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Alabama & spotted bass fishing rules in NC

Alabama & spotted bassblack_bass

No size limit and no daily creel limit on all public waters statewide except: Lake Chatuge (Clay Co.) — no minimum size, 10 fish in combination with largemouth, smallmouth, Alabama, and spotted bass; New River (Alleghany Co. portion downstream of Fields Dam) — none 14–22 inches may be possessed, only 1 fish over 22 inches, 5 fish combined with largemouth and smallmouth. In most NC waters Alabama/spotted bass are unregulated, providing essentially unlimited harvest.

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Other species in NC

Largemouth bass Smallmouth bass White bass Striped/Bodie bass (impoundments)

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