Welcome to North Carolina Fishing
What’s New For the 2024–2025 Season
As part of the Commission’s ongoing effort to keep you informed, we reserve this page of the digest each year to identify significant regulatory, legislative, and agency-related changes that you should be aware of each season. Please note that the information found on this page is not a complete list of regulation changes. For your convenience, all regulation changes appear throughout the digest in RED.
NC WILD “TIP”
Now certain violations for unlawful take and possession of inland game fish and nongame fish are part of the reward eligible violations.
Inland Fishing
- In the Dan River downstream of Danville, VA and John H. Kerr Reservoir the minimum size limit for striped bass and their hybrids will be 20 inches with no fish greater than 26 inches may be possessed from October 1 - May 31.
- In Farmer Lake the minimum size limit for striped bass and its hybrids is 16 inches with a 4 fish daily creel limit.
- No American Shad may be possessed in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin upstream of the Blewett Falls Dam.
- Freshwater fishing regulations are now available in Spanish. Para las normas de pesca de agua dulce en español, escanee aquí. Scan the QR code below to view.
