15A NCAC 10C .0203      RECIPROCAL LICENSE AGREEMENTS

(a)  Virginia. In accordance with a reciprocal license agreement between the States of North Carolina and Virginia, all valid fishing licenses and permits legally obtained from the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources or the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, or the duly authorized agents of either, shall be reciprocally honored for the purpose of fishing with rod and reel, or hook and line, in the following waters:

(1)           Portions of New River:

(A)          between the confluence of the North and South fork of the New River in Allegheny County North Carolina; and

(B)          confluence of New and Little Rivers in Grayson County Virginia.

(2)           Dan River east of the Union Street Dam at Danville;

(3)           Staunton River arm of Kerr Reservoir East of the mouth of Difficult Creek;

(4)           Kerr Reservoir;

(5)           Lake Gaston; and

(6)           all tributary waters in either Virginia or North Carolina that are accessible by boat from the main bodies of the Kerr and Gaston Reservoirs, from the Island Creek subimpoundment.

(b)  Georgia. In accordance with a reciprocal license agreement between the States of North Carolina and Georgia, all valid fishing licenses and permits legally obtained from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, or duly authorized agents of either, shall be reciprocally honored for the purposes of fishing with hook and line in all of Chatuge Reservoir including all tributary waters lying in either Georgia or North Carolina that are accessible by boat from the main body of Chatuge Reservoir. All persons fishing in the waters of Chatuge Reservoir beyond the bounds of the state from which they hold a valid fishing license, shall be authorized to fish with said license only from boats not anchored to the shore or to a pier or boat dock connecting to the shore. Senior citizen and juvenile license exemptions authorized by either state shall be honored by both states.

(c)  Tennessee. In accordance with a reciprocal license agreement between the States of North Carolina and Tennessee, all valid inland fishing licenses and permits obtained from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, or the duly authorized agents of either, shall be reciprocally honored for the purpose of fishing with rod and reel, or hook in line in the following waters:

(1)           The portion of Slick Rock Creek that coincides with the state line between North Carolina and Tennessee; and

(2)           Calderwood Reservoir.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-275; 113-304;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2017; August 1, 2014; July 1, 1998; July 1, 1995; July 1, 1991;

Readopted Eff. October 1, 2022.