Old Catawba River

The striped bass season is closed in all internal coastal and joint waters.

In NC Atlantic Ocean waters, striped bass are open year round with a 2-fish bag limit, and a harvest slot limit of 28-inches to 31-inches total length.

Impounded inland waters and their tributaries except those listed below:

20-inch minimum; Daily limit 4 in combination

Lake Chatuge (Clay Co.)

• No minimum size limit, and only 2 fish may be greater than 22 inches
• 15 in combination, including only 2 greater than 22 inches

Hyco Lake, Moss Lake, Mountain Island Reservoir, Oak Hollow Lake, Lake Thom-A-Lex, Lake Townsend, and Salem Lake

• 16-inch minimum
• Daily limit 4 in combination

Lake Gaston

• 20-inch minimum (Oct. 1 - May 31)
• Daily limit 4 in combination

Roanoke Rapids Reservoir

• No minimum size limit (June 1 - Sept. 30)

Dan River (Caswell Co.), downstream of Danville, VA

• 20-inch minimum (Oct. 1 - May 31)
• Daily limit 2 in combination (Oct. 1 - May 31)

John H. Kerr Reservoir

• No minimum size limit (June 1 - Sept. 30)
• Daily limit 4 in combination (June 1 - Sept. 30)

COASTAL RIVERS AND IMPOUNDMENTS

Lake Mattamuskeet

• 18-inch minimum
• Daily Limit 3 in combination

Pee Dee River and tributaries downstream of Blewett Falls Dam

Roanoke River Striped Bass Management Area (includ- ing Cashie, Eastmost, Middle, and Roanoke rivers from Roanoke Rapids Dam downstream to mouth of the river at Albemarle Sound and its tributaries)

• 18-inch minimum, no fish may be greater than 22 inches (Season opened by proc- lamation only)
• Daily limit 1 in combination (Season by proclamation only)

Albemarle Sound Striped Bass Management Area (including Albemarle, Croatan, Currituck, and Roanoke Sounds; as well as Alligator, Chowan, Little, North, Pasquotank, Perqui- mans, Scuppernong, and Yeopim rivers and their tributaries)

• Established by Division of Marine Fisheries

Central-Southern Striped Bass Management Area, inland waters including Cape Fear River and tributaries from Buckhorn Dam downstream to Lock and Dam #1, Neuse River and tributaries from Falls Lake Dam down- stream to Pitchkettle Creek, Pungo River upstream of the U.S. 264 bridge at Leechville, Tar-Pamlico River and tributaries from Rocky Mount Mill Dam downstream to N&S Railroad Bridge at Washington, and All other unlisted inland waters of coastal rivers and tributaries

• No striped bass may be possessed.

Central-Southern Striped Bass Management Area, joint waters including Cape Fear River from Lock and Dam #1 downstream to the U.S. 17-74-76 bridge at Wilmington, Neuse River and tributaries from Pitchkettle Cree down- stream to Southern Railroad Bridge at New Bern, Pungo River downstream of the U.S. 264 bridge at Leech- ville to Smith Creek, and All other unlisted joint waters of coastal rivers and tributaries:

• No striped bass may be possessed.

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 designated 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- taries designated as coastal waters, and all other unlisted coastal waters:

• Established by Division of Marine Fisheries

Ponds associated with Martin Marietta Park (Craven Co.)

• No striped bass may be possessed.

For more information please see https://www.ncwildlife.org/licensing/regulations