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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Florida pompano65
- Spot65
- Atlantic croaker64
- Spotted seatrout62
- Red drum60
- Bluefish57
- Weakfish56
- Little tunny55
- Southern flounder54
- Black drum53
- Black sea bass52
- Summer flounder49
- Gag grouper48
- Striped bass47
- Red snapper45
- Sheepshead44
- King mackerel35
- Red grouper35
- Gray triggerfish34
- Greater amberjack33
- Gray snapper32
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Spanish mackerel30
- Crevalle jack29
- Cobia22
Best score today · 7 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 3410 PM EST
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Friday, Nov 6 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
82Water temp: 66°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
25Off 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
Bryan Shoal
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Bryan Shoal
Bryan Shoal is a bar in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, spot and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, spotted seatrout, red drum and bluefish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.
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.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
- 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
- Bryan Point70
Cape · 0.1 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 70
- Red drum 68
- Spot 65
5 kt ENEH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ftL 3:58 AM · 0.4 ft
- Sheeppen Creek70
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 70
- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
5 kt ENEH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ftL 3:58 AM · 0.4 ft
- Sheephead Creek70
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Red drum 67
5 kt ENEH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ftL 3:58 AM · 0.4 ft
- Davis Island Point65
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spotted seatrout 62
5 kt ENEH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ftL 3:58 AM · 0.4 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.