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Best score today · 2 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 522 AM CDT
- Best window
- 2 AM-2 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.5 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 · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
91Wind: 2 kt NPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
43Water temp: 86°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
45Season: 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
The Neck
- Depth
- 4-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Point · Inner · 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 The Neck
The Neck is a cape in Mississippi Sound. Depth is 4-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 19 species here; the best right now are gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and red drum, and shoulder season for Atlantic tarpon, permit, southern flounder and red snapper. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Atlantic croaker peak from July through September. Red drum peak from September through November.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Ship Island Flats74
Bar · 1.2 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 74
- Atlantic tarpon 69
- Gray snapper 68
2 kt NH 5:42 AM · 1.8 ftL 6:11 PM · 0.4 ft
- Ship Island Channel74
Channel · 1.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Gray snapper 73
- Atlantic tarpon 72
2 kt NH 5:42 AM · 1.8 ftL 6:11 PM · 0.4 ft
- Walker Shoal68
Bar · 1.1 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 68
- Atlantic croaker 65
- Red drum 65
2 kt NH 5:42 AM · 1.8 ftL 6:11 PM · 0.4 ft
- West Head65
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Gray snapperPeak season- Gray snapper 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Red drum 62
2 kt NH 5:42 AM · 1.8 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.