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Gray triggerfishShoulder season

Cape · North Carolina

Gray Point

36.41°N · 75.92°W · Cape · Currituck Sound

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Best score today · 3 AM · Gray triggerfish

70/100Great
Now
5111 AM EDT
Best window
12-10 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding1.4 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 11 AM · now

Time11ANOW
Score51Good
Tide1.4 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.1 knmodeled · toward N
Wind4 kn NNWgusts 7 · building
Sea stateLight chop1.3 ft · 7 s
Air temp82°Hot
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water79°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder

Gray triggerfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder.
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Gray triggerfish in North Carolina

Spot profile

Gray Point

Depth
1-4 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Gray Point

Gray Point is a cape in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and king mackerel, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, little tunny and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.

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

  • Church Island Channel

    Channel · 0.7 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 69
    • Atlantic tarpon 67

    4 kt NNWH 4:24 PM · 3.5 ftL 10:47 PM · 1.1 ft

  • Cedar Island Bay

    Bay · 1.3 mi

    68
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 68
    • Spot 68
    • Red drum 65

    4 kt NNWH 4:24 PM · 3.5 ftL 10:47 PM · 1.1 ft

  • Goose Point

    Cape · 1.1 mi

    63
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 63
    • Spot 63
    • King mackerel 60

    4 kt NNWH 4:31 PM · 3.7 ftL 10:54 PM · 1.1 ft

  • Wolf House Point

    Cape · 1.3 mi

    62
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 62
    • Spot 62
    • King mackerel 59

    4 kt NNWH 4:24 PM · 3.5 ftL 10:47 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.