The state Marine Fisheries Commission has adopted an amendment that equally splits landings of southern flounder between commercial and recreational fishers beginning this year.

If you want to master the Fishing profession in Brighter Shores, you'll need to know everything, from bait and rods to the best fishing spots around.

Despite the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries canceling the 2024 recreational flounder season, North Carolina anglers will get one after all. But it won't be a long one, and it could take some ...

North Carolina to allow recreational flounder fishing in some inland waters after all The decision comes after the Wildlife Resources Commission decided a total closure by N.C. Marine Fisheries ...

The mandatory catch reporting requirement for five popular fish species was to come into effect Dec. 1. But fisheries officials want a year extension.

Southern flounder are a popular North Carolina fish. For the first time, North Carolina's commercial and recreational fishing industries are set to split the southern flounder catch 50-50 this year.

But why is flounder fishing so good on the Eastern Shore? “The flounder come in and they get up on the flats and try to find warm water,” Hill told me.

A bill that would have mandated a recreational flounder season fell apart in Raleigh, but might there still be hope for anglers?

After years of overfishing, the commercial and recreational fishing industries will split the catch 50-50 in 2025.