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Gray triggerfishOff season

Cape · North Carolina

Long Point

36.25°N · 75.85°W · Cape · Currituck Sound

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Best score today · 6 AM · Gray triggerfish

79/100Great
Now
322 AM EST
Best window
4-8 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding3.3 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Nov 6 · 8 AM

Time8A
Score35Fair
Tide2.5 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.3 knmodeled · toward N
Wind6 kn Sgusts 15 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.2 ft · 6 s
Air temp68°Mild
WeatherMostly cloudy60% cloud
Water65°FBias corrected

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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

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When Gray triggerfish is best here

Out of season for Gray triggerfish · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks

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Spot profile

Long Point

Depth
1-5 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Long Point

Long Point is a cape in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and striped bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September 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.
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

  • Jarvis Channel

    Gut · 1.8 mi

    69
    Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season
    • Atlantic croaker 69
    • Spot 68
    • Weakfish 68

    3 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 0.7 ftH 2:40 PM · 3.6 ft

  • Poplar Branch Bay

    Bay · 0.4 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spotted seatrout 65

    3 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 0.7 ftH 2:40 PM · 3.6 ft

  • Dowdy Bay

    Bay · 1.3 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spotted seatrout 65

    3 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 0.7 ftH 2:40 PM · 3.6 ft

  • Stumpy Cove

    Bay · 1.8 mi

    67
    Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season
    • Spotted seatrout 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Red drum 66

    3 kt NEL 8:22 AM · 0.7 ftH 2:40 PM · 3.6 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.