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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot70
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spotted seatrout69
- Red drum67
- Weakfish66
- Southern flounder65
- Little tunny61
- Black drum60
- Bluefish60
- Florida pompano60
- Black sea bass57
- Striped bass56
- Sheepshead54
- Summer flounder54
- Gag grouper53
- Red snapper49
- Crevalle jack40
- King mackerel40
- Greater amberjack38
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia32
Best score today · 7 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 353 AM EST
- Best window
- 4-8 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.4 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
Friday, Nov 13 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
70Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 3 kt SSEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
79Water temp: 64°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
18Off 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
Bellows Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 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 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 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, red drum, weakfish and southern flounder, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and striped bass. 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
- Buck Island Bay73
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 73
- Red drum 71
- Spot 70
3 kt NEL 8:29 AM · 0.7 ftH 2:47 PM · 3.7 ft
- Little Bellows Bay70
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spotted seatrout 69
3 kt NEL 8:29 AM · 0.7 ftH 2:47 PM · 3.7 ft
- Sandy Cove70
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spotted seatrout 69
3 kt NEL 8:29 AM · 0.7 ftH 2:47 PM · 3.7 ft
- Halfway Point65
Cape · 1.3 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 65
- Spotted seatrout 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
3 kt NEL 8:29 AM · 0.7 ftH 2:47 PM · 3.7 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.