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Gray triggerfishRetention openBay · Florida
Blind Spruce Creek
29.09°N · 80.94°W · Bay · Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20 nm
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker76
- Spot74
- Southern flounder72
- Red drum71
- Atlantic tarpon68
- Crevalle jack67
- King mackerel66
- Gray snapper65
- Spotted seatrout63
- Summer flounder63
- Weakfish58
- Black drum57
- Red snapper57
- Florida pompano55
- Gray triggerfish55
- Black sea bass54
- Cobia53
- Red grouper52
- Spanish mackerel52
- Little tunny51
- Sheepshead51
- Mahi-mahi50
- Greater amberjack48
- Wahoo47
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 8 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 555 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.6 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
93Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 3 kt NWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
61Water temp: 82°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
45Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
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 Retention open (5 per day)
- Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
- Spot Retention open (50 per day)
- Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
- Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray triggerfish is best here
Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Blind Spruce Creek
- Depth
- 1-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder 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 Blind Spruce Creek
Blind Spruce Creek is a bay in Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 1-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and southern flounder. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, southern flounder and red drum, and shoulder season for weakfish, black drum, red snapper and Florida pompano. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Southern flounder 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.
- 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.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Ponce de Leon Cut80
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Atlantic tarpon 76
- Spot 75
3 kt NWH 6:49 AM · 3.0 ftL 1:14 PM · 0.6 ft
- Ponce de Leon Inlet79
Channel · 1.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Atlantic tarpon 75
- Spot 74
3 kt NWH 6:29 AM · 3.2 ftL 12:20 PM · 0.8 ft
- Inlet Harbor78
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 78
- Spot 78
- Gray snapper 71
3 kt NWH 6:49 AM · 3.0 ftL 1:14 PM · 0.6 ft
- Live Oak Point71
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 69
- Atlantic tarpon 68
3 kt NWH 6:49 AM · 3.0 ftL 1:14 PM · 0.6 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.