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Gray triggerfishRetention openCape · Florida
Cape Cod
28.25°N · 80.67°W · Cape · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot70
- Common snook65
- Atlantic tarpon64
- King mackerel61
- Spanish mackerel60
- Florida pompano59
- Crevalle jack58
- Red drum58
- Southern flounder58
- Gray snapper56
- Summer flounder56
- Black drum55
- Little tunny50
- Spotted seatrout50
- Black sea bass49
- Wahoo49
- Cobia48
- Mahi-mahi48
- Gray triggerfish47
- Red snapper47
- Red grouper46
- Weakfish46
- Sheepshead44
- Greater amberjack41
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 8 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 475 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.8 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 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
45Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 3 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 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 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 today
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
Cape Cod
- Depth
- 3-9 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Outer · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a cape in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth in the nearest water is 3-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and common snook. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, common snook and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, Florida pompano, black drum and little tunny. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Common snook peak from April through May and from September through October.
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
- Indian River Lagoon77
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- Spot 75
- Common snook 65
3 kt EL 11:45 PM · 1.2 ftH 5:40 AM · 3.9 ft
- Plover Point72
Cape · 2.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Common snook 65
3 kt EL 11:45 PM · 1.2 ftH 5:40 AM · 3.9 ft
- Mangrove Point72
Cape · 2.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Common snook 65
3 kt EL 11:45 PM · 1.2 ftH 5:40 AM · 3.9 ft
- Buck Point72
Cape · 3.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Common snook 65
3 kt EL 11:45 PM · 1.2 ftH 5:40 AM · 3.9 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.