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Gray triggerfishShoulder season

Channel · Georgia

Floyd Creek

30.93°N · 81.51°W · Channel · Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 4 AM · Gray triggerfish

80/100Great
Now
478 PM EDT
Best window
8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing7.7 ft ▼

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 8 PM · now

Time8PNOW
Score47Good
Tide7.7 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentSlack0.1 kn
Wind10 kn NEgusts 16 · steady
Air temp80°Warm
WeatherPartly cloudy44% cloud
Water84°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Gray triggerfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.

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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Gray triggerfish in Georgia

Spot profile

Floyd Creek

Depth
10-20 ftSlope
Structure
Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · slope
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 Floyd Creek

Floyd Creek is a channel in Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM, Georgia. Depth is 10-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. 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.
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

  • Floyd Cut

    Channel · 1.9 mi

    78
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 78
    • Spot 73
    • Atlantic tarpon 70

    10 kt NEL 2:02 AM · 1.3 ftH 7:26 AM · 7.0 ft

  • The Bulkhead

    Channel · 2.8 mi

    78
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 78
    • Spot 73
    • Atlantic tarpon 70

    10 kt NEL 2:02 AM · 1.3 ftH 7:26 AM · 7.0 ft

  • Cumberland River

    Channel · 2.6 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Spot 71
    • Atlantic tarpon 67

    10 kt NEL 1:42 AM · 1.4 ftH 7:42 AM · 7.5 ft

  • Mud Creek

    Channel · 2.7 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Spot 71
    • Atlantic tarpon 68

    10 kt NEL 1:47 AM · 1.3 ftH 7:34 AM · 7.2 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 GADNR CRD before you keep a fish.