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Gray triggerfishShoulder season

Cape · Alabama

Flash Point

30.29°N · 87.75°W · Cape · South Mobile Bay

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Best score today · 8 AM · Gray triggerfish

72/100Great
Now
579 AM CDT
Best window
7-11 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing1.8 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 9 AM · now

Time9ANOW
Score57Good
Tide1.8 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.3 knmodeled · toward S
Wind3 kn Ngusts 6 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.7 ft · 5 s
Air temp83°Hot
WeatherClear5% cloud
Water86°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Gray triggerfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with ADCNR Marine Resources before you keep a fish.

Source: ADCNR Marine Resources · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Gray triggerfish is best here

Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 10 more weeks at shoulder

Gray triggerfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 10 more weeks at shoulder.
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Gray triggerfish in Alabama

Spot profile

Flash Point

Depth
1-10 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonGray triggerfish

NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.

About this spot

Fishing Flash Point

Flash Point is a cape in South Mobile Bay, Alabama. Depth in the nearest water is 1-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, permit, gag grouper and Spanish mackerel. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Red drum peak from September through November.

Tackle & technique

Gray triggerfish
Gray triggerfish hover a few feet over reefs, wrecks and ledges, usually in 60 to 200 feet, and often show up while snapper fishing. Use small, strong circle hooks with small pieces of squid or cut bait on a short bottom rig, because they nibble and strip big baits. Keep the bait just off the bottom and reel steadily at the first solid pull.
Gray snapper
Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
Atlantic croaker
Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Sand Bayou

    Gut · 2.2 mi

    77
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 77
    • Gray snapper 74
    • Red drum 74

    3 kt NL 6:15 PM · 0.4 ftH 6:22 AM · 2.0 ft

  • Willet Point

    Cape · 3.7 mi

    74
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 74
    • Permit 70
    • Atlantic tarpon 70

    3 kt NL 6:15 PM · 0.4 ftH 6:22 AM · 2.0 ft

  • Cypress Point

    Cape · 3.9 mi

    74
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 74
    • Gray snapper 69
    • Permit 69

    3 kt NL 6:15 PM · 0.4 ftH 6:22 AM · 2.0 ft

  • Sheephead Point

    Cape · 5.5 mi

    74
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 74
    • Permit 70
    • Atlantic tarpon 70

    3 kt NL 6:15 PM · 0.4 ftH 6:22 AM · 2.0 ft

Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with ADCNR Marine Resources before you keep a fish.