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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot68
- Red drum62
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Southern flounder57
- Spotted seatrout56
- Gray snapper55
- Florida pompano53
- Crevalle jack52
- Black drum49
- King mackerel48
- Summer flounder47
- Little tunny46
- Red snapper45
- Spanish mackerel45
- Black sea bass43
- Gray triggerfish43
- Gag grouper41
- Red grouper41
- Weakfish41
- Sheepshead40
- Cobia37
- Greater amberjack37
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 4312 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.6 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 12 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
45Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 3 kt SSWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
57Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.3 ftSeason & 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
Durants Point
- Depth
- 1-6 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 Durants Point
Durants Point is a cape in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 1-6 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 red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, little tunny and red snapper. 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
- Kenyon Bay75
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Red drum 66
3 kt SSWL 5:26 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:56 AM · 0.5 ft
- Tooleys Creek75
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 73
- Red drum 69
3 kt SSWL 5:26 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:56 AM · 0.5 ft
- Woodstock Point70
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Red drum 62
3 kt SSWL 5:26 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:56 AM · 0.5 ft
- Tooleys Point70
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Red drum 62
3 kt SSWL 5:26 AM · 0.3 ftH 10:56 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.