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Gray triggerfishRetention open

Bay · Florida

Shortys Pocket

28.30°N · 80.61°W · Bay · Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm

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Best score today · 6 PM · Gray triggerfish

78/100Great
Now
406 AM EDT
Best window
2 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High3.9 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: today · 78

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 6 AM · now

Time6ANOW
Score40Fair
Tide3.9 ftHigh
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward N
Wind1 kn WSWgusts 2 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.7 ft · 8 s
Air temp75°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy82% cloud
Water83°FObserved

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 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)
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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

Gray triggerfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder.
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Spot profile

Shortys Pocket

Depth
1-3 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Shortys Pocket

Shortys Pocket is a bay in Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, 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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, mahi-mahi, weakfish and wahoo. 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.

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  • Indian River Lagoon

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    73
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 73
    • Spot 71
    • Common snook 56

    1 kt WSWL 12:03 PM · 0.9 ftH 6:09 PM · 4.1 ft

  • Sprig Point

    Cape · 0.6 mi

    67
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Spot 65
    • Red drum 59

    1 kt WSWL 12:03 PM · 0.9 ftH 6:09 PM · 4.1 ft

  • Shortys Banks

    Bar · 0.8 mi

    67
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Spot 65
    • Florida pompano 60

    1 kt WSWL 12:03 PM · 0.9 ftH 6:09 PM · 4.1 ft

  • Buck Point

    Cape · 2.6 mi

    67
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 67
    • Spot 65
    • Common snook 56

    1 kt WSWL 12:03 PM · 0.9 ftH 6:09 PM · 4.1 ft

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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.