The following calendar shows some of the important NC seasons -- both set and natural. NCFishandGame staff will observe this calendar as best their spouses will allow.

	Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
River Shad Run:
River Striper Run:
Catch/Release Only Trout:
NC's great Albacore Blitz:
Turkey:
Ocean-Run Striper
Spot migration through NC:
Sea Trout Run:
	Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Fishing the North Carolina Coast

Jan/Feb/March: Fishing is slow except sea bass and other bottom dwellers on warm days. Use light gear with bottom rigs with squid or similar cut bait.

April: Season start. Look for bonito on light spinning and fly combo with small spoons or jigging the bottom. Gray trout and bluefish are sparse but moving in.

May: Spanish will be picking up. With a warm spring flounder and puppy drum will have moved in.

June: One of the top months with a shot at everything. Expect nice flounder and red drum inshore with live bait. Spanish and kings will be off the beach.

July/August: Again, large flounder and red drum inshore with spanish and kings off shore. Expect plenty of fish and some real keepers.

September: Starting to be fall with very good flounder, red drum, and sea trout.

October: This is very often the best fishing of the year. Expect plenty of large inshore flounder inshore, drum, speckled and gray trout. Although spanish have left or are leaving NC is a wonderland for albacore and bonito.

November: Best month for inshore speckled trout. Flounder will be leaving and so will drum if cool fall.

December: Spotty, but very often productive time for inshore fish.

Note that dates are meant to be approximate. Please check with wildlife officials, etc. for exact date for seasons and other regulated dates.