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Fishing North Carolina

EZFishing brings you North Carolina's most comprehensive list of fishing locations, providing interactive maps that show each location's GPS coordinates, nearby facilities (like restaurants, gas stations, marinas and fishing shops), their current and forecasted weather and, if available, their water conditions.

Registered users can rate fishing locations, post their personal/public notes and also tag them with information about fish species generally caught there as well as the most common and effective fishing techniques.

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Find any of the 10726 locations currently available in EZFishing database, to check fishing reports, maps, directions, weather and water conditions.

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North Carolina Fishing Resources

Fishing regulations and licensing, guides/outfitter services and local fishing clubs in North Carolina.

North Carolina Fishing Regulations

Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in North Carolina?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.


North Carolina Fishing License

Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are. Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.

Here it is where you can get your fishing license.


Links to North Carolina Government Agencies

Here are a few websites of North Carolina's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.

North Carolina Fishing News

Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in North Carolina.

  • China: Body of missing worker recovered in Sudan
  • BEIJING -- State media say the body of a Chinese worker who went missing during a rebel attack on a work site in Sudan has been found and that 29 others abducted in the assault would be freed soon. The official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday ...
  • The News & Observer
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  • 2/6/2012 6:05:44 PM
  • WNC Parent Camp Guide: Special needs camps
  • Emphasis is placed on developing self-esteem and life skills. Rock climbing, rafting, SCUBA, fishing, kayaking and more. Programs also in Florida, Wyoming, New York, California and Belize. Starts at $2,900. Ages 8-22. Talisman Programs offers a ...
  • Asheville Citizen-Times
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  • 2/6/2012 3:21:05 PM
  • Clearing Skies And Milder On Tuesday For Eastern North Carolina
  • A weak low will move through coastal North Carolina overnight causing some clouds and a few light showers. The system will move offshore rapidly on Tuesday followed by clearing skies and slight milder afternoon temperatures. Afternoon readings will hit the
  • WITN
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  • 2/6/2012 2:30:59 PM
  • China denies latest reports of Tibetan self-immolations
  • BEIJING -- Chinese officials denied reports that three ethnic Tibetans lit themselves on fire in protest against the government Friday, according to a story Monday in a state-controlled newspaper. The Global Times, a tabloid considered to have ...
  • The News & Observer
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  • 2/6/2012 12:57:55 PM
  • WNC Parent Camp Guide: Overnight camps for boys
  • Starts at $5,075. Ages 6-16. Christian high adventure camp on 217 acres with activities including paintball, water skiing, archery, traditional blacksmithing, swimming, backpacking, fly-fishing, horseback riding, enameling, sports, rock climbing ...
  • Asheville Citizen-Times
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  • 2/6/2012 11:10:33 AM
  • Richard “Dick” Laurence Barber
  • While at Feldspar he served as president and director of the North Carolina Mining Association along with several ... When he was not involved in community work, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, target shooting, woodworking, computers and Amateur Radio(W1GFM).
  • Richmond County Daily Journal
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  • 2/6/2012 9:01:42 AM
  • Check line 28 on state income tax form to help North Carolina’s wildlife
  • Helping conserve North Carolina’s nongame and endangered wildlife species ... through the high-elevation forests of western North Carolina to robust redhorse, a fish that swims only in the Pee Dee River basin to colonial waterbirds that nest and raise ...
  • jeffersonpost.com
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  • 2/6/2012 3:18:06 AM
  • North Carolina Attorney General To Release Sex Offender App
  • On Monday, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper will unveil a new mobile app to track sex offenders. On the state's sex offender registry website, you can already search sex offenders by name, or search a location to see if any live in that area ...
  • WITN
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  • 2/6/2012 3:10:57 AM
  • Shaffer: Baptist men brag, bond over bear
  • "I had alligator, fish and kangaroo," said Jacob Tolar ... an assistant sergeant-at-arms in the North Carolina House of Representatives, best dish in 2011. "He wouldn't give me half the plaque," Fowler said in mock complaint.
  • The News & Observer
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  • 2/6/2012 1:59:22 AM
  • Baptist men brag, bond over bear
  • "I had alligator, fish and kangaroo," said Jacob Tolar ... an assistant sergeant-at-arms in the North Carolina House of Representatives, best dish in 2011. "He wouldn't give me half the plaque," Fowler said in mock complaint.
  • The News & Observer
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  • 2/5/2012 11:00:24 PM
  • Howard Eugene ‘Gene' Smith
  • Gene never met a stranger. He loved meeting new people and enjoyed traveling with his family and friends. He enjoyed camping, archery, fishing and hunting. In his later years, he enjoyed his Harley-Davidson Motorcycle where he traveled with family and ...
  • Kinston Free Press
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  • 2/5/2012 11:00:24 PM
  • Depleted oysters return to N.C. coast
  • "Oysters supply a lot of what we call 'ecosystem services,' " he said. "Oyster reefs provide fish habitat. Oysters also are an important fishery ... and they also can affect water quality. Key to ecosystem "Fish habitat, food, filtration ...
  • The News & Observer
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  • 2/5/2012 10:53:15 PM
  • CentMesh aims for first open-air Wi-Fi network
  • Final preparations are being made in Raleigh for what will be one of the nation's first open-air, large-scale experimental Wi-Fi networks. The $198,000 CentMesh project at the Centennial Campus of N.C. State University was financed by the U.S ...
  • The News & Observer
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  • 2/5/2012 10:53:15 PM
  • Siri smartphone isn't so smart in Scotland
  • EDINBURGH, Scotland -- D'ye want me tae spaek more clearly, Siri? Aye, ye would. The Scottish have long been accustomed to ridicule and bafflement over their accents from their fellow Brits, who strain to decipher words like "cannae" and "daftie ...
  • The News & Observer
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  • 2/5/2012 10:53:15 PM
  • The case for Romney
  • Gore could kill a man in a bar fight with a broken pool cue, and he'd still be a cold fish. Many conservatives argue that Romney's stiffness is a superficial objection, and that he's a solid conservative who can appeal to moderates and independents.
  • Asheville Citizen-Times
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  • 2/5/2012 9:05:52 PM
  • Grandfather District gets $605K from USDA
  • Non-native invasive plant control: 2,740 acres. Streamside vegetation restoration: 16 miles. Artificial fish barriers removed: Three. Silvicultural Restoration: 450 acres, 2011-2020. Timber Stand Improvement: 1,200 acres. Fuels Thinnings ...
  • Asheville Citizen-Times
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  • 2/5/2012 9:05:52 PM
  • Thorpe helps others boost profits
  • Since 1936, Thorpe Music Co. has been a full-service vendor of amusement games in the Rocky Mount area. Technology has changed drastically since the company first started, with games such as Xbox and PlayStation played for free at home, slicing away at ...
  • Rocky Mount Telegram
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  • 2/5/2012 1:49:13 PM
  • Ga. pastor apologizes to Jewish group for ceremony
  • ATLANTA -- A Georgia megachurch leader is apologizing to a Jewish group that criticized him for taking part in a ceremony in which he was wrapped in a religious scroll and exalted as a "king." Bishop Eddie Long said in a letter to the Anti ...
  • The News & Observer
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  • 2/5/2012 11:18:54 AM
  • Lights and action in the wilderness
  • Table Rock Fish Hatchery, 3419 Fish Hatchery Ave ... This outfitter sells a full line of freshwater fishing equipment and conducts guided fishing trips on Wilson Creek and at other locations. WHERE TO EAT Christa’s Country Store, 1600 ...
  • Gaston Gazette
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  • 2/5/2012 3:19:17 AM
  • Lumberton native named Outer Guard for Sudan Shriners
  • The Potentate is the leader of the Sudan Shriners, which covers Eastern North Carolina and has about 5,500 members ... The hospitals care for about 190,000 children annually. Shriners host fish and chicken fries, golf tournaments, dances and other events .
  • Robesonian
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  • 2/5/2012 3:04:58 AM
  • Logging operation is a mountain of trouble
  • The Henderson County case pits the interests of environmental protection against the desire to preserve individual property rights and maintain the economic health of North Carolina's $ ... from kayaking to trout fishing — and eventually ...
  • Blueridgenow.com
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  • 2/5/2012 12:56:07 AM
  • New forest-management plan weakens wildlife protection
  • The 1982 rule required the Forest Service to manage fish and wildlife habitat so that healthy populations of animals are "well-distributed" throughout each forest. The new plan drops that language. Instead, it requires forest managers to maintain habitats.
  • The News & Observer
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  • 2/5/2012 12:06:01 AM
  • Nat Greene Flyfishers spring banquet and seminar set for March 3
  • The featured speaker will be Alex Bell, co-creator of the Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Trail & Map (first in the country) and owner of AB's Fly Fishing Guide Service. Advanced banquet tickets, which include a buffet dinner, are $35.
  • Greensboro News & Record
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  • 2/4/2012 11:30:13 PM

North Carolina Guides/Outfitters

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North Carolina Fishing Clubs

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North Carolina Weather

Cary, NC (27519)

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Wind:0° 5 Kt
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Dew Point:33°F
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