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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot69
- Atlantic croaker68
- Spotted seatrout63
- Red drum62
- Florida pompano61
- Weakfish61
- Southern flounder56
- Bluefish54
- Little tunny54
- Black drum51
- Black sea bass50
- Striped bass50
- Summer flounder48
- Gag grouper46
- Sheepshead46
- Red snapper43
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- King mackerel35
- Crevalle jack34
- Red grouper33
- Gray triggerfish32
- Greater amberjack32
- Spanish mackerel30
- Cobia26
Best score today · 6 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 329 PM EST
- Best window
- 10 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
Saturday, Nov 14 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 8 kt ENEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
89Water temp: 66°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
18Off 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
Mason Bay
- Depth
- 2-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Mason Bay
Mason Bay is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 2-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, red drum, Florida pompano and weakfish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and striped bass. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Swindell Bay69
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 69
- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spotted seatrout 63
6 kt ENEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
- Mason Point63
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Spotted seatrout 59
6 kt ENEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
- Swan Point63
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Spotted seatrout 59
6 kt ENEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
- Chapel Creek Point63
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Spotted seatrout 59
6 kt ENEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 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.