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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spotted seatrout75
- Weakfish74
- Red drum73
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot71
- Southern flounder70
- Bluefish68
- Little tunny68
- Black drum66
- Black sea bass66
- Gag grouper62
- Sheepshead62
- Summer flounder62
- Striped bass61
- Red snapper59
- Florida pompano51
- Crevalle jack48
- King mackerel48
- Greater amberjack47
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
Best score today · 6 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 3512 AM EST
- Best window
- 6-9 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.5 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
Sunday, Nov 15 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
83Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 9 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
91Water temp: 66°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
17Off 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 yesterday
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 spotted seatrout, weakfish and red drum. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, weakfish, red drum and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and sheepshead. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November. Weakfish peak from October through November. 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.
- Spotted seatrout
- Trout hold over grass beds and sandy potholes in 2 to 8 feet of water most of the year and slide into channels, deep creek bends and canals during cold snaps. A live shrimp under a slip or popping cork, a paddle tail on a light jighead, or a topwater walked at first light covers most situations. Keep the drag light because their mouths tear easily.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Swindell Bay75
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 75
- Weakfish 74
- Red drum 73
4 kt NEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
- Mason Point71
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 71
- Spotted seatrout 70
- Weakfish 69
4 kt NEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
- Swan Point71
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 71
- Spotted seatrout 70
- Weakfish 69
4 kt NEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
- Chapel Creek Point71
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 71
- Spotted seatrout 70
- Weakfish 69
4 kt NEL 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.