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Marine Fisheries - Coastal Fish 5

Marine Fisheries

Fish Finder

North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries' Guide to What's Catching

INSHORE/COASTAL FISH
 

Pinfish
Lagodon rhomboides
State Record

 Pinfish
 

 Pompano
Trachinotus carolinus
State Record
Citation Size Requirements

 Pompano
 

 Red Drum, Channel Bass, Puppy Drum, Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
N.C.'s State Saltwater Fish
Size and Catch Limits
State Record
Citation Size Requirements

 Red drum 

Sea Mullet, Whiting, Southern Kingfish*
Menticirrhus americanus
State Record
Citation Size Requirements
*N.C. is home to several very similar species of Kingfishes commonly referred to as sea mullets.

 Sea mullet
 

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All fish illustrations by Duane Raver, Jr. from the book Fisherman's Guide: Fishes of the Southeastern United States.
Email Steve.Mehan@ncdenr.gov for information on the use of these images.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries • 3441 Arendell Street • Morehead City, NC 28557 • 252-726-7021 or 800-682-2632

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