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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot70
- Red drum67
- Spotted seatrout67
- Southern flounder63
- Weakfish61
- Florida pompano58
- Bluefish55
- Black sea bass52
- Little tunny50
- Summer flounder49
- Black drum48
- Gag grouper48
- Striped bass47
- Red snapper45
- Sheepshead44
- King mackerel35
- Red grouper35
- Crevalle jack34
- Gray triggerfish34
- Greater amberjack33
- Gray snapper32
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Cobia27
- Spanish mackerel25
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 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 6 kt SSEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
84Water temp: 67°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 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
Harper Creek
- Depth
- 1-8 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · 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 Harper Creek
Harper Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, southern flounder and weakfish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and black drum. 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
- Lambert Point65
Cape · 0.1 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spotted seatrout 62
4 kt NEH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ftL 3:58 AM · 0.4 ft
- Swan Point63
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Spotted seatrout 61
4 kt NEH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ftL 3:58 AM · 0.4 ft
- Chapel Creek Point63
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Spotted seatrout 61
4 kt NEH 10:12 PM · 0.6 ftL 3:58 AM · 0.4 ft
- Powers Point63
Cape · 0.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Spotted seatrout 61
4 kt NEH 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.