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Gray triggerfishOff season

Cape · North Carolina

Poster

35.41°N · 76.59°W · Cape · Pamlico and Pungo Rivers

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Best score today · 6 AM · Gray triggerfish

84/100Great
Now
359 AM EST
Best window
4-9 PMFlood tide
Tide now
High0.5 ft

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24-hour conditions

Friday, Nov 6 · 8 AM

Time8A
Score35Fair
Tide0.3 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward N
Wind6 kn SSWgusts 18 · steady
Sea stateCalm0.3 ft · 5 s
Air temp70°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy59% cloud
Water66°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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

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When Gray triggerfish is best here

Out of season for Gray triggerfish · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks

Gray triggerfish season by week of the year. Out of season for Gray triggerfish · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks.
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Spot profile

Poster

Depth
1-2 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Poster

Poster is a cape in Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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, little tunny and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. 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

  • Mill Point

    Cape · 0.1 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spotted seatrout 66

    6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Harris Point

    Cape · 0.4 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Little tunny 65

    6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Dave Moore Point

    Cape · 0.4 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Little tunny 64

    6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 ft

  • Fulford Point

    Cape · 1.0 mi

    67
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 67
    • Atlantic croaker 66
    • Spotted seatrout 66

    6 kt NNEL 2:30 PM · 0.3 ftH 9:28 PM · 0.7 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.