bernieNC Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Release: Immediate Contact: Patricia Smith Date: Oct. 13, 2016 Phone: 252-342-0642 North Carolina will remain open for flounder fishing this fall MOREHEAD CITY – North Carolina will remain open for flounder fishing this fall. The state will not close flounder season on Oct. 16 for the recreational hook-and-line and gig fisheries, as was planned. The recreational flounder season will remain open with the current 15-inch minimum size limit and six-fish bag limit. Flounder season will remain open for the anchored, large-mesh gill net fisheries, as well. However, there will still be a Dec. 1-31 commercial flounder season closure, as in previous years. The changes are due to a recent court order whereby a judge issued a temporary injunction against these and other regulations adopted by the Marine Fisheries Commission. The commission adopted the changes in November 2015 as part of a supplement to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan. The temporary injunction will remain in effect until a full hearing on a lawsuit filed by the North Carolina Fisheries Association against the state and the commission. No court date has been set for this hearing. The judge also struck down a pound net quota and closure established under the flounder plan supplement. Other provisions of the flounder plan supplement remain in place, including: · A 15-inch minimum size limit for the commercial fisheries. · A 6-inch minimum mesh size for anchored large-mesh gill nets. · A 5 ¾-inch escape panel for flounder pound nets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Not sure if this is good news or not, but looking forward to catching a few flounder this winter at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Juice Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Gus next weekend it's game on!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 You got that right. See that pic I texted this a.m.? I wasn't watching, but I HEARD the slurp that thing made and knew it was a nice fish. 18", but the only one we got. You are gonna have to show me how to fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernieNC Posted October 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 I could do without this fall to make the future better. I guess the get them while you can mentally rules in NC. I guess I see it as a crying shame that the state group that is charged with fisheries management is not allowed to manage it; right, wrong or indifferent. It's a cluster for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Well, heck, at least it was an excuse for folks to post something in the mid-atlantic section again! Bernie - did you fare okay in the Hurricane? I think Nag and I got off easy compared to folks in Greenville and inland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Juice Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 2 hours ago, bernieNC said: I could do without this fall to make the future better. I guess the get them while you can mentally rules in NC. I guess I see it as a crying shame that the state group that is charged with fisheries management is not allowed to manage it; right, wrong or indifferent. It's a cluster for sure. NC is dead last in fisheries management. Special interest rule the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernieNC Posted October 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Witch Way- Hubert house had no issues. Minor dock damage and a day of lot clean up. NO chain saw required. Our little "Historical House" in Beaufort (NC) had about 2' of water under it but it is set up for it. Again, another day of unboarding, lot cleanup and reinstalling the dehumidifier under it. Dock is fine. Our daughter's family has real problems. They are in the Ayden/Grifton area and evacuated their house last Sunday. Day before yesterday they had about 7 or 8 feet of water under their house (Log Home on stilts near the Contentnea). At this time and for days to come you cannot get but within a couple hundred yards of the house and it cannot be seen. Remains to be seen if they will have anything to go back to. Everyone has their good health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernieNC Posted October 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Nag Juice said: NC is dead last in fisheries management. Special interest rule the world. Some folks are trying to change that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 21 hours ago, bernieNC said: Witch Way- Hubert house had no issues. Minor dock damage and a day of lot clean up. NO chain saw required. Our little "Historical House" in Beaufort (NC) had about 2' of water under it but it is set up for it. Again, another day of unboarding, lot cleanup and reinstalling the dehumidifier under it. Dock is fine. Our daughter's family has real problems. They are in the Ayden/Grifton area and evacuated their house last Sunday. Day before yesterday they had about 7 or 8 feet of water under their house (Log Home on stilts near the Contentnea). At this time and for days to come you cannot get but within a couple hundred yards of the house and it cannot be seen. Remains to be seen if they will have anything to go back to. Everyone has their good health. Really glad to hear everyone made it through okay (physically) - I am sorry to hear about your daughter - that's brutal. I have friends in Greenville that are in rough shape too. This thing's been a beast - we got off lucky here at the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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