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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot70
- Red drum64
- Crevalle jack55
- Summer flounder55
- Atlantic tarpon54
- Florida pompano54
- Gray snapper54
- Southern flounder54
- Spotted seatrout53
- Black drum49
- King mackerel49
- Black sea bass45
- Sheepshead45
- Gray triggerfish42
- Red snapper41
- Gag grouper40
- Red grouper40
- Spanish mackerel40
- Weakfish40
- Cobia38
- Greater amberjack36
- Little tunny34
- Bluefish25
Best score today · 7 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 423 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High2.1 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
Wednesday, Sep 23 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
47Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
41Wind: 18 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
80Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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
Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 6 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cabs Creek
- Depth
- 1-3 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Cabs Creek
Cabs Creek is a gut in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, black sea bass and sheepshead. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. 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.
- 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
- Shackleford Slue75
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- Spot 70
- Red drum 60
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- Bald Hill Bay71
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- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 59
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- Back Sound71
Bay · 1.3 mi
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- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 59
4 kt WSWL 10:48 PM · 0.9 ftH 3:38 AM · 1.3 ft
- Bottle Run Point66
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 64
- Red drum 60
4 kt WSWL 10:45 PM · 0.7 ftH 3:54 AM · 1.2 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.