The truncated 2026 recreational flounder season, which mirrors last year's two-week season, starts Sept. 1 in North Carolina's coastal and inland waters.

Recreational flounder season starts tomorrow, and the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) is reminding recreational fishermen that a new law requires them to ...

Anglers will be limited to catching one flounder per day, which must be at least 15 inches long. The 2026 season rules will mirror those of the 2025 season to provide consistency for fishermen. The ...

A recent ruling found that North Carolina hasn't managed coastal fish stocks in the best interest of residents.

Flounder is on the menu for local anglers heading toward the coast this Labor Day weekend. The state opened a two-week ...

The 2026 recreational flounder season will open Sept. 1-14 in Coastal and Joint Fishing Waters of the state. The two-week ...

Fisheries regulators say commercial blue crab landings in North Carolina declined again in 2025 and surveys continued to find ...

North Carolina has 2.1 million acres of estuaries and is the only Atlantic coastal state still permitting large-scale inshore ...

Tomorrow marks the first day of the flounder fishing season, lasting only two weeks.During the short flounder season, the ...