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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish82
- Spotted seatrout81
- Red drum78
- Black sea bass77
- Atlantic croaker76
- Southern flounder74
- Spot74
- Black drum72
- Summer flounder72
- Little tunny71
- Gag grouper68
- Sheepshead68
- Striped bass67
- Bluefish64
- Red snapper61
- Crevalle jack57
- King mackerel57
- Florida pompano56
- Greater amberjack53
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 3 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 354 PM EST
- Best window
- 4-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.9 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
Sunday, Nov 8 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 5 kt NWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
78Water temp: 64°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
23Off 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 today
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
Knotts Island Channel
- Depth
- 2-4 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 Knotts Island Channel
Knotts Island Channel is a channel in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, spotted seatrout and red drum. 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. Weakfish peak from October through November. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. 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.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
Nearby spots
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- Knotts Island Bay82
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- Red drum 81
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- Cason Point79
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- Red drum 73
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- Sandy Cove79
Bay · 3.2 mi
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- Weakfish 78
- Red drum 77
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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.