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Gray triggerfishShoulder season

Cape · Georgia

Terrapin Point

30.93°N · 81.45°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM

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Best score today · 3 AM · Gray triggerfish

80/100Great
Now
508 PM EDT
Best window
8 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing7.3 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 8 PM · now

Time8PNOW
Score50Good
Tide7.3 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb0.2 kn · toward NNE
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

Terrapin Point

Depth
5-35 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Outer · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Terrapin Point

Terrapin Point is a cape in Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM, Georgia. Depth in the nearest water is 5-35 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, outer water and semi-exposed.

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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, little tunny 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

  • Mud Creek

    Channel · 2.5 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

  • Floyd Creek

    Channel · 3.2 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

  • Brickhill River

    Channel · 3.7 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Spot 71
    • Florida pompano 65

    10 kt NEL 2:17 AM · 1.3 ftH 8:18 AM · 7.2 ft

  • Long Point

    Cape · 3.0 mi

    62
    Top: Florida pompanoShoulder season
    • Florida pompano 62
    • Crevalle jack 58
    • King mackerel 55

    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.