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Best score today · 8 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 524 AM CDT
- Best window
- 4-10 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding2.1 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 · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
93Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
43Water temp: 87°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.3 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
46Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Gray triggerfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with MDMR before you keep a fish.
Source: MDMR · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray triggerfish is best here
Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 10 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Merrill Coquille
- Depth
- About 15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · 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 Merrill Coquille
Merrill Coquille is a bar in Mississippi Sound. Depth is about 15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, gray snapper and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, gray snapper and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, black drum, Spanish mackerel and Florida pompano. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Atlantic tarpon peak from May through July.
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.
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Pass Marianne73
Channel · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Gray snapper 70
- Atlantic tarpon 69
5 kt NWH 7:28 AM · 2.3 ftL 6:15 PM · 0.5 ft
- Marianne Channel72
Channel · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Gray snapper 68
- Atlantic tarpon 68
5 kt NWH 6:57 AM · 2.0 ftL 6:32 PM · 0.5 ft
- Tail of the Square Handkerchief Shoal64
Bar · 2.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 64
- Gray snapper 64
- Red drum 61
5 kt NWH 7:28 AM · 2.3 ftL 6:15 PM · 0.5 ft
- Cat Island Shoal64
Bar · 4.3 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Red drum 61
5 kt NWH 7:05 AM · 2.1 ftL 6:11 PM · 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 MDMR before you keep a fish.