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Gray triggerfishShoulder season

Cape · North Carolina

Fowler Point

35.14°N · 76.72°W · Cape · Neuse and Bay Rivers

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Best score today · 10 PM · Gray triggerfish

75/100Great
Now
533 PM EDT
Best window
6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding0.4 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 PM

Time7P
Score55Good
Tide0.6 ft ▲Flooding
Wind4 kn ESEgusts 14 · steady
Air temp70°Warm
WeatherClear30% chance of rain
Water76°FPersisted

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.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Gray triggerfish is best here

Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder

Gray triggerfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder.
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Gray triggerfish in North Carolina

Spot profile

Fowler Point

Depth
4-8 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Fowler Point

Fowler Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 4-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.

Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and king mackerel, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, little tunny and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September 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.
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

  • Swindell Bay

    Bay · 0.4 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Spot 71
    • Crevalle jack 68

    8 kt ENEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Hall Point

    Cape · 0.4 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spot 66
    • King mackerel 64

    8 kt ENEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Mason Point

    Cape · 0.6 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spot 66
    • King mackerel 64

    8 kt ENEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 AM · 0.4 ft

  • Raccoon Creek Point

    Cape · 0.9 mi

    66
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spot 66
    • King mackerel 64

    8 kt ENEH 12:00 AM · 0.5 ftL 5:52 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.