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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- King mackerel69
- Spot69
- Crevalle jack65
- Atlantic tarpon64
- Gray snapper64
- Summer flounder64
- Red drum61
- Southern flounder58
- Black drum56
- Florida pompano56
- Gray triggerfish56
- Spanish mackerel56
- Red snapper55
- Sheepshead55
- Black sea bass54
- Cobia54
- Red grouper54
- Gag grouper53
- Greater amberjack52
- Little tunny51
- Weakfish48
- Spotted seatrout45
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 563 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.0 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
78Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
73Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.2 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
48Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In 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 today
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
Atlantic Ocean
- Depth
- 30-40 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Open water · Outer · ExposedOpen water · 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 Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean is a sea in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 30-40 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads open water, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, king mackerel and spot. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, king mackerel, spot and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, gray triggerfish and Spanish mackerel. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Spot 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.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
Nearby spots
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- Crevalle jack 66
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- Diamond Shoals66
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- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
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- Hatteras Shoals66
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- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
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- Cape Point65
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- King mackerel 64
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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.