designated as coastal waters • All other unlisted coastal waters
Ponds associated with Martin Marietta Park (Craven Co.)
No striped bass may be possessed.
30
* Please note: “In combination” means the total number for all species combined.
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