You can buy a fishing license for a week. You will need a fishing license if you fish at all. At long cove you'll need a North Carolina license. If you get a boat and fish on the south Carolina side. If you keep the fish and your on a boat you have to have both NC and SC licenses.
They do have boat rentals.
NC fishing license for nonresident is only $18 for 10 days, buy online easiest.
There is a boat remtal place rihht next door (shares the drive) and i think NC fishing licenses are for a year at a time.
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