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Gray triggerfishRetention openBay · Florida
Michael Creek
27.76°N · 80.41°W · Bay · Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker60
- Southern flounder59
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Red drum58
- Spot58
- Common snook57
- Crevalle jack54
- Gray snapper52
- Summer flounder51
- King mackerel48
- Spotted seatrout46
- Weakfish46
- Black drum43
- Black sea bass41
- Red snapper41
- Wahoo41
- Little tunny40
- Spanish mackerel39
- Florida pompano38
- Gray triggerfish38
- Mahi-mahi38
- Red grouper38
- Cobia36
- Sheepshead36
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Bluefish33
- Greater amberjack33
- Sailfish30
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 6 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 383 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low0.4 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 · 3 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
34Tide: Low slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 2 kt SSEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
46Water temp: 85°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
44Season: 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 Catch & release (No retention)
- 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 (2 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
Michael Creek
- Depth
- 5-8 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 Michael Creek
Michael Creek is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 5-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, southern flounder and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, southern flounder, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for weakfish, black drum, black sea bass and red snapper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Southern flounder peak from September through November. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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.
- Southern flounder
- Flounder lie half buried on soft bottom along marsh edges, creek mouths, dock pilings and the sandy sides of passes, usually in 1 to 15 feet of water. Drag a mud minnow or finger mullet on a Carolina rig, or bump a soft plastic slowly along the bottom, and give the fish a few seconds before setting the hook. In fall the adults stack up at passes and jetties on their way offshore, and many anglers gig them at night in knee-deep water.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- East Channel65
Channel · 1.0 mi
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- Atlantic croaker 63
- Common snook 63
2 kt SSEL 3:47 AM · 0.4 ftH 9:04 AM · 0.4 ft
- Pine Island Bay60
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 58
- Atlantic tarpon 58
2 kt SSEL 3:47 AM · 0.4 ftH 9:04 AM · 0.4 ft
- South Point58
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 58
- Common snook 57
- Atlantic croaker 54
2 kt SSEL 3:47 AM · 0.4 ftH 9:04 AM · 0.4 ft
- Duck Point58
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 58
- Common snook 57
- Atlantic croaker 54
2 kt SSEL 3:47 AM · 0.4 ftH 9:04 AM · 0.4 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.