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Gray triggerfishRetention open

Channel · Florida

Fox Cut

29.55°N · 81.17°W · Channel · Coastal waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 6 AM · Gray triggerfish

78/100Great
Now
3511 AM EST
Best window
3-8 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.5 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions

Wednesday, Nov 4 · 8 AM

Time8A
Score35Fair
Tide0.9 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward W
Wind7 kn Egusts 13 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.1 ft · 6 s
Air temp74°Warm
WeatherPartly cloudy49% cloud
Water75°FBias corrected

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)

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Gray triggerfish

Retention open
Daily limit
10 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 12 in, fork length
Season
No closed season on file
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Private-vessel anglers need the State Reef Fish Angler designation. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park. Reef fish gear rules apply. Land with head and fins intact. Open year-round.

From FWC Recreational Regulations: Gray Triggerfish, read Sep 13

Other species here

  • Atlantic croaker Retention open (50 per day)
  • Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
  • Bluefish Retention open (3 per day)
  • Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
  • Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
  • Crevalle jack Retention open
  • Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
  • Gag grouper Closed (No retention)
  • Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
  • Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
  • King mackerel Retention open (2 per day)
  • Mahi-mahi Retention open (5 per day)
  • Permit Retention open (2 per day)
  • Red drum Retention open (1 per day)
  • Red grouper Retention open (3 per day (3 Atlantic grouper and tilefish combined))
  • Red snapper Check regulations
  • Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
  • Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
  • Snook Retention open (1 per day)
  • Southern flounder Closed (No retention)
  • Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
  • Spot Retention open (50 per day)
  • Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
  • Summer flounder Closed (No retention)
  • Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)

Source: FWC · synced yesterday

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When Gray triggerfish is best here

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Spot profile

Fox Cut

Depth
5-9 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · flat bottom
Season
Off seasonGray triggerfish

NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 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 Fox Cut

Fox Cut is a channel in Coastal waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL out 20 NM, Florida. Depth is 5-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are black sea bass, weakfish and little tunny. It is peak season now for black sea bass, weakfish, little tunny and bluefish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, king mackerel, spot and black drum. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Little tunny peak from October 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.
Black sea bass
Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.
Weakfish
Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.

Nearby spots

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    • Florida pompano 73
    • Little tunny 69
    • Black sea bass 65

    9 kt EH 3:28 PM · 5.1 ftL 10:05 PM · 1.0 ft

  • Matanzas Inlet

    Channel · 12 mi

    71
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 71
    • Black sea bass 69
    • Little tunny 68

    9 kt EH 2:28 PM · 4.5 ftL 9:07 PM · 0.6 ft

  • Devils Elbow

    Bend · 14 mi

    71
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 71
    • Black sea bass 69
    • Little tunny 65

    9 kt EH 3:28 PM · 5.1 ftL 10:05 PM · 1.0 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 FWC before you keep a fish.