Flounder Season in North Carolina to Once Again Open for Two Weeks in September

NC regulators announce dates, limits for 2025 recreational flounder season

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission jointly announced July 16 that a short recreational flounder season will open in state coastal and inland waters in early September.

Flounder season in North Carolina to once again open for two weeks in September

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) -- The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has announced the 2025 flounder season for inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters for hook and line from Sept. 1st through Sept. 14th. The daily limit to keep is one fish per day with a minimum size limit of 15 inches. “Wildlife Commission fisheries biologists examined recent N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Flounder Harvest reporting and accounted for the potentia…

Flounder season for hook and line fishing set

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open 2025 flounder harvest season for Inland Fishing Waters and Joint Fishing Waters for hook and line fishing only, Sept. 1 to Sept. 14, 2025.

Recreational flounder season in N.C. waters open over the first two weeks of September

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has announced that the 2025 recreational flounder season will open in Coastal and Joint waters of the state Sept. 1 at 12:01 a.m. and close Sept. 14 at 11:59 p.m.The two-week season will open with the following provisions for both the recreational hook-and-line and gig fisheries:A one-fish per person per day creel limit. A 15-inch total length minimum size limit (from the tip of the snout to the tip of the t…

Two-week recreational flounder season opens Sept. 1

Southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma). Image: NCDEQ The 2025 recreational flounder season will open at 12:01 a.m. Sept. 1 in coastal and joint waters and close at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries announced Wednesday the two-week season for recreational hook-and-line and gig fisheries. Anglers are permitted one fish per person per day that is at least 15 inches from …