Archive for November 11, 2011
Changes to Speckled Sea Trout Fishery
Changes are coming to the Speckled (spotted) Sea Trout Fishery on the Outer Banks effective Monday, November 14, 2011.
According to the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, recreational fisherman may now only harvest four (4) speckled (spotted) sea-trout per person per day by hook and line. This is a change down from six (6) during the last proclamation.
The minimum length is still fourteen (14) inches total length. But the most recent proclamation eliminates the restriction where there is a limit to the total length. In the past we can only keep two (2) fish over twenty-four (24) inches. Now the restriction on the maximum size has been lifted.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind my angler friends that we still have a very delicate Speckled sea-trout fishery, so conservation is still the key to a complete re-bound.
Until next time, Tight lines
NCsaltaire 