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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Florida pompano68
- Spot64
- Atlantic croaker63
- Little tunny59
- Black sea bass55
- Bluefish55
- Black drum53
- Red drum53
- Spotted seatrout53
- Weakfish53
- Summer flounder52
- Gag grouper51
- Southern flounder51
- Sheepshead47
- Red snapper44
- King mackerel38
- Striped bass38
- Greater amberjack36
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel34
- Crevalle jack32
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Gray snapper29
- Cobia25
Best score today · 7 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 3510 AM EST
- Best window
- 4-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High0.5 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
Saturday, Nov 7 · 10 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
97Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 67°F, coolLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
24Off 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 yesterday
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, little tunny, black sea bass 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
- Sheephead Creek69
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 61
9 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft
- Sheeppen Creek68
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 68
- Red drum 61
9 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft
- Bryan Point64
Cape · 0.1 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Florida pompano 61
9 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ft
- Davis Island Point64
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 64
- Atlantic croaker 63
- Florida pompano 61
9 kt NEL 3:03 PM · 0.4 ftH 10:12 PM · 0.6 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.