Freshwater: Bodie bass, Roanoke bass, largemouth bass, rock bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, striped bass, white bass, blue catfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, white catfish, brown bullhead, white perch, yellow perch, chain pickerel, redfin pickerel, American shad, hickory shad, pumpkinseed, redgear, bluegill, flier, green sunfish, redbrest, warmouth, brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, longnose gar, bowfin, carp, crappie, freshwater drum, grass carp, kokanee salmon, muskellunge, tiger muskellunge, northern pike, sauger, smallmouth buffalo, walleye, the endemic Cape Fear Shiner
Saltwater: Albacore, Amberjack, Atlantic Bonito, Bank Sea Bass, Barracuda, Bigeye Tuna, Blackfin Tuna, Black Drum, Black Sea Bass, Blacktip Shark, Bluefish, Bluefin Tuna, Blue Marlin, Blueline Tilefish, Butterfish, Cobia, Croaker, Dolphin, Flounder, Gag, Gray Triggerfish, Gray Trout, Hammerhead, Hickory Shad, Hogfish, Jumping Mullet, King Mackerel, Knobbed Porgy, Lizardfish, Little Tunny, Mako Shark, Menhaden, Northern Puffer, Oyster Toadfish, Pigfish, Pinfish, Pompano, Red Drum, Red Grouper, Red Snapper, Sailfish, Scamp, Sea Mullet, Searobin, Sheepshead, Silver Perch, Silver Snapper, Skate, Skipjack Tuna, Spadefish, Spanish Mackerel, Speckled Hind, Spottail Pinfish, Spot, Speckled Trout, Stingray, Striped Bass, Swordfish, Tarpon, Tiger Shark, Vermillion Snapper, Wahoo, White Marlin, White Grunt, Yellowfin Tuna, Yellowedge Grouper, Yellowtail Snapper