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- Best of all
- King mackerel72
- Crevalle jack71
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Red drum70
- Spanish mackerel70
- Gray snapper69
- Atlantic croaker68
- Spot67
- Summer flounder65
- Little tunny64
- Southern flounder62
- Spotted seatrout62
- Black drum61
- Gray triggerfish59
- Black sea bass58
- Gag grouper58
- Red snapper58
- Greater amberjack57
- Red grouper57
- Florida pompano55
- Cobia54
- Sheepshead54
- Weakfish53
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 598 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.7 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
81Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.8 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 7 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 81°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.2 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 · 5 more weeks at shoulder
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Spot profile
Cape Point
- Depth
- 5-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · 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 Cape Point
Cape Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 5-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are king mackerel, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for king mackerel, crevalle jack, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, little tunny, black drum and gray triggerfish. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- Crevalle jack
- Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Lookout Bight75
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- Red drum 74
- Atlantic tarpon 74
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- Catfish Point71
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- Crevalle jack 70
- Red drum 70
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- Wreck Point71
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 71
- Crevalle jack 70
- Red drum 70
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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.