There will be a brief recreational flounder season this year.
The 2024 flounder season will be open in Inland Fishing Waters and in Joint Fishing Waters for hook and line fishing only on Sep.1-2 and again Sep. 7-8. The daily creel limit is one fish with a minimum size limit of 15-inches.
The designations for inland and joint fishing waters can be found online using the agency’s fishing access area map and zooming in on the Coastal Region where inland waters are shown with no color, joint waters are outlined in red and coastal waters are outlined in blue.
After the Marine Fisheries Commission voided the ‘24 recreational flounder season (CSN, July 2024), the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) approved a temporary amendment to the flounder rule July 25 that was subsequently approved by the N.C. Rules Review Commission (RRC) July 31.