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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot72
- Red drum70
- Crevalle jack69
- Southern flounder69
- Atlantic tarpon68
- Summer flounder65
- King mackerel63
- Gray snapper62
- Spotted seatrout62
- Black drum61
- Cobia57
- Gray triggerfish56
- Black sea bass55
- Florida pompano55
- Red snapper55
- Gag grouper54
- Red grouper54
- Sheepshead53
- Spanish mackerel52
- Weakfish52
- Greater amberjack50
- Little tunny48
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 561 PM EDT
- Best window
- 1-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.4 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
89Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 6 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
71Water temp: 81°F, primeLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
43Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Currituck Bay
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Currituck Bay
Currituck Bay is a bay in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, cobia, gray triggerfish and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. 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.
- 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
- South Channel77
Channel · 0.8 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 73
- Atlantic tarpon 71
6 kt NEH 4:31 PM · 3.7 ftL 10:54 PM · 1.1 ft
- Knotts Island Bay73
Bay · 2.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
- Red drum 70
6 kt NEH 4:31 PM · 3.7 ftL 10:54 PM · 1.1 ft
- Sandy Cove73
Bay · 3.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 69
6 kt NEH 4:31 PM · 3.7 ftL 10:54 PM · 1.1 ft
- Goose Point68
Cape · 3.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
- Crevalle jack 64
6 kt NEH 4:31 PM · 3.7 ftL 10:54 PM · 1.1 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.