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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker66
- Spot66
- Florida pompano62
- Crevalle jack60
- Atlantic tarpon56
- King mackerel56
- Gray snapper55
- Summer flounder55
- Red drum53
- Spanish mackerel50
- Black drum48
- Little tunny48
- Black sea bass47
- Gag grouper47
- Gray triggerfish46
- Red grouper46
- Red snapper46
- Sheepshead46
- Weakfish43
- Greater amberjack42
- Cobia41
- Bluefish35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 5 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 466 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.7 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
73Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 6 kt SSEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
76Water temp: 72°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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 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
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Bellows Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 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 Bellows Bay
Bellows Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 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 Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and little tunny. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October 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.
- 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
- Little Bellows Bay66
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Florida pompano 62
14 kt ENEL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:46 AM · 3.4 ft
- Buck Island Bay66
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Crevalle jack 60
14 kt ENEL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:46 AM · 3.4 ft
- Sandy Cove66
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Florida pompano 62
14 kt ENEL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:46 AM · 3.4 ft
- Halfway Point61
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 61
- Spot 61
- Florida pompano 58
14 kt ENEL 11:36 PM · 0.9 ftH 5:46 AM · 3.4 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 NCDMF before you keep a fish.