Courtney Swink catches 7+ pound flounder

Courtney Swink

Big flounder weighed 7.27 pounds

Courtney Swink was fishing in the Atlantic Beach area during North Carolina’s 2026 recreational flounder season when she caught a flounder that weighed 7.27 pounds. She weighed the catch at Chasin’ Tails Outdoors. North Carolina’s recreational flounder season runs Sept. 1-14, with a daily limit of 1 fish per day for each angler. 

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