Editor’s note: This is an archived article from 2016. For the most up-to-date regulations on striper fishing in North Carolina, visit www.ncwildlife.org.
Striped bass regulations vary according to the body of water across North Carolina, including five distinct areas along the coast.
Stripers moving up the Roanoke River to spawn must come in from the Atlantic Ocean Management Area and pass through the Albemarle Sound Management Area before reaching the Roanoke River Management Area. These fish are subject to different regulations as they journey from the ocean to the spawning grounds near Weldon.
Editor’s note: This is an archived article from 2016. For the most up-to-date regulations on striper fishing in North Carolina, visit www.ncwildlife.org.
The Albemarle Sound Management Area begins at Oregon Inlet and extends inland to the mouths of the Roanoke, Cashie, Middle and Eastmost Rivers near Plymouth. This includes the northern end of the Pamlico Sound, Roanoke Sound, Croatan Sound, Currituck Sound and Albemarle Sound. It also includes all rivers and creeks feeding into these sounds inland to Edenton. Effective Jan. 1, striper season in the ASMA is open all year unless the annual quota of 68,750 pounds is caught. Eighteen inches is the minimum size, and fishermen may keep two per day.
Editor’s note: This is an archived article from 2016. For the most up-to-date regulations on striper fishing in North Carolina, visit www.ncwildlife.org.
Stripers that migrate up the Chowan River remain subject to the Albemarle Sound Management Area regulations.
The Roanoke River Management Area begins at the junction of Albemarle Sound and the Roanoke, Cashie, Eastmost and Middle rivers. The bulk of the spawning stripers move up the Roanoke.
Striper season for the RRMA opens March 1 and closes April 30 unless the annual quota of 68,750 pounds is caught earlier. The minimum size is 18 inches, and stripers between 22 and 27 inches may not be kept. The limit is two per day, but only one of them may be longer than 27 inches. Fishermen in the Roanoke River Management Area must also use either barbless hooks or hooks with barbs crushed flat.
Editor’s note: This is an archived article from 2016. For the most up-to-date regulations on striper fishing in North Carolina, visit www.ncwildlife.org.
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