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DelawareDave
08-20-2006, 03:34 PM
Could someone give me the gist of NC's spearfishing regulations or point me to a web site? I looked through the whole 220-page pdf. file on coastal fishing regs for the state and could find anything about spearfishing. The only thing I did find was that there is now going to be a coastal fishing license (and wow $250 dollars for out of state :eek: ). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
kjflyfish
08-20-2006, 04:28 PM
Hi Dave,

I spoke with the NC DMF when I moved up here and asked what the regulations on spearfishing were. There is only one restricted species - red drum, and all other fish taken by spearfishing must adhere to the recreational size and catch limits. The coastal license doesn't take effect untill next year, so buy your license now and it should be less expensive. Good spearing.
kjflyfish
08-20-2006, 04:30 PM
Here is the link to size and catch limits for North Carolina:

http://www.ncfisheries.net/recreational/recguide.htm
DelawareDave
08-20-2006, 05:16 PM
thanks
eward4
08-20-2006, 09:20 PM
No need to buy a license until next January when it takes effect.
dive4food
08-21-2006, 10:03 AM
Could someone give me the gist of NC's spearfishing regulations or point me to a web site? I looked through the whole 220-page pdf. file on coastal fishing regs for the state and could find anything about spearfishing. The only thing I did find was that there is now going to be a coastal fishing license (and wow $250 dollars for out of state :eek: ). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The $250 is for a resident lifetime license. It'll be $500 for a non-resident!!! Or you can go with the $30 annual license for non-resident.