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Species |
Season |
Pier Zone |
Bait/tackle |
Regulations |
NC Record |
Albacore
|
Spring &
Fall |
King
Mackerel |
GotCha, Stingsilvers |
None |
26 lb. 8 oz. |
Barracuda
|
July to September |
King
Mackerel |
Live fish; bluefish, menhaden |
None |
67 lb. 7 oz. |
Black Drum
|
Spring to
Winter |
Suds &
pilings |
2-hook bottom rig, shrimp, sand fleas, crabs |
None |
100 lb. 1 oz. |
Blowfish
|
Spring &
Fall |
- |
2-hook bottom rig; shrimp |
None |
- |
Bluefish
|
Spring to
Fall |
Surf to King Mackerel |
GotCha plug, live bait, cut bait on fireball rig |
15/day,
only 5 over 24" |
31 lb. 12 oz. |
Cobia
|
May to
July |
King
Mackerel |
Live fish; blue, menhaden, spot, croaker |
33" minimum
(fork length),
2/day |
116 lb. 8 oz. |
Croaker
|
Spring to
Fall |
Suds
on out |
2-hook bottom rig; shrimp, squid, bloodworms |
None |
5 lb. |
Flounder
|
Summer to
Fall |
Suds &
pilings |
Carolina Rig, live mullet or strips, mud minnow, live shrimp |
15" minimum,
6/day |
20 lb. 8 oz. |
Gray Trout
|
Spring to
Fall |
King
Mackerel |
Shrimp on speck rig; metal jig (Stingsilver) |
12" minimum,
1/day |
14 lb. 14 oz. |
Jack Crevalle
|
Summer |
King
Mackerel |
Live (blue, menhaden, shad) |
None |
47 lb. |
King Mackerel
|
May to
October |
King
Mackerel |
Trolley rig; live bluefish , spot menhaden, cigar minnow |
24" minimum
(fork length),
3/day |
82 lb. 4 oz. |
Pompano
|
April to
September |
Suds to sand bar (100-yards out) |
2-hook bottom rig; fresh shrimp, sand fleas, gold hooks |
None |
8 lb. |
Puppy/Red Drum
|
Spring to
Fall |
Suds &
slough |
Cut fish, mullet, menhaden, shrimp on Carolina Rig |
18 to 27" slot,
1/day |
94 lb. 2 oz. |
Sea Mullet
|
Spring to
Fall |
Slough to
King Mackerel |
2-hook bottom rig; shrimp, sand fleas. Try nighttime! |
None |
3 lb. 8 oz. |
Sheepshead
|
April to
November |
Pilings |
Shrimp, sand fleas, crabs, Carolina Rig |
Reef complex fishes, 20/day |
19 lb. 4 oz. |
Spanish Mackerel
|
May to
October |
King
Mackerel |
Live mullet, shad, on a cork, GotCha Plug, gold hook rigs |
12" minimum
(fork length),
15/day |
13 lb. |
Speckled Trout
|
Spring &
Fall |
Suds to
slough |
Green grubs, MirrOlures, plastic shrimp, live shrimp, mud minnows |
14" minimum, 6/day, only 2 of 6 over 24" |
12 lb. 4 oz. |
Spot
|
May to
November |
Slough &
beyond |
Shrimp, bloodworms, Fishbites Bag o’ Worms |
None |
1 lb. 13 oz. |
Tarpon
|
July to
September |
King
Mackerel |
Live bluefish, menhaden, pinfish |
1/day |
193 lb. 5 oz. |
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East/West: To get your seasonal orientation right, try to remember this Bogue Banks pier fishing
ditty .........
“In the spring and summer east is least and west is best, but in the fall and winter west is least and east is the beast”.
Pier Zones from the beach on out.
1) Suds, 2) Slough, 3) Sandbar (100 yards), 4) The Deep, 5) The Deeper (King Mackerel zone)
The regulations above are from the NC Division of Marine Fisheries website for State Coastal Water (0-3 miles) and are subject to change at any time. We will try to update the information here as often as possible; however, to access the latest NCDMF regulations, please visit
http://www.ncfisheries.net/recreational/recguide.htm. |
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