Inland Fishing Regulations AND INFORMATION
NONGAME FISH SIZE & CREEL LIMITS (CONTINUED) SPECIES SIZE LIMIT
DAILY CREEL LIMIT
GRASS CARP All inland fishing waters eand joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line except those listed below:
None
None
Lake James Lookout Shoals Lake Mountain Island Reservoir Lake Wylie Lake Gaston John H. Kerr Reservoir Lake Norman Roanoke Rapids Reservoir
No grass carp may be possessed except one fish per day may be taken and possessed with archery equipment (see page 56).
No grass carp may be possessed or taken by any method including archery equipment except for by permit issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission for scientific study.
KING MACKEREL All inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line MADTOMS (MARGINED AND TADPOLE) All inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line
24-inch minimum
3
No margined madtom and tadpole madtom may be possessed.
MULLET (STRIPED AND WHITE)
100 in combination per person; a maximum of 400 in combination per boat.
All inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line
None
RIVER HERRING (ALEWIFE AND BLUEBACK HERRING) All inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line, except those listed below: Inland fishing waters of coastal rivers and their tributaries up to the first impoundment of the main course on the river (listed below): • Cape Fear River – Buckhorn Dam • Neuse River – Falls Lake Dam
None
None
No daily creel limit for river herring less than 6 inches, and no river her- ring greater than 6 inches may be taken or possessed (regardless of origin)
No minimum size limit, but no river herring greater than 6 inches may be taken or possessed (regardless or origin)
• Pee Dee River – Blewett Falls Dam • Roanoke River – Roanoke Rapids Dam • Tar River – Rocky Mount Mill Dam • Waccamaw River – Lake Waccamaw Dam
Lumber River including Drowning Creek All other inland fishing waters east of I-95 Little Tennessee River Basin in and upstream of Lake Santeetlah and Cedar Cliff Lake including all tributaries and impoundments SHARKS All inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line SPANISH MACKEREL All inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line SPOT All inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line STURGEON All inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line TARPON All inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line WEAKFISH (GRAY TROUT) All inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters when caught by hook and line
No live alewife or blueback herring may be possessed, transported, or released.
No sharks may be possessed.
12-inch minimum
15
None
50
No sturgeon may be possessed.
No tarpon may be possessed.
12-inch minimum
1
* Use of gasoline engines to power boats is prohibited.
42 2025–2026
Please note: Major regulation changes appear in RED
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