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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker56
- Spot56
- Summer flounder56
- Crevalle jack55
- Atlantic tarpon54
- Southern flounder54
- Gray snapper52
- Red drum51
- King mackerel50
- Spotted seatrout50
- Florida pompano47
- Little tunny47
- Weakfish47
- Black drum46
- Sheepshead46
- Cobia45
- Spanish mackerel44
- Black sea bass43
- Gag grouper41
- Gray triggerfish40
- Red grouper40
- Red snapper40
- Greater amberjack39
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 4011 AM EDT
- Best window
- 1 PM-12 AMDusk
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 AM · now
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Tide & current
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
40Light: Partly cloudySolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Chocowinity Bay
- Depth
- 3-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Chocowinity Bay
Chocowinity Bay is a bay in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 3-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and summer flounder. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, summer flounder and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, little tunny, weakfish and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Summer flounder peak from September 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
- Coon Gut59
Gut · 4.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 59
- Southern flounder 59
- Summer flounder 59
7 kt NE
- Blounts Bay56
Bay · 6.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 56
- Spot 56
- Summer flounder 56
7 kt NE
- Austin Point51
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 51
- Spot 51
- Summer flounder 51
7 kt NE
- Red Bug Point51
Cape · 6.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 51
- Spot 51
- Summer flounder 51
7 kt NE
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.