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Gray triggerfishOff season

Cape · North Carolina

Bear Point

35.68°N · 76.07°W · Cape · Alligator River

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Best score today · 7 AM · Gray triggerfish

79/100Great
Now
3512 AM EST
Best window
6-10 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding0.4 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Thursday, Nov 5 · 8 AM

Time8A
Score35Fair
Tide0.6 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.3 knmodeled · toward NE
Wind6 kn SSEgusts 11 · steady
Air temp68°Mild
WeatherOvercast97% cloud
Water65°FBias corrected

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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.

Source: NCDMF · synced yesterday

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When Gray triggerfish is best here

Out of season for Gray triggerfish · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks

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Spot profile

Bear Point

Depth
3-10 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Bear Point

Bear Point is a cape in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 3-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

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 little tunny, and shoulder season for black drum, Atlantic croaker, spot and striped bass. 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.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Cypress Point

    Cape · 0.9 mi

    71
    Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season
    • Spotted seatrout 71
    • Red drum 67
    • Southern flounder 66

    3 kt NEH 5:16 AM · 0.7 ftL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ft

  • Stumpy Creek Bay

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    67
    Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season
    • Spotted seatrout 67
    • Weakfish 66
    • Red drum 63

    3 kt NEH 5:16 AM · 0.7 ftL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ft

  • Tuckahoe Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    63
    Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season
    • Spotted seatrout 63
    • Red drum 60
    • Weakfish 60

    3 kt NEH 5:16 AM · 0.7 ftL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ft

  • Newport News Point

    Cape · 1.7 mi

    63
    Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season
    • Spotted seatrout 63
    • Weakfish 61
    • Red drum 59

    3 kt NEH 5:16 AM · 0.7 ftL 11:59 AM · 0.2 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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.