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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot70
- Weakfish70
- Spotted seatrout68
- Red drum66
- Black sea bass64
- Black drum62
- Southern flounder61
- Summer flounder61
- Florida pompano60
- Little tunny57
- Sheepshead56
- Gag grouper55
- Striped bass53
- Bluefish51
- Red snapper48
- King mackerel46
- Crevalle jack43
- Greater amberjack39
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia30
Best score today · 6 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 351 PM EST
- Best window
- 3-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.7 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
Wednesday, Nov 11 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt NWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
76Water temp: 64°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.9 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
20Off 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
Church Island Channel
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Church Island Channel
Church Island Channel is a channel in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and weakfish. It is peak season now for weakfish, spotted seatrout, red drum and black sea bass, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Weakfish peak 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.
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- Atlantic croaker 65
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- Spot 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
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- Wolf House Point65
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- Spot 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
5 kt ENEH 1:28 PM · 3.7 ftL 8:05 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.