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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot64
- Atlantic croaker63
- Spotted seatrout59
- Little tunny58
- Weakfish57
- Red drum56
- Florida pompano55
- Bluefish54
- Southern flounder54
- Black sea bass52
- Striped bass52
- Black drum49
- Gag grouper48
- Red snapper44
- Sheepshead44
- Summer flounder44
- King mackerel36
- Red grouper34
- Atlantic tarpon33
- Gray triggerfish33
- Greater amberjack32
- Gray snapper30
- Crevalle jack29
- Spanish mackerel26
- Cobia22
Best score today · 7 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 334 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.4 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
Sunday, Nov 15 · 4 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 10 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
35Water temp: 64°F, coolLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
17Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
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
Boranges Point
- Depth
- 1-8 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Boranges Point
Boranges Point is a cape in Alligator River, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, little tunny, weakfish and red drum, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, striped bass and black drum. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spotted seatrout 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Broad Creek69
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- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spotted seatrout 65
3 kt NEL 11:20 AM · 0.2 ftH 5:59 PM · 0.5 ft
- Deep Bay69
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 69
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spotted seatrout 64
3 kt NEL 11:20 AM · 0.2 ftH 5:59 PM · 0.5 ft
- Deer Creek69
Bay · 3.2 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 69
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spotted seatrout 67
3 kt NEL 11:20 AM · 0.2 ftH 5:59 PM · 0.5 ft
- Northeast Prong69
Bay · 3.3 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 69
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spotted seatrout 64
5 kt NNEL 11:20 AM · 0.2 ftH 5:59 PM · 0.5 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.