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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spot64
- Crevalle jack63
- Atlantic tarpon61
- Gray snapper60
- Red drum58
- Summer flounder58
- Southern flounder57
- King mackerel54
- Florida pompano53
- Black drum52
- Spanish mackerel52
- Spotted seatrout51
- Sheepshead50
- Black sea bass49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Gag grouper48
- Red grouper48
- Red snapper48
- Cobia46
- Weakfish46
- Little tunny45
- Greater amberjack42
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 494 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4 PM-12 AMMoving water
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
100Current: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 9 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
73Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.3 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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray triggerfish is best here
Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
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- This week
Spot profile
Bull Bay
- Depth
- 9-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Bull Bay
Bull Bay is a bay in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 9-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and sheepshead. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
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
- Reed Point64
Cape · 12 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 64
- Southern flounder 63
- Atlantic tarpon 63
9 kt E
- Bull Point63
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 63
- Atlantic tarpon 62
- Atlantic croaker 61
9 kt E
- Drummond Point61
Cape · 9.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 59
- Crevalle jack 58
9 kt E
- Bluff Point54
Cape · 8.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 54
- Crevalle jack 54
- King mackerel 54
9 kt E
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.