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Gray triggerfishShoulder season

Cape · North Carolina

Mulberry Point

35.01°N · 76.50°W · Cape · Neuse and Bay Rivers

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Best score today · 9 AM · Gray triggerfish

75/100Great
Now
597 PM EDT
Best window
7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding0.3 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Sep 25 · 7 PM

Time7P
Score57Good
Tide0.2 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward WSW
Wind15 kn Ngusts 26 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.8 ft · 4 s
Air temp68°Mild
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water77°FBias corrected

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

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

Mulberry Point

Depth
1-3 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-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 Mulberry Point

Mulberry Point is a cape in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-3 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, black sea bass and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.

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

  • Tump Gut

    Bay · 0.5 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Spot 75
    • Crevalle jack 74

    12 kt NEH 8:33 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ft

  • Cedar Bay

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Spot 75
    • Crevalle jack 74

    12 kt NEH 8:33 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ft

  • Cedar Bay Point

    Cape · 0.8 mi

    73
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 73
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 71

    12 kt NEH 8:33 PM · 0.3 ftL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ft

  • Abraham Bay

    Bay · 1.0 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 70
    • Red drum 67

    12 kt NEH 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.