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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spotted seatrout59
- Weakfish59
- Red drum58
- Southern flounder57
- Bluefish54
- Atlantic croaker52
- Florida pompano52
- Little tunny52
- Spot52
- Black sea bass48
- Summer flounder48
- Black drum46
- Striped bass45
- Gag grouper44
- Sheepshead43
- Crevalle jack42
- King mackerel42
- Red snapper41
- Greater amberjack36
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia34
- Gray triggerfish31
- Red grouper31
Best score today · 7 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 313 AM EST
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- 6-9 AMDawn
Data from: ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 AM · now
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Tide & current
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt NEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
7Light: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
28Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray triggerfish is best here
Out of season for Gray triggerfish · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Batchelor Bay
- Depth
- 8-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Off 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 Batchelor Bay
Batchelor Bay is a bay in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 8-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spotted seatrout, weakfish and red drum. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and black drum. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. Red drum peak from August 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.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
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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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.